E/Cape
Eastern Cape’s finest Grey High & Selborne to meet for the 50th time
The only two unbeaten teams in local interschools derby matches within the borders of the Eastern Cape will meet on Saturday 03 August 2019 to decide who gets crowned the number one team in the province in 2019. In 49 previous encounters they have never produced a draw.…
Another high school headmistress
Grahamstown based private co-ed Kingswood welcomed Dr Colleen Vassiliou as their new College Head recently.…
Border Schools Rugby Day 2019
| SLOT | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | BROADCAST | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09h00 | Sat.09Mar | Gonubie | – | – | De Vos Malan | |
| 10h10 | Sat.09Mar | Chief Boklein | – | – | Lillyfontein | |
| 11h20 | Sat.09Mar | Port Rex | – | – | Phillip Mtywaku | |
| 12h40 | Sat.09Mar | Grens | – | – | Zanempucuko | |
| 13h50 | Sat.09Mar | Queen’s | – | – | Cambridge | |
| 15h00 | Sat.09Mar | Dale | – | – | Stirling | |
| 16h10 | Sat.09Mar | Selborne | – | – | Hudson Park |
Protected: Dale College: Success at a hefty price
Border gives the vultures another opportunity to circle
Well life just got a little easier for those richer high schools from other provinces who are hoping to lure talented Border schoolboy rugby players to their institutions under the banner of so-called “better opportunites”.…
Southern Coastal Tournament 15 & 16 June 2018
Boland, Eastern Province, South Western Districts and Western Province Youth Week teams in action…
EP’s Meyer Sauerman R200 drama
A story that broke in the Eastern Province news last week related to the Meyer Sauerman Tournament and controversial R200 per player participation fees.…
2018 Dale vs Queen’s derbies back on track
Good news is that on Thursday 08 February 2018, Queen’s College finally put their grievances with their great rivals Dale College to bed and now the one of the oldest interschool challenges is back on the fixture list.…
Dale and Queen’s have a lot of relationship healing work ahead
As things stand, the Dale and Queen’s Class of 2018 won’t get to enjoy two of their usual matric school year highlights – the two big inter-schools derbies between the great rivals. …
Honours award for St Andrew’s 29-try record breaking centre
From St Andrew’s College:
Matt More has represented the St Andrew’s College 1st XV on 43 occasions. In this time he has scored a staggering 45 tries including the all-time record of 29 tries in a season in 2017. He also kicked for goal when required and has managed to accumulate a total of 326 points over the course of his time playing for College.…
Cape Schools Week 2017
| DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | INFO | INFO | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat.01Jul | Wynberg | 22 | 24 | Queen’s | Cape Schools Week | |
| Sat.01Jul | Boland Landbou | 17 | 18 | Grey HS | Cape Schools Week | |
| Sat.01Jul | Stellenberg | 40 | 10 | Muir | Cape Schools Week | |
| Sat.01Jul | SACS | 17 | 13 | Selborne | Cape Schools Week | |
| Sat.01Jul | Rondebosch | 27 | 27 | Dale | Cape Schools Week | |
| Mon.03Jul | Boland Landbou | 47 | 00 | Muir | Cape Schools Week | |
| Mon.03Jul | SACS | 20 | 18 | Grey HS | Cape Schools Week | |
| Mon.03Jul | Rondebosch | 19 | 22 | Queen’s | Cape Schools Week | |
| Mon.03Jul | Stellenberg | 22 | 07 | Dale | Cape Schools Week | |
| Mon.03Jul | Wynberg | 20 | 19 | Selborne | Cape Schools Week |
St Andrew’s lays down a marker in Queenstown
St Andrews turn up the heat in the second half…
Graeme Rugby Day 2017
Graeme College in Grahamstown will once again play hosts to a well organised early season rugby day that attracts most of the Eastern Cape’s top rugby schools annually. Graeme is expected to field a fairly competitive team in 2017 and will test themselves against provincial powerhouses Selborne in the main match.
| TIME | DATE | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | EVENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08h00 | Sat.25Mar | Muir | Cambridge | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| 09h10 | Sat.25Mar | Union | Nico Malan | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| 10h20 | Sat.25Mar | Dale | Brandwag | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| 11h30 | Sat.25Mar | Queen’s | Framesby | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| 12h40 | Sat.25Mar | Marlow | Grey HS | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| 13h50 | Sat.25Mar | Kingswood | Pearson | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| 15h00 | Sat.25Mar | St Andrew’s | Hudson Park | Graeme Rugby Day | ||
| 16h10 | Sat.25Mar | Graeme | Selborne | Graeme Rugby Day |
Border Rugby Day 2017 – fixtures
Matches streamed by www.SchoolSportLive.com
The annual Border Schools’ Rugby Day will take place at Selborne on 18 March 2017. It is the starting point of what promises to be an interesting regional season. At this early stage not too many locals are prepared to put their heads on the block and predict who of three big guns Dale, Queen’s or Selborne will finish the season on top.
Main field fixtures:
| GAME# | SCHOOL | SCHOOL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonubie | Alphandale | |
| 2 | Breidbach | Lilyfontein | |
| 3 | Port Rex | Jamangile | |
| 4 | Queen’s | Stirling | |
| 5 | Cambridge | Chief Boklein | |
| 6 | Dale | Grens | |
| 7 | Selborne | Hudson Park |
Note re-streaming:
All the Border Schools Rugby Day 2017 matches on the Selborne College A Field will be live streamed on the internet. Click on the respective link of the match you want to view, as follows:
09h00 Gonubie High 1st XV vs Alphandale High 1st XV
10h10 Breidbach High 1st XV vs Lillyfontein High 1st XV
11h20 George Randell 1st XV vs Tsholomnqa 1st XV
12h40 Port Rex 1st XV vs Jamangile High 1st XV
13h50 Queens College 1st XV vs Stirling High 1st XV
15h00 Dale College 1st XV vs Grens High 1st XV
16h10 Selborne College 1st XV vs Hudson Park 1st XV
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