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Grey College Head blogs about drugs in school sport

7 February, 2013 beet 6

In his February blog new Grey College headmaster Deon Scheepers cuts straight to the chase, mentioning how the increasing overlap of school and professional rugby as well as schools using rugby as a marketing strategy is placing pressure on boys to perform well like never before.…

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Thank goodness! Affies vs Klofies is back

1 February, 2013 beet 5

There were a few years during which the two Pretoria powerhouse teams were not playing each other. Fortunately this period of “isolation” came to an end last year when the two schools squared off…

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New Grey College Head hints at future fixture changes

28 January, 2013 beet 148

Deon Scheepers, the former Hilton teacher and 1st XV rugby coach for one season, is now firmly in the driving seat at Grey College, having taken over as headmaster from the legendary Johan Volsteedt. In a recent blog, Scheepers highlighted the importance of achieving a healthy balance between academics, culture and sport for boys at Grey.…

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Schools of the 2013 SA Super Rugby squad players

28 January, 2013 beet 72

Taking the South African Superugby wider squads for 2013 as they appear on Wikipedia, here is the long list of the 202 players with the schools that 197 of them attended. The 5 Kings foreigners are overlooked.…

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Wildeklawer 2011

26 December, 2012 beet 0
DATE SCHOOL SCHOOL
Sat.30Apr Marlow 66 12 Wildeklawer XV
Sat.30Apr Diamantveld 47 10 Framesby
Sat.30Apr HTS Middelburg 38 10 Outeniqua
Sat.30Apr Monument 40 13 Boland Landbou
Sat.30Apr Glenwood 34 22 EG Jansen
Sat.30Apr Waterkloof 48 10 Paul Roos
Sat.30Apr Grey College 14 10 Paarl Gim
Sat.30Apr Affies 25 10 HJS Paarl BH
Mon.02May HJS Paarl BH 45 03 EG Jansen
Mon.02May Affies 59 06 Paarl Gim
Mon.02May Glenwood 13 08 Paul Roos
Mon.02May Framesby 25 17 HTS Middelburg
Mon.02May Diamantveld 49 21 Boland Landbou
Mon.02May Monument 37 24 Outeniqua
Mon.02May Grey College 21 16 Waterkloof
Mon.02May Wildeklawer XV 00 10 Duineveld
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Free State signs 3 Glenwood players for 2013

23 December, 2012 beet 6

Three Glenwood youngsters scrumhalf Zee Mkhabela, lock Sihle Ngxabi and flyhalf Warren Potgieter were in the Free State Cheetahs shopping cart along with several other promising schoolboys and have been checked out for the 2013 season.…

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Monnas SA Schools lock joins the Cheetahs

23 December, 2012 beet 0

Phillip du Preez, the former Monnas and SA Schools 2011 lock has been snapped up by the Free State after it surfaced that the Bulls were interested in releasing him along with a number of other junior players.…

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A big 2013 awaits Noord-Kaap

5 December, 2012 stoopstats.co.za 28

The 2013 season holds several exciting challenges for Noord-Kaap, one of the pillars of Griqualand West high schools rugby.

The most imposing of these will be their keenly-anticipated debut at the prestigious Wildeklawer festival, hosted by Maritzburg College early in May. …

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Monnas welcomes back Hans Coetzee

3 December, 2012 beet 4

Hans Coetzee is set to make his return to Monument High School in Krugersdorp some five years after leaving. The veteran coach who knows Monnas like the back of his hand will take over as Director of Rugby from Namibia bound Wynand Moolman. …

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Beeldtrofee 2013: Is EG Jansen leaving the Macro Schools competition?

23 November, 2012 beet 44

The Beeldtrofee is divided into four school divisions competitions that play matches at under-14, under-15, under-16 and first XV levels. The four divisions are Small Schools, Medium Schools, Big Schools and Macro Schools. The Macro Schools competition sees many of the well-known for rugby Afrikaans high schools situated north of the Vaal River battle it out in a knockout style format with the winners of each age-group claiming a Beeld trophy.…

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School athletes suspended for taking drugs

18 November, 2012 beet 8

According to a Sunday Times news report, King Edward VII School has banned three of its athletes from all sports activities after they confessed to using performance enhancing drugs. …

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2012 @Lantic Provincial 7s : KZN finishes 4th

8 October, 2012 beet 1

Free State was crowned as national provincial under-18 7s champions for 2012 on Friday after they defeated the Valke 40-33 in the final of the @lantic tournament. KwaZulu-Natal finished in fourth place.…

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SA HP u16 Squad 2012

24 August, 2012 beet 19

After much delay, the 50 player strong HP under-16 squad has finally been published. KwaZulu-Natal has four representatives, while the Lions have nine and Western Province plus the Free State contribute eight boys apiece. Grey College from Bloemfontein is the best represented school with four followed by Glenwood with three. The players will attend  a training camp from 30 September to 7 October at the Paarl Gymnasium High School…

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Grey College’s “bad year” ends

20 August, 2012 beet 0

Grey College ended their 2012 season on a high note when they beat traditional end of season rivals Paul Roos 33-23 on Saturday. When the 2012 season started, Paul Roos was the last team on record to beat Grey and that was way back in 2009. …

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SBR Weekend – 04/08/2012

6 August, 2012 beet 5
Maritzburg College 27 27 Glenwood
Grey College 58 10 Kearsney
Dale 12 7 Selborne
Daniel Pienaar 29 19 Marlow
Grey PE 35 29 Framesby
Queens 47 3 Hangklip
St Andrews 47 17 Muir
Diamantveld 46 10 Jeppe
Affies 36 20 Pretoria BH
Ermelo 36 12 Ben Vorster
Garsfontein 23 17 Florida
Middelburg 25 25 Garsfontein
Middelburg HTS 26 16 Menlopark
Kempton Park 19 19 Centurion
Kempton Park 31 24 Rustenburg
KES 82 3 Parktown
Klerksdorp 31 25 Alberton
Monument 25 8 Middelburg
Waterkloof 46 21 EG Jansen
Boland Landbou 55 10 De Kuilen
Drostdy 12 11 Paul Roos
Oakdale 41 5 Punt
Outeniqua 68 14 Oudtshoorn
Paarl Gim 16 9 Paarl BH
SACS 26 6 Rondebosch
Tygerberg 22 20 Swartland
Wynberg 25 16 Bishops