Interesting news coming out of the Noordvaal is that the Beeldtrofee Macro School regions of the Golden Lions, Leopards and Valke have combined forces to form new A and B division leagues to kick off in 2015.
The two new leagues will look like this:
| Division | School | Region | City/Town |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Florida | Golden Lions | Johannesburg |
| A | Monument | Golden Lions | Krugersdorp |
| A | Rustenburg | Leopards | Rustenburg |
| A | EG Jansen | Valke | Boksburg |
| A | Kempton Park | Valke | Kempton Park |
| B | Marais Viljoen | Golden Lions | Alberton |
| B | Noordheuwel | Golden Lions | Krugersdorp |
| B | Die Anker | Valke | Brakpan |
| B | Jeugland | Valke | Kempton Park |
| B | Vereeniging Gim | Valke | Vereeniging |
This effectively means that the Beeldtrofee Macro Schools now has three major regions from which the overall winner is likely to come:
- this new central confederation,
- the Bull Bulls region or
- the Pumas region.
The new Golden Lions/Leopards/Valke A-division league has the makings of a very power 1st XV group and finishing top will prove to be quite a tough challenge. The league will certainly rival the Blue Bulls region which has enjoyed a surge in competitiveness in recent times.
As far as the new A-division league is concerned, there will not be a league final to determine the champions. Instead the top placed team and runner-up in the A-division will automatically progress to the Beeldtrofee.
The third and fourth place finishers of the A-division will enter into playoffs against the second and first place finishers of the B-division respectively. The winners of these two playoff games will progress to the Beeldtrofee qualifying round.
The A-division bottom team as well as the B-division third and fourth place finishers will be out of Beeldtrofee contention altogether.
The new league structure should prove to be a huge boost for the teams of all three regions, with Rustenburg who have no Macro School peers in the Leopards region, standing to gain the most in terms of improving the competitiveness of their annual fixture list.
FIXTURES
| DATE | HOME | AWAY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, 16-May | Monument | Rustenburg | ||
| Sat, 23-May | EG Jansen | Kempton Park | ||
| Sat, 23-May | Monument | Florida | ||
| Sat, 30-May | EG Jansen | Monument | ||
| Sat, 06-Jun | Florida | EG Jansen | ||
| Sat, 06-Jun | Rustenburg | Kempton Park | ||
| Sat, 13-Jun | Kempton Park | Florida | ||
| Sat, 13-Jun | Rustenburg | EG Jansen | ||
| Sat, 20-Jun | Florida | Rustenburg | ||
| Sat, 20-Jun | Kempton Park | Monument | ||
| Wed, 13-May | Vereeninging Gim | Noordheuwel | ||
| Sat, 23-May | Jeugland | Marais Viljoen | ||
| Sat, 23-May | Noordheuwel | Die Anker | ||
| Wed, 20-May | Die Anker | Vereeniging Gim | ||
| Sat, 30-May | Noordheuwel | Jeugland | ||
| Sat, 06-Jun | Marais Viljoen | Die Anker | ||
| Sat, 06-Jun | Jeugland | Vereeniging Gim | ||
| Fri, 12-Jun | Marais Viljoen | Noordheuwel | ||
| Sat, 20-Jun | Die Anker | Jeugland | ||
| Sat, 20-Jun | Vereeniging Gim | Marais Viljoen |
Die nuwe liga is n great stap en gan verseker die skole se rugby verbeter ! Dalk in die toekoms kan daar n nasionale kompeties wees waar die top 2 van elke unie deelneem ,dit sal rugby op skole vlak baie verbeter !
Briljante idee..die Makro skole afdelings in die Leeus en Valke streke was baie eensydig die laaste paar jaar. Monument en Florida( Leeus) EG Jansen en Kempton park( Valke) altyd in finaal en spEel mekaar altyd meer as 1 keer..in liga en finals….Rustenburg het geen kompetisie in hul streek nie en moes altyd uitspeel.. Dit sal nou baie meer gebalanseerde kompetisie wees..geen finals in verskillende streke nie, Net uitspeel rondtes, kwart, semis en finals van Beeld..Baie goeie idee. Wonder hoe gaan dit die Tuks reeks beinvloed in die toekoms? Wonder of die reeks nog voort sal gaan ?
@beet: transvalia has 1-4 in opens and A;B in u14 to u16.
They are very competitive in the Valke region, even against the makro schools.
Does anyone know how many teams the likes of Transvalia and Helpmekaar field on an interschools Saturday.
Both schools now look strong enough to hold their own at 1st XV level so I was also wondering who their lower age group teams perform and what their B’s, C’s and D’s are like, that is if they have that much depth?
@bart nel: Thanks Bart. I’ll add it tonight.
Jip. 13 mei vs Vereeniging gim, 23 mei vs Die Anker, 30 mei vs Jeugland en 12 junie vs Marais Viljoen.
@bart nel: Sal Noordheuwel dan die 5de span in die B divisie wees?
@scrummie: Ja jy is reg. Met ‘n vriend gepraat by Noordheuwel hul speel weer Beeld Makro skole volgende jaar. Hul skuif in die B-afdeling in. Ek sal die datums probeer kry en opsit vir julle.
Personally I think its a great choice for schools not at Macro status to have
There really are a few schools who should look to stepping it up to the top tier. I’m almost certain that playing at M/S level increases a schools rugby profile.
@Skoorsteen: Hulle behoort ‘n goeie span te he.
Pak verloor net 3 spelers wat nou in matriek is.
Agterlyn verloor baie goeie spelers wat klaar maak ( 9 ; 10 ; 12; 14 ; 15 ), maar hulle word vervang met goeie spelers.
Dan dink ek dat hulle moet opskuif. Linden en Randburg het reeds hierdie jaar teen Helpies ontrek omrede hulle glo dat Helpmekaar te sterk is. Meer en meer skole gaan die roete volg. So groot stole wil nie meer teen hulle speel nie. Hoe lyk EG volgende jaar?
@Skoorsteen: Getalle maak nie saak as jy wil opskuif nie.
As Helpmekaar in die Makro liga wil speel, mag hulle. Dis hulle keuse.
Volgens EG Jansen se getalle moet hulle ook groot skole speel, maar verkies om Makro liga te speel.
Helpmekaar het beslis die talent om ook daar te speel.
@scrummie: Helpmekaar is n Trotse skool met n baie lang tradisie en ek glo hulle sou hulle man kon staan. Op getalle gewys glo ek hulle mag nie deel wees nie. Sien Helpmekaar speel weer teen Affies in 2015. Gaan dit nou n jaarlikse geleentheid word?
Huls definitief goed genoeg om makro skole te speel, vd Leeus se Groot Skole het juis die jaar nie teen Helpies gejol nie omdat hul voel Helpies hoort in Makro Skole so lyk my ons behoort in 2015 weer n paar games te he wat nie gaan plaasvind nie.
@scrummie: Helpmekaar is nie ‘n makro Skool nie, dink hulle is medium of groot. Nie seker van Noordheuwel nie.
Gedink Helpmekaar sou deel wees van die asook Noordheuwel
Sterk kompetisie wat baie interesant kan raak. Tog net jammer dat Marais Viljoen in die B divisie is. Sou graag wou sien dat hulle weer ‘n krag in skole rugby word