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Grey PE Festival 2020

20 February, 2020 beet 17

From Grey High:

I am sure this does not come a surprise to anyone, but the Standard Bank Grey Rugby Festival has been cancelled for 2020.

I would like to thank you for the support and I assure you that you will all be invited to next year’s Festival and hopefully we will then have the opportunity to allow you to experience some good East Cape hospitality, partnered with high class schoolboy rugby.…

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Media release: Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival 2020

20 February, 2020 Admin 2

KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL

In line with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of a National State of Disaster last night, the 13th Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival has been cancelled.

Kearsney headmaster Elwyn van den Aardweg said South Africans need to come together to support each other at this hour and adopt a spirit of social responsibility and civic-mindedness to support the national effort and minimise the impacts within the country.

Next year is Kearsney’s centenary and a special edition of the festival is being planned with exciting new teams, Van den Aardweg said.  These include a number of schools with which Kearsney has had a long relationship over many decades, to ensure a suitable commemoration of the 100-year milestone with schools that have been traditional friends and rivals.…

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SA u18 Sevens takes a backseat to the EPD camp

15 February, 2020 beet 0

Spare a thought for the SA Sevens organisers. Their best efforts to create something worthwhile for the under-18  national players has instead turned into a bit of a nightmare as a result of the Elite Player Development camp (EPD) being given the green light to take preference over national Sevens players.…

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u18 Elite Player Development (EPD) Camp for SA Schools 2020 hopefuls

12 February, 2020 beet 42

Many of the leading candidates for this year’s SA Schools (u18) team are likely to be revealed once the list of players invited to attend the elite player development Alignment Camp is made known. The camp is expected to be held at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport (SAS) from 27 February to 01 March 2020. The timing means it is unlikely to clash with any of the planned regular season school rugby fixtures.…

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St John’s Easter Rugby Festival 2020

11 February, 2020 beet 3
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NWU Prestige-Reeks 2020

10 February, 2020 Admin 1
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Headmasters in distress

1 February, 2020 Admin 3

A headmaster’s job is often underrated. Successful schools on the right track and/or improving more often than owe a great deal of that accomplishment to having a really really good headmaster at the helm. …

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Wesgrow Sentrale Skole SportReeks 2020

28 January, 2020 Admin 0
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Ex-Bok Marius Joubert joins Stellenberg

27 January, 2020 Admin 4

Former Bok and Paarl Gim centre, Marius Joubert is back for more schoolboy rugby action in 2020. After helping out at their main rivals Durbanville during the 2019 season, Joubert has been roped in to assist at Stellenberg, located just 5km away.…

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KwaZulu-Natal School Rugby Fixtures 2020

18 January, 2020 beet 11

Written on 18 Jan 2020 before DHS pulled the plug on Glenwood.
For the first time in many seasons all the top schools of the more densely populated region of the province of KwaZulu-Natal (currently nine of them) will do battle against each other. Glenwood – Hilton is back on, as is Glenwood – Michaelhouse interschools and even Northwood has opted to reignite the challenge posed by the Green Machine of Durban South. Independent school St Charles College from Pietermaritzburg is another who expanding their horizons in an effort to be counted amongst the best in the region.

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Matric Results 2019 analysis for the rugby schools

13 January, 2020 beet 123

IEB’s  St John’s College produced killer matric results to top the pile in 2019 with a bit of daylight between themselves and second on the list.

Once again Bishops (private) and in particular Rondebosch (state) produced outstanding results, nearly achieving 100% university pass rates from the NSC.

Last year’s top dogs, Kearsney had to make do with fourth spot.…