Easter rugby fest draws crowds
Three players at the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival were awarded scholarships with The Sharks Academy for 2020.
A HIGHLY successful 12th Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up on Monday with two teams remaining unbeaten at the festival and the announcement that three players each received bursaries to The Sharks Academy for 2020.
The festival was well supported, particularly on the first two days, with heavy rain and thick mist from lunchtime on the last day chasing spectators under cover, from where they enjoyed a high standard of competitive rugby.
Glenwood High School from Durban and Selborne College from East London both won their first and third day fixtures. Their match on Saturday, on day two of the festival day, was abandoned after lightning threatened the safety of the players. At the time it was cancelled, Selborne was lead 15 – 10.
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Announcing the awards, the Sharks Academy’s managing director, Etienne Fynn, said the festival had once again produced competitive, entertaining rugby, with most being evenly matched games.
Valued at more than R100 000 each, recipients of the Sharks Academy bursaries are Glenwood prop, Blaine Golden, Selborne College centre, Mtungwa Mapantsela and Dr EG Jansen loose forward, Juandre Odendaal. The bursary includes a contract with the Academy next year, accommodation and a tuition bursary with one of its education partners.
“There were some pleasant surprises, especially from Noord-Kaap, Pretoria Boys and Selborne College, who always put up a good performance,” said Fynn. “The Eastern Cape teams showed the extent of talent in that region, with Selborne and Framesby both playing some great rugby. DHS also showed spirit, particularly with the recent loss to the Griquas of coach Scott Mathie.”
It was a successful event for organisers Kearsney College and sponsors Standard Bank, Halfway Ford, MTN, Coopertires and The Sharks Academy.
For photos and live-stream links from each of the games, visit www.kearsney.com
Results:
Monday: Highbury 20 – 38 U13 KZN Ibutho; Hoërskool Noord-Kaap 24 – 21 EG Jansen; HTS Middelburg 32 – 27 Pretoria Boys; Selborne 20 – 14 Hoërskool Framesby; DHS 19 – 27 HTS Drostdy; Glenwood 38 – 7 Hoërskool Transvalia and Kearsney 8 – 21 Welkom Gimnasium.
Saturday: Hillcrest Primary 12 – 36 U13 KZN Ibutho; Hoërskool Noord-Kaap 27 – 21 HTS Middelburg; Hoërskool Transvalia 17 – 22 Pretoria Boys; Kearsney 21 – 26 Hoërskool Framesby; Welkom Gimnasium 32 – 16 HTS Drostdy; DHS 12 – 39 EG Jansen and Selborne – Glenwood – no result.
Thursday: Umhlali Prep 20 – 20 U13 KZN Ibutho; Kearsney 11 – 27 Pretoria Boys; Hoërskool Framesby 25 – 25 Welkom Gimnasium; Selborne 29 – 10 Hoërskool Noord-Kaap; HTS Middelburg 14 – 19 HTS Drostdy; Glenwood 27 – 26 EG Jansen; DHS 12 – 34 Hoërskool Transvalia.
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