Hosting schools hungry for a win
The KES Easter Rugby Festival is reportedly the most supported schoolboy event in South Africa.
This was according to online rugby magazine, www.keo.co.za.
The magazine reported that the KES had a reported total of 36 000 spectators show up for their 2012 event.
The 12th installment of the KES Easter Rugby Festival didn’t disappoint either as it saw a pool of schools from all around the country gather to play some much anticipated clashes.
Probably one of the best thing about the KES Festival is that neighbouring school St Johns also runs its rugby festival concurrently – spectators can attend both festivals and pick and choose which games they wanted to watch.
The distance between the school is a short 400m walk.
The festivals saw the streets of Houghton fill up with not only high school goers but as well as some Old Boys and many rugby fanatics.
Today, 21 April, marks the end of both festivals and the games are expected to be the best from the weekend with both KES and St John’s looking for a win after their disappointing losses on day two of the event.
The fixtures of the last day of the KES Easter Rugby Festival:
Monday 21 April
08h30 Queen’s v Hentie Cilliers
09h50 Graeme v Parktown
11h10 Marlow v Menlopark
12h30 Grey HS v Rondebosch
13h50 Eldoraigne v Trinityhouse
15h10 KES v Northwood
The fixtures of the last day of the St John’s Easter Rugby Festival:
Monday 21 April
09.00: Klein Nederburg vs St John’s Harare
10.15: Noordheuwel vs Waterkloof
11.30: Scots College vs Jeppe
13.30: St Charles vs St John’s College
14.45: Paul Roos vs Nelspruit
16.00: Paarl Boys’ High vs Pretoria Boys High
