27 March 2024
The final day of the 2024 Glenwood Rugby Festival brought with it a number of surprising results, as u16 and 1st teams went at it. Probably the biggest upset of the day was DHS going 8-10 down to Volkskool Heidelberg in an u16 game.
Westville Boys’ High, too, came out on the wrong end of their clash with Sarel Cilliers, with the school from Glencoe winning 35-26.
Glenwood scored a good win over a strong Pietersburg team, winning 33-18, while Clifton College comprehensively outplayed Eye of the Tiger, cruising to a 53-0 victory.
In a hard-fought contest, Wesvalia kept Jim Fouché off the scoreboard, winning 19-0, and Melkbosstrand battled their way to a 12-3 victory over Alberton’s Dinamika.
Meanwhile, the Jim Fouché and Wesvalia 1st XVs delivered a fantastic tussle, with the Bloemfontein side sneaking a 26-25 win. In another back-and-forth encounter, Volkskool Heidelberg escaped with a 38-35 victory over the Hilton College Invitational side.
There was a 17-17 draw between the DHS Invitational team and Frikkie Meyer, while the Glenwood Invitational side ran out 33-8 winners over Potchefstroom Volkskool.
Dinamika and Melkbosstrand went at it hard, with Dinamika recording a 29-10 victory, while there were big wins for Landboudal and HTS Middelburg, who beat Centurion (40-0) and Eye of the Tiger (55-0) respectively.
Immediate feedback on the six-day-long festival has been very positive, with participants praising the organisation of the event, and sharing their appreciation of the opportunities to test their teams against opposition they wouldn’t see under other circumstances.
RESULTS
1st
Jim Fouché 26-25 Wesvalia
DHS Invitational 17-17 Frikkie Meyer
Glenwood Invitational 33-8 Potchefstroom Volkskool
HTS Middelburg 55-0 Eye of the Tiger
Volkskool Heidelberg 38-35 Hilton College Invitational
Dinamika 29-10 Melkbosstrand
Landboudal 40-0 Centurion
u16
Clifton College 53-0 Eye of the Tiger
Sarel Cilliers 35-26 Westville Boys’ High
Wesvalia 19-0 Jim Fouché
Potchefstroom Volkskool 57-0 KZN Development
Melkbosstrand 12-3 Dinamika
Volkskool Heidelberg 10-8 DHS
Glenwood 33-18 Pietersburg
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