21 January 2024
BASKETBALL
Glenwood’s 1st basketball team came out swinging and caught Kearsney somewhat cold as they took the contest to the home side on Saturday at the SportZone. Stung, Kearsney clawed their way back into the contest and sneaked in front at the break by a single point.
Then, having wiped out the deficit, they came on strong in the second half to record a 17-point victory. It may have been comfortable in the end, but Glenwood made Kearsney fight hard for the win.
The popularity of the sport at the Botha’s Hill school was underlined by the fact that their teams faced four different sets of opposition in order to get every side a game.
Results
1st: Kearsney 50-33 Glenwood
2nd: Kearsney 54-13 Glenwood
3rd: Kearsney 48-13 Glenwood
4th: Kearsney 13-41 St Benedict’s School
5th: Kearsney 14-13 St Charles College
6th: Kearsney 17-21 St Charles College
16A: Kearsney 34-17 Glenwood
16B: Kearsney 42-27 Glenwood
16C: Kearsney 16-28 The Clan
16D: Kearsney 13-47 The Clan
15A: Kearsney 81-9 Glenwood
15B: Kearsney 50-8 Glenwood
15C: Kearsney 50-4 Glenwood
15D: Kearsney 21-7 St Benedict’s School
15E: Kearsney 11-8 St Charles College
14A: Kearsney 31-6 Glenwood
14B: Kearsney 21-4 Glenwood
14C: Kearsney 16-10 Glenwood u14B
14D: Kearsney 13-19 St Benedict’s School
14E: Kearsney 13-6 St Charles College
CRICKET
Unfortunately, most of Saturday’s fixtures were cancelled, but four games were played. In a T20 played on Dixon’s at Glenwood, Kearsney’s 1st XI delivered a tight performance in the field to keep the Green Machine to under 100 and then produced a tight batting performance to claim a solid win.
Ryan Browning, with 2/14 in four, and his fast bowling side kick, Sandiswa Yeni, with 1/13 in four, led the way for the visitors, while Kyle Bryan top scored for the home side with 28 from 37 deliveries.
Opener Cameron Veenstra struck two fours and a six in an innings of 29 from 31 at the top of the order for Kearsney, and captain Ross Coetzee made an unbeaten 32 from 37 to see their team to the win.
Results
1st
Glenwood 98/5
Kearsney 102/3
Kearsney won by 7 wickets
2nd
Kearsney 128/9
Glenwood 80/9
Kearsney won by 48 runs
u14A
Glenwood 133/9
Kearsney 134/2
Kearsney won by 8 wickets
u14B
Kearsney 149/7
Glenwood 125/10
Kearsney won by 24 runs
WATER POLO
There are high expectations for the Kearsney 1st water polo team this year and they did nothing to dispel those expectations as they ran roughshod over Glenwood on Saturday. Kearsney were on the board before 20 seconds had been played and quickly had five goals scored.
Glenwood slowly started to get into the game and pulled themselves to within six goals of the home team at 4-10 down at the break. Kearsney, though, were just getting started. In the second half, they went on a wild goal-scoring spree, netting 10 times in the third chukka and another nine times in the fourth, to run out 29-7 winners.
Thomas Aylward scored six goals, Luca Sandri five, and James Pohl and Thomas Francke three each. Matthew Botha netted three times for Glenwood, while Blake Gardener and Kyron de Kock managed two each.
While Kearsney dominated, including a 23-goal win in the u15A clash, Glenwood spoiled the hosts’ perfect record when their u15B team forced a courageous 6-6 draw.
Results
1st: Kearsney 29-7 Glenwood
2nd: Kearsney 23-1 Glenwood
3rd: Kearsney 16-5 Glenwood
15A: Kearsney 24-1 Glenwood
15B: Kearsney 6-6 Glenwood
14A: Kearsney 12-0 Glenwood
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