Beeld Trophy heads for quarters

Waterkloof, Nelspruit in big wins

Recent results have helped to plot the way forward for teams still involved in Beeld Trophy matches in the three divisions.

The Divisions are Big Schools (10 teams or more), Medium Schools 5-9 teams) and Small Schools (1-4 teams).

When Waterkloof beat Affies, they became the Blue Bulls' champions.

Each province produces its winner sin each of the divisions. The provinces are Blue Bulls, Falcons, Golden Lions, Leopards, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The Leopards do not have a team in the Big Schools division.

There were also competitions in all three categories for Under-16s, Under-15s and Under-14s.

Both Affies and Waterkloof play on their home grounds in the quarters because of the competition rules which has a priority list.

For Big Schools:

1. Blue Bulls
2. Pumas
3. Falcons
4. Golden Lions
5. Limpopo

For Medium and Small Schools:

1. Limpopo
2. Blue Bulls
3. Pumas
4. Golden Lions
5. Falcons
6. Leopards

There were play-offs where necessary recently to move schools into quarter-finals. Play-offs were needed because six provinces were required to provide eight quarter-finalists. That meant that some runners-up were required to play off to see if they would go into the quarters.

Big Schools:

Pietersburg (Limpopo) vs HTS Vereeniging (Falcons), 21-9
 
Medium Schools

Frikkie Meyer (Leopards) vs Jan Viljoen (Golden Lions), 20-13
Potchefstroom Volkskool (Leopards) vs Ellisras (Limpopo), 30-13

Small Schools

Vryburg (Leopards) vs Eric Louw (Limpopo), 13-6
Parys (Falcons) vs CR Swart (Blue Bulls), 26-6
Orkney (Leopards) vs Westonaria (Golden Lions), 20-3
Upland College (Mpumalanga) vs Stoffberg (Falcons), 28-24

Quarter-finals:

Big Schools

Pietersburg (Limpopo) vs HTS Middelburg (Mpumalanga) in Middelburg
Transvalia (Falcons) vs Hans Strijdom (Limpopo) in Vanderbijlpark
Waterkloof (Blue Bulls) vs Nelspruit (Mpumalanga) in Pretoria
Affies (Blue Bulls) vs Monument (Golden Lions in Pretoria

Medium Schools

Frikkie Meyer (Leopards) vs Ben Vorster (Limpopo) in Tzaneen
Driehoek (Falcons) vs Standerton (Mpumalanga) in Standerton
Potchefstroom Volkskool (Leopards) vs Linden (Golden Lions) at Linden
Middelburg (Mpumalanga) vs Overkruin (Blue Bulls) in Pretoria

Small Schools

Orkney (Leopards) vs Louis Trichardt (Limpopo)
Upland College (Mpumalanga) vs Erasmus (Blue Bulls)
Parys (Falcons) vs Volksrust (Mpumalanga)
Vryburg (Leopards) vs Nic Diederichs (Golden Lions)