Easter Festivals Day by Day
Easter is a few days away but before we light the Pascal candles many schools will have played two matches with a third tom follow on Monday
The biggest numbers are at the Tony Stoops Rugby Festival. It is a remarkably flexible festival. Dollar Academy of Scotland will join in on Holy Saturday.
There are other tournaments and other age groupings. We have given just the 1st XV matches.
The Festivals
Bizsport Festival at Glenwood High in Durban
Kearney Easter Festival at Kearsney College, Botha's Hill, near Durban
King Edward VII School of Houghton, Johannesburg
Krugersdorp High School
Maritzburg College. It starts on Holy Saturday and runs till 3 April.
Oakdale Landbou in Riversdale. It starts on Holy Saturday and runs till 3 April.
St John's College, Houghton, Johannesburg
St Stithians College, Randburg
Tony Stoops Rugby Festival with matches at Hoërskool Tygerberg in Cape Town
Union High Easter Festival, Graaff-Reinet. It starts on Holy Saturday and ends on Easter Monday.
Participating teams
Bizsport: Ben Vorster (Tzaneen Benoni High School (Benoni Brandwag (Benoni Die Anker (Vanderbijlpark Durban High School (Durban EG Jansen (Boksburg George Campbell (Durban Hoërskool Middelburg (Mpumalanga Itembelihle (Port Elizabeth Jim Fouché (Bloemfontein Kempton Park (Kemptonpark Merensky (Tzaneen Northwood (Durban Rand Park High (Randburg Stellenberg (Cape Town Transvalia (Vanderbijlpark Tygerberg (Cape Town Wonderboom (Pretoria).
Kearsney: Boland Landbou (Paarl), Dr EG Jansen (Boksburg), Framesby (Port Elizabeth), Glenwood (Durban), Grey College (Bloemfontein), Kearsney (Durban), Nico Malan (Humansdorp), Outeniqua (George), Paarl Gim, Selborne (East London), Paul Roos (Stellenbosch), Westville (Durban)
KES: Centurion (Pretoria), Eldoraigne (Pretoria), Garsfontein (Pretoria), Golden Lions XV, Hentie Cilliers (Virginia), Hudson Park (East London), KES, Lichtenburg, Marlow (Cradock), Menlopark (Pretoria), Parktown (Johannesburg, Trinityhouse (Johannesburg)
Krugersdorp High: Falcon College (Zimbabwe), Jabulani Club (Soweto), Krugersdorp High, Linden (Johannesburg), President (Johannesburg), Rustenburg, St Charles (Pietermaritzburg), St David's (Johannesburg), St George's (Zimbabwe), Standerton, Viadana (Italy), Warmbad
Maritzburg College: Affies (Pretoria), Monument (Krugersdorp), Grey High School (Port Elizabeth), Queen's College (Queenstown), Dale College (King William's Town), Rondebosch Boys’ High (Cape Town), Noord-Kaap (Kimberley), Jeppe High (Johannesburg), Durban High School, Maritzburg College.
Oakdale: Aliwal North, Augsburg, Bellville, Brackenfell, Bredasdorp, Diamantveld, Durbanville, Hermanus, HTS Louis Botha, Hugenote, Knysna, Langenhoven Gym, Middelburg (Eastern Cape), Montagu, Monument Park, Oakdale, Oudtshoorn, Overberg, Pietersburg, Sentraal (Beaufort West), Sentraal (Bloemfontein), Stellenbosch, Strand, Vredendal, Upington, Windhoek High.
St John's: Daniël Pienaar (Uitenhage), Filton (England), Golden Lions President’s XV, Marais Viljoen, Nelspruit, New Orleans (Paarl), Noordheuwel, Paarl Boys’ High School , St John’s College (Harare), St John’s College (Johannesburg), Waterkloof (Pretoria), Windhoek Gymnasium
St Stithians: Bishops (Cape Town), Helpmekaar (Johannesburg), Hilton (KwaZulu Natal Midlands), Invitation XV (Schoonspruit - Malmesbury), Pretoria Boys High, SACS (Cape Town), St Alban’s (Pretoria), St Andrew's (Grahamstown), St Benedict’s (Johannesburg), Stithians (Randburg), Windhoek and Wynberg (Cape Town).
Tony Stoops Rugby Festival: Barrydale, Bellville South, Bosmansdam, Camps Bay, De Kuilen, Despatch, Dirkie Uys, Dollar Academy (Scotland), Edgemead, Emil Weder, Hawston, Hopefield, Hottentots Holland, HTS Newton, Jan Kriel, JG Meiring, Kirkwood, Klein Nederburg, Labori, Langeberg, Langenhoven High, Milnerton, Montana, Otto du Plessis, Pearson, Porterville, Sao Bras, Scottsdene, Swartland, Swellendam, Victoria Park, Vredenburg, Worcester Gym, York
Union High: Andrew Rabie (Port Elizabeth), Asherville (Graaff-Reinet), Cambridge (East London), Charlie Hofmeyr (Ceres), Graeme College (Grahamstown), Kingswood (Grahamstown), Muir College (Uitenhage), Port Alfred, Port Rex (East London), Spandau (Graaff-Reinet), Stirling (East London), Union High (Graaff-Reinet), Volkskool (Graaff-Reinet), Winterberg.
Matches
Maundy Thursday, 28 March 2013
Bizsport
08.30: Benoni High vs George Campbell
10.00: Die Anker vs Ben Vorster
11.30: Brandwag vs Kempton Park
13.00: Merensky vs Itembelihle
14.30: Stellenberg vs Middelburg
16.00: Tygerberg vs Jim Fouché
Kearsney
09.30: Kearsney vs Framesby
10.45: Selborne vs Nico Malan
12.00: Glenwood vs Paul Roos
13.15: Grey College vs Boland Landbou
14.30: Outeniqua vs Dr EG Jansen
15.45: Paarl Gim vs Westville
KES
08.30: Garsfontein vs Golden Lions Invitation
10.00: King Edward VII School vs Hudson Park
11.30: Parktown vs Trinityhouse High School
13.00: Marlow vs Centurion
14.30: Eldoraigne vs Hentie Cilliers
16.00: Menlopark vs Lichtenburg
Krugersdorp High School
09.20: Warmbad vs President
10.40: Falcon College vs Linden
12.00: St David's-Inanda vs Standerton
13.20: St George's vs ) Rustenburg
14.40: Viadana vs St Charles
16.00: Krugersdorp High vs Jabulani Club
St John's
09.00: New Orleans vs St John’s College, Harare
10.15: Golden Lions President’s XV vs Nelspruit
11.30: Waterkloof vs Noordheuwel
13.30: Marais Viljoen vs Windhoek Gymnasium
14.45: Paarl Boys’ High School vs HTS Daniël Pienaar
16.00: Filton vs St John’s College (Johannesburg)
St Stithians
09.45: St Benedict’s vs Wynberg
11.00: St Andrew's vs Helpmekaar
12.15: Invitation XV vs St Alban’s
13.30: St Stithians vs Windhoek
14.45: Pretoria Boys High vs SACS
16.00: Bishops vs Hilton
Tony Stoops Rugby Festival
A Field
12.00: JG Meiring vs Barrydale
13.20: Dirkie Uys vs Kirkwood
14.40: Pearson vs Klein Nederburg
16.00: Langenhoven High vs Labori
B Field
12.00: Edgemead vs Hopefield
13.20: Hottentots Holland vs Porterville
14.40: Hawston vs Bellville South
16.00: York vs Vredenburg
C Field
12.00: Bosmansdam vs Emil Weder
13.20: Montana vs Camps Bay
14.40: Swellendam vs Jan Kriel
D Field
12.00: Scottsdene vs Newton Tech
13.20: De Kuilen vs Victoria Park
14.40: Despatch vs Worcester Gym
Holy Saturday, 30 March 2013
Bizsport
08.30: Merensky vs Benoni High
10.00: Jim Fouché vs Die Anker
11.30: George Campbell vs Stellenberg
13.00: Brandwag vs Ben Vorster
14.30: Itembelihle vs Middelburg
16.00: Kempton Park vs Tygerberg
Kearsney
09.30: Nico Malan vs Boland Landbou
10.45: Outeniqua vs Westville
12.00: Kearsney vs Paarl Gim
13.15: Glenwood vs Selborne
14.30: D EG Jansen vs Paul Roos
15.45: Grey College vs Framesby
KES
08.30: Golden Lions Invitation vs Centurion
10.00: Lichtenburg vs Garsfontein
11.30: Menlopark vs Hentie Cilliers
13.00: Trinityhouse vs Eldoraigne
14.30: Parktown vs Hudson Park High School
16.00: Marlow vs King Edward VII School
Krugersdorp
09.00: Jabulani vs President
10.20: Warmbad vs Linden
11.40: Opening Ceremony
12.00: Rustenburg vs Standerton
13.20: Falcon College vs St David's-Inanda
14.40: St George's vs Viadana (Italy)
16.00: Krugersdorp High vs St Charles
Maritzburg College
10.10: Noord-Kaap vs Jeppe
11.30: DHS vs Rondebosch
12.50: Queen’s vs Affies
14.10: Dale vs Monument
15.30: Maritzburg College vs Grey
Oakdale
De Eike-Veld
08.45: Bellville vs Oudtshoorn
09.55: Stellenbosch vs Bredasdorp
11.05: Durbanville vs Aliwal Noord
12.15: Hugenote vs Pietersburg
14.00: Strand vs Sentraal (Free State)
15.10: HTS Louis Botha vs Augsburg
16.20: Hermanus vs Upington
18.10: Bethlehem Voortrekker vs Vereeniging Gim
19.20: Oakdale vs Diamantveld
Populierbos-Veld
11.05: Overberg vs Monumentpark
14.00: Sentraal (Western Cape) vs Middelburg (Eastern Cape)
15.10: Knysna vs Vredendal
16.20: Brackenfell vs Montagu
St John's
08.45: Noordheuwel vs Windhoek Gymnasium
10.00: Marais Viljoen vs New Orleans
11.15: Golden Lions President’s XV vs HTS Daniël Pienaar
13.30: St John’s (Johannesburg) vs St John’s (Harare)
14.45: Paarl Boys’ High School vs Filton
16.00: Nelspruit vs Waterkloof
St Stithians
09.45: St Benedict’s vs Invitation XV
11.00: St Alban’s vs Wynberg
12.15: SACS vs Windhoek
13.30: Hilton vs Helpmekaar
14.45: Bishops vs Pretoria Boys High
16.00: Old Stithians Association Sevens vs St Andrew's Old Boys Sevens
16.15: St Stithians vs St Andrew's
Union High
09.00: Spandau vs Port Alfred
10.10: Port Rex vs Asherville
11.20: Andrew Rabie vs Charlie Hofmeyr
12.30: Graeme College vs Stirling
13.40: Winterberg vs Muir College
14.50: Volkskool vs Cambridge
16.00: Union vs Kingswood College
Easter Monday, 1 April 2013
Bizsport
08.30: Stellenberg vs Ben Vorster
10.00: Brandwag vs Benoni High
11.30: Itembelihle vs Die Anker
13.00: Kempton Park vs Jim Fouché
14.30: Merensky vs Tygerberg
16.00: Middelburg vs George Campbell
Kearsney
09.30: Dr EG Jansen vs Nico Malan
10.45: Framesby vs Westville
12.00: Gray College vs Outeniqua
13.15: Paul Roos vs Selborne
14.30: Paarl Gim vs Glenwood
15.45: Kearsney vs Boland Landbou
KES
08.30: Eldoraigne vs Hudson Park High School
10.00: Menlopark vs Marlow
11.30: Lichtenburg vs Centurion
13.00: Golden Lions Invitation vs Hentie Cilliers
14.30: Parktown vs Garsfontein
16.00: King Edward VII School vs Trinityhouse
Krugersdorp
09.20: St Charles vs President
10.40: Jabulani vs Linden
12.00: St George's vs Standerton
13.20: St David's-Inanda vs Warmbad
14.40: Rustenburg vs Viadana
16.00: Krugersdorp High vs Falcon College
Maritzburg College
10.10: Monument vs Rondebosch
11.30: DHS vs Dale
12.50: Queen’s vs Jeppe
14.10: Maritzburg vs Noord-Kaap
15.30: Affies vs Grey High-School
St John's
09.00 New Orleans vs Lions President’s XV
10.15 St John’s (Harare) vs Windhoek Gymnasium
11.30 Filton vs Nelspruit
13.30 Marais Viljoen vs HTS Daniël Pienaar
14.45 Noordheuwel vs St John’s (Johannesburg)
16.00 Paarl Boys’ High School vs Waterkloof
St Stithians
09.45: SACS vs Invitation XV
11.00: Helpmekaar vs Bishops
12.15: Windhoek vs St Benedict’s
13.30: Hilton vs St Alban’s
14.45: Pretoria Boys High vs St Andrew's
16.00: St Stithians vs Wynberg
Union High
08.30: Andrew Rabie vs Winterberg
09.40: Charlie Hofmeyr vs Port Alfred
10.50: Kingswood vs Port Rex
12.00: Muir vs Stirling
13.10: Union vs Cambridge
14.20: Volkskool vs Graeme College