Volksrust's massive sports weeks
Two weeks in April
Hoërskool Volksrust are hosting the 23rd Annual Voermol Amajuba Sports Weeks. The event takes place over two weeks and there will be 38 rugby teams from north and south of the Vaal River in attendance. The tournament is a season highlight for many of the teams.
The Sports Week is a massive undertaking by Hoërskool Volksrust, situated as the town is near the conjunction of KwaZulu Natal, Mpumalanga and the Free State.. There are also 44 hockey teams in attendance. Volksrust High raises close to R1-million annually from the event.
Seventeen schools have sent rugby teams. The Under-14s and Under-15s play over the first week of the event while the Under-16s and First XVs take the field in the second week.
The referees have all been appointed by SARU and will be assessed over the course of the week by Schalk van der Merwe of the Pumas. The referees are Michael Cupido, Pieter White, Lappies Labuschagne, Brian Lesch, Cecil Sekette, Cassie Carstens and Eugenia Daniels, the daughter of recently retired Eugene Daniels.
The schools taking part are Barberton, Ermelo, Frikkie Meyer (Thabazimbi), Ferrum (Newcastle), Kokstad College, Nylstroom, Piet Potgieter (Potgietersrus), Voortrekker (Bethlehem), Volksrust, Uitsig (The Reeds, Centurion), Sarel Cilliers (Glencoe), Hoërskool Bergvlam (Nelspruit), Afrikaans Hoërskool (Germiston), HTS Carel de Wet (Vanderbijl Park), Pionier (Vryheid), Potchefstroom Gimnasium, Stoffberg (Brakpan).
Fixtures for 3 April:
8.00: U14 Volksrust vs Afrikaans Hoërskool
9.00: U15 Volksrust vs Afrikaans Hoërskool
10.00: U14 Nylstroom vs Ferrum
11.00: U15 Barberton vs Ferrum
12.00: U14 Pionier vs Voortrekker
13.30: U15 Frikkie Meyer vs Carel de Wet
14.30: U14 Frikkie Meyer vs Stoffberg
15.30: U15 Pionier vs Voortrekker
16.30: U15 Kokstad vs Stoffberg
17.30: U14 Volksrust vs Carel de Wet
19.00: U15 Volksrust vs Sarel Cilliers
First XVs: Barberton, Frikkie Meyer, Ferrum, Piet Potgieter, Voortrekker, Volksrust, Uitsig, Hoërskool Bergvlam.
Under-16 teams: Frikkie Meyer, Afrikaans Hoërskool, HTS Carel de Wet, Pionier, Potchefstroom Gimnasium, Stoffberg, Volksrust, Hoërskool Bergvlam .