Ten schools, three age groups in action at Coastal Cup
Four schools from the KZN coastal region, four schools from Pretoria, one from Gqeberha and one from Paarl, will be in action at the Coastal Cup in Durban from Friday, 22 March until Sunday, 24 March. The event caters for 1st, u16A and u14A teams.
The Menlopark and Glenwood 1st teams get matters rolling on Friday morning at the Riverside Sports Club.
The Pretoria school is a new addition to the event and will be eager to make a good impression. Glenwood, meanwhile, endured a tough 2023, suffering some heavy defeats. They have some ground to make up this season and have looked like an improved outfit in the early going.
The second game sees Westville Boys High face Pearson High School. Last year, they shared a six-goal thriller, drawing 3-3. Westville has settled into the season well, recording wins over Michaelhouse and Clifton College, while Pearson has already played in the Tony Godding Festival.
Meanwhile, Durban High School (DHS) will take on St Alban’s College. When they met at the Coastal Cup in 2023, DHS comfortably ran out 4-0 winners.
The local boys have lost only three players from their outstanding team of last year, but they were major contributors, so just how that impacts them remains to be seen. They did, nonetheless, hand Kearsney College a first loss at home in two years last weekend.
In other 1st team fixtures, a young but exciting Clifton College lineup will tackle Garsfontein, while Paarl Boys’ High faces Waterkloof, another newcomer, at 13:00, before taking on Westville at 17:00.
The schools’ u16 teams will be in action alongside the 1st teams, on the Riverside 2 Turf.
DHS will open the u16 fixtures against St Alban’s, while Paarl will go up against Waterkloof in the second match of the day. Westville and Pearson will lock horns, while the Clifton 1st XI has a date with Waterkloof, which takes place on the Riverside 2 Turf, followed by another 1st XI clash between DHS against Garsfontein.
Day one of the u14 matches takes place at DHS. They include Paarl Boys’ High versus Waterkloof, to get matters underway, with the hosts, DHS tackling St Alban’s in their first outing.
Friday’s u14 action wraps up a little earlier than the games at Riverside, with the last of them, Westville versus Paarl, starting at 16:30.
FIXTURES
Friday, 22 March
1st XI – Riverside 1
08:00 – Menlopark vs Glenwood; 09:15 – Westville vs Pearson; 10:30 – DHS vs St Alban’s; 11:45 – Clifton vs Garsfontein; 13:00 – Paarl vs Waterkloof; BREAK; 14:30 – St Alban’s vs Glenwood; 15:45 – Pearson vs Menlopark; 17:00 – Westville vs Paarl
u16A – Riverside 2
07:30 – DHS vs St Alban’s; 08:30 – Paarl vs Waterkloof; 09:30 – Westville vs Pearson; 10:30 – Clifton vs Garsfontein; 11:30 – Menlopark vs Glenwood; BREAK; 12:30 – Westville vs Paarl; 13:30 – Clifton vs Waterkloof; 14:30 – DHS vs Garsfontein; 15:30 – St Alban’s vs Glenwood; 16:30 – Pearson vs Menlopark; 17:30 – Clifton 1st vs Waterkloof 1st; 18:45 – DHS 1st vs Garsfontein 1st
u14A – DHS
07:30 – Paarl vs Waterkloof; 08:30 – DHS vs St Alban’s; 09:30 – Menlopark vs Glenwood; 10:30 – Clifton vs Garsfontein; 11:30 – Westville vs Pearson; BREAK; 12:30 – St Alban’s vs Glenwood; 13:30 – DHS vs Garsfontein; 14:30 – Pearson vs Menlopark; 15:30 – Clifton vs Waterkloof; 16:30 – Westville vs Paarl
Saturday, 23 March
1st XI – Riverside 1
13:30 – Garsfontein vs Glenwood; 14:45 – Paarl vs Pearson; 16:00 – DHS vs Menlopark; 17:15 – Clifton vs St Alban’s; 18:30 – Westville vs Waterkloof
u16A – Riverside 2
12:00 – DHS vs Menlopark; 13:00 – Clifton vs St Alban’s; 14:00 – Westville vs Waterkloof; 15:00 – Paarl vs Pearson; 16:00 – Garsfontein vs Glenwood
u14A – Riverside 1
08:30 – Paarl vs Pearson; 09:30 – Clifton vs St Alban’s; 10:30 – DHS vs Menlopark; 11:30 – Westville vs Waterkloof; 12:30 – Garsfontein vs Glenwood
Sunday, 24 March
1st XI – Riverside 1
08:00 – Clifton vs Menlopark; 09:15 – Waterkloof vs Glenwood; 10:30 – Westville vs Garsfontein; 11:45 – St Alban’s vs Pearson; 13:00 – DHS vs Paarl
u16A – DHS
09:00 – Clifton vs Menlopark; 10:00 – Westville vs Garsfontein; 11:00 – Waterkloof vs Glenwood; 12:00 – DHS vs Paarl; 13:00 – St Alban’s vs Pearson
u14A – Riverside 2
08:00 – Clifton vs Menlopark; 09:00 – Westville vs Garsfontein; 10:00 – St Alban’s vs Pearson; 11:00 – Waterkloof vs Glenwood; 12:00 – DHS vs Paarl
