Business as usual for top guns as SACS Water Polo tournament intensifies

Day two of the annual SACS Water Polo Tournament, proudly sponsored by Hussar Grill, delivered a number of upsets, but the favourites, who began the tournament on a high, continued their dominance ahead of the final day in the pool.

Saturday’s matches finished with four teams unbeaten after four matches each, but as fatigue crept in on day two the only team to maintain that unbeaten status was Bishops Diocesan College.

They played a further four matches on Sunday, winning three of them – 3-0 against St David’s Marist Inanda, 4-2 against Hilton College, and 5-3 against Jeppe High School for Boys.

They were, however, held to an exciting 5-5 draw by  St Stithians College. Despite that result, coach Jabulani Sibiya‘s side qualified for the quarterfinals with one pool match remaining on Monday against their great rivals, Rondebosch Boys’ High.

Speaking of ‘Bosch and Saints, both teams remain in contention for the last eight after recording impressive results on day two.

In Pool B, they sit behind Bishops, who have 15 points, with 14 and 13 points respectively, after losing one match each on Sunday. Saints went down 1-4 to Clifton, but they were on the right end of the result when they beat Rondebosch 6-1.

Hilton College, after eight matches, is in fourth place in Pool B with 10 points, following five victories and three defeats. Behind them, in fifth, on eight points, is Clifton College, who have been somewhat up and down. Third last year, they now need to rely on bottom of the pool Grey College beating Hilton on Monday to see them through to the quarterfinals. That seems unlikely.

There was plenty of drama in Pool A on Sunday, which, when it was done, left two teams fighting it out for fourth place and a spot in the last eight.

Selborne College, who enjoyed a strong opening day, find themselves in fifth place, on nine points, and at risk of missing out on the quarterfinals for a second year running.

The East London side came up a little short, facing a tough slate of games. They went 2-5 down to Wynberg Boys’ High, lost 2-3 against St John’s College, and drew 4-4 with SACS before defeating St Alban’s College 6-1.

After Sunday’s action, the top four teams in Pool A are, in order, St John’s College, with 14 points, SACS, with 13, who lead Paul Roos Gimnasium (PRG) on goal difference, and Wynberg Boys’ High, on 11.

St John’s continued their strong form, losing only one match on the day by a single goal against Paul Roos, while SACS and PRG, last year’s finalists, picked up crucial wins to nail down quarterfinals places with one pool match to go.

There will be 10 matches played on Monday, five in each pool, before the tournament enters its business end with the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final, which is scheduled for 14:30.

All the action will be LIVE on SuperSport Schools.

DAY 2 | RESULTS

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Avuyile Sawula is a multimedia sports journalist, broadcaster, and writer. He possesses a journalism degree from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. During his time in the media industry, he has worked for various online media publications covering a variety of sporting codes. He also has a broadcasting background, having worked as a news journalist at one of Cape Town’s commercial radio stations. His reporting beats include hockey, rugby, water polo, and cricket. Apart from writing, he has a knack for creating sports content, video editing and running.

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