The temperature is rising at Woodridge Stayers Water Polo Tournament
After a blistering start on Thursday, spectators were treated to a show on Friday at the Woodridge College Stayers Water Polo Tournament.
The annual tournament is into its third edition and runs into Sunday, with the girls’ and boys’ finals scheduled for 13:00 and 14:00, respectively.
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Day two delivered goals galore, with some of the top teams stretching their leads.
In the boys’ section, the hosts lead Pool A with nine points after convincing wins over Grey College (14-3), Kingswood College (9-1), and Somerset College (14-3).
Grey College lies second, followed by Kingswood and Somerset College, who are still searching for a first victory.
Selborne College is out front in Pool B after scoring a whopping 25 goals in their three matches, all victories, over Wynberg Boys’ High, Pearson High and Grey High School‘s second-stringers respectively.
Grey High’s first team, meanwhile, has enjoyed a smooth run in Pool C, and they will progress to the quarterfinals after staying unbeaten throughout the pool stage matches.
The defending champions, St Andrew’s College, are also sitting comfortably after two days of action. The Grant Mackenzie-coached outfit defeated Glenwood House 8-2 on Thursday, which they followed with a 12-3 win over Hudson Park on Friday before scoring 15 goals against Merrifield College.
Only Selborne, St Andrew’s, Woodridge, and Grey High have secured their places in the quarterfinals. Their opponents will be determined after cross-pool playoff matches early on day three.
GIRLS
The smaller girls’ competition features two groups of six teams each, and competition has been keen.
In Pool A, Hudson Park High has dominated, scoring with relative ease, and they have bagged a healthy 14 points after their five matches.
On Friday, they defeated Merrifield 10-1 and Oakhill 13-3 to assert their dominance. Those wins followed victories over DSG Makhanda and Collegiate Girls’ High on Thursday. They were, however, extended to a penalty shootout win by Woodridge.
DSG is in second place on 12 points after they defeated Collegiate 5-3 in their final game on Friday.
Hudson Park is through to the quarterfinals, along with DSG, Collegiate, and Woodridge.
In Pool B, it’s another East London school that’s laid down a marker, with Clarendon High School for Girls picking up maximum points. They have one group stage game remaining against Pearson early on Saturday.
Clarendon is through to the quarterfinals where, as things stand, they’ll be joined by Kingswood College.
Glenwood House is still in with a shout at the quarters, while Stirling High will hope that Clarendon can do them a favour by beating Pearson.
RESULTS
Thursday
Boys
Pool A
Woodridge 9-1 Kingswood College
Pool B
Pearson High 4-3 Grey High 2nds
Selborne 11-2 Grey High 2nds
Pool C
Grey High 8-2 Stirling High
Grey High 21-0 Invitational team
Pool D
St Andrew’s College 8-2 Glenwood House
Hudson 9-6 Merrifield College
Girls
Pool A
Woodridge 4-3 Merrifield College
Collegiate 15-3 Merrifield College
DSG Makhanda 6-4 Woodridge
Hudson 9-3 Collegiate
Pool B
Stirling High 11-5 Pearson High
Kingswood College 6-4 Glenwood House
Kingswood College 5-4 Pearson
Clarendon 7-4 Glenwood House
Friday
Boys
Pool A
Woodridge 14-3 Somerset College
Grey College 8-3 Kingswood College
Woodridge 14-3 Grey College
Kingswood College 5-4 Somerset College
Pool B
Wynberg 12-1 Pearson
Selborne 4-3 Wynberg
Wynberg 15-2 Grey High 2nds
Selborne 10-1 Pearson
Pool C
Stirling 10-5 Invitational team
Grey High 20-1 Oakhill
Stirling 10-6 Oakhill
Invitational team 8-5 Oakhill
Pool D
St Andrew’s College 15-1 Merrifield
Glenwood House 10-4 Merrifield
St Andrew’s College 12-3 Hudson
Glenwood House 11-4 Hudson
Girls
Pool A
DSG Makhanda 7-8 Hudson
Oakhill 6-16 Merrifield
Woodridge (0) 5-5 (1) Hudson
Collegiate 7-3 Woodridge
Woodridge 15-2 Oakhill
DSG Makhanda 13-2 Merrifield
Hudson 13-3 Oakhill
Collegiate 16-2 Oakhill
Hudson 10-1 Merrifield
DSG 5-3 Collegiate
Pool B
Kingswood 3-6 Clarendon
Pearson (2) 2-2 (1) Glenwood House
Stirling 9-1 Somerset College
Pearson 7-1 Somerset College
Kingswood 4-3 Stirling
Clarendon 13-2 Stirling
Glenwood House 4-3 Stirling
Glenwood House 9-1 Somerset College
Clarendon 13-2 Somerset College
Click HERE to see day three’s fixtures.
