Blitzbokke are the guests of honour at Kanonkop’s Heritage Sport Festival this weekend
Kanonkop will be hosting the Heritage Sports Festival this weekend where 16 teams will be competing in the u15 and u17 tournaments for the title and one of the last remaining spots at the High School Sevens Series Champion-of-champions event that takes place at Grey College in Bloemfontein next month.
The boys will be especially looking forward to showing off their skills with the Blitzbokke looking on and providing some entertainment and a showcase of top-quality sevens.
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The majority of the teams competing on Saturday were in action at the Hoërskool Middelburg leg of the series last weekend, where last year’s overall winners, Secunda, claimed the crown with a 19-12 victory over Ligbron in the final.
The Middies had to make do with third place at their home tournament but will be hoping to improve on that result this weekend in the absence of Secunda.
Their big local rivals, HTS Middelburg, claimed the Plate last weekend by comprehensively beating Oosterland by 29 unanswered points in the final.
Two wildcards are the visiting Helpmekaar College from Braamfontein and Milnerton from Cape Town.
Helpmekaar’s u15 team were victorious in Bethlehem at the Witteberg sevens tournament two weeks ago, and Milnerton have been competing well against some of the best teams in the country at the various Western Cape meetings over the last couple of weeks.
Kanonkop was knocked out by the eventual Bowl champions, Ermelo, last weekend in the semi-finals by 31-26, and they will be hoping to go further in front of their home crowd.
The Blitzbokke will play three games against the All Stars Academy team, starting after the group stage games at 12:50, before playing again after the semis at 14:50 and finally drawing a line under what promises to be an action-packed weekend with the last game at 17:10 after the finals.
The All Stars Academy is based in Pretoria and run by Ludwiche van Deventer, giving school leavers the opportunity to develop both on and off the field and providing opportunities to play rugby on an international platform.
They regularly play against the Blitzbokke and participate in various international tournaments, including the Dubai Sevens.
All the fixtures:
u17
The groups:
Pool A: Helpmekaar, Patriot, Hoërskool Middelburg, Standerton.
Pool B: HTS Middelburg, Benoni, Milnerton, Kanonkop
The fixtures
08:30 – Helpmekaar vs Patriot; 08:50 – Hoërskool Middelburg vs Standerton; 09:10 – HTS Middelburg vs Benoni; 09:30 – Milnerton vs Kanonkop; 09:50 – Helpmekaar vs Standerton; 10:10 – Hoërskool Middelburg vs Patriot; 10:30 – HTS Middelburg vs Kanonkop; 10:50 – Milnerton vs Benoni; 11:10 – Patriot vs Standerton; 11:30 – Benoni vs Kanonkop; 11:50 – Helpmekaar vs Hoërskool Middelburg; 12:10 – HTS Middelburg vs Milnerton; 12:30 – Bulldogs vs All Stars; 12:50 – Blitzbokke vs All Stars.
u15
The groups
Pool A: HTS Middelburg, Benoni, Ben Viljoen, Kanonkop.
Pool B: Helpmekaar, Middelburg Hoërskool, Standerton, Steelcrest.
The fixtures
08:30 – HTS Middelburg vs Benoni; 08:50 – Ben Viljoen vs Kanonkop; 09:10 – Helpmekaar vs Hoërskool Middelburg; 09:30 – Standerton vs Steelcrest; 09:50 – HTS Middelburg vs Kanonkop; 10:10 – Benoni vs Ben Viljoen; 10:30 – Helpmekaar vs Steelcrest; 10:50 – Standerton vs Hoërskool Middelburg; 11:10 – Benoni vs Kanonkop; 11:30 – Hoërskool Middelburg vs Steelcrest; 11:50 – HTS Middelburg vs Ben Viljoen; 12:10 – Helpmekaar vs Steelcrest.
