Can the little Gimmies retain their u12 title at this year’s Marius Schoeman Sevens Festival?
The biggest schools sevens tournament in the country kicks off on Thursday when Paarl Gimnasium hosts the Marius Schoeman Sevens Festival.
The u12s will set the tone on Thursday before the u15s and u17s take the field on Friday and Saturday.
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The hosts’ u12 team won the tournament last year after beating their neighbouring rivals, Paarl Boys’ Primary in the final.
Bastion was the champion in 2019 and 2018.
Every year, the junior teams compete for bragging rights and prize money, as well as a sought-after scholarship to the prestigious Paarl Gimnasium for one lucky player in the winning team.
Two-time champions, Bastion, and last year’s finalists, Paarl Boys’ Primary, share a pool this year, meaning only one of them can advance to the playoffs for the Cup which sets up a huge battle when these two face each other at 14:00 on the Stofberg field.
The reigning champs, Paarl Gimnasium, are grouped with Durbanville Primary, Kenridge and Drakenstein.
Because of the quality of the opponents and the scale of the event, no one can afford any mistakes during the group stages.
The playoffs will commence on Thursday as soon as the pool games have been concluded.
The pools are:
Pool A – Worcester Primary, Hugenote Primary, Forward Foundation, Panorama.
Pool B – Durbanville Primary, Kenridge, Drakenstein, Paarl Gimnasium.
Pool C – Gericke, Hugo Rust, Hendrik Louw, Noord-Eind.
Pool D – Stellenbosch Primary II, WA Joubert, Worcester Primary II, Lochnerhof.
Pool E – Brackenfell Primary, Welgemoed Primary, Kathleen Murray, Oueniqua.
Pool F – Stellenbosch Primary, Vooruitsig, NTK RFC Juniors, Eikestad.
Pool G – Paarl Boys’ Primary, Courtrai, Paarl Gimnasium II, Bastion.
Pool H – Van Riebeeckstrand, Gordon’s Bay, Bastion II, Eversdal.
The fixtures are:
Thursday:
Group stage
Pitch 1 (JA Kriel): 12:00 – Worcester Primary vs Hugenote Primary; 12:20 – Forward Foundation vs Panorama; 12:40 – Gericke vs Hugo Rust; 13:00 – Hendrik Louw vs Noord-Eind; 13:20 – Stellenbosch Primary vs Eikestad; 13:40 – NTK RFC Juniors vs Vooruitsig; 14:00 – Van Riebeeckstrand vs Eversdal; 14:20 – Bastion II vs Gordon’s Bay; 14:40 – Brackenfell vs Kathleen Murray; 15:00 – Courtrai vs Bastion; 15:20 – Welgemoed Primary vs Outeniqua; 15:40 – Paarl Boy’s Primary vs Paarl Gimnasium II.
Pitch 2 (Stofberg): 12:00 – Durbanville Primary vs Kenridge; 12:20 – Drakenstein vs Paarl Gimnasium; 12:40 – Stellenbosch Primary II vs WA Joubert; 13:00 – Worcester Primary II vs Lochnerhof; 13:20 – Brackenfell Primary vs Outeniqua; 13:40 – Kathleen Murray vs Welgemoed Primary; 14:00 – Paarl Boys’ Primary vs Bastion; 14:20 – Paarl Gimnasium II vs Courtrai; 14:40 – Vooruitsig vs Eikestad; 15:00 – Gordon’s Bay vs Eversdal; 15:20 – Stellenbosch Primary vs NTK RFC Juniors; 15:40 – Van Riebeeckstrand vs Bastion II.
Pitch 3 (Oukraal): 12:00 – Brackenfell Primary vs Welgemoed Primary; 12:20 – Kathleen Murray vs Outeniqua; 12:40 – Paarl Boys’ Primary vs Courtrai; 13:00 – Paarl Gimnasium II vs Bastion; 13:20 – Durbanville Primary vs Paarl Gimnasium; 13:40 – Drakenstein vs Kenridge; 14:00 – Stellenbosch Primary II vs Lochnerhof; 14:20 – Worcester Primary II vs WA Joubert; 14:40 – Worcester Primary vs Forward Foundation; 15:00 – Hugo Rust vs Noord-Eind; 15:20 – Hugenote Primary vs Panorama; 15:40 – Gericke vs Hendrik Louw.
Pitch 4 (Lemoenkloof): 12:00 – Stellenbosch Primary vs Vooruitsig; 12:20 – Eikestad vs NTK RFC Juniors; 12:40 – Van Riebeeckstrand vs Gordon’s Bay; 13:00 – Bastion II vs Eversdal; 13:20 – Worcester Primary vs Panorama; 13:40 – Forward Foundation vs Hugenote Primary; 14:00 – Gericke vs Noord-Eind; 14:20 – Hendrik Louw vs Hugo Rust; 14:40 – Kenridge vs Paarl Gimnasium; 15:00 – WA Joubert Lochnerhof; 15:20 – Durbanville Primary vs Drakenstein; 15:40 – Stellenbosch Primary II vs Worcester Primary II.
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