Cape’s best chase SACS Night Series glory
The annual SACS Night Series makes its return this week when six of the best water polo-playing schools in the Cape lock horns at the SACS main pool on Wednesday night.
The series, featuring the hosts, Paul Roos Gymnasium, Wynberg Boys’ High, Rondebosch Boys’ High, Reddam House Constantia, and Bishops Diocesan College will be played over six rounds.
The group stages stretch to 23 February, with the semi-finals and finals following four days later on 27 February.
Wednesday’s evening’s action begins with the hosts taking on Bishops at 17:00, before Rondebosch Boys’ High tackles Reddam. Wynberg close off day one’s proceedings against a dangerous Paul Roos side.
The matches will also help SACS, Bishops, Rondebosch and Paul Roos prepare for the St Andrew’s College (SAC) Shield, which gets underway in Makhanda on Thursday.
Last year’s night series was all about the home side as they bossed proceedings and recorded a 100 percent win rate in the group stages.
Coach Devon Card‘s team then breezed past Bishops, defeating them 14-6 in the semi-finals, before scrapping their way to an impressive 10-6 win against their old foes, Paul Roos, in the final.
SACS will be aiming to continue in the same vein as last year’s team, which was ranked number one in South Africa. But the competition in the Cape, as always, will be stiff.
Reddam House Constantia will be hurting after finishing last in 2023, while Wynberg, Rondebosch, and Bishops will be keen to take a step forward and challenge SACS and Paul Roos for top honours.
With Reddam keen to make a splash, their first-round match against ‘Bosch will be one to watch as the Constantia school aims to upset the apple cart.
Bishops will also be aiming to rattle the status quo when they tackle Paul Roos in round two. There’ll be an eagerly awaited showdown in round three, when SACS battle Paul Roos, while Bishops and Wynberg will go head-to-head in a southern suburbs’ clash in the last round before the playoffs.
All the action will be live on SuperSport Schools.
Fixtures
23 January
17:00- SACS vs Bishops
18:00- Rondebosch Boys vs Reddam House
19:00- Paul Roos vs Wynberg
31 January
17:00- Reddam House vs Wynberg
18:00- SACS vs Rondebosch Boys High
19:00- Paul Roos vs Bishops
7 February
17:00- Rondebosch Boys vs Wynberg
18:00- Bishops vs Reddam House
19:00- Paul Roos vs SACS
14 February
17:00- SACS vs Wynberg
18:00- Rondebosch vs Bishops
19:00- Reddam House vs Paul Roos
21 February
17:00- Bishops vs Wynberg
18:00- SACS vs Reddam House
19:00- Rondebosch vs Paul Roos
27 February
17:00- SF 1
18:00- SF 2
19:00- 5th/6th playoff
20:00- Final
