Durban High School are the Champions of the inaugural tournament at Kearsney College
During the weekend, Kearsney College welcomed teams across the country to its inaugural Kearsney Soccer Tournament.
The school hosted teams from afar as the Western Cape, Gauteng and Eastern Cape province. Some of the schools that featured in the tournament included power houses such as Paul Roos Gymnasium, TuksSport High School, Durban High School, Urban Academy and many more.
The tournament featured boys’ and girls’ competition spanning across primary and high school levels.
A spectacular fashion with dramatic end, huge surprises and shocking defeats as the competition intensified over a period of three days, 14-16 July.
Durban High School were crowned as the senior winners of the soccer tournament, defeating TuksSport High School on penalties.
A dramatic end to a fantastic final, as Durban High School equalized in the last minute of the game after TuksSport High School held the 1-0 lead for a long duration of the game.
Huge blow to the TuksSport High School as they thought they had put the game to bed, but then went on to lose the final on the penalty shootout by 3-1.
Edendale Technical High, one of the power houses in the sport of soccer in South Africa were also crowned as the champions of the girl’s competition, joining Durban High School and the Hillcrest Primary who won the primary boy’s competition.
All three finals were decided on the penalty shootout in what turned out to be a dramatic end to a fantastic competition that saw some of the very best schools in the country participating for the bragging rights and the honours of being crowned as the first champions of the Kearsney Soccer tournament.
Rankings from the Tournament
Boys Competition:
Durban High School
TuksSport High School
Urban Academy
Paul Ross Gym
Maqhutshane
Kearsney College
Port Shepstone
Siyajabula
Lebone II
Curro Grantleigh
Ashton Ballito
Girls Competition:
Girls High Schools
Edendale Technical High
Safa Thekwini
St Anne’s
Danville
Lebone II
Durban Girls’ High
St Mary’s
Ashton Ballito
Curro Hillcrest
Primary Schools:
Hillcrest Primary
Merchiston
John Wesley
Ashton Ballito
Kloof Senior Primary
Highbury B
Athol Heights
Highbury A
