Giliomee stars again as Boland Wynland are crowned Frogfoot Sevens champions at Swartland
The Boland Wynland invitational team stole the show at the Swartland leg of the 2023 Frogfoot Sevens series.
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The flyers from the Boland/Wynland region were unstoppable, winning by an average of 39-5 over the six games this weekend, spurred on by the efforts of their exciting SA u18 Sevens player from Charlie Hofmeyr, Luan Giliomee, who was honoured as the man-of-the-match four times over the weekend.
Giliomee earned bronze as part of the SA u18 Sevens team at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago earlier this year, and received the sportsman of the year award at the proud school in Ceres, along with his sister, Lané, who was honoured as the sportswoman of the year.
Their little brother, Ruben, has also already shown that he will follow in his siblings’ footsteps, catching everyone’s attention last week at the Marius Schoeman u12 sevens tournament in Paarl, where he finished off a brilliant individual try to win the final for Gericke Primary School.
Brent Simmons and Marno du Plessis also stood out for the winning squad, and HTS Drostdy’s Harold Mbuqa was selected as the player of the tournament.
The HTS Drostdy boys played well to get to the final, getting by a promising Montagu team in the group stage by 20-7 and fighting off an inspired Strand attack in the semis by 26-21 to book a spot in the final.
The representative team, however, put on another masterclass in the grand finale to beat the school from Worcester and secure the bragging rights as well as a spot at the Frogfoot Champions tournament in Pretoria in October.
Judging by the success of the teams from the Western Province, and particularly the Boland/Wynland regions this season, they should go into the championship tournament as one of the favourites, despite not having had the benefit of playing together all season like most of the other teams would have.
HTS Drostdy managed to go all the way in the u15 tournament, beating the Paul Roos Invitational team by 24-14 thanks to a man-of-the-match performance by Anvil Jacobs.
The hosts, Swartland, were also punching above their weight this weekend, doing well to keep Strand to a 12-all draw in the group stages and beating a promising Montagu by 29-24 in the Plate semi-final before going on to claim the Plate at their home competition after a thrilling 19-17 battle against Hoërskool Punt in the final.
JH Kleinhans was singled out as the player-of-the-match in that game. Kailen Kotze and Liam Anthony also stood out for Swartland over the weekend.
All the results:
Pool A – Strand 38, Melkbosstrand 0; Dirkie Uys 19, Hexvallei 7; Swartland 35, Dirkie Uys 0; Strand 40, Hexvallei 0; Swartland 41, Hexvallei 5; Melkbosstrand 22, Dirkie Uys 17; Swartland 12, Strand 12; Melkbosstrand 48, Hexvallei 12; Swartland 36, Melkbosstrand 5; Strand 31, Dirkie Uys 0.
Pool B – Montagu 29, Schoonspruit 0; Vredendal 26, Vooruitsig 10; HTS Drostdy 38, Vredendal 0; Montagu 33, Vooruitsig 7; HTS Drostdy 36, Vooruitsig 0; Schoonspruit 26, Vredendal 5; HTS Drostdy 20, Montagu 7; Schoonspruit 36, Vooruitsig 12; HTS Drostdy 22, Schoonspruit 10; Montagu 40, Vredendal 10.
Pool C – Paul Roos Invitational 29, Ashton 0; Jakes Gerwal 17, Vredenburg 15; Boland Wynland 36, Jakes Gerwal 0; Ashton 24, Vredenburg 17; Paul Roos Invitational 50, Vredenburg 7; Boland Wynland 44, Ashton 0; Boland Wynland 26, Paul Roos Invitational 5; Jakes Gerwal 15, Ashton 7; Paul Roos Invitational 19, Jakes Gerwal 7; Boland Wynland 61, Vredenburg 0.
Pool D – Hoërskool Stellenbosch 17, Wesbank 14; Worcester Gimnasium 12, Punt 10; Punt 21, Milnerton 19; Wesbank 17, Worcester Gimnasium 12; Worcester Gimnasium 33, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 12; Milnerton 19, Wesbank 5; Milnerton 45, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 7; Punt 12, Wesbank 12; Punt 33, Hoërskool Stellenbosch 0; Milnerton 34, Worcester Gimnasium 0.
Semi-finals
Spoon – Hexvallei 19, Vooruitsig 12; Hoërskool Stellenbosch 26, Vredenburg 19.
Shield – Vredendal 26, Dirkie Uys 7; Wesbank 28, Ashton 0.
Bowl – Worcester Gimnasium 35, Jakes Gerwal 7; Schoonspruit 22, Melkbosstrand 5.
Plate – Swartland 29, Montagu 24; Punt 14, Paul Roos Invitational 12.
Cup – HTS Drostdy 26, Strand 21; Boland Wynland 31, Milnerton 7.
Finals
Spoon – Hoërskool Stellenbosch 38, Hexvallei 12.
Shield – Wesbank 17, Vredendal 12.
Bowl – Schoonspruit 17, Worcester Gimnasium 15.
Plate – Swartland 19, Punt 17.
Cup – Boland Wynland 38, HTS Drostdy 20.
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