Grey and Monument into u15 and u17 Champion of Champions semis
The High School Sevens Series, proudly sponsored by Toyota, reaches its zenith on Saturday when the playoffs in the Champion of Champions Tournament take place at Grey College.
On Friday, the hosts went unbeaten through their pool in the u17 competition, but their u15 side was beaten by Monument.
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In the u17 competition, Grey didn’t surrender a single point as they overwhelmed Cambridge, the Bloemfontein Invitation side, and Kempton Park, racking up 148 points in those three outings. The last victory, by 60-0, was surprisingly one-sided because Kempton Park won their other two games to finish second in the pool.
Monument took top spot in Pool B, but they didn’t produce a spotless record. Dinamika held Monnas to a 19-19 draw but fell to Durbanville 10-38. In a very tight contest, Monument edged out Durbies 21-19.
That loss means Durbanville will tackle Grey in the Cup semi-finals, while Monnas go up against Kempton Park.
In Pool A of the u15 competition, Grey College and Monument were expected to do battle for first place and so it proved to be, although Kempton Park stretched the Bloemfontein boys in their opener, with Grey winning only 12-7. Later, when Grey faced Monnas, the Krugersdorp school claimed a hard-fought 26-19 victory.
The top dogs in Pool B were Monument’s Krugersdorp rivals, Noordheuwel, who beat Durban’s Northwood to secure first place. Northwood, meanwhile, saw off Graeme College and Sentraal to book a semi-final showdown with Monnas.
U17 RESULTS
Pool A
Kempton Park 12-12 Welkom Gimnasium
Grey College 57-0 Cambridge
Kempton Park 24-22 Bloemfontein Invitation
Cambridge 26-15 Welkom Gimnasium
Grey College 31-0 Bloemfontein Invitation
Kempton Park 40-12 Cambridge
Bloemfontein Invitation 31-19 Welkom Gimnasium
Kempton Park 0-60 Grey College
Bloemfontein Invitation 26-10 Cambridge
Grey College 55-7 Welkom Gimnasium
Pool B
Sarel Cilliers 12-47 Monument
Dinamika 19-26 Jim Fouché
Sarel Cilliers 18-33 Durbanville
Jim Fouché 12-35 Monument
Dinamika 10-38 Durbanville
Sarel Cilliers 17-17 Jim Fouché
Dinamika 19-19 Monument
Durbanville 38-17 Jim Fouché
Sarel Cilliers 19-40 Dinamika
Durbanville 19-21 Monument
Playoffs – Saturday, 21 September
Match 21 – 09:00 – Bloemfontein Invitation (3rd Pool A) vs Jim Fouché (4th Pool B)
Match 22 – 09:20 – Dinamika (3rd Pool B) vs Cambridge (4th Pool A)
Match 23 – Grey College (Winner Pool A) vs Durbanville (2nd Pool B)
Match 24 – Monument (Winner Pool B) vs Kempton Park (2nd Pool A)
Final Placings
10:20 – Welkom Gimnasium vs Sarel Cilliers (9th/10th)
10:40 – u15 – Loser Bowl Semi 1 vs Loser Bowl Semi 2
11:00 – Loser Match 21 vs Loser Match 22 (7th/8th)
11:20 – u15 – Winner Bowl semi 1 vs Winner Bowl semi 2 (5th/6th)
11:40 – Winner Match 21 vs Winner Match 22 (5th/6th)
12:00 – u15 – Loser Cup semi 1 vs Loser Cup semi 2 (3rd/4th)
12:20 – Loser Match 23 vs Loser Match 24 (3rd/4th)
12:40 – u15 – Winner Cup semi 1 vs Winner Cup semi 2 (Cup final)
13:00 – Winner Match 23 vs Winner Match 24 (Cup final)
U15 RESULTS
Pool A
Grey College 12-7 Kempton Park
Monument 38-0 Bloemfontein Invitation
Grey College 48-0 Bloemfontein Invitation
Monument 33-10 Kempton Park
Grey College 19-26 Monument
Kempton Park 29-5 Bloemfontein Invitation
Pool B
Graeme College 15-26 Northwood
Sentraal 10-29 Noordheuwel
Graeme College 22-31 Noordheuwel
Sentraal 0-36 Northwood
Northwood 7-17 Noordheuwel
Graeme College 19-7 Sentraal
Bowl
09:00 – semi 1 – Kempton Park vs Sentraal
09:20 – semi 2 – Graeme College vs Bloemfontein Invitation
Cup
09:40 – semi 1 – Monument vs Northwood
10:00 – semi 2 – Noordheuwel vs Grey College
