Old Petrians’ Water Polo Tournament: Day one’s big winners keep winning
The teams that had made a strong start to the Old Petrians’ Water Polo Tournament on Thursday continued to deliver authoritative performances on day two of the big event, which has brought together 28 teams from across South Africa.
Roedean kept their winning run going by collecting 26 goals from only two games, with one-sided wins over Alexander Road and Crawford College Lonehill. They won 14-1 against Alex and 12-1 against Crawford.
Clarendon High School for Girls enjoyed a good day and edged out another of the Eastern Cape teams, Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) 5-4. Later, Clarendon handed St Peter’s College a 7-2 loss.
It has been a tough two days for the hosts, who have won only one of their five games, and that required a shootout to get one over Rustenburg Girls’ High School. Still, it’s been even tougher for Alexander Road. They remain winless.
Their results on Friday included a 2-6 loss to Rustenburg. It wasn’t close against DSG, who netted 14 times without reply, with Alexandra Ovendale, Mia Jenner, and Lucy Rutherfoord all scoring hat-tricks. Carys Johnstone scored twice and further goals came from Angelique Myers, Lila De Romijn, and Abigail Holderness.
Pool B’s Rand Park High School has also been having a tough time. Reddam House Constantia outplayed them 19-0, with Jessica Bester scoring six times.
Wynberg Girls’ High School broke their win drought with an 8-1 defeat of Rand Park, but they were well beaten in their second game, losing 0-12 to Collegiate Girls’ High School.
In Pool C, Zimbabwe’s Chisipite, after scoring two wins on Thursday, won only one of their four matches on Friday. The visitors had a good morning, sneaking by St Mary’s Waverley 3-2, but St Stithians College hung a first defeat on them, winning 8-4.
Kingswood College also doubled up Chisipite, winning 6-3, and St Cyprian’s claimed a penalty shootout win after the sides had played to a 5-5 draw.
In Pool D, the defending champions, Herschel Girls High School, and Durban Girls’ College (DGC) racked up three wins each.
Herschel thumped Pearson High School 13-4 before cruising to a 21-0 victory over Reddam House Helderfontein. Reddam also fell 4-16 to DGC. St Dominic’s tested Herschel, but the Capetonians recorded a 6-3 win.
Apart from their win over Reddam House Helderfontein, DGC brushed aside Springfield Convent School 12-1. They also scored a hard-fought 4-1 win over Kingsmead College.
DAY 2 RESULTS
POOL A
Crawford Lonehill 2-5 Rustenburg
Roedean 14-1 Alex Road
DSG 4-5 Clarendon
Crawford Lonehill 3-9 DSG
Alex Road 2-6 Rustenburg
Clarendon 7-2 St Peter’s
Crawford Lonehill 1-12 Roedean
Rustenburg 4-12 Clarendon
Alex Road 0-14 DSG
Rustenburg (4) 6-6 (5) St Peter’s
POOL B
Reddam House Bedfordview 7-2 Collegiate
Reddam House Bedfordview 9-1 Wynberg
Reddam Constantia 19-0 Rand Park
St Anne’s 11-5 Hudson
Wynberg 8-1 Rand Park
St Anne’s 8-4 Collegiate
Reddam Constantia (0) 6-6 (1) Reddam Bedfordview
Hudson Park 9-7 Wynberg
Collegiate 12-0 Rand Park
Reddam House Constantia 9-4 St Anne’s
POOL C
Chisipite 3-6 Kingswood
St Stithians 9-3 Stirling
St Stithians 8-4 Chisipite
Pretoria Girls 3-13 St Mary’s Waverley
St Mary’s Waverley 2-3 Chisipite
Stirling 9-0 Pretoria Girls
St Cyprian’s (4) 6-6 (3) Kingswood
St Mary’s Waverley 6-2 Stirling
Pretoria Girls 1-10 Kingswood
Chisipite (0) 5-5(1) St Cyprian’s
POOL D
Kingsmead 1-4 DGC
Pearson 6-4 Kingsmead
Pearson 4-13 Herschel
Reddam House Helderfontein 0-8 St Dominic’s
DGC 16-4 Reddam House Helderfontein
Herschel 21-0 Reddam House Helderfontein
Herschel 6-3 St Dominic’s
Springfield 4-7 Pearson
St Dominic’s 3-1 Kingsmead
Springfield 1-12 DGC
