Reddam Bedfordview and Reddam Helderfontein win Steyn City Water Polo titles

The Reddam House Bedfordview girls’ first team and the Reddam House Helderfontein boys’ first team clinched the 2024 Steyn City Water Polo Tournament titles on Sunday at Steyn City School after three days of competition.

Reddam House Bedfordview cantered to the girls’ crown, downing the St Stithians Girls College’s second team 9-3 in the final.

From their first game to their last, the Reddam girls were large and in charge. They opened their challenge with a comfortable 8-1 win over Steyn City School and were even more dominant in their next two group outings, thumping Reddam House Helderfontein 15-1 and Rand Park Ridge 20-0.

That left them with 43 goals scored and only two conceded after their group games. No other team came close to matching Reddam Bedfordview’s prolific scoring record.

Meanwhile, the silver medallists, St Stithians, endured a rough start, going down 2-5 to the Parktown High School for Girls’ first team and Crawford Lonehill by the same score.

In their final pool game, Saints pulled off a 3-1 victory over Roedean‘s second side. That win was enough to earn St Stithians a place in the quarterfinals, where they faced Steyn City. In a closely contested clash, Saints dug deep to pull out a 6-4 win.

In the semi-finals, they kept rolling, snatching a nail-biting 4-3 win over Crawford Lonehill to reverse their earlier loss to the same opposition in their pool game.

In the boys’ competition, there was little in it, but Reddam House Helderfontein had enough firepower to pull off a 7-5 victory over Steyn City School in the final. Both sides had emerged from their pools with unblemished records.

Steyn City blanked Crawford Lonehill 4-0 in their first match, then beat the Pretoria Boys High second team 4-2. The Affies second side pushed them all the way, but Steyn City sneaked a 6-5 win in that contest. It was more comfortable against the St Benedict’s College second side, with Steyn City claiming a convincing 8-2 victory.

Reddam House Helderfontein scored more freely in their pool matches. They powered out of the gate with an 18-4 win over Rand Park Ridge and followed up with a 12-2 romp against the St Alban’s College second side. They, then, secured full points with a 7-4 defeat of Reddam House Bedfordview.

Affies finished third, with Reddam Bedfordview fourth, Crawford Lonehill fifth, and Pretoria Boys High School sixth.

FINAL STANDINGS

GIRLS

Reddam House Bedfordview 1st team
St Stithians College 2^nd team
Parktown Girls High School 1^st team
Crawford High School-Lonehill 1^st team
Steyn City School 1^st team
Reddam House Helderfontein 1^st team
Rand Park Ridge HS 1^st team
Roedean SS 2^nd team

BOYS
Reddam House Helderfontein 1^st team
Steyn City 1^st team
Affies HS 2^nd team
Reddam House Bedfordview HS 1^st team
Crawford I. HS – Lonehill 1^st team
Pretoria Boys HS 2^nd team
St Benedict’s College 2^nd team
St Albans College 2^nd team

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Sinovuyo Ndudane is a Sport Management and Journalism graduate from the Vaal University of Technology and the University of South Africa. She has experience as a content producer for Mhlobo Wenene FM sport show, currently working as a Sport Multimedia Controller, Researcher and multiple sport freelance writer under the wings of Sport Journalist. She's just a lover of sport and trying to change the perception of Women's Sport in South Africa - one article a time.

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