Roedean claims Old Petrians’ Water Polo Tournament title
Roedean School was crowned the champion of the 20th edition of the Old Petrians’ Water Polo Tournament after beating St Stithians College in the final on Sunday afternoon at St Peter’s College, in Johannesburg
Roedean completed the tournament with an unbeaten record after a 6-4 win over Stithians. That loss was Saints‘ only defeat all tournament long.
Commenting after watching her charges claim the prestigious title, Roedean coach Siyabonga Guzana said: “The tournament, overall, was fantastic. It was well organised. Thanks to all the organisers and people in the background.
“On my team’s performance, I am proud of the girls who stepped up, in the sense of working together.
“The biggest thing that we spoke about as a team is that we wanted to stick together, be accountable and united. That has always been the biggest motto for us.”
Guzana’s side started the tournament with a narrow 6-5 win over Diocesan School for Girls, Makhanda (DSG). They followed that with an 11-3 defeat of the hosts, St Peter’s College, and a 9-2 win over Clarendon High School for Girls, and went on to top their pool.
On Sunday morning, in the semi-finals, they were stretched by Durban Girls’ College but came away with an 11-9 victory. Saints, meanwhile, reached the title game with a 2-1 win over Reddam House Constantia in a tight defensive battle.
Reflecting on her team’s title-winning success, Guzana said: “Win or lose, we are always about building character. Secondly, it is about how we have grown as a team, and that has been another one of our biggest focuses.
“We have specific values and morals, and no player is above the values of the team. That’s what helped the results.
“I was not about coming to the tournament saying we are the favorites to win, or we should win this tournament. No, it was a conversation about wanting to grow as a team and what it was going to take for us to grow. That’s the hard question we were asking each other.”
Besides winning the title, Roedean’s Gabriella Morell was also voted the Best Attacker of the Tournament and named in the Old Petrians’ Team of the Tournament. She was joined in the line-up by her teammates Kuhlesibonge Buthelezi and Emma Pelicot.
Only one goal separated the sides in the battle for third, with Reddam House Constantia recording a 5-4 win over Durban Girls’ College. Fifth place went to DSG Makhanda after a penalty shootout against Reddam House Bedfordview.
The weather intervened to prevent some playoff matches from taking place.
DAY 4 RESULTS
25th – 28th PLAYOFFS
Springfield 5-4 Rand Park
Pretoria High School for Girls 5-2 Alexander Road
17th – 20th PLAYOFFS
Kingsmead 4-8 Chisipite
Hudson Park 10-3 Crawford College Lonehill
5th– 8th PLAYOFFS
St Anne’s 2-5 Reddam House Bedfordview
Clarendon 2-4 DSG
PLATE SEMIFINAL
Pearson 3-4 Kingswood College
St Cyprian’s 4-9 Herschel
SHIELD SEMIFINAL
Wynberg Girls’ High (2) 4-4 (1) Reddam House Helderfontein
BOWL SEMIFINAL
Rustenburg 4-3 Collegiate
St Mary’s Waverley (2) 2-2 (1) St Dominic’s
CUP SEMIFINAL
Roedean 11-9 DGC
Reddam House Constantia 1-2 St Stithians
PLATE FINAL
Kingwood 6-14 Herschel
SHIELD FINAL
St Peter’s 9-3 Wynberg Girls’ High
BOWL FINAL
Rustenburg 4-6 St Mary’s Waverley
PLAYOFFS
27th/28th: Rand Park High 4-5 Alexander Road
23rd/24th: Stirling 7-1 Reddam House Helderfontein
19th/20th: Kingsmead 2-0 Crawford College Lonehill
17th/18th: Chisipite 8-6 Hudson Park
5th/6th: Reddam House Bedfordview (1) 5-5 (2) DSG
3rd/4th: DGC 4-5 Reddam House Constantia
1st/2nd: Roedean 6-4 St Stithians
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