Saints off to strong start at St Stithians Water Polo Invitational

The St Stithians Girls’ Water Polo Invitational Tournament delivered bucketloads of goals, dominant performances and some stirring comebacks on Thursday, the opening day of the tournament.

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In Pool A, the Cape Town powerhouse Herschel Girls High wasted no time in asserting themselves. They brushed aside Clarendon High School for Girls 10-3 in their opener and then cruised to an 8-2 win over Woodridge College to finish atop the standings after day one.

Clarendon bounced back from that early loss with a solid 10-6 victory over Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) Makhanda. Earlier, DSG had opened their account with a comfortable 10-2 win over Crawford Lonehill.

In one of the day’s closest contests, Woodridge clawed their way to a 6-5 win over Crawford.

Meanwhile, in Pool B, St Anne’s Diocesan College opened their campaign in fine form, beating Collegiate Girls’ High 11-2 before withstanding a tough challenge from Reddam House Constantia. They won that key clash 7-5 to finish day one with an unbeaten record.

Reddam House Bedfordview also impressed, pulling off a hard-fought 7-6 win over Reddam Constantia before running riot in a 15-6 victory over St Peter’s College.

The spirited St Peter’s side suffered a narrow 8-9 loss to Collegiate in a thrilling encounter.

In Pool D, the hosts St Stithians College produced an exciting performance for their home supporters, beating Kingswood College 9-5. Later in the day, they charged to a one-sided 21-0 victory over Rhenish Girls’ High School.

RESULTS

Thursday, 16 October

Pool A
DSG 10-2 Crawford Lonehill
Herschel10-3 Clarendon
Crawford Lonehill 5-6 Woodridge
DSG 6-10 Clarendon
Herschel 8-2 Woodridge

Pool B
St Anne’s 11-2 Collegiate
Reddam Bedfordview 7-6 Reddam Constantia
Collegiate 8-9 St Peter’s
St Anne’s7-5 Reddam Constantia
Reddam Bedfordview 15-6 St Peter’s

Pool C
St Mary’s Waverley 3-4 Beaulieu College
Roedean 12-4 St Dominic’s
Beaulieu 4-9 Pearson
St Mary’s Waverley 6-5 St Dominic’s
Roedean 6-6 Pearson

Pool D

DGC 13-4 Kingsmead
St Stithians 9-5 Kingswood
Kingsmead 6-5 Rhenish
DGC 8-4 Kingswood
St Stithians 21-0 Rhenish

FIXTURES

Friday, 17th October

07:50 – Clarendon vs Woodridge
10:20 – Herschel vs Crawford Lonehill
12:00 – DSG vs Woodridge
14:30 – Clarendon vs Crawford Lonehill
17:00 – DSG vs Herschel

Pool B

07:50 – Reddam Constantia vs St Peter’s
10:20 – Reddam Bedfordview vs Collegiate
12:50 – St Anne’s vs St Peter’s
14:30 – Reddam Constantia vs Collegiate
17:00 – St Anne’s vs Reddam House Bedfordview

Pool C

08:40 – St Dominic’s vs Pearson
10:20 – Roedean vs Beaulieu
12:50 – St Mary’s Waverley vs Pearson
15:20 – St Dominic’s vs Beaulieu
17:00 – St Mary’s Waverley vs Roedean

Pool D

08:40 – Kingswood vs Rhenish
11:10 – St Stithians vs Kingsmead
12:50 – DGC vs Rhenish
15:20 – Kingswood vs Kingsmead
17:50 – St Stithians vs DGC

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