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Easter Festival Results, Day 1

There are several Easter rugby festivals where schools' 1st XVs are playing. As far as possible we are giving the results of the first day's play on Maundy Thursday.

It must be so exciting as schoolboys meet others, playing people they are not used to playing, often on grounds that are new to them. And along with all of this there are schoolmasters eagerly organising, giving of themselves with enthusiasm at a time when most of their colleagues are free to please themselves. But the rewards for those eager schoolmasters at tournaments there is the enormous satisfaction of giving young men a chance to develop themselves. And those who attend these festivals will remember them for the rest of their lives.

The biggest of the festivals is the Tony Stoops Rugby Festival down in the Cape, now in its eight year. There are 17 matches on the first day, i.e. 34 teams playing.

There are many notable matches amongst all of these results and some notable victories, amongst others, for Maritzburg College, Grey Bloem, Selborne, Rondebosch, Marlow, Diamantveld, Outeniqua, Nelspruit, Affies, Wynberg  and SACS.

Kearsney

Selborne vs Kearsney, 48-7

SACS vs Dale, 22-12

Glenwood vs Menlopark, 31-0

Affies vs Dr EG Jansen, 41-5

Westville vs Framesby, 27-25

Grey Bloem vs HTS Middelburg, 22-19

KES

Hudson Park vs Hentie Cilliers, 53-10

St David's Marist vs Graeme, 19-15

Kingswood vs Parktown, 22-16

Queen's College vs Northwood, 50-12

Eldoraigne vs Daniël Pienaar, 25-6

KES vs Ben Vorster, 54-12

Rondebosch vs DHS, 20-8

Krugersdorp High School

Roodepoort vs CBC Boksburg, 56-0

Monnas Kwaggas vs Ligbron Academy, 31-12

Welkom Gim vs Florida

Waterkloof XV vs St George’s

Krugersdorp High vs Jabulani Rugby Club, 19-17

Oakdale

Durbanville vs Hermanus, 19-7

Welkom Gim vs Strand, 19-7

Upington vs Augsburg, 26-3

Bethlehem Voortrekker vs Centurion, 10-7

Marlow vs Kemptonpark, 23-10

Potchefstroom Gim vs Langenhoven Gim, 34-10

Diamantveld vs Die Brandwag, 21-10

Bellville vs Sentraal Bloem, 15-14

Oakdale vs Windhoek Gim, 82-7

Labori vs Knysna, 55-3

Bredasdorp vs Kirkwood, 29-15

Pearson vs Monumentpark, 17-9

Brackenfell vs Muir, 15-7

Vredendal vs Overberg, 13-12

Montagu vs Dirkie Uys, 19-0

St Dunstan's

St Benedict's College XV vs Pecanwood College, 31-6

Hellenic Academy (Zimbabwe) vs Ashton College (Benoni), 28-7

HeronBridge College vs St Dunstan's College, 26-24

Falcon College (Zimbabwe) vs Benoni High School, 95-0

Springs Boys' High vs Uplands College, 22-14

St John's College (Zimbabwe) vs Hans Moore High School, 12-10

St John's

Jeppe vs St Charles, 27-24

Garsfontein vs Golden Lions XV, 61-10

Paul Roos vs Viadana (Italy, 94-0)

Nelspruit vs Hilton, 22-9

Monument vs St Benedict’s, 38-15

Paarl Boys’ High vs St John’s, 52-0

St Stithians

St Andrew’s College vs St Alban's, 31-12

Wynberg vs Pretoria Boys High, 24-17

Windhoek High vs Clifton, 26-19

St Stithians vs Schoonspruit Invitational, 36-5

Michaelhouse vs Helpmekaar, 52-19

Maritzburg College vs Grey PE, 20-16

Somerset College

30 March

Parel Vallei vs Woodridge College, 27-26

St Andrew's School vs Westerford, 52-7

Somerset College vs Thomas More College, 41-7

31 March

Woodridge vs Thomas More College, 22-12

St Andrew's School vs Somerset College, 26-21

Parel Vallei vs Westerford, 44-5

2 April

Thomas More College vs Westerford

St Andrew's School vs Parel Vallei

Somerset College vs Woodridge, 24-10

Tony Stoops Rugby Festival

Barrydale vs Jan Kriel, 39-8

Bellville South vs Swartland, 13-12

De Kuilen vs Westering, 29-5

Groendal vs Victoria Park, 5-5

Hopefield vs Milnerton, 17-7

Kairos vs Edgemead, 10-6

Klein Nederburg vs Jan van Riebeeck, 26-14

New Orleans vs Otto du Plessis, 10-0

Oudtshoorn vs Voortrekker Pietermaritzburg, 15-3

Outeniqua vs Noord-Kaap, 22-7

Parow vs Langenhoven High, 33-5

Piketberg vs Bosmansdam, 41-10

Stellenberg vs Nico Malan, 35-0

Sutherland vs Porterville, 15-0

Weston vs Stella, 59-5

Worcester Gym vs Tygerberg, 28-12

York vs Table View, 27-5

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