Easter Festivals - Thursday's Results 2019
Maundy Thursday, 18 April 2019, was the first day of six big Easter Tournaments in South Africa.
Teams from various parts of the country, Zimbabwe, Australia and Namibia, are pitted against each other and there are mostly excellent match-ups. In fact mismatches are rare.
The closest finish was undoubtedly when Glenwood of Durban played Dr EG Jansen of Boksburg. Time was up when the Glenwood fullback scored in the left corner, to move Glenwood just one point behind EG. And then Glenwood kicked a soaring conversion from touch for a 27-26 victory.
These are the results of three festivals in Johannesburg, one near Durban, one in Krugersdorp and one in Benoni. The next matches are on Holy Saturday when King David of Linksfield will not be playing as that is the day of Passover, Pesach.
Results, Day 1
St Stithians Easter Festival
Maundy Thursday
Grey PE vs Michaelhouse, 43-7
King David Linksfield 1st XV vs Michaelhouse XV, 25-15
Maritzburg College vs Parktown, 31-5
Rondebosch vs St Andrew’s College, 17-10
SACS vs Kingswood, 20-10
St Stithians vs Prince Edward (Zimbabwe), 48-12
St John’s Easter Festival
Maundy Thursday 2019
Helpmekaar vs Stellenberg, 10-8
Nelspruit vs St David’s Marist Inanda, 25-7
New South Wales Combined High Schools vs St Alban’s, 22-7
Paarl Boys’ High vs Lions XV, 66-7
St Charles vs Daniël Pienaar, 22-0
St John’s vs Noordheuwel, 17-7
Windhoek Gym vs Graeme, 37-24
KES Easter Festival
Maundy Thursday 2019
Ben Vorster vs Dale, 49-46
KES vs Hentie Cilliers, 36-15
Marlow vs Eldoraigne, 33-31
Northwood vs Queen’s College, 31-7
Westville vs Nico Malan, 34-0
Wynberg vs Hudson Park, 37-0
Kearsney Easter Festival
Maundy Thursday 2019
Framesby vs Welkom Gimnasium, 25-25
Glenwood vs Dr EG Jansen, 27-26
HTS Middelburg vs HTS Drostdy, 19-14
Pretoria Boys High vs Kearsney, 27-11
Selborne vs Noord-Kaap, 29-10
Transvalia vs DHS, 34-12
Krugersdorp High School
Maundy Thursday 2019
Dundee vs Krugersdorp High School, 21-7
Kagiso Stingers vs CBC Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), 19-17
Monnas Kwaggas vs Pretoria Boys Invitational, 44-12
Randburg vs Eye Of The Tiger, 19-14
Roodepoort vs Petra High (Zimbabwe), 28-19
St Dunstan’s College, Benoni
Maundy Thursday 2019
Centurion vs Hellenic Academy. 72-7
De La Salle Holy Cross vs HTS Tuine, 29-19
HeronBridge vs St Dunstan’s, 48-0
Reddam Bedfordview vs Stanford Lake, 33-26
St Benedict’s 2nd XV vs St Peters, 14-10
St Benedict’s vs Falcon College (Zimbabwe), 17-15
St John’s (Zimbabwe) vs Springs Boys’ High, 36-28