St John's Easter Festival Fixtures
St John's College is again holding its popular Easter Festival at its Johannesburg home.
The 1st XVs taking part are Jeppe (Johannesburg), Klein Nederburg (Paarl), Nelspruit, Noordheuwel (Krugersdorp), Paarl Boys' High, Paul Roos (Stellenbosch), Pretoria Boys High, St Charles (Pietermaritzburg), St John’s (Harare), Scots College (Sydney), Waterkloof (Pretoria) and the hosts St John's. Of the schools Paarl Boys' High, Nelspruit and Waterkloof ranked in the top 10 of the FNB Top 20 ranking of South African 1st XVs.
Scots College was founded din 1893 by the Presbyterian church and is one of the nine Great Public Schools of New South Wales. Between the prep and the college they run some 40 rugby teams. They compete in the GPS rugby competition along with Newington, Shore, Riverview, St Joseph's and King's. Last year Scots shared the trophy with Newington.
The matches will all be played on the Burger Field with the view up the koppie topped by the stone buildings of the great school. The 1st XVs will play six matches each day and there will also be prep school matches.
Fixtures
Maundy Thursday, 17 April 2014
11.00: St Charles vs Paarl Boys
12.15: Paul Roos vs St John’s Harare
13.30: Waterkloof vs Klein Nederburg
14.45: Prep match
15.30: Pretoria Boys vs Scots College
16.45: Jeppe vs Noordheuwel
18:00: Prep match
18.45: St John’s College vs Nelspruit
Holy Saturday, 19 April 2014
08.45: Noordheuwel vs Klein Nederburg
10.00: St Charles vs St John’s Harare
11.15: Nelspruit vs Pretoria Boys
12.30: Prep match
13.15: Opening
13.30: St John’s College vs Scots College
14.45: Paarl Boys vs Jeppe
16.00: Paul Roos vs Waterkloof
Easter Monday, 21 April 2014
09.00: Klein Nederburg vs St John’s Harare
10.15: Noordheuwel vs Waterkloof
11.30: Scots College vs Jeppe
12.45: Prep match
13.30: St Charles vs St John’s College
14.45: Paul Roos vs Nelspruit
16.00: Paarl Boys vs Pretoria Boys
