TWO Glenwood High School first team rugby players were awarded bursaries to the Sharks Academy for 2016 at the highly successful eighth Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival.
The festival ended on Monday with the announcement of five players who each received a bursary. Valued at more than R100 000 each, the recipients were Glenwood’s full-back Jaydon Morgan and prop Khuthazani Mchunu, Nico Peyper, EG Jansen hooker, Jordan Chait, SACS captain and fly-half, Heinrich Nieuwenhuizen, the Selborne College flank. The bursary includes a contract with the Academy next year, accommodation and a tuition bursary with one of its education partners.
Announcing the awards, Sharks Academy managing director Etienne Fynn said South Africa was blessed to have a consistently high number of school talent coming through each year.
“An individual can only perform within good structures and a lot of credit needs to go to these participating schools, their coaches and the structures. The pride and passion the boys displayed was fantastic. When they play as professionals one day, they must never forget this pride and passion with which they played at school level,” he said.
The festival was well supported on all three days, with capacity crowds who were able to enjoy a high standard of competitive rugby. It was a successful event for organisers Kearsney College and sponsors Standard Bank, Illovo Sugar South Africa, Nashua Durban and the Sharks Academy.
Glenwood’s results were: Glenwood 31 Framesby 0 on day one, Glenwood 11 HTS Middelburg 22 on day two, and Glenwood 19 Menlo Park 23 on day three.
PHOTO: Tracey van den Aardweg
