WBHS and Kearsney lock horns in summer sports

WESTVILLE Boys’ High School hosted Kearsney College in a summer sports fixture on Saturday, 8 November. It was great for the boys to get out on to the sports field with the pressures of exams behind them.

Having defeated Glenwood and Michaelhouse in previous weeks, the Westville 1st basketball team were prepared to cause an upset against Kearsney in front of an enthusiastic home crowd. WBHS were defeated convincingly by Kearsney in the 1st term of 2014 (37-58). Kearsney are unofficially ranked second in South Africa, just behind Maritzburg College. The WBHS team lead throughout the game and managed to pull of a 40-33 win. WBHS’s basketball has grown from strength to strength recently evidenced by winning 11 out of 13 matches against Kearsney who pride themselves as one of the top KZN basketball schools. This victory is testament to the hard work put in by master in charge, Jonathan Basson, and head coach, Byron Tucker.

The waterpolo teams proved too strong for the Kearsney on the day winning four out of the five matches played. The 1st team managed to pull off a 5-4 win in a closely contested game. In other results the U14As won 12-1 and the U15As won 13-5.

The cricket fixtures were in the balance with all the rain in Durban last week. The stakes were raised at the toss. The 1st XI did well to restrict Kearsney to 166 all out but fell 10 runs short in the end with the bat on a difficult batting wicket.

The U14As managed a win by 20 runs against an unbeaten Kearsney side. This will give them the motivation to finish the season on a high with one game to go.

At the end of the day, it was an excellent local derby day of sport. Congratulations went out to all players and coaches.

WBHS look forward to the last summer sports fixture of the year next weekend where they will host Northwood School.