Soccer tournament unleashes exceptional soccer skills
Hillcrest Primary School won the junior boys division at the Kearsney Soccer Tournament.
NEARLY 500 aspiring soccer players from around the country participated in the weekend’s inaugural Kearsney Soccer Tournament.
Kearsney College headmaster Patrick Leese described the three-day event as ‘a brilliant success’.
Penalty shoot-outs decided the winners in all three divisions: Durban High School (senior boys), Edendale Technical High from Pietermaritzburg (senior girls) and Hillcrest Primary School (junior boys).
“It’s been three fantastic days of fun, friendship and competition, and we thank all the participating boys and girls for joining us for this wonderful event. We can’t wait for next year’s Kearsney Soccer Tournament,” said Lees.
Twenty-eight school soccer teams took part with 12 teams from boys’ high schools, nine from girls’ high schools and eight primary schools’ teams demonstrating their skills at this new tournament on the schools’ soccer calendar.
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The senior boys’ teams that participated were DHS and Clifton College (both Durban), Maqhutshane Secondary and Siyajabula High (both KwaNyuswa), Curro Grantleigh (Richards Bay), Ashton Ballito, Port Shepstone High, Paul Roos (Stellenbosch), Urban Academy (Gqeberha), Tuks Sport High School (Pretoria), Lebone II College (Rustenburg) and hosts Kearsney College.
The teams from girls’ high schools were Durban Girls’ High, Danville Park Girls’ and SAFA eThekwini (all Durban), Ashton Ballito, Curro Hillcrest, St Mary’s DSG (Kloof), Edendale Tech, St Anne’s Diocesan College (Hilton) and Lebone II College (Rustenburg).
They were joined by eight local primary school teams from Hillcrest Primary, Kloof Senior Primary, Atholl Heights, John Wesley, Ashton Ballito, Merchiston and two teams from Highbury.
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