Local businesses and communities stand to benefit from the positive impact of this year’s Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival.
Now celebrating its tenth year, the festival has developed into a well-organised event, attracting the country’s top schoolboy talent and thousands of supporters.
It has become regarded as one of the premier schoolboy rugby festivals in South Africa, and has had a tremendous benefit to businesses in the Durban region and the Highway area in particular.
This year, 10 of the 12 participating teams are from outside of KwaZulu-Natal.
Each team consists of up to 30 players and support staff, with some sides travelling with a head coach, assistant coach, fitness coach, manager, biokineticist and physiotherapist.
Many players also bring family and friends and about 15 000 spectators are expected to watch exciting running rugby at the festival.
This year teams include the powerhouse Monument from Krugersdorp, Boksburg’s Dr EG Jansen, HTS Middelburg and HoërskoolNoord-Kaap from Kimberley, as well as the strong Eastern Cape schools Selborne College (East London), Dale College (King William’s Town), Queen’s College (Queenstown) and HoërskoolFramesby(Port Elizabeth), together with local schools Glenwood and Kearsney.
Newcomers to the festival are Pretoria Boys High and HTS Drostdy from Worcester in the Boland.
Festival play days are Thursday 13, Saturday 15 and Monday 17, with kick-off at 9.30am each day.
A primary schools’ fixture between Highbury, Westville Senior Primary and Umhlali Prep against the KZNRU u13 Ibutho development team will take place at 8.30 each day.
Gate entrance to the festival is R20 per person, there is ample secure parking on campus.
Food and refreshment outlets as well as a KidZone will be available for those wanting to enjoy a day of entertaining rugby.
Go to www.kearsney.com for fixtures and festival information.
FIXTURES 2017
Day 1 Thursday 13April
08h30 Umhlali
Prep vs KZN Ibutho U13 Development
09h30 Kearsney
College vs HTS Drostdy
10h45 Selborne
College vs Dr EG Jansen
12h00 Queen’s
College vs Pretoria Boys High
13h15 Hoërskool
Monument vs Dale College
14h30 Glenwood
vs HoërskoolFramesby
15h45 HTS
Middelburg vs Hoërskool Noord-Kaap
Day 2 Saturday15April
08h30 WestvilleSeniorPrimary
vs KZN Ibutho U13 Development
09h30 Hoërskool
Noord-Kaap vs Queen’s College
10h45 Selborne
College vs Pretoria Boys High
12h00 Kearsney
College vs Hoërskool Framesby
13h15 Dr
EG Jansen vs Glenwood
14h30 Dale
College vs HTS Drostdy
15h45 Hoërskool
Monument vs HTS Middelburg
Day 3 Monday17April
08h30 Highbury vs KZN Ibutho U13 Development
09h30 HTS
Drostdy vs Pretoria Boys High
10h45 HoërskoolFramesby vs Dr
EG Jansen
12h00 HTSMiddelburg vs Dale
College
13h15 Glenwood vs Hoërskool Noord-Kaap
14h30 Selborne
College vs Hoërskool Monument
15h45 Kearsney
College vs Queen’s College
17h00 AWARDING OF SHARKS ACADEMY BURSARIES
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