Primary School pupils set to scrum down
The tournament now in its seventeenth year will have six regions participating over the three days including Durban North's Virginia Preparatory School and Northlands Primary School.
THE annual gathering of KwaZulu-Natal’s young aspiring rugby players takes place at Woodburn Stadium from 22 – 24 May for the SPAR KZN Primary School’s Rugby Tournament.
The tournament now in its seventeenth year will have six regions participating over the three days. Northern Natal; Southern Coastals; Durban Coastals; Pinetown and Districts; Zululand and the Midlands will have three divisions each with 330 boys competing in the hope of being selected to represent their province.
The Merit Division or the U13A teams will be hoping to make the team that stays in Durban for the Craven Week later this year. The U13B team will select a team that will travel to Sasolburg to play in the Interprovincial there and finally the U12 age group hope to identify players that will travel to Vryheid later in the season for the U12 Interprovincial.
MD for SPAR KZN, Rob Philipson said, “It is fantastic to see the eagerness at this level amongst all the boys. This tournament has proven itself to be an essential ingredient in grooming future players and we are SPAR are delighted to be a part of it for the second year.”
The games kick off on Thursday with nine games on the programme. Teams go head to head on Friday with the finals and the awards ceremony taking place on Saturday.
Durban Coastals
Clifton; Durban Preparatory; Equinisweni; Glenwood; Northlands; Penzance; Port Natal; St. Henry’s Marist College; Umhlali and Virginia
Pinetown and Districts
Ashley; Atholl Heights; Berea West; Forest View; Gelofte; Highbury; Hillcrest; His Church; Kloof; Northdene; Thomas More; Westville Senior and Winston Park
Midlands
Corwalles; Ashdown; Laddsworth; Merchiston; Pelham and St Charles
Northern Natal
Arbour Park; Danhauser; Glencoe; Hutten Park; Lucas Meyer; Monument; Nuwe Republiek; Paulpietersburg; Piet Retief; Pongola Akademie and Utrecht
South Coastal
Amanztimtoti; Athlone Park; Doonheights; Izothsa; King Edward; Kokstad Junior; Kokstad Primary; Kuswag; Pennington; Margate; Scottburgh; Southcity; Suid Natal; St Monica’s; Warner Beach
Zululand
Arboretum; Empangeni Prep; Eshowe; Grantham Park; Grantleigh; Heuwelland; Hluhluwe Privaat; Mtunzini; Rhinoveld; Richardia; Richards Bay; Richardsbaai Primêr and Veldenvlei
