Saints Sports Fest 2018: Third day games trump rainy weather

LYME PARK – The Saints Sports Festival 2018 kicked off on 28 March.

April 1, 2018

Reuven Blignault 1 minute read

Saint Stithians Girls' College girls have fun preparing their war cries.

Update: 31 March

On the third day of the Saints Sports Festival, St Stithians College’s grounds were fully packed. Hockey, netball, rugby, tennis, cross country and squash games continued. even as the rain started to pour down.

Another super day of #SaintsFest2018 ends. What were some of your favourite fixtures? #SBSchoolsFest pic.twitter.com/5tkppMiB0Z

— St Stithians College (@ststithians) March 31, 2018

Late afternoon, just most games wrapped up, the Saints’s first got ready to take on Cape Town’s Bishops Diocesan College on the soaked Baytop Field. By halftime, the clouds cleared and the crowd could enjoy the last bit of sunset. But the match proved to be tough nevertheless. Saints scored at the last minute, ending the game with Bishops winning 34 – 7.

Saints’ first rugby team plays as the rain clears.

Saints Spirit is not deterred by the weather.

The Saints Sports Festival is a major highlight on the sports calendar.

As the sun comes out, Bishops still defends.

Earlier the day, Saints’ netball team took the lead against the Diocesan School for Girls Grahamstown with a final score of 24 – 19.

At the end of the day, close to 70 games were played with just about as many schools participating, from neighbouring Fourways to all the way from Windhoek.

Original story:

The Saints Sports Festival 2018 kicked off with the opening matches of soccer, squash and tennis matches on 28 March.

Schools from across the country descended on the St Stithians sports fields and courts eager to get the events started.

Saint’s Justin Liebenberg takes a break with Pretoria Boy’s High School’s Logan Repko.

On the school’s Ridgeway Field, fellow scholars and parents cheered as Saints football team took on Alexandra Secondary School.

Saints dominated the first match running out 5–1 victors.

On the tennis courts, Saints number one and two players, Justin Liebenberg and Kyle Johnson respectively, kicked off the proceedings against Pretoria Boys High School.

The Saints duo will face players of St David’s Marist Inanda, Clifton School, Grey College and St Benedicts in the coming days.

The Saint Stithians Girls’ College practises their war cries for the weekend’s action.

Pretoria Boy’s High School boys enjoy the tennis action.

Saint Stithians Boys’ College headmaster David du Toit said, “The [tennis] players will compete for the Kevin Anderson Trophy… Kevin is an old boy of the college and the trophy was presented by him to encourage and inspire excellence in this popular sport.”