Winter’s Day Interschool Sport. Over the past weekend Paul Roos Gymnasium celebrated its annual Winter’s Day Interschool Sport celebrations with SACS.

Both SACS High School and PRG serve as feeders for their respective local universities (SACS for UCT and PRG for SU). Both of these schools are traditional boys’ schools who have been in existence for more than 1.5 centuries. These schools have been enjoying decades of healthy competition while annually celebrating a close bond and mutual respect for each other. On Friday, 2 June and Saturday, 3 June, SACS visited Stellenbosch to continue this tradition.

Friday saw these two school’s hockey, debating, chess, surf, cross country, golf and tennis teams compete against each other. The day was concluded with the traditional Winter’s Dinner. Then the two student councils of PRG and SACS came together for an evening of socialising. On Saturday, the final hockey matches took place at the Maties Astro. The rest of the supporters gathered at the Markötter Sports Complex for a stormy day of exciting rugby. The weekend concluded with the annual handing over of the Winter’s Day Friendship Shield and a scrumptious lunch at the Markötter Suite. See the results below:

Hockey

u19A vs SACS 1-3
u19B vs SACS 0-2
u19C vs SACS 1-2
u19D vs SACS 0-1
u19E vs SACS 3-2
u16A vs SACS 1-5
u16B vs SACS 4-2
u16C vs SACS 4-1
u16D vs SACS 5-1
u16E vs SACS 4-0
u16F vs SACS No Result (rained out)
u14A vs SACS 0-2
u14B vs SACS 1-1
u14C vs SACS 2-2
u14D vs SACS 3-0
u14E vs SACS 4-3

PRG played 15 matches; Won 7 matches; Drew 2 matches; Lost 6 matches; Goals for: 37; Goals against: 27; Average score: 2.4 – 1.8

Golf (Photo attached)

PRG competed against SACS at De Zalze Golf Estate. PRG’s first and second teams managed to take the win.

Results:

1st team PRG vs SACS 4-0
2nd team PRG vs SACS 4-0

Tennis (Photos attached)

PRG’s first tennis team consisted of three u19 and three u15 players. After a tough match they managed to beat SACS’s first team with a final score of 8-1. Team members were: Pieter Kotze, Divan Prinsloo, Xander Pienaar, Hanno Bouwer, Simeon Roothman and Sebastian Oosthuizen.

Cross country

Juniors PRG beat SACS 19-18
Seniors PRG lost against SACS 15-21

Surfing

PRG’s surf team competed against SACS at Muizenberg. The final results were as follows:

1^st place SACS A
2^nd place PRG A
3rd place SACS B
4^th place PRG B

Chess

PRG’s chess team beat SACS 3.5 – 2.5.

***PRG’s winning chess tyeamwith coach Khadidja Latreche***

Debating

Both PRG’s junior and senior debating teams beat SACS. The Junior best speaker was Casper Wepener. The best speaker for the Seniors was a tie between Cornel Kotze and Reuben de Wit.