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    St Andrews and Graeme impress while Kingswood struggle

    Stephen PettittBy Stephen PettittApril 18, 2017Updated:May 4, 2017No Comments2 Mins Read
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    St Andrews narrowly lost to SACS on the final day of the Saints Easter Fest. Photo: Stephen Pettitt

     

    Over the Easter weekend, the Graeme College, St Andrews as well as Kingswood 1st XV rugby teams travelled to Johannesburg to take part in various Easter sports festivals.

    St Andrews score on the brink of half-time against SACS. Photo: Stephen Pettitt

    Graeme and St Andrews were part of the St Stithians festival whilst Kingswood took to the fields of the King Edward VII School (KES) festival.

    St Andrews got their weekend off to a flying start by beating St David’s Marist Inanda 39-10 whilst Graeme almost managed to upset the hosts St Stithians going down narrowly 17-19.

    On the other hand, Kingwood had a rude awakening as they went down to HS Ben Vorster 25-10 before another lose to Noordheuwel 35-22 on Saturday. Their best of chance of redemption came on Monday against the hosts. Unfortunately they endured a 41-10 drubbing.

    Graeme bounced back from their opening loss with a resounding 24-3 win against St David’s before thrashing Pretoria Technical High School 38-0 on the final day ending what was a  good festival for them.

    St Andrews continued their impressive form when they beat St Benedict’s 43-17 and had a chance to upset South African College Schools from Cape Town on the last day when they led 15-5 at half time looking very dangerous.

    Unfortunately, an inability to convert their chances coupled with some defensive errors allowed SACS to come back in the second half to take the game 24-15.

    St Andrews narrowly lost to SACS on the final day of the Saints Easter Fest. Photo: Stephen Pettitt

    St Andrews and Graeme College would have returned to Grahamstown very happy with their performances which bode well for the long season that lies ahead.

    Kingswood will however, be looking to put the weekend down as a learning curve and will hope that they can use the festival as a building block towards getting their season on track and the performances back up to the high standard they have become accustomed to.

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    Currently in my third year studying journalism at Rhodes University I have been with Grocott's since the beginning of 2015. I started as a junior writer and now do various forms of reporting on any of the sport that happens in and around Grahamstown as well as the Eastern Cape.

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