5 May 2025
(Feature photo: Northwood School on Facebook)
The Northwood Knights were in Kimberley at the Absa Wildeklawer tournament, where they did themselves proud, which meant there would be no showdown with the Kearsney’s ascending One-Stripe, on Saturday.
That left the Northwood 2nd XV and Kearsney 2nd XV to headline Saturday’s slate on Reece-Edwards Field, and they did a fine job, playing to a thrilling 26-26 draw.
Meanwhile, in their opening match, in Kimberley, Northwood gave Paarl Gimnasium, in the eyes of many the top team in the country in 2025, a good workout, going down 20-46. Notably, they had the big Gim pack in reverse in the set scrums at times.
(Highlights courtesy of SuperSport Schools Plus on YouTube)
They scored a hard-fought 19-12 win over HTS Drostdy in their second outing.
Competition between the schools was tight, with Northwood claiming eight wins and Kearsney five, while two matches ended in draws.
Kearsney fared slightly better in the open and u16 age groups, while Northwood had the better of the u15 and u16 matches. The visitors picked up the u16A and u14A wins, with the home side cruising to victory in the 15A clash.
RESULTS
2nd: Kearsney 26-26 Northwood
3rd: Kearsney 32-12 Northwood
4th: Kearsney 12-24 Northwood
5th: Kearsney 31-29 Northwood
6th: Kearsney 36-26 Northwood
16A: Kearsney 27-26 Northwood
16B: Kearsney 17-17 Northwood
16C: Kearsney 34-7 Northwood
16D: Kearsney 0-27 Northwood
15A: Kearsney 0-29 Northwood
15B: Kearsney 10-19 Northwood
15C: Kearsney 0-50 Northwood
14A: Kearsney 24-12 Northwood
14B: Kearsney 19-42 Northwood
14C: Kearsney 0-41 Northwood
HOCKEY
On the AstroTurf, Kearsney and Northwood shared a 1-1 draw in a Hyundai Friday Nite Lights 1st XI match, played in Durban.
The visitors shaded the open age group matches, snagging two wins to one, to go with the draw between the 1st XIs. The u16 age group, though, fell firmly in favour of Northwood. They also enjoyed the better of the u14 results.
RESULTS
1st: Kearsney 1-1 Northwood
2nd: Kearsney 0-2 Northwood
3rd: Kearsney 2-0 Northwood
4th: Kearsney 2-1 Northwood
16A: Kearsney 0-2 Northwood
16B: Kearsney 1-7 Northwood
16C: Kearsney 0-4 Northwood
16D: Kearsney 1-5 Northwood
16E: Kearsney 1-4 Northwood
14A: Kearsney 0-1 Northwood
14B: Kearsney 1-0 Northwood
14C: Kearsney 1-1 Northwood
14D: Kearsney 0-7 Northwood
SWIMMING
Kearsney Head Boy, Luca Sandri, a KZN water polo player and swimming star, shone at the SA National Junior Swimming Championships where he picked up five podium finishes, made up of a gold medal, three silver medals, and one bronze.
He was the fastest man in the pool, winning the u19 50m freestyle, and was runner-up in the 100m freestyle, 200 individual medley, and 200m breaststroke. He also finished third in the 100m breaststroke.
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