17 February 2026
CRICKET
While the Clifton T20 Tournament delivered another thrilling weekend of cricket, which concluded, for Clifton and Glenwood, with Kamo Moloto batting the Green Machine to a win, the schools’ other teams also clashed.
One of the highlights of the event was Clifton’s 77-run win over St John’s College (Harare) on Saturday, with the entire College turning out to support their 1t XI (See feature photo from Clifton Facebook page).
Clifton recorded three wins to Glenwood’s two in Saturday’s games. In the tightest contest of the day, the Glenwood u16B side won a nail-biter by two runs.
Results
2nd XI
Clifton 112/8; Glenwood 99/10
Clifton won by 13 runs
u16A
Glenwood 69/10: Clifton 70/4
Clifton won by six wickets
u16B
Glenwood 87/10; Clifton 85/10
Glenwood won by two runs
u15A
Clifton 45/10; Glenwood 49/3
Glenwood won by seven wickets
u14A
Clifton 171/4; Glenwood 148/10
Clifton won by 23 runs
WATER POLO
Clifton College’s 2nd team showed off the depth of the Durban school’s powerhouse water polo programme by putting together an unbeaten run to win the Logan Stanley Tournament at Northwood.
Their results included two hard-fought wins over Hilton College – once in round-robin action and again in the final.
2nd Team at Logan Stanley Tournament
2nd: Clifton 12-1 Invitational Team
2nd: Clifton Grey College
2nd: Clifton 5-2 Hilton
2nd: Clifton 12-1 St Charles
2nd: Clifton 7-3 Maritzburg College
2nd: Clifton 5-2 Pretoria Boys High
2nd: Clifton 5-2 Affies
2nd: Clifton 4-1 Hilton
As expected, Clifton ruled the waters when they took on Glenwood.
The u14A team experienced mixed results at the Pitcairn Boys Tournament in the Western Cape, where water polo is in fantastic health in all age groups.
Results
1st: Clifton 20-1 Glenwood
2nd: Clifton 18-0 Glenwood
3rd: Clifton 23-0 Glenwood
15B: Clifton 10-6 Glenwood
Pitcairn Boys Tournament
14A: Clifton 7-6 Paarl Boys’ High
14A: Clifton 3-13 Grey High
14A: Clifton 1-14 Rondebosch
14A: Clifton 6-1 Somerset College
14A: Clifton 2-12 Wynberg Boys’ High
14A: Clifton 4-6 Reddam House Constantia
14A: Clifton 4-3 Reddam House Constantia u13A
14A: Clifton 5-10 St Andrew’s College
BASKETBALL
There was little to separate the Glenwood and Clifton 1st teams, with only four points in it at the end as Glenwood tasted victory. Clifton responded with wins in the other two open age group games.
Glenwood edged out Clifton by a single point in the u16A match, won the u15A game by six, and the u14A contest by one.
Results
1st: Glenwood 42-38 Clifton
2nd: Glenwood 18-29 Clifton
3rd: Glenwood 12-17 Clifton
16A: Glenwood 39-38 Clifton
16B: Glenwood 5-36 Clifton
16C: Glenwood 18-14 Clifton
15A: Glenwood 27-21 Clifton
15B: Glenwood 34-4 Clifton
15C: Glenwood 49-12 Clifton
14A: Glenwood 13-12 Clifton
14B: Glenwood 28-4 Clifton
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