SA School Sports

In has turned out to be a two horse race for the Number 1 spot on the SA School Sports Top 40 Water Polo Rankings for Boys with the powerhouses of Clifton and Rondebosch battling their way through the season.

There was yet another dominant display from the girls from Pearson as they proved just why many view them as the finest team in SA Schools Water Polo.

28 of Southern Africa’s top water polo schools took part in the St Peter’s College Old Petrian’s U19 Girls Water Polo Tournament last week which once again delivered on excitement and passion.

The long awaited KES Water Polo Tournament was the main event last week which saw several of the country’s top polo teams in action.

St John’s College hits the front on this week’s SA School Sports Top 30 Rankings which is a good reward for a side that has played some enterprising Water Polo and rarely been tested so far this season.

St John’s College leap up the table after some excellent results of late and there are signs that the JHB powerhouse has found their form of a season or two back and will be a force to be reckoned with in 2018.

A solid showing by Roedean at Old Mutual Prestige Cup has helped to launch their season and they are well placed in the top three for this week’s rankings.

St Stithians became the first team from Gauteng to win the prestigious Reddam Tournament when they faced the hosts in the final which they won 7-5 in what goes down as one of the matches of the year.

For the second consecutive year the Rondebosch team lifted the Cup at the SACS Tournament where they brushed aside the hosts in the final 5-2 in what turned out to be a wonderful display from two formidable teams.

A young Glenwood team leads the SA School Sports Water Polo Rankings for this week after a stellar showing at the Pretoria Boys High Festival last week and remain unbeaten scoring heavily in all their matches so far this season.

The 2017 Water Polo season promises to provide plenty of action and tough competition to get to the top of the SA Schools Rankings.

A crunching 14-1 win by Rondebosch over Paul Roos Gym has cemented them at the top of the SA School Sports Water Polo rankings for this week with Bishops and Glenwood making a chase of it with their own victories over the weekend.

St Stithians enjoyed a wonderful home tournament which has helped them consolidate their status as one of the powerhouses in school water polo this year.

St Stithians hosted a highly successful Saints U18 Invitational Tournament last week which pitted some of the biggest names in SA Schools water polo against each other.

Rondebosch slugged it out with some of the finest teams in the country to set up a meeting with a strong Glenwood side in the Finals of the SAC Tournament. In a classic final Rondebosch showed their class as they edged out the KZN outfit to occupy the second slot in this week’s Rankings.

Stirling High turned up at the 2016 Co-Ed Tournament during the past week and simply blew the opposition away with a powerfully clinical display of water polo which has help keep them way out in front on the SA Schools Top 30 Rankings.

The biggest difference between water polo and most other team sports is that every player is constantly moving. Using the “eggbeater” motion of treading water, the six players and the goalie on each team must uphold the cardinal rule of water polo, which is to never touch the bottom of the pool with their feet.

The leading team in South Africa on this week’s SA School Sports Rankings is Clifton who has once again been in brilliant form in 2016.

The waterpolo season has started with a mighty splash and teams from all around the country gathered to participate in some of the sports most high profile events over the weekend.

After a highly successful KES Water Polo Tournament which attracted the majority of the leading teams in the country, the SA Schools Top 40 Rankings has enjoyed some vigorous movement on the table.

It is a very tightly bunched top Ten this week on the SA Schools Rankings with St Johns College at the top after an unbeaten run of 11 matches..

This week’s SA Schools Water Polo Rankings for Girl’s sees several teams moving up the table after the latest round of results have been submitted.

Last weekend,St Peter’s College hosted the 12th annual Old Petrian’s water polo tournament from 19 February – 21 February 2016 for open girls. Twenty eight schools across the country and one from Zimbabwe participated in the prestigious event at the Wahoo Aquatics centre and St Peter’s Girls Prep’s pool. Water polo is a highly competitive sport, and it was pleasing to see so many schools encouraging their girls to excel in the game.

The 2016 Old Petrian’s Tournament was the showpiece event last week with several of the big names in SA School Water Polo taking part. Stirling hang on to the top spot on the SA Schools Rankings but Durban Girls College have dramatically closed the gap on them.

A stunning victory by St.Stithians over Roedean in the Old Mutual Prestige Cup sees Saints edge ever closer to the top of the SA School Rankings for this week.

St Andrews College moved rapidly up the SA Schools Water Polo Rankings for this week after a brilliant display at the Vides Tournament which saw them clinching the final 10-8 against Selborne College.

An unbeaten run by Pretoria Boy’s High leaves them at the top of the SA Schools Rankings for this week although to be fair it is tightly bunched at the top and we are sure to see some movement as this week’s matches get played.

A highly successful ITEC Grey College Tournament saw many of the leading water polo teams in action which has given us some interesting results on the SA School Rankings for this week.

Stirling have kicked off their season in dramatic fashion winning all their matches including Pearson and Collegiate to lead the SA Schools Girls Water Polo Rankings for this week.

We have an unchanged top three on this week’s SA Schools Top 40 Rankings although Clifton have closed the gap on St John’s College as they push to finish the year strongly.

With the water polo season poised to begin we look forward to seeing if any team is able to catch Reddam who played brilliantly in the early part of 2015 to rise to the top of the SA Schools Rankings for Girls.

The water polo season resumes and already the strength of the front runners is evident from the winter fixtures and preseason matches that have already taken place. SACS at this stage take up the cudgel as the leading team on the SA Schools Water Polo Rankings but will be hotly pursued by some highly skilled teams from around the country.

A thunderous performance by SACS at the KES Water Polo Tournament has deservedly nudged the Cape side into the leading position on the SA School Sports Top 40 Rankings for 2015.

With the 10^th Annual Nashua Clifton Water Polo Tournament starting this week from the 25-28 September we take a look at how the current rankings are looking at this stage of the season, and once again it is Clifton that reign supreme.