CRICKET
Northwood 1st X1: 107 all out (Browning 4/24; Coetzee 3/18)
Kearsney 1st X1: 108/0 (Bishop 60*; Wiggett 32*)
Kearsney won by 10 wickets
Kearsney College lost the toss and surprisingly were asked to bowl on a track that was definitely going to give the bowlers some assistance if they hit the right areas.
Sandiswa Yeni and Ryan Browning accepted the gift gratefully and Northwood were soon in trouble. The two quicks bowled superbly with Browning eventually returning figures of 4/24. The Kearsney fielding also placed Northwood under intense pressure and they lost wickets regularly. Ross Coetzee’s guile and turn in the middle overs (3/18) added to the pressure and Kearsney were destined to chase a small total. And so it proved – Northwood were bowled out for 107 just before lunch.
Despite the ministrations of a competent Northwood attack, they were never going to defend that small total and Hayden Bishop 60* and Dylan Wiggett 32* ensured Kearsney home comfortably by 10 wickets with overs to spare. It was a collective team effort and some excellent cricket was played.
BASKETBALL
Northwood 1st team beat Kearsney 1st team 48-29
Kearsney travelled to Northwood on Saturday for a long hot humid day of basketball. The home team started like a house on fire, making all their early shots. Kearsney, despite taking the shots that they wanted, did not manage to convert any into points, leaving themselves a mountain to climb.
Northwood went into half-time leading 29-9 and looking unbeatable.
Kearsney began to convert on some baskets. Despite winning the fourth quarter 13-6, it was not enough, and Northwood ended deserving winners 48-29.
Top performers:
Kearsney: Rea Sithole 11 points; Kemani Pinkston 6;
Sinqobile Buthelezi and Connor Grenfell 4
Northwood: Chad Hargraves 18 points, Luanda Hlongwane 12
WATER POLO
Northwood 1st team lost to Kearsney 1st team 5-11
Kearsney’s 1st water polo team faced Northwood on Saturday – the fourth time the two teams have met this term, with Kearsney having won all four encounters. In the weekend fixture Kearsney matrics were unavailable to play, and their team included seven players from U15.
In the initial chukka, Kearsney took a 3-1 lead, but Northwood made a comeback, tying the game in the second chukka.
Kearsney regained control in the third quarter, leading 8-5 with four minutes remaining.
Despite Northwood’s resistance, Kearsney secured three more goals, concluding the game with a 11-5 victory.
PROVINCIAL & NATIONAL SELECTIONS.
HOCKEY
Kearsney hockey player Matthew de Oliveira travels to Malaysia later this month for the Mirnawan Cup in Kuala Lumpur. He has been selected to the SA U17 Boys hockey team for the event which runs from 18-26 November. The international youth hockey tournament also includes teams from Malaysia, England, Japan, India and Australia.
CRICKET
The following Kearsney boys have been selected for provincial cricket teams:
KZN U15A: Litha Gonya
KZN U15B: Aaron Blackburn, Keegan De Jager, Daniel Miskey, Cade Francis. Non-travelling reserve Hayden Swart. Management head coach Mthokosizi Shezi
KZN U17: Cameron Veenstra, Sandiswa Yeni, Murray Weyer, Ryan Browning
KZN U19: Hayden Bishop, Ross Coetzee. Non-travelling reserve Sandiswa Yeni
NATIONAL EXEC APPOINTMENTS
Two Kearsney coaches have been selected to national committees. Dean Moodley has been elected to the SA Schools Rugby Association Executive, and Wayne Marsden has been elected vice-chairman of the SA Schools Hockey Executive Committee.
Sports report compiled by Sue Miles at Working Words.
