CRICKET:
Kearsney College 1st XI v Glenwood 1st XI in a 50 over game
Glenwood 141/9 (Coetzee 4/17)
Kearsney College 142/4
Kearsney College won by 6 wickets
In a 50 over encounter, Glenwood won the toss and decided to bat on a grassy track in hot and humid conditions and were soon in trouble. At 98/9 they were virtually dead and buried, thanks to Ross Coetzee’s offspinners (4/17) and some sharp fielding.
However, the tail wagged impressively, and Glenwood amassed 141/9 in their allotted overs.
The highly competent Glenwood attack put Kearsney’s batsmen under pressure to chase down the fairly small total, but in the end 141 was never going to be enough.
Kearsney got over the line (142/4) with captain Hayden Bishop (34) being the pick of the batters. Kearsney won the match by six wickets.
BASKETBALL:
Kearsney 1sts beat Hilton 1sts 73-49
Kearsney hosted Hilton College in a friendly on Saturday. Kearsney played better than they had the previous week. They took control of the game from the opening tip off and managed to open a 21-9 lead by the end of the first quarter.
Hilton managed to fight their way back with some good outside shooting, to be six points adrift 26-33 at the half-time break.
Kearsney came back strongly in the third quarter, managing to hold Hilton to scoring just 7 points. Hilton didn’t give up and managed to keep the quarter scores close; but Kearsney had done enough to run out comfortable winners 73-49.
Top performers:
Kearsney: Njabulo Ngcobo 21 points; Ayanda Jackson 14; Rea Sithole 9; Oliver Brazier 7
Hilton: Tiisano Tisane 16 points; Rowan Cox 8; Chisha Mulenga 7
WATER POLO:
Kearsney 1sts beat Glenwood 1sts 26-4
SWIMMING:
Kearsney’s Luca Sandri has had a phenomenal few months in the pool.
He won gold in all five events in the KZN Premier Champs 14-15 year old category; achieving personal bests for four of the five races.In addition, he has achieved nine men’s senior qualifying times, which will enable him to compete in SA’s highest level gala, the Senior National Gala, at the end of the season in April. Despite being 15, he qualified as a 16-year-old, to also participate at the SA National Junior gala at the end of March.
CANOEING:
Rory Treleaven raced in the two-day Drak Challenge in Underberg this weekend, finishing 6th in the U16 category.
Sports compiled by Sue Miles at Working Words.
Image 1:Kearsney’s Njabulo Ngcobo in the win against Hilton