Tri-schools Winter Sports Derby
6-7 March 2009

Uplands participated in a ‘tri-schools’ winter sports derby versus Hoërskool Nelspruit and Hoërskool Pionier from Vryheid on 6 and 7 March 2009.

All the Hockey matches were played at Uplands on Friday afternoon. The Boys’ Hockey results were outstanding. We played five matches and won all of them. A truly outstanding achievement against a school of the calibre of Hoërskool Nelspruit. The U14A’s won 3-2 with Cameron Jacobz scoring a hat-trick of goals. The U16B’s won 4-3, the U16A’s won 2-0, the 2nd XI won 4-0 and the 1st team won 2-1 in a very exciting encounter. The College had the better of them throughout the game, but was unable to capitalise on a number of opportunities created. Kevin Addison (Captain) broke the deadlock by scoring from a short corner with a powerful strike. Nelspruit equalised soon after that and the game was destined to be a draw. Uplands was awarded a penalty flick which Kevin put away to secure a 2-1 victory.

The Girls’ Hockey teams found the going tough. We played 8 games, lost five, drew 2 and our U14A’s played an exciting brand of Hockey to beat Hoërskool Nelspruit 3-2. The Netball teams played a double round on Saturday and won 50% of their matches.

The U15A XV rugby team beat Nelspruit’s U15B team 22-17 and our U15B’s rugbt team beat Hoërskool Pionier’s U15B’s 24-0.

The 1st team played against ‘The Mambas’ – their 2nd XV. It was an entertaining game and we were 5-10 down with 15 minutes to go. The final score was 5-29.