Drostdy centre earns R100k sharks bursary

Two KZN teams, Durban High School and Glenwood, as well as Framesby High School from Port Elizabeth, were unbeaten at the festival.

Welkom Gymnasium.Photo: Tracey van den Aardweg A highly successful 11th Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival wrapped up on Monday 2 April with three teams ending the festival unbeaten and the announcement of four players who each received bursaries to the Sharks Academy for 2019.

The bursary recipients are HTS Drostdy centre Christie Grobbelaar, Glenwood flank Lindokuthle Luthuli, and two Kearsney players, flank Sibusiso Sangweni and fullback Jacques Odendaal. The bursaries, each valued at over R100 000, include a contract with the Academy next year, accommodation and a tuition bursary with one of its education partners.

Glenwood has presented the floating trophy for having played the most attractive rugby at the festival.

Announcing the awards, Sharks Academy managing director, Etienne Fynn, said spectators had been treated to some outstanding rugby over the weekend, with many evenly matched teams which made for exciting games.

“The results from DHS were a great surprise, with the team remaining unbeaten against three traditional Eastern Cape powerhouses,” Fynn said.

It was good to see so many returning schools to the Kearsney Festival, which was the ultimate compliment and a measure of what the festival offered schoolboy rugby in South Africa, he said.

Source: Worcester Standard News