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From the first festival in 2008, the Easter Weekend of rugby at Kearsney has grown in stature to become the popular event that it is today. With the teams come support staff, relatives, friends and supporters of schoolboy rugby. What an awesome EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL - 2018 opportunity to enjoy the Easter weekend in the company of rugby players and supporters, in an Home comforts are provided to all players and environment and climate that compliments the management in the form of sponsors’ products and experience. keep-sakes. As a reward to the coaching staff for their commitment to schoolboy rugby we ensure KEARSNEY The Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival that the odd celebratory libations are provided at has been made possible by the magnificent support post-match functions. provided by all our sponsors. Africa’s biggest bank has continued as the festival’s title sponsor this For the second year, Kearsney teacher Mouton year. Standard Bank has also been Kearsney’s Badenhorst is the chairman of the Easter Rugby chosen bank for well over two decades and we Festival committee which includes many Kearsney are delighted to continue the relationship. The staff, KZN Rugby Union officials, Kearsney Parents’ Sharks, The Sharks Academy and the KZNRU Society representatives and others who have have supported this festival from inception and worked tirelessly to produce a festival of which we we are proud to be associated with this winning can all be proud. brand. Halfway Ford and Hendok Group occupy the position of First Tier sponsors and we are happy For festival news, fixtures, results and match reports, to be associated with these brands. Please support please visit our website: www.kearsney.com all our sponsors as they not only offer high quality Fantastic action shots are uploaded daily to our Facebook products and services, but they are also prepared to page: www.facebook.com/KearsneyCollege invest in supporting sport at school level. Scores, images and news are posted throughout the day on Twitter: @KearsneyNews #KERF #SBSchoolsFest Key to the success of a festival of this nature is the attention given to the participating teams. We thank the schoolboy rugby supporters of We have endeavoured to provide comfortable, KwaZulu-Natal and the rest of South Africa for spacious on-site accommodation to all the teams their support of the Festival. Enjoy the Festival and and management. Their dietary needs are met by all the entertainment around it. the Compass Group team representing a global catering company in clean, modern dining and Carpe Diem kitchen facilities. Medical care, including post- match rehabilitation, is on hand to cater for any eventuality. www.kearsney.com @KearsneyNews (#KERF #SBSchoolsFest) Kearsney College 4 Message from EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL - 2018 KERF director Mouton Badenhorst (right), with Michael Delport MOUTON BADENHORST and Dylan Acutt, and part of last year’s Boots & Balls collection DIRECTOR | KEARSNEY EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL KEARSNEY For us, as the organising team of the 2018 Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival, it is important to focus not only on ensuring a family-friendly event with quality rugby played in the correct spirit of the game, but also to focus on the wider rugby-playing community. Part of this community focus is ensuring the success of our Boots & Balls initiative, which was started in 2015. New and good condition second-hand rugby kit and clothing, collected from participating players and the public during the course of the festival weekend, will be handed over to the KZN Rugby Union’s Development Programme after the festival. To the players. There will be winners, and there will Once it has been sorted and refurbished, it is then be losers. Remember, how we win the game shows distributed to development teams throughout the something about our character; how we lose shows province. all of it. To those who have come to enjoy the festival. We Give it your best, boys. Play hard and fair and take will continue to ensure we attract top rugby-playing home many happy memories and new friendships. schools to our event each year, as well as to create an atmosphere for families to relax and enjoy typically fast-paced schoolboy rugby. 5 Message from FUNEKA MONTJANE CEO PERSONAL & BUSINESS BANKING EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL - 2018 IN SOUTH AFRICA | STANDARD BANK This world-class school sporting event is one of the country’s most highly-anticipated events on the schoolboy rugby calendar. KEARSNEY In South Africa the one thing that unites us as a These sporting partnerships allow us to engage nation regardless of our different backgrounds is with our clients in increasingly creative, interactive sport. When we are all united by sport, it doesn’t and personal ways. In turn, this lets us demonstrate matter who we are and where we come from, we that we hear and see your needs and we want to are just all excited to be there. come along for the journey. At Standard Bank, we are committed to adapting a number of solutions Once again, Standard Bank is honoured to partner that are designed to move you, your children and with Kearsney College as a major sponsor of the your business forward to your NEXT. school’s 11th Rugby Festival, one of the most popular events on South Africa’s sporting calendar. Thanks goes to the coaches, parents, organisers and teachers who made this event possible. Since its inception just over a decade ago, the festival has grown into an event not to be missed. Our congratulations also go to all the young sportsmen who are competing. Standard Bank At Standard Bank, we’re always committed to urges you to give your best for your team and for coming along for the journey as people prepare and yourself. experience their NEXT, whether in sport, business or personally. Standard Bank sees this festival as We also wish all participating schools the best an opportunity to not only support and nurture the of luck and health. Have fun, play hard and leaders of the future as they prepare for their NEXT, enjoy the true South African spirit of unity but also to show our clients that we respect and and sportsmanship. honour their personal decision to bank with us. www.kearsney.com @KearsneyNews (#KERF #SBSchoolsFest) Kearsney College 7 Message from GARY TEICHMANN CEO | THE SHARKS EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL - 2018 We, at the Cell C Sharks, are delighted about our on-going association with the Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival. The strength, success and KEARSNEY reputation of this prestigious festival are evident in the calibre of schools which participate in the tournament annually, and this year is no exception. A stellar group of top rugby schools are competing Schoolboy rugby plays an invaluable role in the against each other in a tournament that attracts development of South Africa’s rugby culture. The top coaches, talent scouts and fans from across the sport at school level is where the foundation is built country. The involvement of our Sharks Academy for key values such as sportsmanship, team work, means we, at the Cell C Sharks, keep a keen eye on a strong work ethic, perseverance, respect and the players participating at the tournament and honour can be taught and embraced. These values their schools, knowing that rugby in the province resonate with our brand and are what we’re about. stands to benefit significantly, both at present as well as in the future. Best wishes to the organising committee, sponsors, participating schools, coaches, players and everyone Annually, our scouts from The Sharks Academy are else associated with this wonderful tournament. impressed with the high quality of rugby on offer, May the 2018 edition of the festival be another the skills displayed, the competitiveness shown, and successful one. the overall spirit of schoolboy rugby, which is a joy to watch. www.kearsney.com @KearsneyNews (#KERF #SBSchoolsFest) Kearsney College 9 Schoolboy Rugby - The bigger picture HANNES NIENABER SPECIALIST | SCHOOL RUGBY JOURNALIST EASTER RUGBY FESTIVAL - 2018 School rugby has always played a major role in the development of the game in the country, as The game of rugby has its origins in South Africa thanks to a teacher, Canon George Ogilvie, who well as the success that South African teams have became headmaster at Diocesan College (Bishops) KEARSNEY achieved over the last century. in 1861. It is a myth that he introduced rugby to Bishops as he detested it. He introduced a game of football based on Winchester rules with a few The annual Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby adjustments to the laws. This was called Gog’s Festival is, without doubt, one of the major events Game.