adminHundreds of fans converged at Bushman Rock, a countryside venue, for the final day and turned this festival into a resounding success that brought together all the races in this country.
“I believe, given that it was the first time we were having such a festival, it was a huge success,” Leabridge managing director, Raymond Kazembe, said.
“The South Africans have been full of praise for the way we organised this tournament and they will carry a lot of positive images about our country.
“The International Rugby Board have also been impressed and promised to support in the future and you can see that we have started something that could grow into a very big thing.
“What is refreshing is the support we have received from the parents and the schools, it has been overwhelming, we took a gamble as a company and I feel we have been rewarded by the success.
“The talent that we have seen during this tournament is incredible and one of the outstanding performances came from Mbare Academy.”
In their last match of the tour on Saturday, SACS were in top form as the thumbed Prince Edward 38-7 in a very good game.
Flyhalf Christopher Smith was the first to plant a fine try before skipper, Cameron Calder, converted.
In the 18th minute Gino Lupani’s pass found Philip Arkemann who scored another try.
Flanker, Dean Basson, also added another try.
SACS coach, Graeme Wepener, said he was satisfied with his team’s performance.
“The boys played well, the games were interesting, they did not score many tries but I am glad that they won the three games they played,” said Wepener.
SACS walloped St John’s College 62-10 in the first match of their tour before thrashing Churchill 67-12 on the second encounter of the festival.
Basson said his team deserved all the victories as they worked hard before embarking on the tour.
“We deserve all the wins, we trained hard before we came the games were good and I am happy that we won,” Basson said.
Smith was the best player for SACS, scoring 10 tries, seven conversions and a penalty.
Prince Edward managed to register a win during their second match when they beat St Andrews 24-19.
Pretoria Boys beat St John’s College 24-8.
St George’s College St Andrews College 28-22 after a 7-24 defeat at the hands of Pretoria Boys.
The three-day festival featured Lomagundi, Peterhouse, Prince Edward, St George’s College, St John’s and Churchill.
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