New Year’s Cup
● To kick start the year the Eastern Areas competitions begin at the Albany and Grahamstown Bowling Clubs. ● St Andrew’s vs Menlopark on Lower
Field, 9am ● Kingswood vs St Andrew’s School
(Bloem) on Gane Field, 9am ● St Alban's vs Cambridge in a T20
game on Knowling Field, 2pm ● The Grahamstown Schools Cricket Festival takes place at various schools' cricket fields in Grahamstown from Wednesday 11 January to Friday 13 January. Schools taking part: ● St Andrew's College 1st XI, St Andrew's College 2nd XI, Graeme College, Kingswood College, Cambridge High School, St Alban's College, St Andrew's School (Bloem), Grahamstown Rural, Hudson Park High School, Trinityhouse High School, Muir College, St Dominic’s Priory, Die Hoerskool Menlopark, Woodridge College. ● Wednesday – St Andrew’s 1 vs Hudson Park (Lower); Kingswood vs Menlopark (Gane); Graeme vs St Albans (Somerset), St Andrew’s 2 vs St Dominic’s Priory (Knowling); Woodridge vs St Andrew's Bloem (Knight); Grahamstown Rural vs Cambridge (Marais); Muir vs Trinityhouse (St Aidans). ● Thursday – St Andrew's 1 vs St Andrew's Bloem (Lower); Kingswood vs St Albans (Gane); Graeme vs Trinityhouse (Somerset), St Andrew's 2 vs Cambridge (Knowling); Grahamstown Rural vs Muir (St Aidans); Woodridge vs Menlopark (Knight); Hudson vs St Dominic's Priory (Marais). ● Friday – St Andrew’s vs St Aidans (Lower); Graeme vs Cambridge (Somerset), St Andrew’s 2 vs Muir (Knowling); Hudson vs Menlopark (Gane); Woodridge vs Grahamstown Rural (St Aidans); Trinityhouse vs St Dominic’s Priory (Knight).
Grahamstown hosted the inaugural New Year's Cup soccer tournament from 16 to 31 December. A total of 32 teams descended on Grahamstown for the group stages of the tournament. This number went down to 16, before the quaterfinals, semi-finals and eventually the finals. Grahamstown-based Makana Rhini United (green tops) and Amavarara, from Queenstown, were both unbeaten as they made their way to the finals. It was the home side, with a bit of luck on their side, that managed to find the winning goal, against the run of play. For all the news, views and photographs on the New Year's Cup, turn to our special pull-out-and-keep memento on pages 13 to 20.
