St George’s to play in Grahamstown Schools Cricket Festival

Following a slow sporting start to the year, there'll be three days of non-stop cricket action this week at the annual Grahamstown Schools Cricket Festival, once again hosted by St Andrew's College.

Fourteen teams are taking part in the festival which will be used to sharpen skills and prepare them for the upcoming season. Grahamstown schools St Andrew's, Graeme College, Kingswood and a Grahamstown Rural side can be seen in action, as well as St George’s College from Harare, Zimbabwe, who will participate in the festival for the first time.

Fixtures for the festival:

Day 1 (Thursday 12 January): SAC vs Menlopark (St Andrew's Lower Field) Kingswood vs St Andrew's School (Kingswood Gane Field) Graeme vs Dale (Graeme Somerset Field) Grahamstown Rural vs Cambridge (St Andrew's Crawhall Field) Hudson vs St George's College Harare (St Andrew's Knowling Field) Trinityhouse vs Woodridge (St Andrew's St Aidans Field) St Albans vs St Dominics (Kingswood Knight Field)

Day 2 (Friday 13 January): SAC vs St Andrew's School (Lower) Kingswood vs St Albans (Gane) Graeme vs St Dominics (Somerset) Grahamstown Rural vs Hudson (Knight) Woodridge vs Menlopark (Graeme Marais) Cambridge vs Trinityhouse (Knowling) Dale vs St George's College Harare (St Aidans)

Day 3 (Saturday 14 January): SAC vs St Albans (Lower) Kingswood vs Trinityhouse (Gane) Graeme vs Cambridge (Somerset) Grahamstown Rural vs St Andrew's School (St Aidans) St Dominics vs Dale (Knight) Hudson vs Menlopark (Marais) St George's College Harare vs Woodridge (Knowling).