The Tuks Fastnet Series 2010 started on 26 August 2010 and ran through until 9 September 2010. Matches were played every Thursday from 16h00 – 19h00 at the TuksNetball outdoor courts.16 teams participated in the tournament as well as 3 Tuks teams who played friendly matches against the schools.

The schools/ clubs that entered was: Hoërskool Centurion, Woodhill College , Hoërskool Monument, HTS Witbank, Hoërskool Zwartkop, Hoërskool Montana, Steelcrest High School, Hoërskool Oos – Moot, Hoërskool Uitsig, Hoërskool Kempton Park, Hoërskool Warmbad, HTS Middelburg, Cornerstone High, Hoërskool Garsfontein, Hoërskool Ben Viljoen and Centurion Akademie.

The semi-finals and finals were played on 9 September. In the semi-finals HTS Middelburg beat HTS Witbank and Hoërskool Monument won against Hoërskool Zwartkop. HTS Middelburg and Hoërskool Monument played in the final. The two teams drew the match and had to play extra time (2 minutes a side) to determine a winner. Hoërskool Monument was crowned tournament winners and took home gold, winning the match by one point.

Schools' Final Positions

Position	Name of School
1	Hoërskool Monument
2	HTS Middelburg
3	Hoërskool Zwartkop
4	HTS Witbank
5	Hoërskool Montana
6	Hoërskool Centurion
7	Hoërskool Kempton Park
8	Hoërskool Garsfontein
9	Hoërskool Ben Viljoen
10	Hoërskool Oos Moot
11	Woodhill College
12	Hoërskool Warmbad
13	Centurion Academy
14	Steelcrest High School
15	Cornerstone College
16	Hoërskool Uitsig

 

Results

Position	Match	Scores
Semi Final 1	HTS Middelburg	19
	vs
	HTS Witbank	8
Semi Final 2	Monument	16
	vs
	Zwartkop	11
15	Cornerstone College	3
	vs
	Centurion Academy	23
13 & 14	Steelcrest	10
	vs
	Centurion Academy	11
11 & 12	Woodhill College	16
	vs
	Warmbad	14
9 & 10	Oos Moot	13
	vs
	Ben Viljoen	15
7 & 8	Garsfontein	21
	vs
	Kempton	22
5 & 6	Centurion	14
	vs
	Montana	17
3 & 4	HTS Witbank	6
	vs
	Zwartkop	25
1 & 2	HTS Middelburg	8
	vs
	Monument	9

 To give the schools a taste of the brilliance of TuksNetball, Tuks 1 and Tuks 2 played an entertainment match against each other. Erin Burger who just arrived back from the Africa Qualifying Games crowned as the player of the tournament had a good match. National team mate Amanda Mynhardt also played in the Tuks 1 team.

Both teams performed well and made Tuks 1 Coach Elize Kotze and Tuks 2 Coach Jenny van Dyk proud. Tuks 1 went home with the victory.

Results

Position

Match

Scores

3 & 4

Tuks 3

25

vs

Tuks 4

18

1 & 2

Tuks 1

28

vs

Tuks 2

20

 

 

 

It is an honor to say that Living Ball was the proud sponsor of the balls used in this tournament. Living Balls vision is to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ, from the Market place to all the children of the world, using the “Living Ball” as a tool – where each ball will become a symbol of hope.

To every player, coach, umpire and student, we want to say thank you for an unforgettable and successful tournament.
We look forward to the next.

TUKS OF NIKS!!!