RSA - Engen U/18 Tournament heats up in Pitermaritzburg

PIETERMARITZBURG (Youth) - After the first two days of competition some suprising results have come out of the Annual Engen Interprovincial Tournament in Pietermaritzburg.

One of the disappointments at this years Engen IPT are the Gauteng girls, who did not qualify for the semifinal for the first time in 5 years.

This is the same team that has owned the womens under 18 championship for the last 4 years, with four gold medals in a row starting way back in 2003.

It seems however that lack of organisation led to the Guateng ladies downfall.

It also seems that there were quite a few key Gauteng players who did not travel to Pietermaritzburg as well.

The Gauteng girls lost to Kwazulu Natal who are the big surprise of the tournament coming out of Group A.

Kwazulu Natal ladies have made it to the semi-final where they will be playing Free State in the Semi Final today.

In the other ladies semi final Limpopo will take on the Western Cape today.

It's been business as usual in the boys tournament where Kwazulu Natal cruised undefeated in Group A after gliding past all the teams in group A.

They will be playing the Western Cape in the Semi-final today.

In the other semi-final is Gauteng, who look like strong contenders for the final, and Limpopo, who have the biggest inside presence in the tournament with 6'10" Tshilidzi Nephawe.

The boys teams who will be playing for 7th and 8th place are Mpumalanga, and Free State while Nothern Cape and the Eastern Cape will be playing for 5th and 5th today.

In the ladies tournament Northwest and Mpumalanga will be playing for 7th and 8th place while Gauteng and the Eastern Cape will battle for 5th and 6th.

The last day of the IPT is on Friday the 28th of September at St Johns Diocese High School in Pietermaritzburg. The girls final is at 10h15 and the boys final starts at 12:20.

The results from the first two days are as follows"
              

DAY ONE-TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2007               
BOYS    A    KWAZULU NATAL  VS  LIMPOPO     56-51

GIRLS    A    GAUTENG  VS    KWAZULU NATAL     56-75

BOYS    B    FREE STATE VS NORTHERN CAPE     38-54

GIRLS    B    WESTERN CAPE VS NORTH WEST     53-13

BOYS    A    GAUTENG  VS    WESTERN CAPE     55-49

GIRLS    A    LIMPOPO VS    FREE STATE         64-28

BOYS    B    NORTH WEST    VS EASTERN CAPE     34-55

GIRLS    B    EASTERN CAPE VS NORHTERN CAPE     33-26

BOYS    A    LIMPOPO  VS  FREE STATE         73-51                

GIRLS    A    MPUMALANGA  VS    GAUTENG           43-53

BOYS    B    WESTERN CAPE VS    NORTH WEST     89-31

GIRLS    B    FREE STATE VS EASTERN CAPE     49-34

BOYS    A    EASTERN CAPE  VS  GAUTENG     39-79

GIRLS    B    NORTHERN CAPE VS    LIMPOPO      8-68

BOYS    A    KWAZULU NATAL VS MPUMALANGA     78-49

GIRLS    A    KWAZULU NATAL VS WESTERN CAPE     38-36
                                   

DAY TWO-WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2007   
                       
BOYS    A    NORTHERN CAPE VS KWAZULU NATAL 37-74

GIRLS    A    NORTH WEST     VS GAUTENG            29-58

BOYS    A    MPUMALANGA VS LIMPOPO            56-94

GIRLS    A    MPUMALANGA VS KWAZULU NATAL        16-56

BOYS    B    NORHT WEST     VS GAUTENG               39-110

GIRLS    B    EASTERN CAPE VS LIMPOPO                       24-80           

BOYS    B    WESTERN CAPE  VS EASTERN CAPE         63-51

GIRLS    B    FREE STATE  VS NORTHERN CAPE         51-27           

BOYS    A    FREE STATE  VS  KWAZULU NATAL         30-84

GIRLS    A    WESTERN CAPE VS    GAUTENG         57-51

BOYS    A    MPUMALANGA VS NORTHERN CAPE         66-69

GIRLS    A    MPUMALANGA VS NORTH WEST               45-31

BOYS    A    15H30    FREE STATE  VS MPUMALANGA         69-37

GIRLS    A    15H30    WESTERN CAPE  VS  MPUMALANGA         55-44

BOYS    A    15H30    LIMPOPO VS NORTHERN CAPE         67-26

GIRLS    A    17H00    KWAZULU NATAL VS    NORTH WEST         81-19

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