The PVM Energy Bar Varsity College National Action Sports Weekend took place for the 3rd time from 8 to 10 July in Durban. Once again all VC campuses sent their finest action netball, soccer, and cricket teams to compete for top honours. One team even boasted 4 provincial players!
Although tense rivalry and competition existed, there was a real sense of camaraderie, not only among the players from the same campuses, but from the same province. Students really enjoyed the interaction with their fellow campuses and really got to know each other better.
Despite the social interaction that seemed to be the main focus of the weekend, everyone’s eye was still on the prize. Everyone had to wait for the very last ball to be bowled and the last minute of games to conclude to find out who the overall winners would be, that's just how tight the competition was.
The Westville Cowboys were crowned overall winners thanks to their last ball victory in the action cricket as well as a very close victory in the action netball. Final results were as follows: Action Cricket...Westville Cowboys (gold) Pretoria Bulldozers (silver) Sandton Knights (bronze) Action Soccer: Pietermaritzburg Mammoths (gold) Pretoria Bulldozers (silver) PE Coastal Kings (bronze) Action Netball: Westville Cowboys (gold) Durban North Pirates (silver) Sandton Knights (bronze) The Cape Town Vipers could not stop singing and being joyous the entire weekend and were deservingly awarded the Christo Petzer Spirit trophy for the second year in a row. Right behind the overall winners, the Westville Cowboys, The Pretoria Bulldozers came 2nd overall, followed by the Sandton Knights in 3rd. Varsity College is very grateful to PVM Nutritional Sciences for sponsoring the event and for being the fuel powering our sports teams for the rest of 2011.