St John’s College, in proud association with First National Bank, will be hosting twelve top schoolboy rugby sides at our 15th Easter Rugby Festival where six games will be contested over three days of play. 

The twelve top schoolboy rugby sides scheduled to play on 1, 3 and 5 April 2010 are:

Teams from the following ten Preparatory schools will play four games with teams either playing two games on Saturday or Monday, prior to the 1st XV games:

The objectives of the Festival remain essentially true to those of the founding Festival in 1996:

• It promotes the growth and development of school rugby in the widest context
• Fellowship amongst participants from diverse cultural backgrounds is fostered, as they meet  under the unifying and community ethos of sport, contributing to building better relationships and understanding of our rainbow nation
• Participants compete in body, mind and character in hard-fought contests. They socialise outside of the games during the Festival weekend, with compatriots they might   not otherwise meet
• It promotes the community of St John’s College in a single unifying event where boys, parents, staff, Old Johannians, rugby and other supporters of St John’s College, can interact in an atmosphere of light, life and love, in a secure and treasured environment

A portion of proceeds of the Festival are applied to internal sports development with a    specific three-year commitment to support the sporting development at Masibambane College.  A 60% allocation of the uncommited surplus from the festival is dedicated to specific projects.  In 2009   this contribution went towards leveling the sports field at Masibambane College which HSBC completed by grassing the field, as part of their sponsorship of the British and Irish Lions tour.

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