And it is a go, go, go … College Rovers of KZN will play Despatch in the opening match of the Community Cup on 16 February next year in Durban.
The Community Cup sees 20 of SA’s top non-university clubs battle it out in 52 matches across the country over a six-week period, with play-offs to be held in George over the Easter weekend. The Community winners play the Varsity Cup champions on a date to be confirmed.
The Rovers-Despatch Pool A opener is a repeat of the match of this year’s Club Champs in Rustenburg, which saw the KZN champions trail the resurgent Eastern Cape outfit 30-28 with five minutes remaining of their Cup quarter-final before running out 41-30 victors.
With the four Club Champs semi-finalists seeded first in their pools and the teams they beat in the Rustenburg quarters seeded second, the other big matches in week one areWP’s Durbanville-Bellville vs Pretoria Police, Roodepoort vs Impala, and Old Selbornians vs Brakpan.
The full schedule is as follows (all kick-off times to be confirmed):
Round 1 – Sat 16 February 2013:
Pool A – College Rovers vs Despatch (Durban); Villagers Worcester vs Sishen (Worcester)
Pool B – Pretoria Police vs Durbanville-Bellville (Pretoria); African Bombers vs Welkom Rovers (Port Elizabeth)
Pool C – Rustenburg Impala vs Roodepoort (Rustenburg); Noordelikes vs Raiders (Polokwane)
Pool D – Old Selbornian vs Brakpan (East London); Roses United vs White River (Wellington)
Round 2 – Sat 23 February 2013:
Pool A – Sishen vs College Rovers (Kathu); SK Walmers vs Villagers Worcester (Cape Town)
Pool B – Durbanville-Bellville vs African Bombers (Cape Town); Welkom Rovers vs Bloem Police (Welkom)
Pool C – Roodepoort vs Noordelikes (Roodepoort); Raiders vs Bloem Crusaders (Johannesburg)
Pool D – Brakpan vs Roses United (Brakpan); White River vs Evergreens (White River)
Round 3 – Sat 2 March 2013
Pool A – Despatch vs Villagers Worcester (Despatch); Sishen vs SK Walmers (Kathu)
Pool B – Bloem Police vs Durbanville-Bellville (Bloemfontein); African Bombers vs Pretoria Police (Zwide)
Pool C – Rustenburg Impala vs Bloem Crusaders (Rustenburg); Roodepoort vs Raiders (Roodepoort)
Pool D – Evergreens vs Brakpan (Pacaltsdorp); Roses United vs Old Selbornian (Wellington)
Round 4 – Sat 9 March 2013
Pool A – College Rovers vs SK Walmers (Durban); Despatch vs Sishen (Despatch)
Pool B – Welkom Rovers vs Pretoria Police (Welkom); Bloem Police vs African Bombers (Bloemfontein)
Pool C – Bloem Crusaders vs Roodepoort (Heidedal); Noordelikes vs Rustenburg Impala (Polokwane)
Pool D – Old Selbornian vs Evergreens (East London); Brakpan vs White River (Brakpan)
Round 5 – Sat 16 March 2013
Pool A – SK Walmers vs Despatch (Cape Town); Villagers Worcester vs College Rovers (Worcester)
Pool B – Pretoria Police vs Bloem Police (Pretoria); Durbanville-Bellville vs Welkom Rovers (Cape Town)
Pool C – Raiders vs Rustenburg Impala (Johannesburg); Bloem Crusaders vs Noordelikes (Heidedal)
Pool D – White River vs Old Selbornian (White River); Evergreens vs Roses United (Pacaltsdorp).
Easter Play-offs (Outeniqua Park, George):
Thu 28 March 2013 – Cup quarter-finals:
• QF1 – Winner C vs Runner-up D
• QF2 – Winner B vs Runner-up A
• QF3 – Winner D vs Runner-up C
• QF4 – Winner A vs Runner-up B
Sat 30 March 2013 – Bowl & Cup semi-finals:
• Loser QF1 vs Loser QF2
• Loser QF3 vs Loser QF4
• Winner QF1 vs Winner QF2
• Winner QF3 vs Winner QF4
Mon 1 April 2013 – Finals:
• Shield – Loser Bowl Bowl SF1 vs Loser Bowl SF2
• Bowl – Winner Bowl SF1 vs Winner Bowl SF2
• Plate – Loser Cup SF1 vs Loser Cup SF2
• Cup – Winner Cup SF1 vs Winner Cup SF2
