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KNYSNA NEWS AND VIDEO - After an exceptionally successful and festive water polo for the prep schools last weekend, Oakhill School is now hosting the Oakhill Waterfront Chukka Festival for high schools from across the country.
From Thursday, 15 February to Sunday, 18 February around 400 participants from 21 high schools, comprising 30 teams in total – 15 boys teams and 15 girls teams – from Pretoria, East London, Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth, Franschhoek, Stellenbosch, Somerset West and Cape Town take to the water.
What makes these Chukka Festivals unique to any other school water polo event in the country, if not the world, is the fact that they are held in open water: the Knysna Estuary.
This unique appeal, as well as the beauty of the location and the offerings of the Waterfront, has resulted in the exponential success of the festival, now in its eighth year.
Come enjoy excellent and action-packed water polo and festivities coupled with splendid weather this weekend. Games are played from 07:00 – 17:00 on Friday and Saturday and until 13:00 on Sunday at the Knysna Waterfront Quays.
Schools to look out for are: Bridge House, Camps Bay High School, Clarendon High School, Collegiate, DSG, Fish Hoek High School, Graeme College, Grey High School, Kingswood College, Paul Roos Gymnasium, Pearson High School, Pinelands High School, Rhenish Girls' HIgh School, Somerset College, St Alban's College, St Cyprian's School, St Dominic's Priory, Woodridge College, Wynberg Boys High School and Wynberg Girls High School as well as the hosts Oakhill School.
For those who do miss out on the action, or would like to see it for a second time, Active Education will once again partner with Oakhill to bring TV coverage of the festival on Let’s Play, which is aired on SuperSport.
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