The International School of South Africa (ISSA) has hosted the annual high school volleyball festival at their campus in Mahikeng since 2009. The weekend tournament attracts under 19 girls’ and boys’ teams from schools across southern Africa.

All the teams are accommodated in the various hostels on the ISSA school grounds, meals are catered for by the school in the large dining hall, and all games are played on the school’s courts, keeping all the weekend activities very central.

The 2017 tournament took place from Friday 4 August until Sunday 6 August.

A team of very competent external referees made sure that the games were running smoothly and added to the professionalism of the tournament.

Pools 2017 (girls)

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D
ISSA 1 Fourways 1 PHSG 1 GHS (ZIM) 1
PHSG 3 ISSA 2 GHS (ZIM) 2 Fourways 3
DSP Barolong Fourways 3 PHSG 2
Waterford 2 (SWAZI) Tynwald (ZIM) Mmabatho Waterford 1 (SWAZI)

Pools 2017 (boys)

Pool A

Pool B
DSP 1 Barolong
Waterford 2 (SWAZI) DSP 2
Tynwald (ZIM) St Vincent
ISSA DSJ
Mmabatho Waterford 1 (SWAZI)

 

After three days of back-to-back volleyball games, Girls High of Zimbabwe claimed the top spot in the girls’ competition against the previous champions Fourways High School.

The boys’ final was an all-german battle of age-old rivals the Deutsche Internationale Schule Pretoria (DSP) and the Deutsche Internationale Schule Johannesburg (DSJ). The boys from Pretoria beat the 2015 winners 3:0 with captain Heiko Damaske also claiming individual awards for the best attacker, best server and most valuable player.

Next year the ISSA volleyball festival will be run for the 10th time and ISSA is hoping for a record turnout.

Cup winners 2009 – 2017

Year

Boys

Girls
2009 Churchill Boys (ZIM) Eaglesvale (ZIM)
2010 Churchill Boys (ZIM) ISSA (RSA)
2011 Churchill Boys (ZIM) Eaglesvale (ZIM)
2012 Conway College (ZIM) Eaglesvale (ZIM)
2013 Conway College (ZIM) Fourways (RSA)
2014 Conway College (ZIM) Fourways (RSA)
2015 DSJ (RSA) Fourways (RSA)
2016 Conway College (ZIM) Fourways (RSA)
2017 DSP (RSA) Girls High (ZIM)