Hosts Westering rallied in the second half to score a convincing 31-14 victory over Alexander Road in their rugby encounter on Saturday.
The sides were evenly matched in a first half punctuated with poor handling and errors from both teams.
But once Westering settled down in the second half, they were too good for Alex.
The visitors were first on the board when their flyhalf Lucan Moos slotted a penalty in the 10th minute.
Impressive centre Sisanda Matlali hit back for the home side with a try, converted by flyhalf Kamvi Ntebe.
Westering extended their lead on 35 minutes when livewire scrumhalf Thabang Boyce broke blind to run through and score to make it 12-3 at half time.
Moos kept his team within striking distance with two more penalties but when Boyce and Matlali both got in for their second scores the writing was on the wall at 24-9.
With five minutes remaining, Alex scrumhalf Cole Parkinson scored his team’s first try to make it a 10-point game.
But Westering made sure of the comfortable victory through a try by replacement Mtha Gqomo on the final whistle.
Westering’s loose trio of Reece Groenewald, Ryan Rowe and Siviwe Manyathi were good in the loose for the hosts while Moos had a good game for Alex.
THE weekend produced an eventful derby in a wide range of sports between the two schools, who had some closely contested matches.
The hockey, in particular, was exciting to watch, with both parties displaying superb skill and fight in all the games.
This was particularly evident in both the first team matches.
The Alex first team girls continued their fine season with a dominant 2-0 victory, while Westering took the spoils in the boys’ match with a hard-earned 3-1 victory.
The same was evident on the netball court, with excellent competition across all age-groups.
However, it was the first-team encounter which produced the most excitement.
The Alex girls were well ahead at the halfway mark and looked set to comfortably win the match.
Westering, however, had other ideas and showed a great amount of determination to draw level late in the game. With time running out and the scores level, Alex managed a quick break and sealed a one-goal win in the dying seconds of the match to bring a thrilling conclusion to the encounter.
The level of commitment and sportsmanship on the day from both schools must be commended.