1. COMPETITION FORMAT 

WHO CAN ENTER:

Age Category:

• U/15 Squads 2025
• U/18 Squads 2025
• U/12 Squads for 2025

2. ENTRY FEE PER PARTICIPANT

• Participation fee is R350.00 per player.

3. PARTICIPATION DAYS

Festival Schedule

• High School Event dates: 4-9 December 2025
• Primary School Event dates: 4-6 December 2025
• Exact matchday schedule to be released soon
• Final fixtures to be released once all participating schools have registered

4. CONTACT US

For more information, please contact Lize Vosloo

event@summerfestival.co.za

 

U/18 Tournament Rules and Playing Dates

• Schools can decide how many teams, and how many players per team they want to bring. Each team/group may have a maximum of 25 players.
• If schools bring 2 teams/groups, they must please indicate whether the teams/groups are of equal strength or whether there is a strong group (A group) and a weaker group (B group).
• Each school can decide whether its teams/groups play 2 or 3 matches.
• Two day matches are played (Friday (5 Dec)&Monday (8 Dec) OR Saturday (6 Dec)&Tuesday (9 Dec).
• The three day match takes place Thursday (4 Dec)/Saturday (6 Dec) & Monday (8 Dec) or Tuesday (9 Dec).
• Team/group matches are 30 minutes a side (“playing time”) with a strategy/water break after 15 minutes.
• 10 reserves are allowed for each team. “Rolling subs” with unlimited number of times
• No goal kicks during the tournament
• No u/19 may play in the u/18 tournament: Boksmart Rules
• Entry fee is R350 per player
• 50% deposit must be paid by 23 September 2025, and full amount settled by end of October 2025.

U/15 Tournament Rules and Playing Dates

Teams may have a maximum of 25 players.

• 10 reserves are allowed for each team. “Rolling subs” with unlimited number of times
• No kicks at the goal
• Matches are 23 minutes a side (“playing time”).

Yellow and Red Cards

• Teams’ yellow cards will be 4 minutes (running time).
• If a player receives a red card the following rules will apply…
• Teams’ red cards will be 7 minutes (playing time), after which the player must be replaced by a reserve.
• The player is then left to his school’s internal disciplinary process.
• If the school after the internal disciplinary process feels that the player still needs to play the next match, SIX GUN GRILL Summer Sport Festival will have no problem with that.

U/12 Tournament Rules and Playing Dates

• Each team will play 5 matches as determined by the organizers.
• Matches are 15 minutes a side (“running time”).
• Maximum of 8 reserves are allowed during the matches, of which a full extra front row is mandatory.
• Running subs as many times as you want.
• B-team matches are also 15 minutes a side (“running time”).
• B-team matches only need to have a maximum of 5 reserves.
• If a school decides to enter only one team, a maximum of 23 players are invited.