Last week provincial finals for all category schools in the Northvaal Beeld Trophy competition were played. Standerton produced the biggest surprise when they beat Ermelo.

This week the knockout matches start which lead to quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.

Altogether 224 schools took part in this year's Beeld Trophy, 57 more than last year.

The category each school falls into is determined by the number of boys in each school.

Small School: fewer than 176 boys
Medium School: between 176 and 350 boys
Big School: between 351 and 599 boys
Macro School: 600 or more boys.

The number of schools in each category:

Small: 68
Medium: 66
Big: 70
Macro: 20

The competition is organised by the Northvaal Schools Association under the chairmanship of Dries van Heerden, formerly the chairman of South African Schools. The competition was originally called the Administrator's Cup and dates back to 1920.

Provincial Final results:

Blue Bulls:

Macro Schools
First Teams: Waterkloof vs Garsfontein, 34-27; Menlo Park vs Zwartkop, 22-19
Under-16: Waterkloof vs Garsfontein, 33-10; Menlo Park vs HTS John Vorster, 13-12
Under-15: Waterkloof vs Eldoraigne, 38-10; Menlo Park vs HTS John Vorster, 43-0
Under-14: Menlo Park vs Waterkloof, 10-8; Eldoraigne vs HTS John Vorster, 14-13

Big Schools
1st Teams: Oos-Moot vs Pretoria-Noord, 39-13
Under-16: Overkruin vs Tuine, 5-3
Under-15: Tuine vs Overkruin, 13-0
Under-14: Oos-Moot vs Overkruin, 24-14

Valke:

Macro Schools
First Teams: Kempton Park vs EG Jansen, 20-19
Under-16: EG Jansen vs Kempton Park, 31-0
Under-15: EG Jansen vs Kempton Park, 22-15
Under-14: EG Jansen vs Kempton Park, 22-13

Big Schools
First Teams: Transvalia vs Brandwag, 50-19
Under-16: Transvalia vs Hugenote, 19-0
Under-15: Transvalia vs Brandwag, 12-10
Under-14: Hugenote vs Driehoek, 15-12

Medium Schools
First Teams: Stoffberg vs John Vorster, 28-19
Under-16: Overvaal vs Stoffberg, 35-0
Under-15: Delmas vs Stoffberg, 20-17
Under-14: Delmas vs Stoffberg, 13-8

Small Schools
First Teams: Heilbron vs Balfour, 61-12
Under-15: Heilbron vs Balfour, 61-0

Golden Lions:

Macro Schools
First Teams: Monument vs Florida, 20-11
Under-16: Monument vs Florida, 25-16
Under-15: Monument vs Florida, 28-7
Under-14: Florida vs Monument, 7-6

Big Schools
First Teams: Helpmekaar vs Roodepoort, 7-6
Under-16: Helpmekaar vs Dinamika, 31-5
Under-15: Helpmekaar vs Riebeeckrand, 5-3
Under-14: Helpmekaar vs Riebeeckrand, 40-8

Medium Schools
First Teams: Trinityhouse vs Randburg, 24-17
Under-16: Randburg vs Trinityhouse, 26-8
Under-15: Randburg vs Trinityhouse, 14-10
Under-14: Linden vs Randburg, 35-8

Pumas:

Macro Schools
First Teams: HTS Middelburg vs Middelburg, 13-3
Under-16: HTS Middelburg vs Nelspruit, 28-10
Under-15: HTS Middelburg vs Nelspruit, 11-3
Under-14: HTS Middelburg vs Nelspruit, 55-6

Medium Schools
First Teams: Standerton vs Ermelo, 25-24
Under-16: Ermelo vs Lydenburg, 31-24.
Under-15: Standerton vs Secunda, 18-17
Under-14: Secunda vs Genl. Hertzog, 20-7

Medium Schools
First Teams: Piet Retief vs Oosterland, 19-0
Under-16: Piet Retief vs Volksrust, 8-5
Under-15: Piet Retief vs Volksrust, 9-7
Under-14: Volksrust vs Penryn College, 20-14

Small Schools
First Teams: Komatipoort vs Hendrina, 35-22
Under-15: Komatipoort vs Belfast, 29-20.

Leopards:

Macro Schools
Rustenburg

Big Schools
First Teams: Potch Volkies vs Lichtenburg, 23-17
Under-16: Klerksdorp vs Lichtenburg, 31-10
Under-15: Klerksdorp vs Lichtenburg, 10-7
Under-14: Klerksdorp vs Potch Gimmies, 14-5

Medium Schools
First Teams: Schweizer-Reneke vs Vryburg, 36-0
Under-16: Wolmaransstad
Under-15: Schweizer-Reneke
Under-14: Vryburg

Small Schools
First Teams: Christiana vs Sannieshof, 36-31
Under-15: Christiana vs Sannieshof, 17-0

Limpopo:

Macro Schools
Tom Naudé

Big Schools
First Teams: Ben Vorster vs Ellisras, 17-10
Under-16: Ben Vorster vs Pietersburg, 14-8
Under-15: Ben Vorster vs Pietersburg, 17-3
Under-14: Ben Vorster vs Pietersburg, 17-13

Medium Schools
First Teams: Ben Viljoen vs Hans Strijdom, 23-20
Under-16: Ben Viljoen vs Nylstroom, 8-3
Under-15: Hans Strijdom vs Warmbad, 7-3
Under-14: Hans Strijdom vs Nylstroom, 26-7

Small Schools
First Teams: Heuwelkruin Kollege vs Stanford Lake College, 21-21