The popular @lantic 7's series for high schools takes place on Saturday, 13 August at Jeppe Boys High. The winning team will qualify to participate in the Champions tournament later this year.

HTS Middelburg beat HS Wonderboom from Pretoria 19 - 7 in the @lantic tournament Cup final that took place in Witbank last weekend. HTS Middelburg, coached by the former Springbok 7's player, Dirkie Strydom had to work hard for their win. The SA athlete, Rudi Erasmus of HS Brandwag was named player of the tournament. Erasmus's amazing speed was impressive and he scored 7 tries.

The tournament was also attended by the Springbok 7's players Cecil Afrika and Branco du Preez. They are themselves players who were first exposed to 7's rugby when Harmony Sport Academy participated in the @lantic series. According to Afrika he was impressed with the quality of play that the schoolboys produced. "The first @tlantic sevens Craven Week takes place later this year and some of these players can even form part of the team that will participate in the 2016 Olympic Games" said Afrika.

The first match kicks-off on Saturday at 08h30 with the cup final being played at 16h30. The participating schools are: Krugerdorp High, Volkskool Heidelberg, HTS Middelburg, Living Ball, HS Brandwag, Rand Park High, Jeppe Invitation, Northcliff High, Jeppe High, HS Montana, Lynx 7's, HS Rob Ferreira, HS Alberton, HS Oosterland, HS Drie Riviere and Lowveld High.

The @lantic tournaments for the rest of the year are:

20 August Glenwood (Durban)
27 August Excelsior (Cape Town)
3 September Stirling (East London)
10 September HS Brandwag (Uitenhage)
17 September Merensky (Tzaneen)
24 September Waterkloof (Pretoria)
6 & 7 October U18 & U13 Provincial Tournament (Konka)
22 October Monument (Krugersdorp)
5 November Champions Tournament (Konka)