The Bishops 1st XI, as Western Province runners-ups at the backend of 2024, travelled to Oudtshoorn to compete against the winners and runners-ups from the Boland and South Western Districts in the Western Cape regional finals of the Schools SA20 championships during the last weekend of January. The team defeated Paarl Gim, Paarl Boys and Bridgton Hub in the round-robin phase of the tournament to advance to a Saturday afternoon semi-final v SACS: a rematch of the Western Province final – won by SACS – in November 2024. Bishops turned the tables, this time around, to defeat SACS by 99 runs. The final, on Sunday, 26.01.25, v Paarl Boys at the Recreation Ground in Oudtshoorn, saw a dominant display by the Bishops 1st XI as Paarl Boys’ total of 112 was chased – successfully – for the loss of a single wicket to see Bishops win by nine wickets and claim the title of 2024/2025 Schools SA20 Western Cape champions. Bishops will, therefore, represent the Western Cape/Western Province – against South Africa’s five other regional-winning schools – at the (very) prestigious Schools SA20 national championships in Pretoria (TUKS) from Friday, 14.03.25 – Sunday, 16.03.25.