The Paarl Interschools, or for the ignorant Paarl Boishaai vs Paarl Gymnasium was originally scheduled for 13 August 2022. According to informed sources, the schools agreed to move the date to 30 July 2022. The Faure Street Stadium was already booked for an alternative event on 13 August 2021,and rumours had it that the interschools were planned to be played at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch.
During the interschools Paarl becomes a town wrapped in blue…green. Over 500 000 spectators, 25 000 at Faurestreet and the rest on live TV, watch the annual match between Paarl Boys’ High School and Paarl Gimnasium, making this the biggest annual Interschools match in the world. This annual contest started in 1915 and was only cancelled twice over the last more than a hundred years. In 1928, when Paarl Gimnasium withdrew from the contest and in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.