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The team from Johannesburg, St. Mary’s Waverley, alongside Oranje Meisieskool are the only two teams that have participated in all seven of the Super 12-tournaments. 

The two teams also met twice in final matches once in 2014 and two years later in 2016 where Hannah Pearce from St. Mary’s had also been named player of the tournament. 

 St. Mary’s hosted the St. Mary’s Hockey Festival that took place in March of 2023. The hosts met with Oranje (ranked 1st) in the final of the festival and had just missed out on taking the first place with only one goal difference against their opponents (0-1) and took second place. 

St. Mary’s also faced Durban Girls’ College, currently ranked 7th that resulted in a draw (2-2) and had won both their games against Paarl Gimnasium (ranked 4th) and Collegiate (ranked 8th) beating their opponents each with one goal to nil in the festival. 

The team is captained by the vice-captain and goalkeeper Zenande Mbatsha and captain Hannah White who had also been chosen for the 2023 under 18A SA team after the u18 national SASHOC tournament that took place in Bloemfontein at the end of June 2023. 

St. Mary’s Waverley is clearly no rookie in the Super 12 and have not been able to place in the top five in the past four tournaments, going up against well-known opponents this could be the year the girls make a long awaited comeback. 

St. Mary’s Waverley’s first team:

Hannah White, Zenande Mbathsha, Alexia Bakos, Isabelle Barrow, Mia Boscia, Zara Colyn, Ava Economakis, Tayla Gibbs, Bailey Gresty, Kyla Grobbelaar, Tea-Simone Hutchons, Olivia Kruger, Amy Sharpe, Natalie Simon, Amy Smith.

St. Mary’s Waverleys fixtures for the Fairtree Super 12-tournament:

Thursday, 10 August 2023:

09:10 – St. Mary’s Waverley vs Collegiate
14:10 – St. Mary’s Waverley vs Paarl Gimnasium
18:20 – St. Mary’s Waverley vs Herschel

Friday, 11 August 2023:

09:10 – St. Mary’s Waverley vs Oranje
14:10 – St. Mary’s Waverley vs Menlopark

 

Joining the 2023 Fairtree Super 12-tournament as the 24th team playing since 2014 is a local school from Pretoria, Hoërskool Garsfontein’s first team hockey girls.

Being the newcomers and placing sixth in the rankings goes to show that the team has put in the necessary effort, hard work and dedication to play in this year’s tournament. 

The team consists of 16 talented girls , six grade eleven players and with a total of ten Garsfontein is the team with the most matric players in the tournament. 

During this season the team had played 40 games overall. A game against Oos-Moot with a 10 to 0 lead was one of the 28 matches won alongside a win in the St. Mary’s festival against the Rhenish girls team (1-0) who is currently ranked second. 

Playing against Bloemhof who is placed 11th in the St. Mary’s Festival added on to the five draws the girls had this season with the game resulting in 1-1. 

Falling just short with one goal difference in each of their games against Collegiate (0-1) (ranked 8th) in the St. Mary’s Festival and against Eunice (0-1) (ranked 3rd) in a derby game that took place in April the girls have only lost seven games in total this season.  

Having played against most of their opponents for the tournament throughout the year the girls are excited and honored to showcase their skills and prove why they are in the tournament. 

Hoërskool Garsfontein’s team:

Danielle van Zyl, Tenite Breed, Minga Naude, Arista van Zyl, Marjone Pullen, Lize- Marie Claassens, Monique van Rooyen, Lize-Marie Rheeder, Tanisha Eyberg, Nika Hershensohn, Catelynn Nel, Sune van der Merwe, Kara du Preez, Anje McLaren, Jemma Venter, Mila Snyman. 

Garsfontein’s fixtures for the Fairtree Super 12-tournament:

Thursday, 10 August 2023:

11:40 – Garsfontein vs Durban Girls’ College
16:40 – Garsfontein vs Eunice

Friday, 11 August 2023:

07:30 – Garsfontein vs Pearson
11:40 – Garsfontein vs Rhenish
15:50 – Garsfontein vs Bloemhof

 

 

Eunice is no newcomer to the tough and competitive hockey scene. 

The team made their first impression this season by winning the St. Mary’s Hockey Festival earlier this year and beating the number one ranked team and defending champions of the Super 12 Trophy, Oranje Meisieskool in the semi-final of the festival (1-0).

Eunice is also one of the two teams in the tournament that has two under 18A SA players Lilly-Anne Theron and the renowned Taheera Augousti also playing for the South African u21-team and the 2023 Proteas serving as the vice-captain alongside Solange Jacobs the team’s captain.  

Al together the team has played 46 games in total thus far consisting of 38 wins, three draws and five losses for the season one of them being against the opponent just above them on the rankings in second place the Rhenish Girls’ High team (0-2).  

Their 47th match took place Tuesday, 8 August 2023 at Oranje’s Astro against the Oranje which resulted in a draw (1-1) and lead to Eunice winning in penalty shootouts (3-2). 

In previous Super 12 Tournaments Eunice and Oranje have met twice in the final match once in 2015 and again last year in 2022 and in both years Eunice had just fallen short of the gold. 

With the battle between these two neighbouring schools in Bloemfontein and Eunice having the upper hand this year, winning two out of three games played against Oranje, it leads to wonder whether the Eunice girls will be able to put a stop to the reigning champions Oranjes stride.  

Eunice High School 1st team:

Anebel Venter, Bianca Rees-Gibbs, Cale Potgieter, Chris-Lea Potgieter, Dulce Lopez Del Rey, Georgia Kambanis, Gretha Zietsman, Isabella Myburg, Khanya Mtimkulu, Lilly-Anne Theron (GK), Maedbh Le Roux, Megan Pleser, Solange Jacobs (Captain),  Taheera Augousti (Vice-Captain), Trusten Barnard, Zandri Wiid.

Nika Coertzen (Coach), Karabo Phutsisi (Assistant Coach), Ellen Meyer (Manager)

Eunice’s fixtures for the Fairtree Super 12-tournament:

Thursday, 10 August 2023:

10:50 – Eunice vs Pearson
16:40 – Eunice vs Garsfontein

Friday, 11 August 2023:

08:20 – Eunice vs Bloemhof
12:30 – Eunice vs Durban Girls’ College
18:20 – Eunice vs Rhenish

The first week of August brings in some exciting hockey starting with the boys Noordvaal-tournament taking place at Hoërskool Linden Astro from the 3rd of August up until the 5th of August 2023. 

Twelve schools separated into four pools will go head-to-head against each other in the climb to the top. 

With teams eager to showcase their talents and skillful players ready to represent their schools’ great performances and plays are expected. 

The teams:

Pool A: Ligbron Akademie, Hoërskool Rustenburg, Helpmekaar Kollege. 

Pool B: Potchefstroom Gimnasium, Sasolburg High, Waterkloof. 

Pool C: Midstream College, Hoërskool Pietersburg, Hoërskool Linden. 

Pool D: Noordheuwel, Evander, Merensky.

The Fixtures:

Day 1:

08:00- Ligbron vs Rustenburg

09:00- Potch Gim vs Sasol High

10:00- Midstream College vs Pietersburg

11:00- Noordheuwel vs Evander

12:15- Ligbron vs Helpmekaar

13:15- Potch Gim vs Waterkloof

14:15- Midstream College vs Linden

15:15- Noordheuwel vs Merensky 

16:30- Rustenburg vs Helpmekaar 

17:30- Sasol High vs Waterkloof

18:30- Pietersburg vs Linden 

19:30- Evander vs Merensky 

The Garsfontein girls kicked off the new term on a high note this weekend at the Pullen and Howell tournament.

Kingsmead College hosted the first round and welcomed various teams around Johannesburg and Pretoria to their grounds.

The teams all had three games lined up each and the Garsfontein girls with their eager attacking side did not only win all three of their games, including a match against St Mary’s Waverly the girls’ defenses stood dead strong resulting in no goals scored against them. 

Roedean High School also hot on their heels winning their matches against both Kingsmead College (2-0) and Helpmekaar College (1-0) making that a two out of three win, only falling short against Hoërskool Garsfontein.

Last years Pullen trophy winners St Mary’s Waverly had a slow start at this years tournament having lost their first game against Hoërskool Monument (0-1) and a draw against Affies (1-1) but still managing to come back and end their day with an impressive 7-1 win against E G Jansen Hoërskool.

The Results: 

Pool A: Monument 1, St Mary’s Waverly 0; Affies 1 EG Jansen 0; St Mary’s Waverly 1, Affies 1; EG Jansen 2, Monument 2; St Mary’s Waverly 7, EG Jansen 1; Affies 0, Monument 0.

Pool B: Garsfontein 2, Roedean 0; Helpmekaar 1, Kingsmead College 0; Garsfontein 6, Kingsmead College 0; Roedean 1, Helpmekaar 0; Garsfontein 2, Helpmekaar 0; Roedean 2, Kingsmead College 0. 

On the 22nd of July 2023 at 14:45 Hoërskool Middelburg took on Secunda High School on their home turf at Middelburg High School in the final battle for the Mpumalanga gold medal. 

Both teams showcased their skills which led to a slow start with neither of the teams scoring in the first chukka. Though the Middelburg girls came back in the second chukka with a dominating attack having Rivona Martin score two goals in five minutes. 

Martin claimed her hattrick and the third goal of the game from a short corner awarded to the Middelburg team in the forty-ninth minute. 

Kayla Olivier got her name on the scoreboard with another short corner goal in the third chukka and Imke Grobbelaar scored the fifth goal in the last three minutes of the game. 

The Middelburg defense was a powerhouse and the Secunda team could not break through their forces leaving Middelburg with a 5-0 victory over Secunda High School. 

In other games Hoërskool Nelspruit beat HTS Witbank with an impressive 4-0 lead and placed third overall.

Ligbron and Evander High School went head to head for first place in the boys section and Ameen Tickly scored the only goal for the boys side securing the gold for Ligbron. 

Neither HTS Witbank or Curro Nelspruit could get any goals on the board in their tough battle for third place and had the game result in a 0-0 draw. 

Final Placings:

Girls:

1st place – Hoërskool Middelburg

2nd place – Hoërskool Secunda

3rd place – Hoërskool Nelspruit

Boys:

1st place – Ligbron Akademie

2nd place – Evander High School

3rd place – HTS Witbank and Curro Nelspruit

Girls results:

Hoërskool Middelburg 5-0 Hoërskool Secunda

Hoërskool Nelspruit 4-0 HTS Witbank

Boys results:

Ligbron Akademie 1-0 Evander High School

HTS Witbank 0-0 Curro Nelspruit

This weekend the new term kicks off with the start of the Pullen and Howell tournament 2023.

Catch all the action live on SuperSport Schools – www.supersportschools.com.

The Pullen and Howell tournament is an annual girls’ u18 and u16 hockey tournament which attracts some of the top hockey teams and schools in Johannesburg and Pretoria where the u16s compete for the Howell Trophy and the u18s for the Pullen Trophy.

The tournament stretches over four days from the 22nd of July to the 29th.

Last year the St Mary’s first team showed up and beat the Garsfontein girls in the final battle taking home the trophy, with excited and motivated girls ready to showcase their talents and skill this year’s competition is sure to have everyone on the edge of their seats.

Round one will be hosted at Kingsmead College and the first games for the Pullen Trophy starts at 08:15.

Fixtures for the 22nd of July 2023:

08:45 – St Mary’s vs Monument
09:15 – E G Jansen vs Affies
10:45 – St Mary’s vs Affies
11:15 – Monument vs EG Jansen
12:45 – St Mary’s vs EG Jansen
13:15 – Affies vs Monument

The teams:

Pool A:

St Mary’s School: Zenande Mbatsha, Kyla Grobbelaar, Alexia Bakos, Zara Colyn, Hannah White, Natalie Simon, Tea-Simone Hutchons, Amy Smith, Tayla Gibbs, Amy Sharpe, Isabelle Barrow, Ava Economakis, Bailey Gresty, Olivia Kruger, Mia Boscia

Affies: Leila du Plessis, Sane Ferreira, Maricha van Greunen, Caitlin Celliers, Danielle Kelbrick, Anlu Harmse, Nicola Meyer, Minette Lourens, Mila de Wet, Inge Schoeman, Nicola Venter, Alzanne Kotze, Elge Coetzee, Emike Sciocatti, Melissa Ford, Katelyn Jansen van Rensburg.

Monument: Not received.

EG Jansen: Not received.

Pool B:

Roedean School: Courtney Peterson, Sacha Peche, Am Mbundu, Taylor Billet, Allison Cuffe, Mia Loizides, Maia Sonnbichler, Madison Rosenberg, Humairaa Bodiat, Kristen Vogelzang, Dani Sonnbichler, Olivia Camerer, Julia Anderson, Amy Stubbs, Aimee Conradie, Buhle Ncube, Alex Barry, Frances Barry.

Helpmekaar Kollege: Carla Klingbiel, Martine Rensburg, Liza-Louise Els, Kaylee Symens, Denile Burger, Carla Carrato, Zoe van Kraam, Helen Wilson, Jana Theron, Christina Malan, Karla Prinsloo, Erin Maritz, Lisa Loubser, Chloe Gill, Zanele Rensberg, Nita Fitton

Hoërskool Garsfontein: Danielle van Zyl, Tenite Breed, Minga Naude, Arista van Zyl, Marjone Pullen, Lize-Marie Claassens, Monique van Rooyen, Lize-Marie Rheeder, Tanisha Eyberg, Nika Hershensohn, Catelynn Nell, Sune van der Merwe, Kara du Preez, Anje McLaren, Jemma Venter, Mila Snyman.

 

A skillful team led by a determined coach, Gyster van Schalkwyk has put in the amount of work and dedication to be able to wear the golden medals around their necks today with pride. 

The Southern Free State A team has played seven games and won six of them throughout the six-day SASHOC u18 girls national tournament and had only drawn with the same team they met with in the finals, Boland A.  

Both teams were undefeated going into the final game. Knowing that only one team would be going home with the gold, both teams put up an undeniable good fight for the win resulting in neither of the teams being able to add to the scoreboard throughout the whole game leading to penalty shootouts.

Anine Le Roux and Tanya Pieterse had been able to get the ball past Southern Free State A goalie, Joanie Taljaard appointing Boland A with two successful penalty goals whereas top goal scorer of the tournament, Taheera Augousti claimed one goal alongside Carien de Wet and Kayla Olivier against the Boland A team goalie, Lilly-Anne Theron securing the golden medal for the Southern Free State A team. 

In other games the  KZN Inland A team walked away with the bronze medal scoring one goal each from Reese Pieterse and Ella Shuttelworth against Western Province A. Despite Western Province’s best efforts to get back into the game with a goal from Mia Andrew in the fifty-seventh minute, KZN Inland A had already claimed the 2-1 victory.

And the Southern Gauteng A team secured their placing in the top five of the tournament with one goal from Juliana Million against Eastern Province A who placed sixth overall.

Results | Day 6

KZN Inland A 2 (Reese Peters, Ella Shuttelworth); Western Province A 1 (Mia Andrew) 

Northern Gauteng A 1 (Dinah Motileni); Southern Gauteng B 0.

Northern Free State 3 (Jennifer Wessels, Jani du Preez, Carli Oosthuizen); Mpumalanga A 2 (Nolizwi Mlangeni (2).

KZN Coastal A 2 (Emily Macquet, Ruby Kraus); 1 Amathole A (Michelle Barnes)

Southern Gauteng A 1 (Juliana Million); Eastern Province A 0.

Southern Free State A 0 (3) (Taheera Augousti, Carien de Wet, Kayla Olivier); Boland A 0 (2) (Anine Le Roux, Tanya Pieterse).

Final placings | SASHOC u18 Girls national tournament 

1st place – Southern Free State A
2nd place – Boland A
3rd place – KZN Inland A
4th place – Western Province A
5th place – Southern Gauteng A
6th place – Eastern Province A
7th place – KZN Coastal A
8th place – Amathole A
9th place – Northern Gauteng A
10th place – Southern Gauteng B
11th place – Northern Free State A
12th place – Mpumalanga A

Taheera Augousti, Southern Free State player has had her name at the top of the leaderboard from day one of the tournament with a skillful five goals scored over the course of five days, now sharing with two other players, Emily Wilson (KZN Inland A) and Gabriella Tait (Eastern Province A).  

Boland A took on KZN Inland A in the battle for the first spot in tomorrows final. Even though the first goal was scored by KZN Inland A player, Khanya Bekizulu, the Boland A team had come back in the third and fourth quarter of the game reclaiming their territory and scored three convincing goals.

Two of which were scored from penalty corners where Justine Basson and Tanya Pieterse both scored one goal each. Pieterse added the last goal to the scoreboard in the fifty-ninth minute of the game when scoring from a penalty stroke resulting in a 3-1 defeat and putting her right behind Augousti with a total of four goals overall. 

In other games the Eastern Province A team beat Amathole A 3-1 with one goal each from Nuriyah Bell, Iman Bonnasse and one from Gabriella Tait placing her alongside Augousti on the top of the individual goal scorer leaderboard.

And as the Norths clash Northern Gauteng A players Anlu Harmse and Sande Mbatsha each claimed one goal in their 2-0 win against Northern Free State A.

In tomorrows program supporters and players will gather alongside UFS Field 1 to watch the Boland A and Southern Free State A teams go head to head and show case their talents and skill in their battle for the golden medal, the game will kick off at 11:50. 

Results | Day 5

Eastern Province 3 (Gabriella Tait, Nuriyah Bell, Iman Bonnasse); Amathole A 1 (Jacquin Davids).

Southern Gauteng A 1 (Juliana Million); KZN Coastal A 0.

Northern Gauteng A 2 (Anlu Harmse, Sande Mbatsha) Northern Free State A 0.

Boland A 3 (Justine Basson, Tanya Pieterse[2]); KZN Inland A 1 (Khanya Bekizulu).

Southern Gauteng B 2 (Amy Smith, Ashlee Howard); Mpumalanga 0.

Southern Free State A 1 (Carien de Wet); Western Province A 0

Fixtures | Day 6 

09:00 – Southern Gauteng B vs Northern Gauteng A (Position 9&10)
09:00 – KZN Inland vs Western Province A (Position 3&4)
10:10 – Mpumalanga A vs Northern Free State A (Position 11&12)
10:25 – KZN Coastal A vs Amathole A (Position 7&8)
11:50 – Boland A vs Southern Free State A (Final)
11:50 – Southern Gauteng A vs Eastern Province A (Position 5&6)

As day three of the SASHOC u18 tournament comes to an end the under 18 A Southern Free State girls team is still standing at the top with the most points thus far.

The Southern Free State A team played a competitive game against Boland A and both teams had failed to claim any goals for their sides resulting in a draw. 

The Eastern Province A team had claimed a 5-0 victory over the Northern Free State A team with Gabriella Tait gaining two goals for her team in the 6th and 32nd minute of the game.

Alongside her Iman Bonnasse had also claimed two goals for her team, a field goal in the 15th minute and her second from a penalty corner appointed to the team in the 22nd minute of the game and Tiara Finnis had scored one goal in the 18th minute contributing to the teams defeat over Northern Free State A. 

In other games the Western Province A team had four of their girls add to their names on the leaderboard when securing their 4-1 win against Amathole A.

Western Province’s Stella van Schalkwyk, and Paige Thomas each scored one goal in the first chukka which had the team with a solid two-nil lead straight to half time. In the third chukka Western Province Jodie Blows claimed the third goal of the game, in the same minute Amathole A’s Thabalani Metu countered and claimed one goal for the Amathole A side.

Despite Amatholes best efforts to get back so late into the game Leya Patel scored the fourth and finishing goal for Western Province team in the 57th minute.

With day three of the tournament done, Northern Gauteng A’s Danielle McCann and Eastern Province A’s Gabriella Tait are right on Taheera Augousti – playing for the Southern Free State A team – heels for the top spot on the individual goal scorer leaderboard, each having a total of three goals, only one goal short from Augousti leading with four goals.

An eye grabbing game in tomorrows line up will take place at UFS field 1 at 11:50 where the top two teams in pool A of the A section, Southern Free State A and Southern Gauteng A, will take to the field.  

Results | Day 3

Southern Gauteng A 1 (Hannah Smyth); Southern Gauteng B 0.

Southern Free State A 0; Boland A 0.

Eastern Province A 5 (Gabriella Tait (2), Iman Bonnasse(2), Tiara Finnis); Northern Free State 0.

KZN Coastal A 1 (Emily Macquet); KZN Inland A 1 (Emily Wilson).

Western Province A 4 (Stella van Schalkwyk, Paige Thomas, Jodie Blows, Leya Patel); Amathole A 1 (Thabalani Metu).

Northern Gauteng A 3 (Mmamorena Manthata, Sande Mbatsha, Danielle Mccann); Mpumalanga A 1 (Zane du Toit).

Southern Gauteng B 0; Boland A 0.

Fixtures | Day 4

09:00 – Western Province A vs Northern Gauteng A
10:25 – KZN Inland A vs Mpumalanga
11:50 – Southern Free State A vs Southern Gauteng A
13:15 – Boland A vs Eastern Province A
14:40 – Northern Free State vs Southern Gauteng B
16:05 – Amathole A vs KZN Coastal A
17:30 – Northern Gauteng A vs KZN Inland A