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With Bloemfontein being the capital of hockey this year, having hosted the SASHOC u18-tournament and Fairtree Super 12-tournament, it will be hosting another massive clash this Friday between Grey College and Paul Roos Gimnasium

Be sure to catch the action on SuperSport Schools (www.supersportschools.com).

Thus far, Paul Roos has proven themselves a formidable team, ten players who represented Boland u18A during the SASHOC-tournament.

The ten players are Aon Hendricks, Barend Geldenhuys, Beor van Reenen, Jake Downie, Joshua Smit, Keith Siebrits, Paul Roos, Rueben Sendzul, Ryan Williams and Zeke Hougaard. 

Hougaard was also awarded the Midfielder of the Tournament at the Cape Town International Hockey Tournament earlier this year. He also made the nationals schools side after the conclusion of the SASHOC-tournament.  

Grey College’s captain, Roan Janse van Rensburg, is their key player in tonight’s clash. Janse van Rensburg has been the leading goal scorer for his team during the season. He helped Grey to finish as runners-up during the Gushkie Top Schools-tournament thet hosted last week.

Janse van Rensburg won Striker of the Tournament, with the Best Goalkeeper award going Grey’s to Eben Joubert. It was quite a surprise that van Rensburg was not included in the SA Schools-side.

The magnitude of this historic interschool is alluded to by the 70 sports teams that will be travelling from Stellenbosch, the first time since 2018 and the pandemic struck.

Their first meeting dating back to 1967.

The teams:

Paul Roos Gimnasium: Beor van Reenen (GK), Louan van Zyl, Joshua Smit, Jake Downie, Izak de Wet, Ryan Williams, Zeke Hougaard (captain), Christo Swanepoel, Paul Roos, Connor Morrison, Reuben Sendzul, Aon Hendricks, Barend Geldenhuys, Matthew Raymer. 

Grey College: Eben Joubert (GK), Wian du Plooy, Luhan Prinsloo, Jayden Leech, Roan Janse van Rensburg (captain), Jordan Verster, Cornel Liebenberg, Botha Barnard, Duncker Hohis, Gerrie Greyling, Dayne Kitching, Handré van Staden, Semu Lephoto, Ayanda Ngxaki, MJ Bam, Danrich Hoffmann, AC Delport, Luke Mosala, Wildré Lloyd.

Fixtures – Friday, 18 August 2023

18:30 – u19A
16:50 – u19B
15:30 – u16A
14:30 – u14A

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This week, Collegiate girls will travel from Gqeberha to Bloemfontein to participate in the Fairtree Super 12 Tournament, hosted by Oranje Meisieskool in Bloemfontein from the 9th to 12th of August. 

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

Collegiate ranked 8th in the country when selected for this tournament will be facing giant odds as they are fixtured to go against the likes of Paarl Gimnasium, St Mary’s Waverley and reigning champions, Oranje Meisieskool. 

Last year, Collegiate unfortunately ended in the lower half (ranked 9th) at the end of the tournament. However, this year could prove more successful with Collegiate Girls having six players selected for the Eastern Province team for the SASHOC 2023 Tournament (U/18 A: Elizabeth Porter, Kyla Nienaber, Tiara Finnis, Gabriella Tait, Alulutho Adams. U/18 B: Jenna Peltenburg.  U/18 non-travelling reserve – Hannah Griffin)

Collegiate last met up against Oranje Meisieskool for their annual derby, losing 4-1. However, Collegiate took on Eunice on the same weekend and overcame Eunice 2-0 which bodes well for captain, Elizabeth Porter and the Collegiate Girls going into the Super 12 Tournament. 

Fixtures:

10 August 2023

09:10 – Collegiate vs St Mary’s Waverley
13:20 – Collegiate vs Menlopark
17:30 – Collegiate vs Oranje Meisieskool

11 August 2023

10:00 – Collegiate vs Paarl Gimnasium
15:00 – Collegiate vs Herschel

This week (19-23 July 2023) the Mother City, Cape Town will play host to 64 teams from the likes of South Africa, Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom in a total of 244 matches across the week in the Cape Town International Hockey Tournament.

After the SASHOC tournament just two weeks ago, many of the South African teams will be wanting to prove themselves up against their international counterparts in what is arguably the biggest international Under 18 Hockey tournament in the world.

Be sure to stay updated through the SuperSport Schools website at https://supersportschools.com/ or channel 216 on DSTV. 

This year, the tournament has added a new section. Adding to the pre-existing ‘Elite Section’, incepted in 2003, this year will see introduction of an ‘Evolve Section’ comprising two pools of six teams each.

In the ‘Elite Section’, Paarl Gymnasium and SACS, 2022 champions of the Girls and Boys factions, respectively, will seek to defend their titles under the lights of Hartleyvale Astro turf.

Thus far, SACS has blazed a trail of note in the South African Hockey scene with seven of their players chosen to represent the Green-and-Gold (Rogan Stirk, Michael Cowen, Liam Haupt, Ozair Pillai, Josh Opperman and Michael Royden-Turner for SA U18A and Dean Carrick for SA U18B).

Furthermore, in the conclusion of the SASHOC tournament, Rogan Stirk was awarded ‘Goalkeeper of the Tournament’, Michael Cowen as ‘Defender of the tournament’ along with being one of the top scorers and last, but not least, Michael Royden-Turner named ‘Forward of the Tournament’. 

 

After the closure of Day Five, the top spot for the 2023 SASHOC u18 tournament will be contested for by Southern Gauteng A and Western Province A.

Both teams share 18 points on the log going into the final, separated only by a goal difference of two.

Western Province having the upper hand. They are set to face each other at 13:15 on Friday at the University of the Free State Astro Field. 

With Southern Gauteng A beating KZN Coastals A 4-3 in a shootout after the full-time score of 1-1 (Jaydon Brooker), they will progress into the final against Western Province A.

Thus far, Southern Gauteng A have proven themselves a formidable force by remaining at the top of the log throughout the tournament.

Jaydon Brooker, the star scorer of the tournament, upheld Southern Gauteng A’s lead for much of the competition by being the top goal scorer for the five days of the SASHOC tournament (ten goals in total).  Under the coaching of Anthony Woodhouse and Gavin Jelley, Southern Gauteng A will want to prove that their lead has not been a fluke. 

Their opponents, Western Province A, will be pulling out all the stops. On Day Five, they overcame their Western Cape rivals, Boland A 4-2 (Michael Royden-Turner (2), Caleb Ferreira, Michael Cowen) to qualify for the finals.

Michael Cowen confidently caught up to Brooker at the end of Day Four but was overtaken by Roan van Rensburg of Southern Free State A today, despite his goal against Boland. Bryce West and Devin Stanton are hopeful to continue their winning streak for Western Province A as coaching staff. 

The Southern Gauteng A team for the finals include: 

Tshedza Rasalanavho (GK), Neo Chimanyi, Liam Billet, Tom Chalmers, Diahn Alberts-Flynn, Matthew Robinson, Jaydon Brooker (C), Matt Eichweber, Miguel de Jesus, Boipelo Koloti, Taine Tanner, Devin Wax, Avela Sibisi, Keabetswe Seome, Nic Karisson, Joshua Renders (GK). 

They will be going up against the Western Province A line-up of: 

Rogan Stirk (GK), Liam Haupt, Michael Cowen (C), Luca Miller, Caleb Ferreira, Michael Royden-Turner, Josh Opperman, Ozzair Pillai, Nathan Msakiwe, Iviwe Sibanda, Dayle Gertson, James Grieve, Joshua Mettler, Lee Ethan, Dean Carrick, Raif Duncan. 

Results Day 5

KZN Inland A 1 (Akha Mda); Northern Gauteng A 0.

Western Province B 3 (Keegan Rodgers (2), Wayne Mandabva); KZN Coastals B 2 (Mitchell Tillard, Dylan Wigget).

Southern Free State A 3 (Phenyo Selogiwe, Roan van Rensburg (2)); Eastern Province A 2 (Ben Ristow, Ben Peens).

Southern Gauteng A 1 (1) (Jaydon Brooker); KZN Coastals A 1(3) (Lumi Matwele).

Amathole A 3 (Lucan Hykes (2), Daniel Sirgel); KZN Inland B 0.

Western Province A 4 (Michael Royden-Turner (2), Michael Cowen, Caleb Ferreira); Boland A 2 (Ethan Christiaans, Rueben Sendzul).

 

The two captains of Southern Gauteng and Western Province, Jaydon Brooker and Michael Cowen, is in a close battle for being crowned the top scorer at the SASHOC u18 national tournament in Bloemfontein.

Brooker has scored eight goals in total after the first three days of the tournament. He added two goals on day three in his side’s convinving 6-0 victory over Northern Gauteng.

Miguel de Jesus also scored a brace as Southern Gauteng kept their unbeaten record intact.

Cowen scored his fifth of the tournament in his side’s 3-0 victory over Amathole. He found the back of the net in the fifth minute with teammates Dean Carrick and Michael Royden-Turner also scoring for the victorious side. 

Western Province also secured a 4-0 victory over the hosts, Southern Free State, on day three. Ethan Lee scoring a brace of goals in this victory with Joshua Mettler and Caleb Ferreira adding the other two goals.

Southern Gauteng and Western Province form the top two of Pool A at the end of Day Three with KZN Coastals A and Boland A making up the top two teams of Pool B. 

RESULTS | DAY 3 

Southern Gauteng A 6 (Jaydon Brooker 15’, 52’; Miguel de Jesus 20’, 43’; Matt Eichweber 18’, Devin Wax 4’); Northern Gauteng 0.

Western Province A 4 (Ethan Lee 24’, 42’; Joshua Mettler 9’, Caleb Ferreira 54’); Southern Free State 0. 

Western Province B 6 (Keegan Rodgers 9’, 14’; Ray Bonnet 29’,51’; Wayne Mandabva 2’, Cohen Williams 35’, Mbasa Pilingane 59’); Amathole A 1 (Daniel Sirgel 14’). 

Boland A 3 (Barend Geldenhuys 26’; Rueben Sendzul 54’; Aon Hendricks 57’); KZN Coastals B 1 (Nathi Jona 37’). 

KZN Coastals A 2 (Kyle Thomas 13’, Aldridge Maasdorp 29’); KZN Inland A 0.

Eastern Province A 4 (Ben Peens 12’; Bukho Pantsi 35’; Xander Elkington 39’; Khaalid Ackerdien 58’); KZN Inland B 2 (Asande Khumalo 22’; Julian Koningkramer 36’).

Northern Gauteng A 3 (Thato Mamogale 12’; Ruard Booysen 14’; Wilan Tollig 19’); Southern Free State A 3 (Roan Janse van Rensburg 40’, 60’; Danrich Hoffman 25’).

Western Province A 3 (Michael Cowen 5’; Dean Carrick 20’; Michael Royden-Turner 22’); Amathole A 0.

 

Jaydon Brooker starred for Southern Gauteng as they started their campaign off during the the first day of the SASHOC u18 Boys tournament in Bloemfontein with two victories.

Southern Gauteng defeated Amathole by 3-0 in a convincing victory with Brooker, Boipelp Koloti and Diahn Alberts-Flynn all finding the back of the net. Brooker scored a hat-trick of goals in his side’s second victory of 5-0 over Western Province’s second stringers.

Western Province seems like the other side to beat as they defeated Northern Gauteng by 3-2 in a closely contested match. Northern Gauteng’s striker Wilan Tollig opened the scoring in the third minute of the match.

Boland also recorded a solid 5-1 victory over Eastern Province with Rueben Sendzul scoring a brace of goals.

Results | Day 1

Western Province B 2 (Ray Bonnet 10′, Keegan Rodgers 26′); Southern Free State A 1 (Esmin Ontong 6′).

Southern Gauteng A 3 (Jaydon Brooker 14′, Boipelo Koloti 23′, Diahn Alberts-Flynn 33′); Amathole 0.

Western Province A 3 (Michael Cowen 30′; Nathan Msakiwe 37′; Michael Royden-Turner 60′); Northern Gauteng A 2 (Wilan Tollig 3′; Thato Mamogale 56′).

Boland A 5 (Rueben Sendzul 19′, 42′; Aon Hendricks 3′; Zeke Hougaard 17′; Jake Downie 48′); Eastern Province A 1 (Ben Ristow 30′).

KZN Coastals A 2 (Lethabo Bogacwi 22′; Lerou Ditlhakanyane 53′); KZN Inland B 0.

KZN Inland A 2 (Kearebetswe Khoele 12′, Phiwaynkosi Dlamini 57′); KZN Coastals B 0.  

Southern Gauteng A 5 (Jaydon Brooker 11′, 34′, 55′; Devin Wax 14′; Liam Billett 20′); Western Province B 0. 

 

 

Six players from both Grey High School and Pearson High each, have been named in the Eastern Province u18A provincial team to play in the South African Schools Hockey Association’s National Inter-Provincial Tournament will be hosted in the central city of Bloemfontein from the 24 to 30 June.

The six Grey High players representing the u18A side are Adam Brown, Xander Elkington, Ben Ristow, Matthew Kingston, Shaun Valentine and Caden Skinnette. 

Representing Pearson High in the u18A side are Cody Jacobs, Zack Willimot, Landon Peterson, Josh Jacobs, Khaalid Ackerdien and Emil Kook. 

Hosting a whopping ten players from both, Grey High and Pearson each, across the province’s three teams, other schools being represented have the likes of Woodridge College, St Andrew’s College and Kingswood College. Congratulations to the following players on gaining their provincial colours. 

The teams:

Eastern Cape A: Adam Brown (Grey High), Xander Elkington (Grey High), Ben Ristow (Grey High), Matthew Kingston (Grey High), Cody Jacobs (Pearson), Zack Willimot (Pearson), Shaun Valentine (Grey High), Landon Peterson (Pearson), Sibusiso Mxube (St Andrew’s College), Benji Tyrrell (Woodridge College), Josh Jacobs (Pearson), Caden Skinnette (Grey High), Khaalid Ackerdien (Pearson), Emil Kook (Pearson), Ben Peens (Woodridge College), Bhuko Pantsi (Woodridge College). Coach: Lyall Meyer.

Eastern Cape B: Silindele Nobadula (Pearson High), Robbie Stow (Grey High), Jake Coventry (St Andrew’s College), Joshua Botha (Woodridge College), Mathew Reid (Alexander Road), Tristan Torrance (Woodridge College), Ross Gordon (St Andrew’s College), Jordan Seloane (Westering), Niza Simukondar (Kinsgwood College), Brad Goss (Kingswood College), Blake Muller (Grey High), Jean-Luc Basson (Kingswood College), Olwethu Kawa (Pearson), Dante Sauls (Pearson), Kyle Lottering (Woodridge College), Trenton Wood (Grey High).

Eastern Cape C: Degan Telfer (DF Malherbe), Deron Williams (Alexander Road), Taiden Rockman (St Dominic’s Priory), Andy Holmes (St Andrew’s College), Kamva Kese (St Andrew’s College), Jono Mackenzie (St Andrew’s College), Liyabona Nipho (Victoria Park), Duif Theron (Nico Malan), Zita Ngoqo (Graeme College), Caleb Stokes (Lakeside Cavaliers), Jack Brenan (Grey High), Trent Gunn (Alexander Road), Inam Mwellie (Pearson), Osagyefo Jacobs (St Dominics Priory). 

 

SACS and Paul Roos Gimnasium are probably the best two schoolboy hockey teams in South Africa this year.

They will face each other this Friday from 19:00 at the Maties Astro in Stellenbosch in a clash which is labeled as the Match of the Season.

SACS are the top schoolboy side this year, but have lost against Paul Roos (2-3) earlier in the season during the annual Hibbert Shield final in Gqeberha.

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SACS, under the coaching of James Peverley (ex-Grand Challenge men’s first team coach) have thus far had immense success. SACS, who come of a very successful European Tour, in April, has been in prolific form since their return, scoring 73 goals in their 13 matches since then, and conceding only 10. 

Paul Roos is on a 20 game unbeaten streak so far. 

Two of the most exciting forwards in the country,  Litha Kraai (SACS) and Reuben Sendzul (PRG) will provide real entertainment with speed and skill. Zeke Hougaardt and Michael Roydon-Turner, the respective captains, will only be happy with the best efforts from their charges.

Paul Roos’s solid defense, led by Izak de Wet,  Ryan Williams and Louan van Zyl, will do their utmost to keep Kraai, Rowan Davids and Dean Carrick  out. The good defense and quick turnovers from Wayne Mandabva, Mike Cowan and the nippy Ozair Pillay, will put the Paul Roos midfield under pressure, but Josh Smith, Christo Swanepoel and Paul Roos (yes, his name), will keep them on their toes.

The battle between arguably the two best schoolboy goalkeepers, SACS’s SA Schools keeper, Rogan Stirk with his solid textbook defense, and the exiting Beor van Reenen from Paul Roos, playing a very unorthodox keeper role, will provide real entertainment and a challenge for the attackers.

Expect a fast-paced match from SACS, with a high press, quick turnovers, exceptional passing and a strong midfield, to put pressure on the Paul Roos defense. SACS’s attacking flair, will be pitted against the solid defense of Paul Roos in what promises to be an epic battle!

The nine goals conceded in their 20 matches thus far, gives testimony to their defensive prowess, whilst their 74 goals showing they are no slouches on attack.

The teams:

SACS: Rogan Stirk, Luke Salters, Mike Cowen (captain), Litha Kraai, Mikey Royden Turner, Josh Opperman, Ozair Pillai, Dean Carrick Liam Haupt, Ray Bonnet, Cole Allam, Steph Meyer,  Rowan Davis, Wayne Mandabva.

Paul Roos Gimnasium: Beor van Reenen, Louan van Zyl, Joshua Smit, Jake Downie, Izak de Wet, Ryan Williams, Zeke Hougaard, Christo Swanepoel, Connor Morrison, Reuben Sendzul, Aon Hendricks, Barend Geldenhuys, Matthew Raymer.

Additional information by Short Corner

 

Six girls from Durban Girls’ College have been named in the KwaZulu-Natal Coastal u18A side for this year’s annual Interprovincial Tournament (IPT) in Bloemfontein.

This year’s u18 IPT will be hosted from 24 to 30 June in the City of Roses.

The dozen girls from Durban Girls’ College that will represent the u18A-side are Emily Macquet, Gift Arinze, Ruby Kraus, Tara Pakendorf, Selma Beji and Nandi Mnyanda. Another girl from Durban Girls’ College Jenna Reardon made the u18B-side.

St Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls in Kloof also contributed five players towards the A-side. They are Zakira Jamalooden, Georgia Pollock, Elizabeth Anderson, Cassandra Forbes and Courtney Stewart.

The teams: 

u18A: Sasha Ngobese (Curro), Zakira Jamalooden (St Mary’s), Georgia Pollock (St Mary’s), Elizabeth Anderson (St Mary’s), Thando Makhanya (Curro), Emily Macquet (Durban Girls College), Gift Arinze (Durban Girls College), Kiara Whiteboy (Reddam Umhlanga), Nandi Mnyanda (Durban Girls College), Ruby Kraus (Durban Girls College), Anqobile Nkayi (Danville), Tara Pakendorf (Durban Girls College), Selma Beji (Durban Girls College), Cassandra Forbes (St Mary’s), Courtney Stewart (St Mary’s) and Sanda Mkhwane. 

u18B: Anna Birt (St Mary’s), Olwethu Dlokweni (Kloof), Isabella Chetty (Thomas Moore), Kerryn Hall (St Mary’s), Mia Liebenberg (Our Lady of Fatima), Wamandla Bluebird (Reddam Umhlanga), Emihle Zikhali (St Henry’s), Jenna Reardon (Durban Girls College), Sian Davis (Danville), Bailey Duncan (Ashton), Sithabile Mthiyane (Curro Salt Rock), Masiko Zulu (Ashton), Slondiwe Ndwalane (Creston), Jamie Black (Ashton), Georgia Swart (Reddam Umhlanga) and Amanda Mthembu (Felixton).

 

Grey College will be hosting Affies this Friday at 18:00 in an inter school match up heavily weighted.

Be sure to keep updated on the SuperSport Schools website at www.supersportschools.com.  

The clash against Affies will be a tough one for Grey College, having travelled to and from Paarl in the Western Cape, causing disruptions in the team’s practice schedule due to much of the team being affected physically by the wet weather and travelling time.

The last time these schools faced each other, Grey College walked away with bragging rights having defeated Affies 3-1.

Affies, however, will be looking for their revenge and the less-than-optimum Grey side forecasts rocky waters for the team from the City of Roses. 

 “There is a lot hanging in the balance, that we need to put back, and establish our strength over the whole, entire program,” says Wayne Coetzee, head of hockey at Grey College.

The teams: 

Grey College: Roan Janse van Rensburg (captain), Eben Joubert, Gerrie Greyling, Jayden Leach, Jordan Verster, Wian du Plooy, Duncker Hohls, Dayne Kitching, Samu Lephoto, Luke Mosala, Dunrich Hoffmann, AC Delport, Handre van Staden, MJ Bam, Botha Barnard, Luhan Prinsloo.

Affies: Owen Kleinhans, Jacques Lamprecht, Liam de Waal, Wian van Rooyen, Uys Prinsloo, Hendrik Combrink, Thato Mamogale, Louw du Preez, Guihom Mouton, Wimpie Pohlman, Wian Boshoff, Wouter Cloete, Kyle Cronje, Henri van Tonder, Eno Swart, Wian van Schalkwyk.