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The results from around South Africa will be updated here as we receive the results from the various schools.
If your school’s match is not listed below or you would like to send in your team’s results – please contact us via e-mail at hockey@ssschoolsplus.co.za or via WhatsApp at 072 172 5455.
The results from around South Africa will be updated here as we receive the results from the various schools.
If your school’s match is not listed below or you would like to send in your team’s results – please contact us via e-mail at hockey@ssschoolsplus.co.za or via WhatsApp at 072 172 5455.
Grey High School of Gqeberha’s First XV will be wary of their visit to The Graveyard in Qonce (formerly King William’s Town) today.
The team from Gqeberha’s last defeat at the field was in 2017 when Dale College came out on top by the narrowest of margins of 28-27.
It would be a record to be proud of but the last encounter between the two sides at The Graveyard in 2022 was cancelled due to the tragic bus tragedy that hit Dale College in the week leading to the clash.
It will therefore also be an emotional day for Dale College as they take the field. In addition, the two teams didn’t play each other during the two years (2020 and 2021) which were affected by the Covid-pandemic.
In the last encounter between the two sides at The Graveyard in 2019 – Grey High came out on top by 28-25.
Dale College secured a convincing 46-7 victory over Ooskus Gimnasium (formerly Hoërskool Grens) last week. Grey also eased past Muir College by 60-0 in their clash in Uitenhage last week.
Selborne College will host Queen’s College in a FNB Classic Clash on Saturday at 15:00.
The hosts have suffered only one defeat thus far against Pretoria Boys’ High (21-26) during the annual King Edward VII Easter Festival in Johannesburg. In their other clash during the festival, they smashed Eldoraigne by 31-3.
Queen’s College also attended the KES Easter Festival and lost against Jeppe High School for Boys (6-47) before ending the tour on a high with a 38-0 victory over Ben Vorster from Tzaneen. Jeppe defeated Grey College earlier in the week before the KES Easter Festival and was without a doubt on a high.
The teams:
Dale College vs Grey High School in Qonce at 14:00:
12:30 – HTS Drostdy vs Framesby; 13:15 – Marlow Landbou vs Hudson Park; 13:45 – Graeme College vs Cambridge; 14:00 – Despatch vs Nico Malan; 14:00 – Die Brandwag vs Muir College.
Girls’ u16 top-seed Makayla Naidoo claimed two 3-0 victories in succession. Photo: Adele du Rand.
Round one of the South African Schools Closed Squash Championships, being played in Johannesburg at the Barrow Squash Centre at St John’s College and at Roedean School, went smoothly for the top four seeds in the three age groups – u19, u16 and u14 -in the opening round on Friday. Round two, though, produced some upsets.
In the boys’ u14 competition, third-seed Liam Hart was surprised by sixth-seed Mangaliso Mbatha, who produced a dominating performance to win 11-7, 11-3, 11-8.
There was also an upset in the second round of the girls’ u14 event, with no. 5, Paisley Edkins, comfortably accounting for fourth-seed Rebecca Scheckter, running out an 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 winner.
It was also a case of five beating four in the girls’ u16 age group, with Vivienne van der Schyff taking down Starla Phillips in four games, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7.
That wasn’t the sole upset in the girls’ u16 age group. Sheryl Harborth, the sixth-seed, got the better of third-seed Kate van Biljon, triumphing 3-2 after a tremendous tussle, which included three games that went past 11 points – 10-12, 13-11, 11-8, 4-11 and 12-10.
In the last of the second round’s surprises, Western Province’s Alex Azevado ousted Border’s Cara Knott, also a good hockey player, in another win for a fifth-seed over a fourth-seed. There was little to separate the two, with Azevado claiming a 3-2 victory.
Meanwhile, the boys’ u19 top-seed Luhann Groenewald ruthlessly brushed aside the challenge of Marco van Rooyen, surrendering only five points in a one-sided contest.
Benji Newman, the u16 no.1 was a convincing 3-0 winner against Cobus Schimper in his only outing of the day, while u14 top-seed Déwan Borstlap cruised to successive 3-0 victories over Evan Janse van Rensburg and Bevan Garlick.
It was also smooth sailing for girls’ u19 top-seed Chanté Leppan, who won 3-0 against Mayra Bytebier, to match her fellow Hoërskool Zwartkop learner, boys’ u19 no. 1, Luhann Groenewald.
Chanté Leppan won 11-4, 11-3, 11-4 against Mayra Bytebier on Friday in the SA Schools Closed Squash Championships. Photo: Adele du Rand.
Makayla Naidoo, from St John’s DSG, the number one seed in the u16 division, comfortably accounted for Amy Gerber and Tamyln Galliers, without dropping a game.
The girls’ u14 top-seed, Rylee Howells, also from the KZN capital, and another product of the renowned Epworth squash factory, saw off Rebecca Scheckter and Paisley Edkins in straight games, finding it a lot easier against Edkins who, of course, upset Scheckter.
Jeppe, under coach Siya Sityana, enters the match on the back of an unusually large defeat, having gone down 1-4 to St David’s Marist Inanda in their most recent outing. As a hockey school, they boast a proud record and a gritty reputation, so Westville can expect a strong response from the home side.
Since Sityana took charge this year, Jeppe has contested two high-profile festivals, the Nomads Festival, at Maritzburg College, and the KES Easter Festival.
At College, they made a slow start, losing their first three matches, but they finished on an optimistic note, recording victories in their last two outings.
Closer to home, at KES, they claimed three wins, beating Waterkloof 4-1, along with a pair of 2-0 victories over St Charles College and Eldoraigne. There were also losses by one goal to Rondebosch (0-1) and Kearsney College (1-2).
Meanwhile, the Griffin also head into the contest off the back of a loss, although, truth be told, it was not totally unexpected, as they went down 1-3 to Durban High School, who have, so far, won every one of their matches this season, in a high-quality clash at The Coliseum.
Westville, though, has displayed some good form in 2024. They opened the season with a 2-0 win over Michaelhouse and then won all of their matches on the first two days of the Coastal Cup, grabbing a narrow 1-0 win over Pearson, winning 2-0 against Paarl Boys’ High, and outplaying Waterkloof 4-0.
On day three, however, they suffered a surprising defeat to a good Garsfontein team, going down 1-3.
It’s tough game to pick a favourite. Jeppe has been inconsistent this season, while Westville has stumbled recently. Still, they’re both capable of producing very good hockey.
Parktown Boys’ High hosts King Edward VII on Saturday and that should be a keenly contested clash. Both started their seasons slowly in the Founders and Nomads festivals respectively, but they were much better at the KES Easter Festival that followed.
Die troepe van John Kleynhans, kaptein en slot van Lichtenburg, sal deeglik bewus wees van die reuse taak wat vandag op hulle wag indien hulle ‘n opskudding in die kwarteindronde van die NWU Prestige-reeks teen Noordheuwel wil veroorsaak.
Die Nories is die verdedigende kampioen en is sonder twyfel die guntelinge om vanjaar weer die trofee omhoog te hou.
Die Liggies het in sy laaste ligawedstryd teen Die Anker van Brakpan met 16-21 die knie gebuig. Kleynhans se span sou dus hierdie week harder as gewoonlik gewerk het om dié teleurstelling agter hulle te plaas.
Buiten die feit dat Liggies se agttal met waarskynlik hul beste vertoning van die jaar vorendag sal moet kom, sal hul losskakel, Albert Joubert, nie net die regte besluite moet neem nie, maar ook sy skopskoene moet aanhê.
Nories se agterhoede met die losskakel, Jeandré Uithaler, en buitesenter, Cheswill Jooste, aan die spits sal meeste spanne in Suid-Afrika se verdedigingslyne op die proef stel. Dit blyk ook of Jooste die laaste paar kragmetings sy voete op buitesenter begin vind het.
Hy is steeds in spasie en op heelagter sonder gelyke op die aanval.
Voorlangs het die span van Krugersdorp ook in sy agtsteman, Brad Brown, en losskopstut, Meyer Opperman, baldraers van gehalte. Brown kan vanjaar ‘n sterk aanspraakmaker op ‘n plek in die Goue Leeus se span vir die Cravenweek wees.
In die ander halfeindstryd kom Hugenote van Springs teen die Hoërskool Pietersburg te staan.
Die span van Springs het nog nie vanjaar op hul neus gekyk nie. Hoewel hy in sy eerste groepwedstryd van die NWU Prestige-reeks vir Noordheuwel met 28-10 omgedop het, was die span se sege van 36-5 oor Transvalia waarskynlik sy beste sover vanjaar.
Die nederlaag van Nories was slegs hul derde in die reeks sedert 2019. Albei ander nederlae in die reeks was teen die Hoërskool Rustenburg. Daar moet egter ook in ag geneem word dat Noordheuwel ook op dieselfde dag as die kragmeting teen Hugenote in ‘n vriendskaplike wedstryd teen Outeniqua in George betrokke was. Die Nories het hier 28-19 as oorwinnaars van die veld gestap.
Die spanne en bepalings is:
Noordheuwel vs Lichtenburg op Potchefstroom om 14:20:
Lichtenburg: 15 Luan Snyman, 14 Oratile Sekoto, 13 Dundré Dempers, 12 Benré Pollard, 11 Rea Motsusi, 10 Albert Joubert, 9 Willem van Niekerk, 8 Abrie Coetzee, 7 Tiaan Booysen, 6 Kgolagano Legodi, 5 John Kleynhans (kaptein), 4 GJ Malan, 3 JJ Jonker, 2 Juan van Rhyn, 1 Donovan Rosato.
Heidelberg Volkskool vs Potchefstroom Gimnasium op Potchefstroom om 13:00:
Heidelberg Volkskool: 15 Theuns van der Merwe, 14 Stefan Botha, 13 Daniel Munro, 12 Dean Last, 11 Tiaan Holloway, 10 Kayle Venter, 9 Hein Oelofse, 8 Joshua Munro, 7 Eduard Roets, 6 Juan de Villiers, 5 Christopher Makgongoane, 4 Fourie Jacobs, 3 Samukelo Ngwenya, 2 Janco Coetzer, 1 Botshelo Motsepe.
Potchefstroom Gimnasium: 15 PC Schutte, 14 Lourens Jacobs, 13 David Ndala, 12 Jhanco de Beer, 11 Toks Becker, 10 Jean Groenewald, 9 MJ Viljoen, 8 Elrich Bosch, 7 Bart du Plooy, 6 Tiardt Vorster, 5 Tobias van Dyk, 4 Wian Botha, 3 Jayden Stoffberg, 2 Jaco Nel, 1 Cobus van Rooyen.
Hugenote (Springs) vs Hoërskool Pietersburg op Potchefstroom om 11:40:
Hugenote: 15 George Lucas, 14 Musa Mahlangu, 13 Ruan van Biljon, 12 Vian van Dyk, 11 Thanyani Mokiri, 10 Corné Pretorius, 9 Tiaan Smit, 8 Hendrik Eybers, 7 Tyron Hand, 6 Arné Marais, 5 Xavier Ungerer, 4 Anthoney Smith, 3 Diaan Pretorius, 2 Luan Pretorius, 1 Henré Oosthuizen.
Hoërskool Pietersburg: 15 Bryden Retief, 14 Lerisch Duba, 13 Hanno van Zyl, 12 Siya Mahlangu, 11 Dustin Terblanche, 10 Celliers van der Merwe, 9 Divan Brown (kaptein), 8 Hardus Otto, 7 Tiaan Vermeulen, 6 Keegan Baker, 5 Juan Jansen van Vuuren, 4 AJ de Beer, 3 Elardus Erasmus, 2 Dewald de Beer, 1 Floris Venter.
Hoërskool Klerksdorp vs Die Anker op Potchefstroom om 10:20:
Hoërskool Klerksdorp: 15 Cohan Witbooi, 14 Yuran Malete, 13 Winton Abrahams, 12 Macklin Proudfoot, 11 Asif Sumara, 10 Deacon Loots, 9 Jared van Staden, 8 GJ Steenberg, 7 Diwan Labuschagne, 6 Tiaan Koen, 5 Bokamoso Mabeleng, 4 Juan Hills, 3 Liam Pretorius, 2 Tiaan Swanepoel, 1 De Wet le Roux.
Die Anker: 15 Paul Schutte, 14 Ruan Smith, 13 Sean Schoeman, 12 Brandon Crous, 11 Jonathan Jordaan, 10 Danie Smit, 9 Troy Joubert, 8 Ruben Herbst (kaptein), 7 Xander Fraser, 6 Duvan Booyens, 5 Brendan van Lutterveld, 4 Gerhard Oosthuizen, 3 Damian Boshoff, 2 Siya Shongwe, 1 Leon Botha.
Die Hoërskool Hopefield durf Saterdag op hul tuisveld vir Charlie Hofmeyr van Ceres aan, terwyl Hoërskool Porterville by Curro Langebaan ‘n draai maak.
Hopefield en die Charlies was albei vanjaar in rillers met Hoërskool Brackenfell betrokke. Hopefield het by die Brakkies se sportdag naelskraaps met 14-15 die knie gebuig, terwyl die manne van Ceres op hul beurt daarin geslaag het om met 15-14 die pyp te rook.
Die Hopefield verdediging was nietemin rotsvas in hulle wedstryd, met al Brackenfell se punte wat deur skoppe aangeteken is.
Luan Giliomee en kie sal dus moet uithaal om bresse in die tuisspan se verdediging te probeer slaan, met kaptein Boeta Schreuder en die res van die Hopefield-pak wat die lewe verder kan bemoeilik vir die Charlies.
Verlede naweek het Charlie Hofmeyr egter gewys dat hul voorspelers ewe effektief, en gevaarlik, kan wees, toe hulle van taktiek moes verander in ‘n winderige wedstryd teen Hoërskool Strand.
Hoërskool Porterville het in hul vorige wedstryd vir Melkbosstrand met 55-0 afgeransel, maar Curro Langebaan bied Saterdag ‘n uitdaging van ‘n ander aard.
Met loskopstut en kaptein, Joshua Paddock, wat van voor lei, sal die Curro-pak hul stempel van meet af teen die Porterville-boere wil afdruk.
Hoërskool Robertson het verlede naweek vir ‘n sterk Hoërskool Montagu-span verslaan en sal op daardie trant wil voortbou Saterdag teen Hoërskool Bredasdorp.
Hul staatmaker op heelagter, Roberto Koert, is egter teen Montagu beseer, en word vervang deur Tyron April. Bernardo Diedericks het verlede naweek weer uitgeblink vir die Robbies en is beslis ‘n speler om dop te hou.
Framesby played some very good rugby at the Kearsney Easter Festival, where they produced a frantic finish to edge out Drostdy’s neighbours, Worcester Gimnasium, 36-34, on the last day.
They also beat the hosts, Kearsney College, 18-17, in their first match and gave Monument everything they could handle before going down 17-22.
Framesby, however, faces a Drostdy side with their tails up. Last weekend, “the Donkeys” cruised to a convincing 46-10 victory over Hugenote and earlier in the year, at the NMI Toyota North-South Tournament, they beat Hoërskool Nelspruit 34-27 but went down 15-44 to high-flying Dr EG Jansen.
Saturday’s battle between the two packs of forwards promises to produce fireworks, with neither side accustomed to taking a step back.
Tertius Wantenaar, Daniel Mellet and Sandro Smit make up the Drostdy front row. They’ll be up against big Sean Vermaak, Ewald Labuschagne, and his namesake at hooker, Ewald Muller.
After an impressive win against an in-form Worcester Gimnasium last weekend, Swartland will aim to use that encouraging victory as a springboard to success against the visiting side from Hermanus this weekend.
Carlo van der Merwe starred at flyhalf in their win over Worcester, slotting four penalties and two crucial conversions, to see his side to a 26-24 victory.
This weekend, though, Van der Merwe starts at inside centre while Iminathi Njozela wears the number 10 jersey.
The visitors will look to the likes of Kyle Lewis and Giano da Kosta to help them contain the Swartland attack, while captain Reon Sparkham and his fellow forwards do battle for dominance up front.
TEAMS
HTS Drostdy vs Framesby at 12:30
HTS Drostdy: 15 Harold Mbuqa, 14 Adrian Vergotine, 13 Aljay Skippers, 12 Josh Fourie, 11 Bernedict George, 10 Stefan van der Merwe, 9 Caleb Cornet, 8 MJ van der Westhuizen, 7 Darius Venter, 6 Jeandre Spangenberg, 5 Marcus Lee, 4 Pietie Erasmus, 3 Tertius Wantenaar, 2 Daniel Mellet, 1 Sandro Smit.
Framesby: 15 Lucca Wiehardt, 14 Cole Hilpert, 13 Ethan Smit, 12 Regardt Viljoen, 11 Jason Niemand, 10 Logan Muller, 9 Jayden Brewis, 8 Johan van Zyl, 7 Eden Calitz, 6 Rayn Rosseau, 5 Zanco Els, 4 Nathan Birkholtz, 3 Sean Vermaak, 2 Ewald Muller, 1 Ewald Labuschagne.
Swartland vs Hermanus at 13:30
Swartland: 15 Nicholai Miggel, 14 Deven Bocks, 13 Daniël Walters, 12 Carlo van der Merwe, 11 Liam Anthony, 10 Iminathi Njozela, 9 Tyrese Barlow, 8 JH Kleynhans, 7 Rheinhardt Adonis, 6 Arthur Bester-van Lill, 5 Martin Neethling, 4 Alexzander Wucherpfennig, 3 Melchior Botha, 2 Kallie Boutsikaris, 1 Ruan Zandberg.
Hermanus: 15 Kyle Lewis, 14 Deano Gardener, 13 Giano da Kosta, 12 Laeeq Petrus, 11 Neo Faro, 10 Chad van der Merwe, 9 Christable Nutt, 8 Reon Sprakham, 7 Gideon Scheepers, 6 Cameron Pedro, 5 Rehan Gotze, 4 Chris Marais, 3 Lucion Fortuin, 2 Sebastiaan van Dyk, 1 Rowan Moore.
Durban Girls’ College coach Chardinay Penniston and captain Emily Macquet show off the St Mary’s Hockey Festival winners’ trophy.
Newly crowned St Mary’s Hockey Festival champions, Durban Girls’ College (DGC), return to action this weekend with a short trip to Danville Park Girls’ High, while the runners-up at last week’s festival, Eunice, take on Garsfontein.
It has taken a while for DGC to let it sink in that they lifted the St Mary’s Festival trophy. It felt like a dream at first. Last year, they played their hearts out, only to finish seventh. This year, they had a relatively young team that stood toe-to-toe with the best.
On the eve of the final, they convincingly handed the 2023 champions, Eunice, their first defeat of the event. They met the red-hot Free State team again in the final and proved that their win from the previous day had not been a fluke, with a thrilling 3-2 victory securing them the title of 2024 champions.
After a week of basking in the glory of their accomplishment, coach Chardinay Penniston’s charges now must turn their focus towards the challenge that lies in front of them, Danville. While there might be daylight between Eunice and Danville’s rankings, DGC is not paying attention to the difference. “We have the same mindset we had at St Mary’s. We take things a game at a time and will play our best against each team,” Penniston said.
Rather than put their triumphant campaign behind them, DGC will use the memories of their St Mary’s run as fuel to help them scale new mountains. One of those mountains is their school league. Their goal is to win the title. The girls understand the task won’t be an easy one and are putting in more hours and effort at training.
“We are very motivated because there are three more major goals that we are hoping to succeed in: St Anne’s, the KZN Spar finals, and qualifying for the Top 12 Tournament. We are going to continue to work hard and prepare ourselves for the rest of the year,” explained Penniston.
St Mary’s Festival runners-up, Eunice, take on Garsfontein on Friday. Coach Nika Coertzen’s charges will not let the loss to DGC in the final define them as a unit. Inexperienced and young compared to last season’s 1st XI, they played excellent hockey throughout the festival and will continue their path of growth as Coertzen nurtures the class of 2024 into a force.
Eunice has an ambitious young side and they’re keen to emulate the outstanding 2023 team, which finished the year as the top-ranked school in the country.
After their meeting with Eunice, Garsfontein, dauntingly, heads straight into a contest with Oranje, for so long the pacesetters in South African schoolgirls’ hockey, and the form team heading into the St Mary’s Festival.
Garsfontein is in for a tough test. Gyster van Schalkwyk’s outfit, which finished fifth at St Mary’s, has been strong so far this year and has scored goals in bucketloads. Captained by Anriette Otto, Oranje is one of the best-structured teams to be found anywhere and, as always, they’re gunning for top honours this season.
“I do believe and can say with confidence that we’ve prepared well but preparation never stops as we are always seeking to improve and better ourselves in the game we love so dearly,” said Van Schalkwyk.
In the WesGrow league, Kirsten Beneke‘s charges, Voortrekker (Bethlehem), spring into action with a contest against Hoërskool Fichardtpark. Voortrekker started the year with a successful Balling Festival and followed that up with a collection of good results at the Greg BelingFestival, in East London, and the St Stithians Festival, in Johannesburg.
Beneke’s team shares a common goal with DGC. “This year’s results, thus far, have been exceptional. Our main goal for this year is to attend the Top 12 Tournament,” she said. “The table has been changing rapidly every week, and we hope to keep improving and make the cut.”
With top 12 places a motivating factor, and teams making their intentions to be part of the event clear, this week promises more blockbuster hockey action.
Fixtures
Friday: 18:45 – Eunice vs Garsfontein
Saturday: 10:00 – Fichardtpark vs Voortrekker, 11:00 – Danville vs DGC, 12:00 – Oranje vs Garsfontein.
