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Stirling High School head coach, Greg Davis says his side are eager to test themselves against the best in the Spar Hockey challenge set to take place on Sunday in East London.<\/p>\nStirling High School head coach, Greg Davis says his side are eager to test themselves against the best in the Spar Hockey challenge set to take place on Sunday in East London.<\/p>\n
Stirling, who will be hosting eight other teams on the day will face John Bisseker, Lilyfontein, Merrifield College and Clarendon Girls for school in the round robin stages.<\/p>\n
In order to progress to the final, the hosts will need to finish first in Pool A.<\/p>\n
Speaking exclusively to SuperSport Schools<\/strong> ahead of the tournament, Davis says it will be an honour playing, and facing tough opposition on their home ground.<\/p>\n \u201cPlaying at home is always an honour and having the opportunity to play against Clarendon will be a challenge in itself but one the girls are looking forward to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are definitely looking forward to Sunday for sure, it\u2019s going to be another great day of hockey,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n In recent years, Stirling has had the upper hand on many schools in the region.<\/p>\n Alongside Clarendon, the school has been successful on the turf, beating tough oppositions with their smart, and calculated counter attacking style of play. The school has also gone out of its way to organize more challenging fixtures for the team.<\/p>\n Evidence of this can be traced to this season where they faced one of the top schools in the country, Oranje Meisies for the first time in their history. The side also defeated Voortrekker (3-2) early in the year, bouncing back from a humiliating (9-0) defeat last year.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are fortunate to have played Oranje Meisies this year. The first ever meeting against each other and we got to see why they are number one in the country and hopefully what we need to improve to be able to compete with a school like that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe have also been able to play quite a few schools in the Top 15 on the rankings and we competed with them nicely.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur match against Voortrekker early in the year set us up for the entire season. The girls played really well against a very strong side and bounced back from a heavy (9-0) loss in 2022 to beat them in 2023. It was an awesome game,\u201d added Davis.<\/p>\n The team captained by Linamandla Mxinwa<\/strong> will look to add to their experiences so far in the season come Sunday. Their toughest opposition will be Town rivals, Clarendon High at 12:10.<\/p>\n The last time the sides met before the mid-year school break, Clarendon won the match (1-0) in tough wet conditions. This time around, Stirling will look to get one over their rivals.<\/p>\n An extra layer of confidence will be taken from the (4-1) the side registered against UK team KES.<\/p>\n Other matches to look out include the match between Cambridge and Hudson, with Cambridge coming into the game high in confidence after thrashing their past pupils (6-1) in a friendly during the week. John Bisseker and Green point will also look to leave a mark against the powerhouse teams.<\/p>\n The Spar Hockey Challenge action in East London kicks off on Sunday at 08:00, and you can catch all the action on SuperSports Schools<\/strong>\u00a0 – \u00a0<\/a>https:\/\/live.supersportschools.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Pool A<\/strong>: Stirling High School, Clarendon High School, Merrifield College, John Bisseker, and Lilyfontein.<\/p>\n Pool B<\/strong>: Hudson Park, Cambridge, Greenpoint, Grens.<\/p>\n Stirling team to play on the weekend<\/strong>: Myiesha Adams, Jade Bahlmann,\u00a0 Andrea Wiseman, Shannon Corlet, Kacy Bahlmann,\u00a0 Erin Suanders, Linamandla Mxinwa (c), Holly Harris, Michelle Barnes,\u00a0 Siviwe Sidinana, Cameron Marx.<\/p>\n Fixtures:<\/strong><\/p>\n 08:00<\/strong>– Clarendon vs Merrifield College<\/p>\n 08:25<\/strong>– Hudson Park vs Grens<\/p>\n 08:50<\/strong>– John Bisseker vs Lilyfontein<\/p>\n 09:15-<\/strong> Greenpoint vs Cambridge<\/p>\n 09:40<\/strong>– Stirling vs John Bisseker<\/p>\n 10:05<\/strong>– Merrifield College vs Lilyfontein<\/p>\n 10:30<\/strong>– Hudson Park vs Greenpoint<\/p>\n 10:55<\/strong>– Clarendon vs John Bisseker<\/p>\n 11:20<\/strong>– Stirling vs Lilyfontein<\/p>\n 11:45-<\/strong> Cambridge vs Grens<\/p>\n 12:10<\/strong>– Clarendon vs Stirling<\/p>\n 12:35-<\/strong> Merrifield College vs John Bisseker<\/p>\n 13:00<\/strong>– Hudson Park vs Cambridge<\/p>\n 13:25<\/strong>– Clarendon vs Lilyfontein<\/p>\n 13:50<\/strong>– Grens vs Greenpoint<\/p>\n 14:15<\/strong>– Stirling vs Merrifield<\/p>\n 14:40<\/strong>– 4th<\/sup> POOL A vs 4th<\/sup> POOL B<\/p>\n 15:05<\/strong>-3RD<\/sup> POOL A vs 3rd<\/sup> POOL B<\/p>\n 15:30<\/strong>– 2nd<\/sup> POOL A vs 2nd<\/sup> POOL B<\/p>\n 15:55<\/strong>– 1st<\/sup> POOL A vs 1st<\/sup> POOL B<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stirling High School head coach, Greg Davis says his side are eager to test themselves against the best in the Spar Hockey challenge set to take place on Sunday in East London. 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