{"id":38987,"date":"2024-03-23T21:44:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T19:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=38987"},"modified":"2024-03-23T21:44:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T19:44:18","slug":"bishops-175-bishops-end-st-andrews-colleges-unbeaten-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=38987","title":{"rendered":"Bishops 175 | Bishops end St Andrew’s College’s unbeaten run"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Bishops Diocesan first team in action at the Bishops 175 Festival. Photo: Karli Coetzee (Bishops Diocesan College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bishops Diocesan College<\/strong> maintained their unbeaten record at the Bishops 175 Hockey Festival<\/strong> when they defeated St Andrew’s College<\/strong> 2-1 in the final match of day three at the Woodlands Astroturf<\/strong> in Cape Town on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Bishops’ win brought to an end an eight-game winning streak for the side from Makhanda.<\/p>\n

Before the match, those two teams and St Benedict’s College<\/strong> were the only unbeaten sides and were gunning to keep those records intact ahead of the final day on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The hosts beat Michaelhouse 3-1 on the opening day and followed up that result with a 4-0 win against St Charles College<\/strong>, before showing grit to beat St David’s Marist Inanda 2-0 on Friday.<\/p>\n

They went on to annihilate St Andrew’s School<\/strong> 8-0 on Saturday, with James Grieve<\/strong> scoring a brace before\u00a0Christopher Gray,<\/strong>\u00a0Bryn Parry<\/strong>, Luc Dicey<\/strong>, Andrew Betty<\/strong>, Andrew Raubenheimer<\/strong>, and David Handley<\/strong> got themselves onto the scoresheet.<\/p>\n

Coach Dean Ferreira<\/strong>‘s St Andrew’s College team, on the other hand, had caught the eye early in the season.<\/p>\n

A week ago, at the Tony Godding Festival<\/a>, they defeated Grey College<\/strong> 2-1, and claimed other victories over, among others, Hudson Park<\/strong>, Bethlehem Voortrekker<\/strong>, and Merrifield College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At the Bishops Fest, they had claimed the scalps of the Langa Hockey Club, Uplands College, and St David’s Marist Inanda, before they faced the home team.<\/p>\n

The contest started out very evenly, with both sides struggling to make an impression on the other’s defences in the first chukka.<\/p>\n

Bishops, were, however, the first to open the scoring in the second chukka through a penalty stroke, with Robert Veldtman<\/strong> converting from the spot to put his side into the lead.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, Bishops suffered a blow, when Thomas Malan<\/strong> had to leave the pitch after he suffered a hard blow on the wrist from the ball.<\/p>\n

Bishops held onto that narrow 1-0 lead at the break, but St Andrew’s quickly equalised in the third chukka, with Connor McNamara <\/strong>striking from a penalty corner.<\/p>\n

Heading into the final chukka, the teams were level at 1-1 and, it seemed, something special would be required to break the deadlock. Joshua Mettler <\/strong>duly delivered it.<\/p>\n

He produced a brilliant individual goal, finding the back of the net after a superb 20-metre dribble. That was just enough, and coach Ryan Julius<\/strong>‘s side held on for a 2-1 win, much to the delight of the home supporters.<\/p>\n

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The St Benedict’s first team hockey side during their 5-0 win against Uplands College at the Bishops 175 Hockey Festival. Photo: Karli Coetzee (Bishops Diocesan College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In other matches, Somerset College<\/strong> picked up another victory, edging Uplands College 4-3 in their first game, before playing to a 1-1 draw with St David\u2019s Marist Inanda.<\/p>\n

St Benedict’s College<\/strong> continued their fine form. After drawing 1-1 with Michaelhouse in the morning, they dominated Uplands College in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Coach Owen Mvimbi<\/strong>‘s side controlled possession and territory and were clinical in front of goal, which brought them a 5-0 victory, courtesy of an Alex Johnston<\/strong> double, with Connor Odgers<\/strong>, Timothy Burnham<\/strong>, and Marco Mendes <\/strong>also scoring.<\/p>\n

The Johannesburg side will face its toughest challenge yet when they take on the hosts, Bishops, on Sunday in the final match of the festival at 12:40.<\/p>\n

After claiming wins on Friday against Uplands and St Andrew’s School, Langa Hockey Club pushed St Andrew’s College all the way but went down 2-4 in their first match on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In their second encounter of the day, they took on Michaelhouse<\/strong> and made life hard for the boys from the KZN Midlands. It was 0-0 at halftime, with neither side able to capitalise on the opportunities they had created.<\/p>\n

‘House, however, came out firing in the third chukka, and scored twice to seize victory.<\/p>\n

Another team that also got a “W” next to their name was St David\u2019s Marist Inanda<\/strong>, who edged out St Charles College 2-1. They will take on the winless Uplands College in Sunday’s first match, at 08:00.<\/p>\n

Langa will aim to end their campaign with a win against St Charles College, while Somerset College completes their schedule against Bloemfontein’s St Andrew’s School.<\/p>\n

Results: Day 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

St David’s Marist Inanda 2-1 St Charles
\nSomerset College 4-3 Uplands
\nSt Benedict’s College 1-1 Michaelhouse
\nBishops 8-0 St Andrew’s School
\nLanga Hockey Club 2-4 St Andrew’s College
\nSomerset College 1-1 St David’s Marist Inanda
\nSt Benedict’s College 5-0 Uplands College
\nSt Charles College 1-0 St Andrew’s School
\nLanga Hockey Club 0-2 Michaelhouse
\nBishops 2-1 St Andrew’s College<\/p>\n

Fixtures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, 24 March 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

08:00 – <\/strong>St David’s Marist Inanda vs Uplands; 09:10 – <\/strong>Michaelhouse vs St Andrews College; 10:20 – <\/strong>Langa vs St Charles; 11:30 – <\/strong>Somerset College vs St Andrew’s School; 12:40 – <\/strong>Bishops vs St Benedict’s College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bishops Diocesan College maintained their unbeaten record at the Bishops 175 Hockey Festival when they defeated St Andrew’s College 2-1 in the final match of day three at the Woodlands Astroturf in Cape Town on Saturday. The Bishops’ win brought to an end an eight-game winning streak for the side from Makhanda. Before the match, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":39005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}