{"id":40149,"date":"2024-04-04T11:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T09:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=40149"},"modified":"2024-04-04T11:55:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T09:55:06","slug":"western-cape-hockey-action-resumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=40149","title":{"rendered":"Western Cape hockey action resumes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fairmont Hockey first team in action during the 2024 pre-season festival at York High School. Fairmont will face SACS this weekend. Photo: Fairmont High School Hockey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Schools in the Western Cape<\/strong> will officially commence their 2024 inter-school hockey season this weekend. An exciting and intriguing showcase of the sport awaits.<\/p>\n

Many teams head into the season off the back of their participation in Easter festivals all around the country.<\/p>\n

Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong>, SACS<\/strong>, Stellenberg<\/strong>, and Parel Vallei<\/strong> will all be in action after enjoying promising starts to their respective seasons.<\/p>\n

Last year’s number-one ranked team in the country, SACS, travelled to KZN for the Founders Festival<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>hosted by Kearsney College<\/strong>, at the end of March and showed why they are considered the favourites to take first spot again in 2024.<\/p>\n

There, SACS dominated every opponent they came up against, scoring a whopping 31 goals<\/strong> in five matches, while conceding only two.<\/p>\n

They thumped St Stithians College<\/strong> 6-0, the Northwood 2nd XI<\/strong> 8-0, Queen’s College<\/strong> 5-0, and the Gauteng duo of Affies<\/strong>\u00a0and Parktown Boys’ High<\/strong> 5-1 and 7-1 respectively.<\/p>\n

This weekend, they take on Fairmont High School,<\/strong> who finished in sixth place out of 40 teams at the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament<\/a><\/strong> in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

Another team aiming to ride their festival momentum is Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong>. Gim, just like Fairmont, took part in the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament and claimed gold for a third year running.<\/p>\n

Coach Jacques Grobler’<\/a><\/strong>s troops impressed in pool play and then breezed past Private School Swakopmund<\/strong> 9-1 in the semi-final. They had to dig deep in the title-decider, but goals from captain LD Nel<\/strong>\u00a0and Juan Swanepoel<\/strong> saw them to a 2-1 victory over Worcester Gimnasium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This week, they welcome Ho\u00ebrskool Outeniqua <\/strong>to their home turf, with the clash starting at 18:45<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Parel Vallei<\/strong>, after a tour of the Netherlands, will be in action against DF Malan<\/strong>.\u00a0Coach Michael van Rensburg<\/strong>‘s side played against some of the world’s best during their time in abroad.<\/p>\n

They came short against HC Schiedam<\/strong> (5-4), and Den Bosch<\/strong> (4-2) before recording a fine 3-1 win over HC Cartouche<\/strong>. They will use their clash against DF Malan as preparation for a much-anticipated showdown with SACS next weekend.<\/p>\n

Other matches on the weekend include Wynberg Boys High<\/strong> against Curro Durbanville <\/strong>and Belgotex finalists,\u00a0Worcester Gymnasium,<\/strong> against Swartland<\/strong>, while Stellenberg<\/strong> welcomes Rondebosch Boys’ High<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

Friday, 5 April<\/strong><\/p>\n

17:10 – Worcester Gimnasium vs Swartland
\n18:15 – Fairmont vs SACS
\n18:30 – Wynberg Boys’ High vs Curro Durbanville
\n18:45 – Paarl Gimnasium vs Ho\u00ebrskool Outeniqua
\n19:00 – Rondebosch Boys’ High vs Stellenberg
\n19:00 – Brackenfell vs Wynberg Invitational
\n19:30 – Parel Vallei vs DF Malan<\/p>\n

Saturday, 6 April<\/strong><\/p>\n

09:45- HTS Drostdy vs Hugenote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Schools in the Western Cape will officially commence their 2024 inter-school hockey season this weekend. An exciting and intriguing showcase of the sport awaits. Many teams head into the season off the back of their participation in Easter festivals all around the country. Paarl Gimnasium, SACS, Stellenberg, and Parel Vallei will all be in action […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":40150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40149","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\/40149","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=40149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}