{"id":40753,"date":"2024-04-08T09:59:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T07:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=40753"},"modified":"2024-04-08T09:59:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T07:59:37","slug":"st-johns-clinches-vuvuzela-final-st-marys-festival-placings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=40753","title":{"rendered":"St John\u2019s clinches Vuvuzela, final St Mary\u2019s Festival placings"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Unpredictable
Unpredictable and exciting, the 2024 St Mary’s Hockey Festival provided thrilling entertainment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St John’s DSG<\/strong> wrapped up their journey at the St Mary’s Hockey Festival<\/strong> with a smile on Sunday after they clinched the Vuvuzela<\/strong> with a 1-0 victory over their fellow KwaZulu-Natalians, Our Lady of Fatima<\/strong>, in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

With it being the last outing for both in the four-day festival, and despite 25th place being on the line, both sides gave it everything they had left in the tank.<\/p>\n

It was a tight clash as neither team wanted to make a costly mistake. However, St John’s found a way to break the deadlock and secure a tense 1-0 win. That brought them a confidence boost after an up-and-down campaign at St Mary’s.<\/p>\n

In their first round of pool matches, they mustered only a single victory in seven games, defeating their rivals from the KZN capital, Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High<\/strong>, while also drawing three matches and going down in three others.<\/p>\n

That left them seventh in Pool C, with six points. Their fortunes improved in the next round, however, where their results included a 3-0 win over the St Mary’s Festival XI<\/strong>, but a 0-1 defeat to Our Lady of Fatima<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

St John\u2019s also enjoyed a 4-0 triumph over Roedean School<\/strong> in the cross-pool play-offs.<\/p>\n

They were on their game, striking twice within the first six minutes. After 14 minutes, it was 3-0 as St John’s scored from a beautifully executed penalty corner. Another goal in the 23rd minute sealed a comfortable victory.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Our Lady Fatima enjoyed some early successes, winning 1-0 against the St Mary’s Festival XI and Collegiate<\/strong>, which pleased their coach, Jacinta Wedderburn<\/strong>. “A very good win and a really fantastic start,” she said. “We wanted our girls to start strong. I couldn’t be prouder. They stuck to our structures, and they got the job done.”<\/p>\n

In other clashes between sides in the bottom half of the standings, Paarl Girls’ High<\/strong> played to a goalless draw against their fellow Capetonians, St Cyprian’s <\/strong>in the 19th place playoff.<\/p>\n

The Wykeham Collegiate<\/strong> finished 17th after handing Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein a 2-1 loss. Pearson clinched 15th place, edging out St Andrew’s 1-0 in a nail-biter.<\/p>\n

Victory in the Plate<\/strong> competition went to Herschel<\/strong>, who defeated St Mary’s<\/strong> 2-1 in a penalty shootout after they had played to a goalless draw.<\/p>\n

Playoff Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st\/2nd –<\/strong> Durban Girls’ College 3-2 Eunice
\n3rd\/4th – <\/strong>St Stithians 1-0 Paarl Gimnasium
\n5th\/6th –<\/strong> Oranje 2-0 St Mary’s DSG (Kloof)
\n7th\/8th –<\/strong> Bloemhof 0-0 Menlopark
\n9th\/10th –<\/strong> Waterkloof 1-0 Affies
\n11th\/12th –<\/strong> Rhenish 1-0 St Anne’s
\n13th\/14th –<\/strong> Herschele 0(2)-0(1) St Mary’s Waverley
\n15th\/16th –<\/strong> Pearson 1-0 St Andrew’s
\n17th\/18th –<\/strong> The Wykeham Collegiate 2-1 Garsfontein
\n19th\/20th –<\/strong> Paarl Girls’ 0-0 St Cyprian’s
\n21st\/22nd –<\/strong> Collegiate 2-0 Clarendon
\n23rd\/24th –<\/strong> Somerset College 1-0 DF Malan
\n25th\/26th –<\/strong> St John’s DSG 1-0 Our Lady of Fatima
\n27th\/28th –<\/strong> Windhoek HS 0-0 Roedean
\n29th\/30th –<\/strong> St Mary’s Festival XI 0(7)-0(6) Pretoria High School for Girls
\n31st\/32nd –<\/strong> Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High 2-0 St Mary’s DSG (Pretoria)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St John’s DSG wrapped up their journey at the St Mary’s Hockey Festival with a smile on Sunday after they clinched the Vuvuzela with a 1-0 victory over their fellow KwaZulu-Natalians, Our Lady of Fatima, in Johannesburg. With it being the last outing for both in the four-day festival, and despite 25th place being on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":40783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40753","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\/40753","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}