{"id":41957,"date":"2024-04-18T15:13:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=41957"},"modified":"2024-04-18T15:13:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:13:09","slug":"tough-battles-await-paarls-girls-high-and-gim-as-oranje-comes-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=41957","title":{"rendered":"Tough battles await Paarl’s Girls’ High and Gim as Oranje comes to town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Paarl Girls’ High<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Both Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong>\u00a0and Paarl Girls’ High<\/strong> will face one of the toughest challenges of their seasons when they host Bloemfontein’s Oranje<\/strong> this weekend in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n

The action kicks off at Girls’ High on Friday afternoon at 15:30. Then, on Saturday morning, at 10:15, Oranje takes on Gim.<\/p>\n

Catch all the hockey action on SuperSport Schools<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The local sides both picked up wins over the past weekend, with Girls’ High grinding out a 2-1 victory over Paarl Vallei, while Gim impressed in Pretoria, where goals from Marieka Neethling<\/strong>, Karea de Ridder,<\/strong> and Tanya Pieterse<\/strong> carried them to a 3-0 win at Affies.<\/p>\n

Both schools were in action at the St Mary\u2019s Waverley Hockey Festival<\/a><\/strong> earlier this month in Johannesburg, where 32 of South Africa’s best teams went after the prestigious title.<\/p>\n

There, Gim achieved the highest position of any of the Western Cape teams, ending fourth after going down 0-1 to St Stithians College<\/strong> in the third-place play-off match.<\/p>\n

Coach Anri Keevy’<\/strong>s Paarl Girls’ side found the going tougher and placed 19th. They will look to their influential captain Heyke Lombard<\/strong>\u00a0and vice-captain Rouxn\u00e9 Pentz<\/strong> to lead their challenge against Gyster van Schalkwyk’s charges.<\/p>\n

Oranje started their season on fire, easily winning all of their games at the Balling Festival<\/strong> in Bethlehem, in February, and further extended their winning run at the Greg Beling Festival<\/strong> in East London, which followed.<\/p>\n

At St Mary’s, Rhenish<\/strong> handed them their first loss of the season, by a goal to nil, and Oranje later went down 0-1 to St Stithian’s. In the end, they finished in fifth place.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, they were held to a 2-2 draw by Pretoria’s Garsfontein<\/strong>, so they will be eager to return to winning ways. That is, after all, the usual state of affairs for the Bloemfontein school.<\/p>\n

Oranje has won the last three times they’ve met Girls’ High. Last year, it was a tight 1-0 affair at the All Girls Festival, while they cruised to a 7-0 victory in 2022.<\/p>\n

Paarl Gim has been a much tougher nut to crack for the Bloemfontein side. At St Mary\u2019s, the teams shared a 1-1 draw. Meanwhile, at last year’s Super 12 Tournament, Gim won 2-1.<\/p>\n

Other matches<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Friday, at 16:00, Bloemhof and Wynberg Girls’ High meet, while Outeniqua and Durbanville play at 19:00.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Stellenberg High hosts Reddam Constantia, while Parel Vallei will be looking to get back to winning ways, after their defeat to Paarl Girls’ High, when they take on St Cyprian’s.<\/p>\n

Bloemhof will be back in action on Saturday, too, with a 09:50 clash against Paarl Girls’ High. <\/strong>Pinelands plays Milnerton High School, and Curro Durbanville welcomes Tygerberg High.<\/p>\n

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

Friday, 19 April 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

15:30 –<\/strong> Paarl Girls’ High vs Oranje
\n16:00 –<\/strong> Bloemhof vs Wynberg Girls’ High
\n19:00 –<\/strong> Outeniqua vs Durbanville<\/p>\n

Saturday, 20 April 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

08:00 –<\/strong> Stellenberg High vs Reddam Constantia
\n09:00 –<\/strong> Parel Vallei vs St Cyprian’s
\n09:50 –<\/strong> Bloemhof vs Paarl Girls’ High
\n10:15 –<\/strong> Paarl Gimnasium vs Oranje
\n10:30 –<\/strong> Pinelands High vs Milnternon High School
\n10:30 –<\/strong> Curro Durbanville vs Tygerberg High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Both Paarl Gimnasium\u00a0and Paarl Girls’ High will face one of the toughest challenges of their seasons when they host Bloemfontein’s Oranje this weekend in the Western Cape. The action kicks off at Girls’ High on Friday afternoon at 15:30. Then, on Saturday morning, at 10:15, Oranje takes on Gim. Catch all the hockey action on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":41968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41957","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\/41957","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=41957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}