{"id":44419,"date":"2024-05-09T08:12:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T06:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=44419"},"modified":"2024-05-09T08:12:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T06:12:17","slug":"bishops-seek-sharp-finishing-against-fairmont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=44419","title":{"rendered":"Bishops seek sharp finishing against Fairmont"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The
The Bishops Diocesan first team side in action during their 175 Hockey Festival in March. Photo credits: Bishops Diocesan College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bishops Diocesan College<\/strong> will set their sights on a return to winning ways when they travel to take on Fairmont High School<\/strong> in a Western Cape League fixture on Friday night in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

The southern suburbs’ side will enter the clash on the back of a hard-fought 1-1 draw against South African College High School<\/strong> (SACS) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Before the clash, Bishops participated in the Hibbert Shield<\/a>,<\/strong> hosted by Grey High School<\/strong> in Gqeberha last weekend.<\/p>\n

There, they finished in joint fifth with Durban High School<\/strong> after they were eliminated in the quarterfinals, losing to Pretoria’s Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein<\/strong> 0-1.<\/p>\n

However, in the mid-week match at the Brewery Astroturf, coach Ryan Julius<\/strong>‘s\u00a0men looked like a rejuvenated outfit and caused SACS several problems with their attacking prowess.<\/p>\n

The match was tightly contested, with very little to separate the teams in the opening half, as they went into the break level at 0-0.<\/p>\n

The hosts scored first in the third chukka, through Litha Kraai<\/strong>, but Bishops responded late in the chukka with a goal from youngster, David Handley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It was blow-for-blow in the final chukka, but neither side capitalised on the opportunities they created, and the spoils were shared.<\/p>\n

“It was a heated game, very good tactical approach from both teams,” Julius told SuperSport Schools<\/strong> after the match.<\/p>\n

“From a Bishops perspective, we started a bit shakily, but we were able to find rhythm.<\/p>\n

“When we went down 0-1, I think we showed good fight and character to come back under pressure, and we found a goal through Handley from open play.<\/p>\n

“We had a lot of short corners, and there were a lot of chances on both sides to edge ahead in the game, but we couldn’t convert.”<\/p>\n

Turning his sights to the forthcoming league action on Friday night, Julius<\/strong> said Bishops would need to work on a part of their game that had been lacking this season, and that’s converting the opportunities they create.<\/p>\n

At the Hibbert Shield, Julius’s side scored only nine goals in their five matches.\u00a0Against SACS, they created several chances, but converted only one.<\/p>\n

“Tactically, we were on point, and displayed a good brand of Bishops’ hockey,” Julius said.<\/p>\n

“One thing we’re missing is that we need to take our chances. We are creating a lot, and we need to bury those chances, and if we’re not able to, it’ll end up catching up to us.”<\/p>\n

On Friday evening, Bishops comes up against a side that has picked up some impressive results over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n

Coach Bryce West<\/strong>‘s team last weekend defeated DF Malan<\/strong> 3-0 and shared a thrilling 3-3 draw with Somerset College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If Fairmont were to win, it would be considered a major upset, but they’ll have the backing of their home crowd for the match, which starts at 19:30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bishops Diocesan College will set their sights on a return to winning ways when they travel to take on Fairmont High School in a Western Cape League fixture on Friday night in Cape Town. The southern suburbs’ side will enter the clash on the back of a hard-fought 1-1 draw against South African College High […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":44420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44419","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\/44419","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=44419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}