{"id":46726,"date":"2024-05-26T09:14:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T07:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=46726"},"modified":"2024-05-26T09:14:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T07:14:22","slug":"parktown-outplays-st-benedicts-as-100-cap-duo-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=46726","title":{"rendered":"Parktown outplays St Benedict’s as 100-cap duo stars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Parktown’s resurgence was reaffirmed on Saturday as they withstood a stiff St Benedict’s challenge to add another win to their season’s tally.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On a busy hockey weekend for Gauteng schools, Parktown Boys’<\/strong> High<\/strong>‘s impressive season continued to gain steam as they edged out St Benedict’s College<\/strong> in an entertaining derby clash in Bedfordview.<\/p>\n

There were five goals scored, with the visitors claiming a 3-2 victory, thanks to a penalty corner from Ryan Venter<\/strong>, a brilliant field goal from Miles Makudo<\/strong>, and a penalty stroke from Robert Bailey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the contest, Parktown coach Kyle Reddy<\/strong> said: “The game was hard fought. St Benedict\u2019s did well to push us, but we stuck to the plan and kept knocking at the door and eventually got the late winner. Brilliant team effort!”<\/p>\n

Saturday’s game also saw two of the Parktown boys achieve significant personal milestones, with Ryan Venter and Nicholas Townsend<\/strong> picking up their 100th caps.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m proud of these two young men,” Reddy said. “From being young players in the first team in grade 10, they have grown into phenomenal hockey players.<\/p>\n

“I’m glad Ryan could get a goal to mark this occasion, Nicholas was unfortunate not to get a goal, but his effort won us the penalty stroke that ultimately won us the game. Shows what key players they have been and continue to be for Parktown,” he added.<\/p>\n

King Edward VII (KES)<\/strong>, meanwhile, broke open a tight stalemate to secure a 1-0 victory over\u00a0Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool (Affies)<\/strong> in Johannesburg.<\/span><\/p>\n

It took until there were seven minutes remaining in the contest for KES to find the winner, with a PC bringing them the all-important only goal of the match.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, St John\u2019s College<\/strong> came back from 0-2 down to hold Jeppe High School for Boys<\/strong> to a 2-2 draw at Jeppe.<\/p>\n

The Zebras<\/strong> scored one in each of the first two chukkas to lead 2-0 but St John’s found a reply just before half-time to pull within one. Five minutes from the end of the contest, they converted a penalty corner to snatch a hard-fought draw.<\/p>\n

In a big clash of Pretoria schools, Garsfontein<\/strong> and Menlopark<\/strong> played to a 1-1 draw. Meanwhile, Pretoria Boys High<\/strong> repeated that score in their match at Michaelhouse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

St Stithians<\/strong>, playing in Pietermaritzburg, claimed a 3-2 win over St Charles College<\/strong>, and St David’s Marist Inanda<\/strong> ran out 2-0 winners over Waterkloof<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Benedict’s College 3-2<\/strong> Parktown Boys
\nKing Edward VII 1-0<\/strong> Affies
\nJeppe High School for Boys 2-2<\/strong> St John’s College
\nSt David’s Marist Inanda 2-0<\/strong> Waterkloof High
\nGarsfontein 1-1<\/strong> Menlopark
\nPretoria Boys’ High 1-1 <\/strong>Michaelhouse
\nSt Charles College 2-3<\/strong> St Stithians College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On a busy hockey weekend for Gauteng schools, Parktown Boys’ High‘s impressive season continued to gain steam as they edged out St Benedict’s College in an entertaining derby clash in Bedfordview. There were five goals scored, with the visitors claiming a 3-2 victory, thanks to a penalty corner from Ryan Venter, a brilliant field goal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":46796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46726","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\/46726","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=46726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}