{"id":57062,"date":"2024-09-16T12:17:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T10:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=57062"},"modified":"2024-09-16T12:17:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T10:17:43","slug":"reddam-beats-herschel-to-win-the-mackenzie-cup-in-home-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=57062","title":{"rendered":"Reddam beats Herschel to win the Mackenzie Cup in home waters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reddam Constantia defeated Herschel Girls School 6-4 in the final of the Mackenzie Cup. Photo: TeamPhotoSA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reddam House Constantia<\/strong>\u2019s girls’ senior water polo head coach Connor Whiting<\/strong> lauded his side’s ability to work as a team after they defeated their rivals, Herschel Girls School<\/strong>, 6-4 in the final of the Mackenzie Cup<\/a> <\/strong>in Cape Town on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The annual tournament, hosted by Reddam at the school\u2019s Indoor Aquatics Centre<\/strong>, brought together 16 top teams in search of early-season silverware.<\/p>\n

Despite the hungry opposition, it was the home side that rose to the occasion and did themselves proud in front of their home supporters.<\/p>\n

Drawn in Pool A, they made short work of Rhenish<\/strong>, Pearson High<\/strong>, and Somerset College<\/strong>, dominating them on their way to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

In the last eight, they came up against Rustenburg Girls’ High School<\/strong>. Raising their game to match the higher stakes, they scored a whopping 18 goals while conceding only four.<\/p>\n

Olivia Geddes<\/strong> was in top form in that quarterfinals’ clash, netting five times, while Abigail Weatherall<\/strong>, Holly Strydom<\/strong>, and Bailey Donnachie<\/strong> all came away with hattricks.\u00a0Captain Erin-Bella Nordgaard<\/strong> contributed a brace, and Abigail Bester<\/strong> and Summer Wain<\/strong> completed the drubbing.<\/p>\n

In the semi-finals, the hosts faced their toughest test until then, Durban Girls’ College<\/strong>, while Herschel took on DSG Makhanda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With expectations high, as the tournament drew towards its conclusion, Reddam didn’t disappoint their supporters and put on a show to dismantle the defending champions 11-3.<\/p>\n

In the other semifinal, Herschel was also dominant, handing DSG a 9-2 defeat to set up an exciting All-Cape final between two of the region’s traditional powers.<\/p>\n

The final was largely controlled by the hosts, but it was goalless after the first chukka, with Reddam staying in the contest thanks to a combination of good defending and goalkeeping from Iviwe Oduore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When Herschel opened the scoring early in the second chukka, the hosts quickly replied through a Summer Wain penalty.<\/p>\n

Olivia Geddes then gave Reddam the lead, scoring her side’s second goal with a superb shot from outside the box to deliver them a 2-1 advantage at the halfway mark.<\/p>\n

The visitors responded in the third chukka and levelled matters before Holly Strydom edged Reddam ahead once more. The hosts, then, scored again\u00a0through Geddes to make it 4-2 heading into the final chukka.<\/p>\n

They didn’t look back, with Strydom striking for a second time in the contest before Geddes completed her hattrick to see the hosts to a tense 6-4 win.<\/p>\n

“Teamwork was the big factor this weekend,” Whiting told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/strong> after the match.<\/p>\n

“We were missing three of our top players, who are in China with the SA u18 team<\/a><\/strong>, so a lot of girls had to step up this weekend, and they did well.<\/p>\n

“We had to work harder as a team. We’ve always had strong players, but I think we clicked well as a team for the first time in a long time, and that helped.”<\/p>\n

Whiting said his message to his players was simple: “I just told the team to stay consistent and show teams respect, whether it’s a tough or easy game,” he revealed.<\/p>\n

“We had to try and keep the same tempo throughout the tournament and not drop the performance, and that’s easier said than done.<\/p>\n

“I do, however, think we did well by keeping the same tempo of performance throughout, even though we dominated the pool stages.”<\/p>\n

Reddam will next turn their attention to the St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament<\/strong>, which takes place from Friday, 20 September to Sunday, 22 September.<\/p>\n

They’re seeded in Pool D and will face the Western Cape duo of Wynberg Girls’ High School<\/strong> and Rhenish, as well as St Mary’s Waverley<\/strong> and St Mary’s DSG (Kloof)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reddam House Constantia\u2019s girls’ senior water polo head coach Connor Whiting lauded his side’s ability to work as a team after they defeated their rivals, Herschel Girls School, 6-4 in the final of the Mackenzie Cup in Cape Town on Sunday. The annual tournament, hosted by Reddam at the school\u2019s Indoor Aquatics Centre, brought together […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":57063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57062","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\/57062","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=57062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}