{"id":65972,"date":"2025-03-01T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=65972"},"modified":"2025-03-01T20:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:49:00","slug":"oranje-remains-the-only-unbeaten-team-at-balling-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=65972","title":{"rendered":"Oranje remains the only unbeaten team at Balling Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oranje’s Balling Festival team. Photo: Oranje on Facebook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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One of South Africa’s established hockey powerhouses, Oranje<\/strong>,\u00a0has kicked off their hockey preseason with a bang. The Bloemfontein school remains the only unbeaten side at the Balling Hockey Festival <\/strong>in Bethlehem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The festival, which is being played on the Voortrekker Astro<\/strong> and at New Horizon College<\/strong>, kicked off with two games on Thursday, 10 were played on Friday, and another 16 were contested on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In Saturday’s action, Oranje added two more victories to their tally from day two, which included defeats of Menlopark<\/strong> and St Anne’s<\/strong>, with emphatic wins of 3-0 over St John\u2019s DSG<\/strong> and 4-0 over Monument<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Monument, on the other hand, did not have a great day three. They lost 0-3 to Our Lady of Fatima <\/strong>in their other match. The ladies from Krugersdorp will hope to put in a better performance on Sunday in their last outing against Sasolburg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Our Lady of Fatima was unable to carry their winning form into their next tie, going 1-2 down to a resurgent Eunice<\/strong> side that bounced back from a 0-2 loss to St Mary’s DSG <\/strong>in their morning fixture. The ladies from Kloof went on to record another victory, beating Noordheuwel<\/strong> 5-2 late in the day.<\/p>\n

Coach Morne Odendaal<\/strong>\u2019s St Anne\u2019s<\/strong> team had only one match on Saturday, and they came away with a 2-0 win over Goudveld. The Welkom school also fell to Sasolburg and The Wykeham Collegiate (TWC)<\/strong>, going down 1-2 in both of those matches.<\/p>\n

Menlopark<\/strong> had mixed fortunes on day three, drawing one and winning one. They inflicted a 4-0 defeat on the hosts, Voortrekker, but were then held to a 1-1 draw by St John’s DSG.<\/p>\n

The final day of the festival has some exciting matches in store, including a mouthwatering clash between Oranje and St Mary’s, two of the top teams at last year\u2019s Fairtree Super 12<\/strong> tournament.<\/p>\n

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

St Anne’s 2-0 Goudveld
\nSasolburg 2-2 St Dominic’s
\nOranje 1st team 3-0 St John’s DSG
\nEunice 0-2 St Mary’s Kloof
\nOur Lady of Fatima 3-0 Monument
\nOranje 2nds 1-0 Union High
\nTWC 2-1 Goudveld
\nVoortrekker 0-4 Menlopark
\nNoordheuwel 4-2 Witteberg
\nEunice 2-1 Our Lady of Fatima
\nGoudveld 1-2 Sasolburg
\nSt John’s DSG 1-1 Menlopark
\nOranje 1sts 4-0 Monument
\nVoortrekker 5-1 TWC
\nWitteberg 1-3 St Dominic’s
\nNoordheuwel 2-5 St Mary’s Kloof.<\/p>\n

Sunday, 2 March<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

6:30 – Union vs St Dominic’s
\n06:30 \u2013 Oranje 2 vs Witteberg (New Horizon)
\n08:10 \u2013 Our Lady of Fatima vs Oranje 1
\n09:05 \u2013 Sasolburg vs Monument
\n10:00 \u2013 St Dominic’s vs St John\u2019s
\n10:55 \u2013 Eunice vs Noordheuwel
\n11:50 \u2013 TWC vs Menlopark
\n12:45 \u2013 Oranje 1 vs St Mary’s Kloof
\n14:25 \u2013 Oranje 2 vs Goudveld<\/p>\n

Two age group events – u14 and u16 – will be run concurrently with the u19 competition with most matches being played at New Horizon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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