{"id":66710,"date":"2025-03-10T09:14:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T07:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=66710"},"modified":"2025-03-10T09:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T07:14:26","slug":"maris-stella-lifts-durban-central-regional-title-in-spar-kzn-hockey-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=66710","title":{"rendered":"Maris Stella lifts Durban Central regional title in Spar KZN Hockey Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Maris
Maris Stella played some enterprising and composed hockey to lift the Durban Central Regional title in the Spar KZN Hockey Challenge on Sunday at Durban Girls’ College. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maris Stella <\/strong>will make their first-ever trip to the KZN Spar Hockey Challenge<\/strong> Grand Finals in July after they scored a stunning victory over Durban Girls’ College (DGC) <\/strong>in a penalty shootout in the final of the Durban Central <\/strong>regional leg of the tournament at DGC on Sunday.<\/p>\n

History was made because it will be the first time that DGC misses out on the Grand Finals.<\/p>\n

In a tense title decider, Maris Stella and DGC played out a thrilling 0-0 draw in regulation time. Then, in a penalty shootout, Maris Stella triumphed 3-1.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, St Mary\u2019s DSG Kloof won the Highway regional title at Curro Hillcrest<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Six teams contested the regional event at DGC on Sunday. Apart from Maris Stella and DGC, Durban Girls High School (DGHS),<\/strong> Inanda Seminary<\/strong>, INK (Inanda, Ntuzuma, and KwaMashu Schools<\/strong>), and St Henry’s School <\/strong>were also in action.<\/p>\n

DGC kicked off the event with a comfortable 3-0 win over St Henry’s and looked like the team to beat. Coach Chardinay Penniston’<\/strong>s charges played exemplary hockey on their unbeaten five-match run, which included a 2-0 win over Maris Stella in their round-robin tie. After the group stage ended, the hosts had accumulated a maximum of 20 points.<\/p>\n

Maris Stella also shone. In a key clash, they scored a 1-0 win over DGHS, who also produced some exciting hockey. After their loss to DGC, Maris Stella recorded four wins, including by 10-0 over Inanda Seminary, although the rules of the competition state that a maximum of seven goals are counted in the results. With four victories, Maris Stella tallied 16 points.<\/p>\n

\"DGC's
DGC’s Michaela Russell carries the ball into the circle during one of the host’s five out of five wins in the round-robin stage of the competition. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the final, they put aside their earlier loss to DGC and delivered a splendid performance which culminated in their upset win.<\/p>\n

DGHS was the next best team in the group stages. Coincidentally, they also recorded the third-highest margin of victory when they spanked Inanda 7-0. DGC’s biggest win was a 9-0 hammering of INK.<\/p>\n

After their 0-1 loss to Maris Stella and a 2-4 defeat against DGC, DGHS finished in third place with 12 points in the group phase of the tournament.<\/p>\n

The Grand Final takes place at St Mary’s, in Kloof, and features the champions of the nine KZN regions.<\/p>\n

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

DGC 2-0 Maris Stella
\nMaris Stella 1-0 St Henry’s
\nSt Henry’s 0-4 DGHS
\nInanda 0-3 INK
\nDGC 3-0 St Henry’s
\nMaris Stella 1-0 DGHS
\nSt Henry’s 6-0 Inanda
\nDGHS 7-0 Inanda
\nDGC 4-2 DGHS
\nMaris Stella 10-0 Inanda
\nDGC 4-0 Inanda
\nMaris Stella 4-0 INK
\nDGC 9-0 INK
\nSt Henry’s 1-0 INK
\nDGHS 3-0 INK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maris Stella will make their first-ever trip to the KZN Spar Hockey Challenge Grand Finals in July after they scored a stunning victory over Durban Girls’ College (DGC) in a penalty shootout in the final of the Durban Central regional leg of the tournament at DGC on Sunday. History was made because it will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":66737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66710","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\/66710","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/66737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}