{"id":68034,"date":"2025-03-23T17:13:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T15:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=68034"},"modified":"2025-03-23T17:13:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T15:13:57","slug":"eunice-and-oranje-win-collegiate-ends-greg-beling-festival-unscathed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=68034","title":{"rendered":"Eunice and Oranje win, Collegiate ends Greg Beling Festival unscathed"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Eunice
Eunice recorded four victories in five matches at the Synsport Greg Beling Festival. Photo: Shot by Shani Photography<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A comprehensive 7-2 victory for Eunice High School<\/strong> over Middelburg Ho\u00ebrskool<\/strong> and a nervy 1-0 win for Oranje Meisieskool<\/strong> over Hudson Park<\/strong> brought the curtain down on the 2025 Synsport Greg Beling Festival<\/a><\/strong> in East London on Sunday.<\/p>\n

After three days of intense, entertaining, and high-quality hockey, both Bloemfontein teams returned home with four wins each from five matches.<\/p>\n

They both lost to Rhenish Girls’ High School<\/a><\/strong>. Oranje went down 0-3 on Friday<\/a><\/strong>, while Eunice pushed the Stellenbosch girls hard but was beaten 2-3<\/a><\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The festival’s final day offered both teams a chance to finish strongly and to build confidence ahead of the St Mary’s Waverley Hockey Festival<\/strong> next month.<\/p>\n

Coach Nika Coertzen’<\/strong>s Eunice side was the first to run out on the park against Middelburg Ho\u00ebrskool.\u00a0They played clinical hockey and were rewarded with some top-class goals.<\/p>\n

Bianca Rees-Gibbs<\/a><\/strong>, who netted twice against Rhenish, was back on the scoring sheet, and this time she scored a whopping four goals on her 150th appearance for the side.<\/p>\n

The deadly Anebel Venter<\/strong> also joined the scoring action before goals from Iliana de Gouveia<\/strong> and Storm Harris<\/strong> completed the drubbing.<\/p>\n

While Eunice dominated their fixture, their city rivals, Oranje, were almost dealt a massive blow by a gritty Hudson Park team.<\/p>\n

Coach Gys van Schalkwyk<\/strong>‘s side was far from their best and entered the match on the back of a 1-1 draw with St Anne’s DSG<\/strong> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

They managed just one goal, scored by Camilyn Parkin<\/strong> early in the first chukka. Thankfully, for the Bloemfontein girls, it proved to be enough. They found themselves stymied by Hudson’s goalkeeper, Mbali Khumalo<\/strong>, who pulled off a series of spectacular saves to keep her side in the contest.<\/p>\n

Hudson could’ve sprung a surprise, but a lack of go-forward ball allowed Oranje to hold on for the win.<\/p>\n

\"Collegiate
Collegiate Girls’ High were made to work for their 3-2 win over Parel Vallei on day three of the Synsport Greg Beling Festival in East London. Photo: Shot by Shani Photography<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In other matches on the final day, Collegiate Girls’ High<\/a><\/strong> defeated Parel Vallei<\/strong> 3-2 in a thrilling match to finish the festival unbeaten.<\/p>\n

Coach Michael Abrahams<\/strong>\u2019 team had picked up wins against Middelburg Ho\u00ebrskool and Bethlehem Voortrekker<\/strong> the day before.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s clash was tightly contested, but Collegiate fired in the winning goal in the final chukka and they head back to Gqeberha in a positive mind frame as they prepare for the challenges that lie ahead.<\/p>\n

One of the host schools, Clarendon High School for Girls<\/strong>, signed off with a solid 3-0 win over Woodridge College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Ho\u00ebrskool Sasolburg<\/a><\/strong>, who enjoyed a strong festival, outplayed Cradock High<\/strong> 12-0.<\/p>\n

It was a commanding victory for coach Jacolene McLaren’<\/strong>s side and was inspired by goals from Tayla-Ann Lee<\/strong> (5), Lezey Bischoff<\/strong> (3), Catlin Erwee<\/strong> (3), and skipper Chana-Dee Gibson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Voortrekker also won, netting the only goal of the game against Stirling High, while Queenstown Girls’ High<\/strong> beat Glenwood House 2-1.<\/p>\n

Merrifield College<\/a><\/strong>, guided by coach Antonet Louw<\/strong>, defeated Kingswood College 1-0 to send the Makhanda school packing without a single victory.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, their town rivals, DSG Makhanda<\/strong>, defeated St Anne’s DSG 3-2 in their final match of the festival.<\/p>\n

RESULTS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

DAY 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

@Clarendon<\/strong><\/p>\n

DSG Makhanda 3-2 St Anne’s DSG
\nEunice 7-2 Middelburg
\nOranje 1-0 Hudson Park
\nKingsridge 3-1 Ho\u00ebr Volkskool Graaff-Reinet
\nClarendon 3-0 Woodridge College.<\/p>\n

@Cambridge\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Union 1-1 Duineveld
\nBrandwag 2-0 Curro Waterstone
\nWestering 1-0 Cambridge<\/p>\n

@Selborne College<\/strong><\/p>\n

Collegiate 3-2 Parel Vallei.<\/p>\n

@Stirling High\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sasolburg 12-0 <\/strong>Cradock
\nJim Fouch\u00e9 2-0 Framesby
\nWitteberg 2-1 Alex Road
\nVoortrekker 1-0 Stirling High<\/p>\n

@Merrifield College<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queenstown Girls’ High 2-1 Glenwood House
\nMerrifield College 1-0 Kingswood College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A comprehensive 7-2 victory for Eunice High School over Middelburg Ho\u00ebrskool and a nervy 1-0 win for Oranje Meisieskool over Hudson Park brought the curtain down on the 2025 Synsport Greg Beling Festival in East London on Sunday. After three days of intense, entertaining, and high-quality hockey, both Bloemfontein teams returned home with four wins […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":68035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68034","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\/68034","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=68034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}