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St John’s College was among the teams that impressed on day two of the Nomads Hockey Festival. Photo: St John’s College<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St John\u2019s College<\/strong> enjoyed day two of the Nomads Hockey Festival<\/a><\/strong> at Jeppe High School for Boys,<\/strong> delivering two quality performances on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The side, led by coach Gilbert de Villiers<\/strong> and Anthony Woodhouse<\/strong>, defeated Wynberg Boys’ High<\/strong> 3-1 in the morning before playing to a thrilling 3-3 draw with Selborne College<\/strong> in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

It was a drama-filled day at the Boden AstroTurf<\/strong>, with lightning halting play for most of the morning.<\/p>\n

Before the delay, though, St John’s took to the park in the second match of the day against a Wynberg side still trying to find its feet.<\/p>\n

Coach De Villiers’ boys were in search of their first win after going down to Hilton College<\/strong> (0-1), and Grey College<\/strong> (1-4) on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Wynberg, meanwhile, defeated Pretoria Boys High<\/strong> 3-1 but lost to the hosts, Jeppe, 0-4 on the opening day<\/a><\/strong>.
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\nTapiwa Mutetwa<\/strong> opened the scoring for his side in the first chukka and was later joined on the score sheet by Ben Nagel<\/strong> and Dylan Viljoen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Nagel scored from a tap-in on the far post, while Viljoen converted from a penalty corner, which was won by young Motheo Mparutsa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Selborne refused to go down without a fight, and Reid Drake<\/strong> came to their rescue with three drag flicks, the last of which came late in the fourth chukka.<\/p>\n