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St Mary’s DSG, Kloof, enjoyed an outstanding first day at the St Mary’s Waverley Festival, winning four games without conceding a goal. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St Mary’s DSG, Kloof<\/strong>, kept four clean sheets and won all four of their games on their way to the summit of Pool C<\/strong> on the first day of action at the Standard Bank St Mary’s Waverley Hockey<\/strong> Festival<\/strong> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The prestigious hockey extravaganza features 32 of the best teams in South Africa and runs through until Sunday.<\/p>\n

Rhenish<\/strong> and St Stithians College for Girls<\/strong> are in second and third place respectively, with seven and six points. However, unlike St Mary’s DSG, they have each played three games.<\/p>\n

Coach Nolwazi Nkabinde<\/strong>‘s St Mary’s side was solid in defence and a menace when on the attack.<\/p>\n

The KwaZulu-Natal team rocketed to a 5-0 victory over Windhoek High<\/strong> in their first match of the festival. Four hours later, they subjected Clarendon<\/strong> to a second loss of the day, beating the East London side 1-0.<\/p>\n

St Cyprian’s<\/strong> began their campaign with a 0-3 loss at the hands of Rhenish. Matters did not get much better for them because they ran into an on-fire St Mary’s DSG in their second encounter. Nkabinde’s charges slotted two goals without a reply to claim their third win.<\/p>\n

The ladies from Kloof rounded off an outstanding day with a 1-0 win over the hosts, St Mary’s Waverley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Rhenish, like St Mary’s DSG, kept a clean sheet in each of their matches. However, unlike the KZN girls, they didn’t claim a 100 percent record. The Stellenbosch school outplayed Clarendon 3-0 and followed that with another 3-0 victory over St Cyprian’s. In their last match, though, they were held to a 0-0 draw by St Mary’s Waverley.<\/p>\n

St Stithians registered two wins and a loss on their way to third place in the pool at the close of day one. They won 1-0 against Pretoria High School for Girls<\/strong>, breezed past Windhoek High 2-0, and then lost to Clarendon in the late afternoon.<\/p>\n