{"id":68980,"date":"2025-04-05T07:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T05:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=68980"},"modified":"2025-04-05T07:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T05:29:13","slug":"girls-st-pauls-aims-for-belgotex-sport-easter-hockey-tournament-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=68980","title":{"rendered":"GIRLS | St Paul’s aims for Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St Paul’s College players celebrate their semifinal victory at the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament. Photo: ES Media\/Belgotex Sport<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No international team has ever lifted the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament<\/a><\/strong> title, but St Paul’s College<\/strong> will have an opportunity to rewrite that script on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The side, from Windhoek, Namibia, booked themselves a place in the girls’ final on day three when they defeated Rustenburg Girls’ High<\/strong> 1-0.<\/p>\n

They’ll face Fairmont High School<\/strong> in the title game at 16:45 at the Hartleyvale AstroTurf<\/strong> in Observatory, Cape Town.<\/p>\n

The action will be LIVE on SuperSport Schools<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

St Paul’s entered the tournament as one of the underdogs, and that played to their advantage.<\/p>\n

Led by coaches Nevil Gora<\/strong>, Fortune Matawu<\/strong>, and Jo-Andri van Heerden<\/strong>, they made their presence felt on the opening day with victories over La Rochelle Girls’ High School <\/strong>and Langenhoven Gimnasium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Those wins sent St Paul’s into the Cup section. There, they were seeded in Pool A alongside Stellenberg High<\/strong>, Peterhouse<\/strong>, and Pretoria’s Ho\u00ebrskool Eldoraigne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Namibians were on fire and defeated all three teams, including a 7-1 thumping of Eldoraigne. That secured them a semi-final showdown with\u00a0Rustenburg Girls\u2019 High.<\/p>\n

It was a tight affair that went down to the wire, but a solitary goal by Tamara Grogli<\/strong> proved enough to send St Paul’s through to the title decider.<\/p>\n

They’ll face a stiff challenge in the final from a tough Fairmont High outfit.<\/p>\n

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Fairmont High will face St Paul’s College in the final of the 2025 Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament. Photo: ES Media\/Belgotex Sport<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The girls from the northern suburbs of Cape Town have played some top hockey under the guidance of Bryce West<\/strong>, Jody Lang<\/strong>, and manager Liza Duckitt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They also impressed during the knockout stages and then picked up two wins in three matches in the Cup section.<\/p>\n

They made their title ambitions clear in the semi-finals where they brushed aside Ho\u00ebrskool Dr. E.G. Jansen<\/strong> 5-1.<\/p>\n

Camryn Corner<\/strong> picked up a pair and was joined on the score sheet by Jorja Kruger<\/strong>, Sarah Swanepoel<\/strong>, and Madison Ackerman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Fairmont finished in ninth place last year, so they have already far surpassed their achievement of 2024. Still, they’re aiming to go all the way, which is an opportunity that also lies in front of their boys’ team, which meets Stellenberg High in the boys’ final.<\/p>\n

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

GIRLS <\/strong><\/p>\n

CUP SECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pool A<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Paul’s College 2-1 Peterhouse
\nStellenberg 4-0 Ho\u00ebrskool Eldoraigne<\/p>\n

Pool B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fairmont High 3-1 Durbanville
\nMonument 0-0 Paarl Gimnasium Invitational<\/p>\n

Pool C<\/strong><\/p>\n

DF Malan 1-0 Northcliff
\nHo\u00ebrskool Dr. E.G. Jansen 3-2 Kempton Park<\/p>\n

Pool D<\/strong><\/p>\n

Outeniqua 3-1 Nelspruit
\nRustenburg Girls’ High 3-0 Wynberg Girls’ High<\/p>\n

Semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Paul’s College 1-0 Rustenburg Girls’ High
\nFairmont High 5-1 Ho\u00ebrskool Dr. E.G. Jansen<\/p>\n

Download the Enhanced Sports App<\/a><\/strong> for all the results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No international team has ever lifted the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament title, but St Paul’s College will have an opportunity to rewrite that script on Saturday. The side, from Windhoek, Namibia, booked themselves a place in the girls’ final on day three when they defeated Rustenburg Girls’ High 1-0. They’ll face Fairmont High School […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":68986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68980","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\/68980","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=68980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}