{"id":69062,"date":"2025-04-06T14:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T12:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=69062"},"modified":"2025-04-06T14:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T12:18:14","slug":"belgotex-sport-easter-hockey-tournament-double-glory-for-fairmont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=69062","title":{"rendered":"Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament &#8211; Double glory for Fairmont"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_69111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69111\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69111\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fairmont-teams-win-big-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"The Fairmont High School boys' and girls hockey teams crowned Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament champions. Photo: ES Media\/Belgotex Sport\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fairmont High School boys&#8217; and girls&#8217; hockey teams were crowned the 2025 Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament champions. Photo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/belgotexsport\">ES Media\/Belgotex Sport<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The script could not have been written better for the 2025 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/the-stage-is-set-for-the-belgotex-sport-easter-hockey-tournament\/\">Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament<\/a><\/strong>. It came to a close on Saturday at the <strong>Hartleyvale AstroTurf<\/strong>, in Cape Town, with <strong>Fairmont High School<\/strong>&#8216;s boys&#8217; and girls&#8217; teams being crowned champions.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides impressed from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/cape-towns-belgotex-sport-easter-hockey-tournament-off-to-a-cracker\/\">opening day<\/a><\/strong>, and they then put the cherry on top with astonishing performances on the final day in front of a lively, buzzing crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The boys defeated their Western Cape league rivals, <strong>Stellenberg High School,<\/strong> 3-0, while the girls edged out Namibia&#8217;s <strong>St Paul&#8217;s College,<\/strong> 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>Both Fairmont teams finished the event unbeaten after delivering entertaining title-winning performances in their finals.<\/p>\n<p>The girls kicked matters off against Windhoek&#8217;s St Paul\u2019s, a well-coached team that had <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/girls-st-pauls-aims-for-belgotex-sport-easter-hockey-tournament-history\/\">an eye on history after causing shockwaves during the week<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hockey Final - Fairmont High School vs St Paul&amp;apos;s College - Belgotex Easter Tournament - 5 April 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZy0271Jjn4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The opening chukka was tightly contested, with very little to separate the sides. There was only one shot on target, coming from St Paul&#8217;s <strong>Tamara Grogli<\/strong>, but it\u00a0was saved by <strong>Gemma Pigeon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the second chukka. Fairmont broke the deadlock.\u00a0<strong>Abigail Berghammer<\/strong> found herself in space, inside St Paul&#8217;s circle, where she picked up a loose ball and quickly fired it into the back of the net, past <strong>Velma Marwa,<\/strong> for the game&#8217;s opening goal.<\/p>\n<p>St Paul&#8217;s was not about to go down without a fight and they responded almost immediately through Grogli, which left the sides level-pegging at 1-1 heading into the break.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69112\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69112\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fairmont-managers-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Bryce West, Liza Duckitt, and Jody Lang led Fairmont to victory at the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament. Photo: ES Media\/Belgotex Sport\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bryce West, Liza Duckitt, and Jody Lang led Fairmont to victory at the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament. Photo: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/belgotexsport\">ES Media\/Belgotex Sport<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a goalless third chukka, drama, thrills, and suspense, filled the fourth. With five minutes left on the clock,\u00a0Fairmont scored from a penalty corner, which was converted by <strong>Madison Ackerman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Then, there was a touch of drama when a late conference of the umpires halted Fairmont&#8217;s celebrations. The incident was cleared, and the Cape side was crowned the champion.<\/p>\n<p>In the third\/fourth playoff match, <strong>Dr EG Jansen<\/strong> defeated <strong>Rustenburg Girls\u2019 High<\/strong> 2-1 on penalties after the match ended in a goalless draw.<\/p>\n<p>The girls&#8217; final had lived up to expectations and a similar show was expected from the boys&#8217; title decider.<\/p>\n<p>Fairmont reached the title game after beating <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/boys-cape-sides-to-meet-for-belgotex-sport-easter-hockey-tournament-title\/\">Worcester Gimnasium in the semifinals while Stellenberg edged out Ho\u00ebrskool Monument<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first meeting of the Fairmont and Stellenberg before the Western Cape league starts in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hockey Final - Fairmont High School vs Stellenberg High - Belgotex Easter Tournament - 5 April 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3XE0Lb3u95c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After a goalless first chukka, Fairmont upped the ante in the second quarter and was duly rewarded for its persistent attack, which brought them two goals from a penalty stroke and a thunderbolt drag flick, both from the stick of <strong>Ryan Groenewald<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Stellenberg had their chances to get back into the clash, but failed to convert them and Fairmont&#8217;s defence stood firm.<\/p>\n<p>Coach <strong>Bryce West<\/strong>&#8216;s side put the final nail in the coffin in the fourth chukka when they added a third goal, courtesy of some smart play by <strong>Tyler Morilly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Morilly, only 15 years old, was in the form of his life and capped off a brilliant performance with a tap-in goal on the near post to seal the win.<\/p>\n<p>In the bronze medal showdown, Monument edged out Worcester Gimnasium 4-3 on penalties after the match ended tied 2-2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL STANDINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BOYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fairmont High School<br \/>\nStellenberg High School<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Monument<br \/>\nWorcester Gimnasium<br \/>\nPaul Roos Gimnasium Invitational<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Punt<br \/>\nLanenhoven Gimnasium<br \/>\nHudson Park<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Outeniqua<br \/>\nBridge House<br \/>\nCurro Durbanville<br \/>\nSACS Invitational<br \/>\nDF Malan<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Nelspruit<br \/>\nPro-Ed Akademie<br \/>\nWoodridge College<br \/>\nSt John&#8217;s College Zimbabwe<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Middelburg<br \/>\nKingswood College<br \/>\nKempton Park<br \/>\nDurbanville<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Eldoraigne<br \/>\nRondebosch Boys&#8217; High Invitational<br \/>\nAshton College<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Zwartkop<br \/>\nStirling High<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Strand<br \/>\nSt Dunstan&#8217;s College<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Upington<br \/>\nWindhoek Gimnasium<br \/>\nStellenbosch<br \/>\nGlenwood House<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Hermanus<br \/>\nHugenote<br \/>\nHTS Drostdy<br \/>\nRedhill School<br \/>\nWindhoek High School<br \/>\nPenryn<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Linden<br \/>\nPaarl Gimnasium Invitational<br \/>\nCharlie Hofmeyr<br \/>\nPeter House<br \/>\nSt Dominic&#8217;s<br \/>\nOudtshoorn<br \/>\nPaarl Boys&#8217; High Invitational<br \/>\nRobertson<br \/>\nNorthcliff College<br \/>\nSomerset College<\/p>\n<p><strong>GIRLS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fairmont High School<br \/>\nSt Paul&#8217;s College<br \/>\nDr EG Jansen<br \/>\nRustenburg Girls&#8217; High School<br \/>\nStellenberg High School<br \/>\nDurbanville<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Outeniqua<br \/>\nKempton Park<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Nelspruit<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Monument<br \/>\nDF Malan<br \/>\nPeterhouse<br \/>\nPaarl Gimnasium Invitational<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Eldoraigne<br \/>\nWynberg Girls&#8217; High<br \/>\nNorthcliff College<br \/>\nAshton College<br \/>\nYork High School<br \/>\nStirling High<br \/>\nLa Rochelle Girls High School<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Linden<br \/>\nWoodridge College<br \/>\nWorcester Gimnasium<br \/>\nStellenberg High School Invitational<br \/>\nGlenwood House<br \/>\nKingswood College<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Hermanus<br \/>\nPro-Ed Akademie<br \/>\nHudson Park High School<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Strand<br \/>\nRobertson<br \/>\nWindhoek Gimnasium<br \/>\nFairmont Invitational<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Punt<br \/>\nHugenote<br \/>\nLangenhoven Gimnasium<br \/>\nDurbanville Invitational<br \/>\nHTS Drostdy<br \/>\nCharlie Hofmeyr<br \/>\nBrackenfell<br \/>\nCurro Durbanville<br \/>\nHo\u00ebrskool Upington<br \/>\nRustenburg Girls&#8217; Invitational<br \/>\nBridge House<br \/>\nLanga Hockey Club<br \/>\nSt Dominic&#8217;s<br \/>\nOudtshoorn<br \/>\nSt Dunstan&#8217;s College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The script could not have been written better for the 2025 Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament. It came to a close on Saturday at the Hartleyvale AstroTurf, in Cape Town, with Fairmont High School&#8216;s boys&#8217; and girls&#8217; teams being crowned champions. Both sides impressed from the opening day, and they then put the cherry on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":69111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69062","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\/69062","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=69062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}