{"id":70626,"date":"2025-04-24T12:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=70626"},"modified":"2025-04-24T12:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:20:05","slug":"bloemhof-readies-for-thrilling-friday-nite-lights-clash-with-parel-vallei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=70626","title":{"rendered":"Bloemhof readies for thrilling Friday Nite Lights clash with Parel Vallei"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bloemhof finished as the runner-up at at the St Mary’s Waverley Festival. Photo: Frans Lombard<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Getting their mojo back and placing a tick in the win column will be on the agenda for Ho\u00ebr Meisieskool Bloemhof<\/strong> when they face Parel Vallei High School<\/strong> in a Hyundai Friday Nite Lights<\/strong> match, in Cape Town, on Friday.<\/p>\n

The much-anticipated clash will serve as good preparation for the sides ahead of next week’s All Girls Festival<\/strong> and Girls Challenge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They enter Friday night’s showdown in contrasting form, with Bloemhof looking to bounce back from a defeat last time out, while PV will be eager to ride a wave of good momentum.<\/p>\n

In their last outing, coach Jenny King<\/strong>‘s Bloemhof side suffered a close 1-2 loss against Collegiate Girls’ High<\/a>,<\/strong> from Gqeberha, while PV scored a dominant 5-1 victory<\/a><\/strong> over DF Malan.<\/p>\n

Bloemhof faced Herschel Girls School<\/strong> the night before playing Collegiate and defeated the Cape Town school 2-1.<\/p>\n

The Stellenbosch girls enjoyed a break over the Easter long weekend, but coach King said they’ve hit the ground running as they prepare for PV’s challenge.<\/p>\n

“Rest is always good, but we stepped up our training this week, especially with our eye on the All Girls Festival next week,” she told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We have to be at our best. PV is never easy, especially away. They have had a good start to their season, so we will have to raise our game.”<\/p>\n

Bloemhof is regarded as one of the top teams in the country after their outstanding performance at the St Mary’s Waverley Festival<\/a><\/strong> last month. They almost went all the way to the title, coming up just short in the final when they went down 0-1 to St Mary’s DSG, Kloof<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With PV waiting, and then the All Girls Festival, coach King wants her side firing on all cylinders, She revealed what fans can expect from her team: “The key is to get back to the form we were in at St Mary’s,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

“We want to showcase early pressing, tempo hockey, staying disciplined in defence, and having tough attacking plays in the opposition’s defensive area.”<\/p>\n

The match kicks off at 18:00<\/strong> and will be LIVE on SuperSport Schools<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Getting their mojo back and placing a tick in the win column will be on the agenda for Ho\u00ebr Meisieskool Bloemhof when they face Parel Vallei High School in a Hyundai Friday Nite Lights match, in Cape Town, on Friday. The much-anticipated clash will serve as good preparation for the sides ahead of next week’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":70627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70626","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\/70626","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=70626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}