{"id":72337,"date":"2025-05-15T17:28:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=72337"},"modified":"2025-05-15T17:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:28:27","slug":"paarl-girls-high-meets-la-rochelle-and-the-herschfield-derby-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=72337","title":{"rendered":"Paarl Girls’ High meets La Rochelle and the Herschfield Derby returns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Paarl Girls’ first-team hockey side faces La Rochelle in a local derby this weekend. Photo: Khulani Media<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Paarl Girls’ High<\/strong> first-team hockey side will be out to maintain their winning run when they host La Rochelle Girls’ High School<\/strong> in a Paarl Derby on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

On a weekend that\u2019ll see the two rivals do battle in various sporting codes, the first-team hockey fixture, scheduled for 18:00, promises to be one of the highlights.<\/p>\n

The sides will enter the clash in contrasting form. Girls\u2019 High will be the more confident outfit after recording a solid 3-0 win over Somerset College<\/a><\/strong> last week.<\/p>\n

La Rochelle, meanwhile, suffered a closely-contested 0-1 loss against Springfield Convent School<\/strong> on home turf.<\/p>\n

Against Somerset, Halle Williams<\/strong> found the back of the net twice for Girls\u2019 High before Charlotte Louw<\/strong> completed the scoring.<\/p>\n

That win added to a mixed bag of results recorded by coach Marc Landman<\/strong>\u2019s side so far this season. Before the Somerset triumph, they drew 1-1 with Springfield, llost 0-2 against Oranje<\/a><\/strong>, and secured a top-10 finish at the All Girls’ Festival<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They will fancy their chances against a young La Rochelle outfit and will also use the clash as preparation for their last two matches of the term, tough outings against Rhenish Girls’ High<\/strong> and HMS Bloemhof<\/strong>, respectively.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Rhenish and Bloemhof, the Stellenbosch powers will also be in action on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Rhenish was held to a 1-1 draw by Herschel Girls School<\/a><\/strong> last week. They head to Cape Town to face a dangerous St Cyprian’s School<\/strong> team that defeated Parel Vallei<\/strong> 5-2 in their most recent match.<\/p>\n

Bloemhof, meanwhile, will take on Reddam House Constantia<\/strong> at home. They’re looking to bounce back after suffering a narrow 1-2 defeat against Paarl Gimnasium <\/strong>last time out.<\/p>\n

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Herschel will hunt a win away from home against Springfield in the Herschfield Derby. Photo: Khulani Media<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the matches to keep an eye out for in Cape Town, though, will be the meeting between Herschel and Springfield.<\/p>\n

Dubbed the “Herschfield Derby<\/strong><\/em>“, the sides will reignite their rivalry, and it’s Springfield who will have the home-ground advantage.<\/p>\n

Led by coach Ziyaad Ismail<\/strong>, the girls from St John’s Road will be confident after their victory against La Rochelle a week ago, which was decided by a goal from Jenna Kalis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll be wary, though, of a Herschel side that’s found its rhythm and mojo and has played some fine hockey in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Herschel is one of the few teams that has managed to combat Rhenish this season, and that will boost their confidence. Besides a solid defence, they are strong up front, and they’ll look to last week’s goal scorer, Anna Sherren<\/strong>, to produce her A-game once again.<\/p>\n

In other matches around the province, Parel Vallei hosts Somerset College,<\/strong> while Curro Durbanville<\/strong> tackles Westerford High School.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Durbanville<\/strong> has a meeting with DF Malan<\/strong>, and Stellenberg<\/strong> faces Wynberg Girls’ High<\/strong> in a league match.<\/p>\n

FIXTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, 16 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

16:00<\/strong> – Curro Durbanville vs Westerford High
\n17:30<\/strong> – HMS Bloemhof vs Reddam House Constantia
\n18:00<\/strong> – Paarl Girls’ High vs La Rochelle
\n18:30<\/strong> – Parel Vallei vs Somerset College
\n18:30<\/strong> – Durbanville vs DF Malan
\n19:15<\/strong> – St Cyprian’s School vs Rhenish
\n19:20<\/strong> – Springfield Convent School vs Herschel Girls School<\/p>\n

Saturday, 17 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00<\/strong> – Stellenberg vs Wynberg Girls’ High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Paarl Girls’ High first-team hockey side will be out to maintain their winning run when they host La Rochelle Girls’ High School in a Paarl Derby on Friday evening. On a weekend that\u2019ll see the two rivals do battle in various sporting codes, the first-team hockey fixture, scheduled for 18:00, promises to be one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":72340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72337","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\/72337","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=72337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}