{"id":72616,"date":"2025-05-18T08:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T06:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=72616"},"modified":"2025-05-18T08:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T06:56:06","slug":"st-patricks-college-wins-spar-kzn-sisonke-and-ugu-regional-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=72616","title":{"rendered":"St Patrick’s College wins SPAR KZN Sisonke and Ugu Regional finals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St Patrick’s posing with their new kit in April. Photo: St Patrick’s on Facebook<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St Patrick’s College<\/strong> was crowned the SPAR KZN Girls Hockey Sisonke and Ugu Regional <\/strong>champion after they defeated Southcity Christian School<\/strong> 1-0 in the final of their regional tournament, at Creston College<\/strong>, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The victory made St Patrick’s the eighth team to book a berth at the SPAR KZN Tournament Grand Finals<\/strong>, which will be hosted by St Mary’s DSG, Kloof<\/strong>, on 26 and 27 July.<\/p>\n

They join Felixton College<\/strong><\/a> (KZN North Coastal Regional), Ashton Ballito<\/strong><\/a> (Durban North Regional), Maris Stella<\/strong><\/a> (Durban\u00a0 Central Regional), St Mary’s, DSG Kloof<\/strong><\/a> (Highway Regional), Epworth School<\/strong> <\/a>(Pietermaritzburg Central Regional), St Anne’s Diocesan College<\/strong><\/a> (Pietermaritzburg North Regional), and Kingsway High<\/strong><\/a> (Durban South Regional) in the lineup.<\/p>\n

St Patrick’s, who lifted the regional trophy last year, kicked off their campaign in Pool A, along with the hosts Creston College, Suid Natal High School<\/strong>, St Monica’s Diocesan School<\/strong>, Southcity Christian School<\/strong>, and Ixopo High School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In group action, the defending champions bagged 16 out of a possible 20 points. They got the ball rolling with a 2-0 win over Ixopo, which they followed with a 3-0 victory over St Monica’s. They overcame Southcity 2-0, before registering a 2-0 triumph over Creston in their penultimate encounter. Their run of victories was stopped by Suid Natal in their final group match, who scraped a narrow 1-0 win.<\/p>\n

Still, they topped Pool A, which secured them a semifinal clash with Kokstad College<\/strong>, who had finished second in Pool B.<\/p>\n

Kokstad gave a good account of themselves in their group, scoring two wins, a draw, and a loss. They won against Bergview School<\/strong> (2-0) and Scottburgh High <\/strong>(4-0), were held to a 0-0 draw by King Edward High,<\/strong> and lost 1-2 to Port Shepstone High<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With a place in the final on the line, Kokstad gave St Patrick’s a good run for their money. They were unyielding and the contest ended 0-0 after regulation time. St Patrick’s, though, advanced 2-0 on penalties.<\/p>\n

They faced Southcity for the second time on the day in the title game.<\/p>\n

Southcity had finished in second place in Pool A, with their loss to St Patrick’s being their only defeat. They recorded wins over St Monica’s (1-0), Suid Natal (1-0), and Ixopo (3-0), and shared a goalless draw with Creston.<\/p>\n

Those results and the second-place finish earned them a semi-final date with Pool B winners, Port Shepstone, who went unbeaten in the group. They beat King Edward 2-0, slotted another two unanswered goals past Scottburgh, edged Kokstad 2-1, and then overcame Bergview 2-0.<\/p>\n

The Southcity versus Port Shepstone semi-final finished 1-1, but Southcity reached the final after claiming the penalty shootout 1-0.<\/p>\n

Having faced Southcity earlier in the day, St Patrick’s knew how to win against their opponents for the title. Southcity tightened up their defence and did a better job in the final, but all St Patrick’s needed was one goal and they got it to claim the title by a 1-0 margin.<\/p>\n

The SPAR KZN Girls’ Hockey Tournament will visit Ladysmith High School<\/strong> for the Pietermaritzburg Inland Regional<\/strong> competition on the 24 May, before heading to St Dominic’s<\/strong>, in Newcastle, for the KZN North Regional<\/strong> tournament on 31 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St Patrick’s College was crowned the SPAR KZN Girls Hockey Sisonke and Ugu Regional champion after they defeated Southcity Christian School 1-0 in the final of their regional tournament, at Creston College, on Saturday. The victory made St Patrick’s the eighth team to book a berth at the SPAR KZN Tournament Grand Finals, which will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72616","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\/72616","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}