{"id":74431,"date":"2025-06-06T14:01:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=74431"},"modified":"2025-06-06T14:01:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:01:20","slug":"boland-ready-to-level-up-at-sashoc-national-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=74431","title":{"rendered":"Boland ready to level up at SASHOC National Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Boland u18A boys’ side is aiming to go all the way at the SASHOC National Week. Photo: Boland Hockey<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Coming second best” and “almost winning it” have been the stories for the Boland u18A<\/strong> team at the past two SASHOC National Weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In 2023, they narrowly missed out on a bronze medal after going down 0-1 against KZN Coastal A<\/strong>. A year later, they claimed the silver medals after falling 2-3 to Western Province<\/a><\/strong> in the final.<\/p>\n

While there was a massive improvement in 2024, Boland is aiming to take it up a notch in 2025 and finally break their inter-provincial title drought.<\/p>\n

The tournament runs from 30 June to 5 July at Maritzburg College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The team, consisting of players from the top schools around the Boland region, will be led by head coach Dewald Raath<\/strong>. He’s taken over\u00a0from the experienced Jacques Grobler<\/strong>, and will be assisted by Mick Ouwerkerk<\/strong>, with Davin Titus<\/strong> the team manager.<\/p>\n

That trio, which has been entrusted to bring the silverware back to Boland, is trialled and tested. Last year, they guided the u16A Boland side to glory in Bloemfontein<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In an effort to replicate that triumph at u18 level, they’ve put together a strong 16-player squad, which features a whopping 10 players from Paul Roos Gimnasium (PRG).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adam Leitch<\/strong>, who has struggled to crack the first-team nod for PRG, has, nonetheless, cracked the nod for the Boland u18A squad. He’s joined in the lineup by his Paul Roos teammates\u00a0Callum van Oudtshoorn<\/strong>, captain Christo Swanepoel,<\/strong>\u00a0Danesh Titus<\/strong>, goalkeeper Jeandre Cilliers<\/strong>, Logan Lackay<\/strong>, Matthew Cardoza<\/strong>, Reuben Gouws<\/strong>, Seth Paterson<\/strong>, and Tylor Carter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Out of that group, only Swanepoel represented Boland last year, as did John Coetzee,<\/strong> from Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong>. Coetzee and Philip Barnard are the sole Paarl Gim reps in the side.<\/p>\n

Parel Vallei (PV)<\/strong>, after having only one player in the mix last year, has two in 2025. Luka Meets<\/strong>, who has been enjoying a superb season for the Somerset West school, has been drafted along with his PV teammate Luca Jordaan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The lineup is completed by Milani Tisana<\/strong>, the sole player from Paarl Boys’ High<\/strong>, and Bukhosi Mapete<\/strong>, who hails from Worcester Gimnasium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Boland has been drawn in Pool B and will face Western Province B, Northern Gauteng A, Southern Gauteng B, KZN Coastals A, and Southern Free State A.<\/p>\n

They open their account against Western Province B on Wednesday, 30 July, at 13:10 on Pape’s Astro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Boland u18A Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adam Lietch<\/strong> (Paul Roos Gimnasium), Bukhosi Mapete<\/strong> (Worcester Gimnasium), Callum van Oudtshoorn<\/strong> (Paul Roos Gimnasium), Christo Swanepoel<\/strong> (Paul Roos Gimnasium), Danesh Titus<\/strong> (Paul Roos Gimnasium), Jeandre Cilliers<\/strong> (Paul Roos Gimnasium), John Coetzee<\/strong> (Paarl Gimnasium), Logan Lackay<\/strong> (Paul Roos Gimnasium), Luca Jordaan<\/strong> (Parel Vallei High School). Luka Meets<\/strong> (Parel Vallei High School), Matthew Cardoza<\/strong> (Paul Roos Gimnasium), Milani Tisana<\/strong> (Paarl Boys’ High), Philip Barnard<\/strong> (Paarl Gimnasium), Reuben Gouws<\/strong> (Paul Roos Gimnasium), Seth Paterson<\/strong> (Paul Roos Gimnasium), Tylor Carter<\/strong> (Paul Roos Gimnasium).<\/p>\n

Head Coach<\/strong> – Dewald Raath
\nAssistant Coach<\/strong> – Mick Ouwerkerk
\nManager<\/strong> – Davin Titus<\/p>\n

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

Monday, 30 June<\/strong><\/p>\n

13:10<\/strong> – Boland A vs Western Province B<\/p>\n

Tuesday, 1 July<\/strong><\/p>\n

07:30<\/strong> – Boland A vs Northern Gauteng A
\n16:00<\/strong> – Boland A vs Southern Gauteng B<\/p>\n

Wednesday, 2 July<\/strong><\/p>\n

14:35 <\/strong>– Boland A vs KZN Coastal A<\/p>\n

Thursday, 3 July<\/strong><\/p>\n

07:30<\/strong> – Boland A vs Southern Free State A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Coming second best” and “almost winning it” have been the stories for the Boland u18A team at the past two SASHOC National Weeks. In 2023, they narrowly missed out on a bronze medal after going down 0-1 against KZN Coastal A. A year later, they claimed the silver medals after falling 2-3 to Western Province […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":74438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74431","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\/74431","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=74431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}