{"id":76584,"date":"2025-07-01T21:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=76584"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:32:30","slug":"western-province-a-pulls-away-in-pool-b-at-sashoc-national-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=76584","title":{"rendered":"Western Province A pulls away in Pool B at SASHOC National Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KZN Coastal A had mixed fortunes on the second day of the u18 SASHOC National Week, losing to KZN Inland A before beating Border A. Photo: Teamphoto SA<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Western Province A<\/strong> turned up the heat, scoring nine unanswered goals across two games to march to the top of Pool B at the u18 SASHOC National Week<\/strong> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Coach Natalie Esteves<\/strong>‘ charges posted wins over Border A<\/strong> and Northern Gauteng A <\/strong>at St Anne’s DSG<\/strong>, in Hilton, on Tuesday, which shot them to the top of Pool B, with three wins from three matches.<\/p>\n

“The girls are playing together nicely, connecting their passes well,” Esteves said after their second match of the day, a tough fixture against Northerns.<\/p>\n

Before that assignment, Province routed Border 7-0. Thimna Waka<\/strong> and Khanya Moore<\/strong> led the way, scoring twice each, while Chelsey McGregor<\/strong>, Emma Hibbert<\/strong>, and Sarah Ashbolt <\/strong>also scored.<\/p>\n

Hibbert, who was on the scoresheet in Province\u2019s first match, opened the scoring with a penalty corner conversion in the fourth minute. Then, Waka and Moore added further goals in the 15th and 17th minutes to put Province into a comfortable lead early in the second chukka.<\/p>\n

McGregor and Ashbolt struck in the 41st and 42nd minutes to swell Western Province’s lead to 5-0 before Moore and Waka put the match to bed with strikes in the 47th and 60th minutes.<\/p>\n

In the afternoon, Western Province carried that good form into their contest against a well-drilled Northern Gauteng A.<\/p>\n

“The scoresheet doesn\u2019t show how tough it was. Northerns didn’t make things easy for us,” Esteves told Supersport Schools Plus<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The sides tested each other’s defences in a goalless first half. Early in the second stanza, Moore broke the deadlock with a penalty corner conversion in the 36th minute. Camryn Corner<\/strong>, then, doubled the Western Province advantage with a field goal four minutes later.<\/p>\n

The back-to-back wins leave Province as one of two unbeaten sides in the girls’ competition, the other being Eastern Province A<\/strong>, in Pool A. Esteves is not, however, letting her team’s fruitful run lull the side into a false sense of security.<\/p>\n

“Tournament hockey is funny. There is no room to feel comfortable. Tomorrow, we go up against our B side, which has some good players, so we will need to produce a good performance,” she said.<\/p>\n

KZN Coastal A<\/strong> and Northerns are in second and third place after the second day’s play. Both have two wins from three outings. Coastal began the day with a 0-1 loss to their neighbours, KZN Inland A<\/strong>, in the morning, but they bounced back with a 5-0 battering of Border A.<\/p>\n

Jenna-Leigh Freese<\/strong> led the scoring with a brace, and then Nicola Forbes<\/strong>, Zezethu Kunene, <\/strong>and Jamie da Silva<\/strong> added a goal each.<\/p>\n

Northerns, on the other hand, won on Tuesday morning, beating Western Province B 2-1, courtesy of goals from Amogelang Motlatle<\/strong> and Thato Dimpe<\/strong>, while\u00a0Ilke van der Merwe<\/strong> scored for the Capetonians.<\/p>\n

In the afternoon, Sinoxolo Mbekeni’<\/strong>s team was unable to repeat a winning showing against Western Province A.<\/p>\n

Province will have a chance to solidify their position at the top of Pool B when they lock horns with Province B in a derby encounter at 11:45 on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

Northerns will be put to the test when they go up against KZN Coastal A at 13:10. That tie could go a long way in determining who finishes second in the group.<\/p>\n

The hosts, KZN Inland A take on Border at 14:35.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

Northern Gauteng A: 2<\/strong> – Amogelang Motlatle, Thato Dimpe. Western Province B: 1<\/strong> – Ilke van der Merwe.
\nWestern Province A: 7<\/strong> – Thimna Waka (2), Khanya Moore (2), Chelsey McGregor, Emma Hibbert, Sarah Ashbolt. Border A: 0<\/strong>.
\nKZN Inland A: 1<\/strong> – Siphokazi Mpontshane. KZN Coastal A: 0<\/strong>
\nWestern Province A: 2<\/strong> – Khanya Moore, Camryn Corner. Northern Gauteng A: 0<\/strong>.
\nKZN Coastal A: 5<\/strong> – Jenna-Leigh Freese, Nicola Forbes, Zezethu Kunene, Jamie da Silva. Border A: 0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Western Province A turned up the heat, scoring nine unanswered goals across two games to march to the top of Pool B at the u18 SASHOC National Week on Tuesday. Coach Natalie Esteves‘ charges posted wins over Border A and Northern Gauteng A at St Anne’s DSG, in Hilton, on Tuesday, which shot them to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":76586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76584","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\/76584","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=76584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}