{"id":77426,"date":"2025-07-12T07:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=77426"},"modified":"2025-07-12T07:20:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:20:35","slug":"southern-gautengs-upset-of-eastern-province-not-quite-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=77426","title":{"rendered":"Southern Gauteng’s upset of Eastern Province not quite enough"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Southern Gauteng pulled off a shock on day four of the u16 SASHOC National Week, defeating previously unbeaten Eastern Province, but it wasn’t quite enough to lift them into the semi-finals. Photo: TeamPhotoSA<\/a><\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Southern Gauteng A<\/strong> pulled off a shock on Thursday at the u16 SASHOC National Week<\/strong> when they handed Eastern Province A<\/strong> their first defeat of the competition in the last round of pool matches.<\/p>\n

Southerns’ win injected new energy into the battle for second place in Pool A, which would secure a semi-final place alongside EP, who were already assured of their semi spot.<\/p>\n

The defending champions, who had cruised unbeaten through their first four matches, went down 1-2 to Southerns on Hilton College’s Mansergh Astro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Giovanna Abrahams<\/strong> and Lucy Wells<\/strong> found the back of the net for Gauteng, with Kiyara Constable<\/strong> responding for Eastern Province.<\/p>\n

Despite the loss, Eastern Province still finished first in Pool A. Their reward is a showdown with Boland A <\/strong>for a place in the final.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Heather Kane <\/strong>slotted the only goal of the match in Western Province A<\/strong>‘s tight 1-0 win over Southern Gauteng B<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That proved to be just enough for the Capetonians. They claimed second place by a single goal on goal difference over Southern Gauteng A – who had been held to a 1-1 draw by Southern Gauteng B earlier in the tournament – after posting three wins, a draw, and a loss to Eastern Province.<\/p>\n

Southern Free State A closed out their pool stage assignments with a dominant 8\u20131 victory over struggling Eastern Gauteng A<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Marichelle Crous<\/strong> stole the spotlight, scoring four times, while Carmen van Wyk<\/strong> added a hat-trick, with Mpho Seloane<\/strong> completing the Free Staters’ big win. Renette Strydom<\/strong> replied for Eastern Gauteng.<\/p>\n

Thanks to her big four-goal day, Crous now tops the goal scoring charts, with six, one ahead of Charley-Rose Boyall<\/strong>, of KZN Coastal A<\/strong>, and Lucy Holderness<\/strong>, of Eastern Province.<\/p>\n

In Pool B, the contest between Boland A and KZN Inland A<\/strong> ended in a 1\u20131 draw. Lakeisha Dudley <\/strong>struck for Boland, while Taslyn van Wyk<\/strong> equalised for Inland, who, after a slow start, have grown in confidence the further the tournament has progressed.<\/p>\n

KZN Coastal A maintained their impressive form and their perfect record with a 2\u20131 victory over Northern Gauteng A<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Keamogelo Baakaleng <\/strong>and Charley-Rose Boyall scored to secure the win, while Lenique Vogel<\/strong> netted Northern Gauteng\u2019s only goal.<\/p>\n

The clash between KZN Coastal B<\/strong> and Boland B<\/strong> ended in a 1\u20131 draw, with Becca Short<\/strong> striking for Coastal and Mine\u0301 King<\/strong> replying for the Bolanders in an evenly balanced encounter.<\/p>\n

The first of the semi-finals, between KZN Coastal A and Western Province A takes place on the Mansergh Astro at 10:50 on Saturday, with the second semi, between\u00a0Eastern Province and Boland, starting at 13:40 at the same venue.<\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

POOL A<\/strong>
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\nEastern Province A 1:<\/strong> Kiyara Constable. Southern Gauteng A 2:<\/strong> Giovanna Abrahams, Lucy Wells.
\nWestern Province A 1:<\/strong> Heather Kane. Southern Gauteng B 0<\/strong>.
\nSouthern Free State A 8:<\/strong> Marichelle Crous (X4), Carmen Van Wyk (X3), Mpho Seloane. Eastern Gauteng A 1:<\/strong> Renette Strydom.<\/p>\n

POOL B<\/strong>
\n
\nBoland A 1:<\/strong> Lakeisha Dudley. KZN Inland A 1:<\/strong> Taslyn van Wyk.
\nKZN Coastal B 1:<\/strong> Becca Short. Boland B 1:<\/strong> Mine\u0301 King
\nKZN Coastal A 2:<\/strong> Keamogelo Baakaleng, Charley-Rose Boyall. Northern Gauteng A 1:<\/strong> Lenique Vogel.
\nKZN Inland A 3:<\/strong> Beayu Chiang, Rebbeca Hellberg, Taslyn Van Wyk. KZN Coastal B 1:<\/strong> KEmily Hughes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Southern Gauteng A pulled off a shock on Thursday at the u16 SASHOC National Week when they handed Eastern Province A their first defeat of the competition in the last round of pool matches. Southerns’ win injected new energy into the battle for second place in Pool A, which would secure a semi-final place alongside […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":77427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77426","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\/77426","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}