{"id":78521,"date":"2025-07-29T17:47:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=78521"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:47:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:47:56","slug":"st-annes-umthoqotho-high-excel-at-riverwood-aquelle-soccer-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=78521","title":{"rendered":"St Anne’s, Umthoqotho High excel at Riverwood aQuell\u00e9 Soccer Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The proud winners of the girls’ competition at the Riverwood aQuell\u00e9 Soccer Festival, St Anne’s Diocesan College. Photo: St Anne’s Diocesan College on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Saturday, Riverwood College<\/strong> hosted the Riverwood aQuell\u00e9 Soccer Festival <\/strong>in Pietermaritzburg. Played over a single day, the event brought together schools from across KwaZulu-Natal to compete in the boys’ and girls’ competition.<\/p>\n

At the end of a competitive day, Umthoqotho High School<\/strong> claimed the boys’ title, while St Anne’s Diocesan College<\/strong> won the girls’ competition.<\/p>\n

In the boys’ event, Riverwood College topped Group A after a 1-0 win over Grace College <\/strong>and a 4-1 success against Treverton College<\/strong>. Those wins enabled the hosts to advance to the semifinals, where they faced Domino Servite High School<\/strong>. After a tight clash, Riverwood moved forward to the title game on the back of a 1-0 victory.<\/p>\n

The home team’s dream run was brought to an end in the final by Umthoqotho High School. After regulation time, the sides were tied at 1-1. Then, a nail-biting penalty shootout ensued. Sudden death penalties were needed to settle it, and Umthoqotho edged it 6-5.<\/p>\n

Umthoqotho High endured a shaky start to their winning campaign, finishing second to Linpark High in Group C. They, however, qualified for the semifinals as the best of the three runners-up.<\/p>\n

They weren’t beaten in group play. Rather, they drew goalless with Linpark. Ironically, the way matters unfolded, the semifinals threw the same sides together. This time, Umthoqotho triumphed 1-0 to reach the final.<\/p>\n

The girls’ final also went to a penalty shootout, featuring St Anne’s and Pietermaritzburg Girls’<\/strong> High. They were deadlocked at 0-0 after regulation time, but St Anne’s took victory 5-4 from the spot.<\/p>\n

The Hilton school impressed during the group stage of play, topping Pool B with a clean record. Then, in the semifinals, they outplayed St John’s DSG<\/strong>, registering a comfortable 4-1 victory.<\/p>\n

Girls’ High booked their place in the title decider with a 2-0 win over Howick High in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

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

Boys\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Group A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Riverwood College 1-0 Grace College
\nTreverton College 0-0 Grace College
\nRiverwood College 4-1 Treverton College<\/p>\n

Group B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Domino Servite 2-1 Etham College
\nDomino Servite 2-1 St Nicholas
\nSt Nicholas 2-1 Etham College<\/p>\n

Group C<\/strong><\/p>\n

Linpark 4-3 Howick High
\nUmthoqotho High 0-0 Linpark High
\nUmthoqotho High 2-1 Howick High<\/p>\n

Semifinals\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Riverwood College 1-0 Domino Servite
\nUmthoqotho High 1-0 Linpark<\/p>\n

Final\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Umthoqotho High School (6) 1-1 (5) Riverwood College<\/p>\n

Girls\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Group A<\/strong><\/p>\n

St John’s DSG 2-0 Riverwood College
\nSt John’s DSG 1-1 Epworth School
\nEpworth School 1-0 Riverwood College<\/p>\n

Group B<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Anne’s 2-0 Linpark
\nSt Nicholas 0-0 Linpark
\nSt Anne’s 8-0 St Nicholas<\/p>\n

Group C<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High 3-0 The Wykeham Collegiate
\nHowick High 1-0 The Wykeham Collegiate
\nPietermaritzburg Girls’ High 1-1 Howick High<\/p>\n

Semifinals\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Anne’s 4-1 St John’s DSG
\nPietermaritzburg Girls’ High 2-0 Howick High<\/p>\n

Final<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Anne’s (5) 0-0 (4) Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, Riverwood College hosted the Riverwood aQuell\u00e9 Soccer Festival in Pietermaritzburg. Played over a single day, the event brought together schools from across KwaZulu-Natal to compete in the boys’ and girls’ competition. At the end of a competitive day, Umthoqotho High School claimed the boys’ title, while St Anne’s Diocesan College won the girls’ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":78528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78521","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\/78521","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\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}