{"id":79725,"date":"2025-08-08T10:23:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=79725"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:23:26","slug":"defending-champs-make-strong-noordvaal-cup-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=79725","title":{"rendered":"Defending champs make strong Noordvaal Cup start"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit impressed with two convincing wins on the opening day of the Noordvaal Cup. Photo: Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Monument<\/strong>, the defending champions, showed why they remain the team to beat by picking up two wins on Thursday, the opening day of the Noordvaal Cup<\/strong>, at Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg<\/strong>, in Limpopo.<\/p>\n

Helpmekaar Kollege, H<\/strong>o\u00ebrskool Nelspruit<\/strong>, and H<\/strong>o\u00ebrskool Zwartkop <\/strong>impressed by also going two for two.<\/p>\n

Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Monnas<\/strong><\/em>, under the guidance of coach Divan Geyser<\/strong>, wasted no time in sending out a strong message to their challengers. Facing a tough opener against Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof<\/strong>, they came away from a tightly contested clash with a 1- 0 victory<\/p>\n

In their second outing, Monument scored a more convincing 3-0 win over Ho\u00ebrskool Rustenburg<\/strong>. From the opening whistle, the Krugersdorp school set the tempo, and they quickly converted a penalty corner to go ahead after only four minutes.\u00a0Rusties <\/strong><\/em>fought hard but were unable to penetrate Monument’s disciplined defence.<\/p>\n

Although Monnas controlled the contest, they were only a goal to the good at halftime. They doubled their advantage in the third chukka, however, and ensured they would win with a third goal in the final chukka, which took the match beyond Rustenburg’s reach.<\/p>\n

Rustenburg, after their loss to Monument, bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Waterkloof.<\/p>\n

In Pool B, Helpmekaar Kollege<\/strong> emerged as one of the standout teams of the opening day, scoring two sound victories. Their first match, against Ho\u00ebrskool<\/strong>\u00a0Middelburg<\/strong>, was hard fought, but Helpies<\/strong><\/em> edged it 1-0.<\/p>\n

In their second match, Helpmekaar dominated the hosts, Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg, posting a commanding 4-1 win, which established them as potential title contenders. The hosts, meanwhile, stayed in the running with a 2-1 win over Middies<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Pool C delivered some interesting moments, especially from Ho\u00ebrskool<\/strong> Nelspruit<\/strong>, who scored two comfortable victories.<\/p>\n

First up, they defeated Potchefstroom Gimnasium<\/strong> 3-0, dominating from the start and building up a 2-0 lead by halftime. Then, against\u00a0Midstream College<\/strong>, they again won 3-0. Midstream also fell 0-3 to Potch Gim.<\/p>\n

In Pool D, the opening match was a real thriller, with Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop<\/strong> holding off HTS Witbank<\/strong> to claim a 3-2 win. The game was fast-paced and produced good goal scoring chances, but it was Zwartkop who made the most of them.<\/p>\n

Stung by that defeat, HTS Witbank <\/strong>came back with a bang, hanging a 5-1 loss on Ho\u00ebrskool Sasolburg<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

Zwarries<\/strong><\/em>, then, bagged maximum points for the day by beating Sasolburg 4-2.<\/p>\n

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

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

Monument 1-0 Waterkloof
\nMonument 3-0 Rustenburg
\nWaterkloof 1-0 Rustenburg<\/p>\n

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

Helpmekaar Kollege 1-0 Middelburg
\nHelpmekaar Kollege 4-1 Pietersburg
\nPietersburg 2-1 Middelburg<\/p>\n

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

Nelspruit 3-0 Potch Gim
\nNelspruit 3-0 Midstream
\nPotch Gim 3-0 Midstream<\/p>\n

Pool D<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zwartkop 3-2 HTS Witbank
\nHTS Witbank 5-1 Sasolburg
\nZwartkop 4-2 Sasolburg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ho\u00ebrskool Monument, the defending champions, showed why they remain the team to beat by picking up two wins on Thursday, the opening day of the Noordvaal Cup, at Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg, in Limpopo. Helpmekaar Kollege, Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit, and Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop impressed by also going two for two. Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools\u00a0 Monnas, under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":79751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79725","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\/79725","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=79725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}