{"id":80131,"date":"2025-08-11T15:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=80131"},"modified":"2025-08-11T15:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:57:19","slug":"noordheuwel-outplays-monnas-to-clinch-noordvaal-title-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=80131","title":{"rendered":"Noordheuwel outplays Monnas to clinch Noordvaal title in style"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ho\u00ebrskool Noordheuwel defeated Monument 4-1 to lift the 2025 Noordvaal Cup. Photo: Marius Esterhuizen<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2025 hockey season wasn’t the best of seasons for the Ho\u00ebrskool Noordheuwel<\/strong> girls\u2019 first-team , but they capped it off with silverware.<\/p>\n

Nories<\/strong><\/em>, as they\u2019re affectionately known, defeated their Krugersdorp rivals, Ho\u00ebrskool\u00a0Monument<\/strong>, 4-1 on Sunday, in Pretoria, to lift the Noordvaal Cup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While the boys’ tournament took place in Polokwane, at Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg<\/strong>, the girls’ event was hosted by Cornwall Hill College<\/strong>, from 7 to 10 August.<\/p>\n

Noordheuwel put together an impressive tournament run, which began with them winning their three pool games convincingly.<\/p>\n

They defeated both Pietersburg High School<\/strong> and Montana High <\/strong>4-0 before thumping Kempton Park High<\/strong>\u00a05-1 on day two.<\/p>\n

Those wins set up a semifinal showdown against Potchefstroom Gimnasium<\/strong>. That proved to be a far tougher challenge and Nories had to dig deep to win it on penalties after the match ended in a draw.<\/p>\n

One last hurdle remained, and it was Monument in the final. Noordheuwel, led by coaches Natasha le Roux<\/strong> and Martin Daniel<\/strong>, showed class and scored some eye-catching goals to clinch the title.<\/p>\n

“We are very happy to have won the Noordvaal trophy,” coach Le Roux told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur season has been a little bit up and down throughout, but we are very happy to end it on this high. A final between Noordheuwel and Monument will always be a game worth watching, and I’m very proud of how the team played.”<\/p>\n

Before they met in Sunday’s final, Nories and Monnas <\/em><\/strong>had met in a league fixture, and it was Monument who won on that occasion, coming out on top by a narrow 3-2 margin.<\/p>\n

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Winning the Noordvaal Cup was a sweet achievement for Noordheuwel. Beating their rivals, Mounument, in the final made it even sweeter. Photo: Marius Esterhuizen<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tournament hockey is a different kettle of fish, though, and Le Roux’s players rose to the challenge.<\/p>\n

“We were lucky enough to score quite a few goals in the tournament, but we knew it wouldn’t be easy once we got to the final,” she said.<\/p>\n

“For some reason, we tend to always end in a shootout against Gimmies (Potchefstroom Gimnasium), but the girls stepped up when they needed to.\u201c<\/p>\n

Winning the Noordvaal Cup is always at the top of the priority list for Nories each season, and, said Le Roux, they\u2019re always focused on improving.<\/p>\n

“We always aim to do well in Noordvaal, so, as a school, winning it is a very big accomplishment,” she explained.<\/p>\n

“In general, our Noordheuwel hockey had a very good weekend, and we will be hoping to build on this for the 2026 season.”<\/p>\n

It was a full team effort that helped Nories win the title, but Ciara van der Walt<\/strong> deserves special mention as the tournament’s Top Goal Scorer.<\/p>\n

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

Ho\u00ebrskool Noordheuwel
\nHo\u00ebrskool Monument
\nPotchefstroom Gimnasium
\nHo\u00ebrskool Ermelo
\nHo\u00ebrskool Middelburg
\nHelpmekaar Kollege
\nHo\u00ebrskool Pietersburg
\nKempton Park High
\nHo\u00ebrskool Transvalia
\nHo\u00ebrskool Dr. E.G. Jansen
\nMidstream College
\nMontana High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2025 hockey season wasn’t the best of seasons for the Ho\u00ebrskool Noordheuwel girls\u2019 first-team , but they capped it off with silverware. Nories, as they\u2019re affectionately known, defeated their Krugersdorp rivals, Ho\u00ebrskool\u00a0Monument, 4-1 on Sunday, in Pretoria, to lift the Noordvaal Cup. While the boys’ tournament took place in Polokwane, at Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":80132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80131","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\/80131","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=80131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}