{"id":82919,"date":"2025-09-15T08:38:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82919"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:38:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:38:01","slug":"durban-girls-college-downs-reddam-house-constantia-in-mackenzie-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=82919","title":{"rendered":"Durban Girls’ College downs Reddam House Constantia in Mackenzie Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DGC, who won the Mackenzie Cup in 2023, once again lifted the title on Sunday in Cape Town. Photo: Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Durban Girls’ College<\/strong> (DGC)<\/strong> produced a gritty performance to score an impressive 8-6 victory over Reddam House Constantia<\/strong> in the final of the Mackenzie Cup<\/a><\/strong> in Cape Town on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The girls from KwaZulu-Natal, led by captain Lara Mervis<\/strong>, showed strong character and scored some outstanding goals in a tightly contested final.<\/p>\n

They impressed in Pool B, where they withstood the challenges of some redoubtable teams to secure a place in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Their successes in the group stage included an 8-6 win over Herschel Girls School<\/strong>, a 4-2 defeat of Clarendon High School for<\/strong> Girls<\/strong>, and a 10-5 victory over Glenwood House<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the knockout phase of the competition, they brushed aside a Herschel Invitational<\/strong> side 12-4 in the last eight to move onto the semifinals.<\/p>\n

With a shot at the title game on the line, coach Peter Lavett<\/strong>‘s troops upped the ante and dominated DSG Makhanda<\/strong>, outscoring them 9-2, while Reddam House defeated Herschel<\/strong> 9-7 in their semifinal to set up an interesting showdown for the silverware.<\/p>\n

It was a hard-fought battle from the outset, with DGC drawing first blood through a long-range effort in the first chukka from skipper Mervis.<\/p>\n

Reddam quickly responded, striking twice before the experienced Inge Southey<\/strong> won a five-metre penalty for DGC. She also converted it.<\/p>\n

At the halfway point, there was nothing to separate the sides, who were tied at 5-5, with further goals from Lia Janse van Rensburg<\/strong>, a second for Southey, and another from Isabella Stephenson<\/strong> keeping the KZN visitors in the game.<\/p>\n

Both sides came out firing in the second half, and the lead exchanged hands several times.<\/p>\n

It was, however, DGC who scored struck three more times, and they also defended bravely, with goalkeeper Hannah Weinert<\/strong> pulling off some fantastic saves, to seal the win.<\/p>\n

Speaking to SuperSport Schools Plus<\/a><\/strong> after the game, captain Lara Mervis said she was pleased with how her team had performed: “It was a great weekend in Cape Town, and I’m very happy with how we played,” she said. “The team played really well, and we worked together nicely.”<\/p>\n

DGC was brimming with confidence heading into the Mackenzie Cup after they won the KZN Top 10 Girls’ Water Polo Tournament<\/a><\/strong> earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Mervis said that win, in their home pool, was the boost DGC needed to clinch a second title in as many weeks.<\/p>\n

“Yes, that win at Top Schools definitely gave us the confidence that we needed and helped us perform the way that we did,” she explained<\/p>\n

DGC’s success was also reflected in the individual awards, which included their Kayla Andrews <\/strong>receiving the Attacker of the Tournament accolade, while Inge Southey was named the Player of the Tournament.<\/p>\n

The Durbanites will next shift their attention to the St Anne’s Water Polo Tournament<\/strong>, which take places from 26 to 28 September.<\/p>\n

They’ve been drawn in Pool B and will face Roedean School<\/strong>, Rhenish Girls’ High<\/strong>, and St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Durban Girls’ College (DGC) produced a gritty performance to score an impressive 8-6 victory over Reddam House Constantia in the final of the Mackenzie Cup in Cape Town on Sunday. The girls from KwaZulu-Natal, led by captain Lara Mervis, showed strong character and scored some outstanding goals in a tightly contested final. They impressed in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":82931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82919","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\/82919","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=82919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}