{"id":84533,"date":"2025-10-08T11:54:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84533"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:54:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:54:50","slug":"wynberg-boys-high-crowned-nedbank-grey-college-soccer-tournament-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=84533","title":{"rendered":"Wynberg Boys’ High crowned Nedbank Grey College Soccer Tournament champs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wynberg Boys’ High celebrates victory in the final of the Nedbank Grey College Soccer Tournament. Photo: Nedbank Sport on Facebook.<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following four days of captivating football, a new champion was crowned at the Nedbank Grey College Soccer Tournament<\/strong>, with Wynberg Boys’ High<\/strong> hoisting the trophy.<\/p>\n

The final was a tactical affair, with neither Wynberg nor Vaal High<\/strong> able to find a way through their opponent’s defences. With the score deadlocked at 0-0 after regulation time, the result depended on a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n

The Capetonians, then. kept their cool, slotting three spot kicks to Vaal High’s one to secure the title.<\/p>\n

They fell at the final hurdle, but Vaal High had plenty of reasons to feel proud about their performances. They were a late inclusion in Group A but took it in their stride and surprised with an outstanding run all the way through to the title game.<\/p>\n

The Vereeniging school stood firm against tough opponents and teams of pedigree, including Glenwood High<\/strong>, St David’s Marist Inanda<\/strong>, Navalsig High<\/strong>, Curro Thatchfield<\/strong>, and Victoria Park High<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They finished second in Group A, behind Navalsig, and from that point onward they kept rolling, picking up victory after victory. Eventually, though, their fairytale run ended in the final.<\/p>\n

All credit to Cape Town’s Wynberg. They had to adjust their game to deal with the challenges of playing football on hard pitches at a high altitude and they dealt with that test superbly.<\/p>\n

For the previous two years, the title had belonged to St Stithians College<\/strong><\/a> and the Johannesburg side came close to pulling off an incredible three-peat, losing out in the semi-finals to Wynberg on penalties. Their final four clash had ended 1-1 before Wynberg advanced 4-2 from the spot.<\/p>\n

That left Saints<\/strong><\/em> to tackle the hosts, Grey College<\/strong>, in the bronze medal playoff. Grey had also missed out on the final after a penalty shootout. Their game against Vaal High finished 1-1 before Vaal progressed 5-4 on spot kicks.<\/p>\n

With medals on the line, Grey College was on their game and dominated, scoring a 3-0 win. It was a fantastic achievement for the hosts, who remain one of the country’s most competitive outfits.<\/p>\n

Heading into the tournament, they were crowned the champions of the Magnificent Wednesday Regional Football League<\/strong><\/a> in September after a 3-0 win over Hodisa Technical Secondary<\/strong>. Grey College also showcased their talent in the inaugural Curro Halala Cup<\/strong><\/a>, where they picked up another bronze medal after a win over Navalsig High.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Victory in the Plate went to Kimberley Boys’ High<\/strong>. They took on Pretoria Boys High<\/strong> in the final, which, once again, was decided only after a penalty shootout. It was 0-0 at the end of regulation time, but Kimberley Boys High triumphed 4-2 from the spot.<\/p>\n

Third place in the Plate competition was decided by a showdown between the Gauteng rivals, Parktown Boys’ High<\/strong> and St David’s. In an all too familiar occurence, it was 0-0 before a penalty shootout went Parktown’s way by a 5-4 margin.<\/p>\n

Matters were straightforward in the Bowl final, where Bloemfontein South High<\/strong> recorded a comfortable 3-0 win over Strelitzia High<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Glenwood High faced King Edward VII School (KES)<\/strong> for third place in the Bowl, with the Durban school picking up a 2-1 win.<\/p>\n

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

Tuesday, 4 October\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

23\/24
\n<\/strong>St Andrew’s School 2-0 Witbank<\/p>\n

21\/22
\n<\/strong>Victoria Park High 4-0 DHS<\/p>\n

19\/20
\n<\/strong>Glenwood 2-1 KES<\/p>\n

17\/18, Bowl Final
\n<\/strong>Bloemfontein South High 3-0 Strelitzia High<\/p>\n

15\/16
\n<\/strong>Curro Thatchifeld 5-1 Empangeni High<\/p>\n

13\/14
\n<\/strong>Jeppe (3) 1-1 (2) Brebner High<\/p>\n

11\/12
\n<\/strong>Parktown Boys’ High (5) 0-0 (4) St David’s<\/p>\n

9\/10, Plate Final
\n<\/strong>Kimberley Boys’ High (4) 0-0 (2) Pretoria Boys High<\/p>\n

7\/8
\n<\/strong>Norkem Park High (4) 0-0 (3) Westville Boys’ High<\/p>\n

5\/6
\n<\/strong>Hodisa Technical High 2-1 Navalasig High<\/p>\n

3\/4, Bronze Playoff
\n<\/strong>Grey College 3-0 St Stithians College<\/p>\n

1\/2, Cup Final
\n<\/strong>Wynberg Boys’ High (3) 0-0 (1) Vaal High School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following four days of captivating football, a new champion was crowned at the Nedbank Grey College Soccer Tournament, with Wynberg Boys’ High hoisting the trophy. The final was a tactical affair, with neither Wynberg nor Vaal High able to find a way through their opponent’s defences. With the score deadlocked at 0-0 after regulation time, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":84607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84533","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\/84533","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=84533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}