{"id":85183,"date":"2025-10-18T06:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=85183"},"modified":"2025-10-18T06:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:56:10","slug":"girls-action-heats-up-on-day-two-at-saints-water-polo-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=85183","title":{"rendered":"Girls’ action heats up on day two at Saints Water Polo Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Debbi Adcock Photography.<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Day two at the St Stithians Water Polo Invitational<\/strong> was moving day in the group stage, with the top contenders separating themselves from the rest of the field.<\/p>\n

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

There was no slowing down Herschel Girls High<\/strong> who, after two dominant wins on Thursday, added a commanding 21\u20135 victory over Crawford<\/strong> Lonehill<\/strong> on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Capetonians stamped their authority early, taking a 5\u20131 lead in the opening chukka and kept pressing the accelerator to lead 9-2 by halftime. In the third chukka, they doubled that score, going 18-4 up, before ending with a 16-goal margin of victory.<\/p>\n

Later, they were made to work hard by Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) Makhanda<\/strong>, but Herschel pulled out a hard-fought 7\u20135 win to finish in first place in Pool A with an unbeaten record.<\/p>\n

Clarendon High School for Girls<\/strong> also impressed, posting a strong 8-4 win over Woodridge College<\/strong> before swamping Crawford Lonehill 18-2 to secure second place in the group. DSG Makhanda ended their Pool A campaign on a high, defeating Woodridge College 7\u20131.<\/p>\n

In Pool B, St Anne’s Diocesan College<\/strong>, from KwaZulu-Natal, continued their fine form with a dominant 12\u20135 win over St Peter’s College<\/strong>. They followed that with a convincing 11\u20134 victory over Reddam House Bedfordview<\/strong> to keep their clean record intact.<\/p>\n

The clash with Reddam Bedfordview was close in the early going, with the sides locked at 2\u20132 for most of the first chukka. St Anne’s broke open the tie late in the quarter to lead 3\u20132 and then gradually pulled away, stretching their lead to 5-3 at halftime, before adding four goals in the third and two more in the final chukka to seal a comprehensive win.<\/p>\n

Reddam House Constantia<\/strong> bounced back from two narrow day one defeats with comfortable wins over St Peter’s College<\/strong>, by 10\u20135, and Collegiate Girls’ High<\/strong>, by 10-2. Reddam Bedfordview also scored a 7-4 win over Collegiate.<\/p>\n

Pool C proved to be fiercely competitive, but Pearson High <\/strong>maintained their strong form with a 9\u20132 victory over St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls <\/strong>and shared a hard-fought 3\u20133 draw against St Mary’s Waverley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Roedean <\/strong>showcased their attacking flair once again, overcoming Beaulieu College 8\u20133 before edging past St Mary’s 3\u20132 in a tense finish to top the group. St Dom’s wrapped up their pool campaign with a confident 8\u20133 win over Beaulieu College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in Pool D, the hosts St Stithians College<\/strong> continued to shine, producing an outstanding performance in a 10-6 triumph over Durban Girls’ College (DGC)<\/strong>, which decided first place in the group. That win left Saints <\/strong><\/em>undefeated after an earlier 17-1 demolition of Kingsmead College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

DGC had earlier cruised past Rhenish Girls\u2019 High<\/strong> 10\u20133, while Kingswood College stayed in contention for a quarterfinal spot with two wins, beating Rhenish 8\u20135 and Kingsmead 10-1.<\/p>\n

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

Pool A
\n<\/strong>Clarendon 8-4 Woodridge
\nHerschel 21-5 Crawford Lonehill
\nDSG 7-1 Woodridge
\nClarendon 18-2 Crawford Lonehill
\nDSG 5-7 Herschel<\/p>\n

Pool B
\n<\/strong>Reddam Constantia 10-5 St Peter’s
\nReddam Bedfordview 7-4 Collegiate
\nSt Anne’s 12-5 St Peter’s
\nReddam Constantia 10-2 Collegiate
\nSt Anne’s 11-4 Reddam House Bedfordview<\/p>\n

Pool C
\n<\/strong>St Dominic’s 2-9 Pearson
\nRoedean 8-3 Beaulieu
\nSt Mary’s Waverley 3-3 Pearson
\nSt Dominic’s 8-3 Beaulieu
\nSt Mary’s Waverley 2-3 Roedean<\/p>\n

Pool D
\n<\/strong>Kingswood 8-5 Rhenish
\nSt Stithians 17-1 Kingsmead
\nDGC 10-3 Rhenish
\nKingswood 10-1 Kingsmead
\nSt Stithians 10-6 DGC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day two at the St Stithians Water Polo Invitational was moving day in the group stage, with the top contenders separating themselves from the rest of the field. Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools There was no slowing down Herschel Girls High who, after two dominant wins on Thursday, added a commanding 21\u20135 victory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":85184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85183","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\/85183","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=85183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}