{"id":87198,"date":"2025-12-04T15:42:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=87198"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:42:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:42:41","slug":"southern-gauteng-crowned-indoor-ipt-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=87198","title":{"rendered":"Southern Gauteng crowned indoor IPT champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_87206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87206\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87206\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hockey-indoor-ipt-coastals-southerns-18-charlie-dalling-401225-400x333.jpg\" alt=\"Southern Gauteng goalkeeper Charlie Dalling was embraced by her teammates after the final whistle sounded. She had played a big role in keeping KZN Coastal A scoreless with an exceptional performance. Photo: Brad Morgan. \" width=\"400\" height=\"333\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southern Gauteng goalkeeper Charlie Dalling was embraced by her teammates after the final whistle sounded. She had played a massive role in keeping KZN Coastal A scoreless with an exceptional performance. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Raffael Abrahams<\/strong> produced a moment of brilliance to help <strong>Southern Gauteng<\/strong> secure a thrilling 1-0 win over <strong>KwaZulu-Natal Coastal A<\/strong> in the final of the<strong> SASHOC u18 Girls&#8217; Indoor Hockey IPT <\/strong>at <strong>Thomas More<\/strong> <strong>College<\/strong> on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The much-anticipated final, which brought together the only unbeaten teams after three days of action, was tension-packed from the first whistle to the last.<\/p>\n<p>Southerns and Coastals A, also, had the best defences at the showpiece, conceding a combined 15 goals on their way to the final.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/kzn-coastal-a-continues-unbeaten-run-at-indoor-ipt\/\"><strong>Six of those goals came in their 3-3 draw in the group stage<\/strong><\/a>. Southerns&#8217; defence was breached just eight times in their lead-up to the final, while Coastals A conceded only seven goals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Girls Indoor Hockey Final - KZN Coastal A vs Southern Gauteng - SASHOC - 4 December 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9mERyFxObQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For their part, KZN Coastal A erected an almost impenetrable wall at the back. Almost, but not quite&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Southerns responded by being patient in their build-up play. Their breakthrough came courtesy of an inspired moment from Abrahams.<\/p>\n<p>She pressed Coastals A defender, <strong>Jamie da Silva<\/strong>, robbed her with a sharp tackle to her left, then pulled the ball inside onto her strong stick before racing towards the top of the circle. There, she quickly snapped off a shot to the right of goalkeeper, <strong>Enyenhle Nzama<\/strong>, to give Southerns the lead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87207\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87207\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hockey-indoor-ipt-coastals-southerns-18-amber-fairon-401225-400x243.jpg\" alt=\"KZN Coastal A kept Southerns' co-captain Amber Fairon off the scoresheet, but Fairon delivered a superb performance in the final to help steer Southern Gauteng to the title. Photo: Brad Morgan.\" width=\"400\" height=\"243\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">KZN Coastal A kept Southerns&#8217; co-captain Amber Fairon off the scoresheet, but Fairon delivered a superb performance in the final to help steer Southern Gauteng to the title. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was Abrahams&#8217; third goal of the tournament, but, by far, her most important one.<\/p>\n<p>She, also, scored a brace in Southerns&#8217; 4-0 win over Northerns. She hadn&#8217;t featured on the scoresheet since that opening match, but she picked a good time to change that.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper <strong>Charlie Dalling<\/strong> was outstanding for Southerns. She stonewalled KZN Coastal time after time and pulled off a save of a penalty stroke late in the contest to preserve her side&#8217;s slender lead. When the final whistle sounded, she was swamped by her teammates.<\/p>\n<p>Southerns registered 28 goals in their campaign, with their captain, <strong>Amber Fairon<\/strong>, the leading goalscorer in the tournament, striking eight times. Her Southerns&#8217; teammate, <strong>Ciara van der Walt<\/strong>, recorded the second-most goals, with six.<\/p>\n<p>Four players &#8211; <strong>Brigit Arndt <\/strong>(Northerns), <strong>Gabi Howarth<\/strong> (KZN Coastal A), <strong>Mackenzy Layden<\/strong> (KZN Coastal B), and <strong>Anna Schulze <\/strong>(KZN Inland B) &#8211; were next best, with five goals apiece.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87208\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87208\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hockey-indoor-ipt-coastals-southerns-18-kristen-cikes-401225-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Kristen Cikes was one of Southern Gauteng' key performers in their successful IPT campaign. Photo: Brad Morgan.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristen Cikes was one of Southern Gauteng&#8217;s key performers in their successful IPT campaign. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coastals A recorded the second-most goals with 26, while their compatriots,<strong> KZN Coastal B<\/strong>, were third on the list, with 17.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northerns<\/strong> was the only other team that reached double figures, with 11. <strong>KZN Inland A<\/strong> and <strong>KZN Inland B<\/strong> scored eight and five goals respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In the u16 section, <strong>Northerns A&#8217;<\/strong>s unbeaten run of five wins and a draw earned them top honours. <strong>KZN Inland A<\/strong> finished in second place with four wins, a draw, and a single loss, while <strong>KZN Coastal A<\/strong> placed third with three wins, two draws and a loss to their name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>U18<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Final \u2013 <strong>Southern Gauteng 1<\/strong> (Raffael Abrahams). <strong>KZN Coastal A 0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>3\/4 place \u2013 <strong>KZN Coastal B 1<\/strong> (Mackenzy Layden). <strong>KZN Inland A 0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>5\/6 place \u2013 <strong>Northerns 4<\/strong> (Brigit Arndt 3, Jana Seebach). <strong>KZN Inland B 2<\/strong> (Anna Schulze 2).<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>U16<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>KZN Coastal B 3<\/strong> (Becca Short, Isabella Jansen, Rachel McDonald). <strong>KZN Inland B 1<\/strong> (Tyler Kyle).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern Gauteng A 3<\/strong> (Jamie Howard, Kutlo Morule, Lebogang Ngobese). <strong>Northerns B 0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>KZN Coastal A 2<\/strong> (Olivia Lord 2). <strong>KZN Inland A 0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>U14<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Northerns A 5<\/strong> (Sarah Gouws 3, Pheladi Ngoasheng, Basetsana Mangaba). <strong>Northerns B 0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>KZN Coastal B 3<\/strong> (Errin Pretorius 2, Charlotte Patterson). <strong>KZN Inland B 1<\/strong> (Hannah Wessels).<\/p>\n<p><strong>KZN Coastal A KZN Inland A <\/strong>TBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raffael Abrahams produced a moment of brilliance to help Southern Gauteng secure a thrilling 1-0 win over KwaZulu-Natal Coastal A in the final of the SASHOC u18 Girls&#8217; Indoor Hockey IPT at Thomas More College on Thursday morning. The much-anticipated final, which brought together the only unbeaten teams after three days of action, was tension-packed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":87206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87198","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\/87198","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}