{"id":90213,"date":"2026-02-12T10:14:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90213"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:14:29","slug":"paarl-gim-aims-for-consistency-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90213","title":{"rendered":"Paarl Gim aims for consistency in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paarl Gim head coach Danelle Van Zyl is eager to see what her charges can produce in 2026. Photo: JB – LookonImages<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The phrase “trust the process“<\/em>\u00a0is often broadly applied in sports and can be misunderstood at times.<\/p>\n

The actual meaning of the term is “to have faith that a well-thought-out plan will produce a positive outcome, even when results are not immediately visible.”<\/p>\n

It’s a phrase that the Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong> girls’ first hockey side will need to embrace and trust in 2026 if they are to build on the successes of recent seasons.<\/p>\n

After achieving incredible feats in 2024, Gim upped the ante even further in 2025 and excelled under head coach Danelle van Zyl<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They were, beyond a shadow of a doubt, one of South Africa’s top teams, and played a captivating brand of hockey that led them to some outstanding results in the Western Cape<\/strong> and around the country.<\/p>\n

In the forthcoming season, it’s all about building on that momentum, according to coach Van Zyl told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I am so excited for the season to start,” she said. “We have been working hard in the off-season, and I am excited to see how the hard work pays off, not just technically but physically as well.<\/p>\n

“We want to build on last year’s successes with a new team and to pull them together as quickly as possible to maintain a good team culture.”<\/p>\n

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Paarl Gim stalwart Alanda Rademeyer will look to have another incredible season for her side. Photo: JB – LookonImages<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Throughout the 2025 season, Gim lost just one game, falling 0-1 against Rhenish Girls’ High<\/a><\/strong>, in a league clash in Stellenbosch.<\/p>\n

Barring that defeat, they were phenomenal and lifted the Belgotex Sport Girls Hockey Challenge title<\/a><\/strong> before going on to win the renowned Fairtree Super 12<\/a> <\/strong>title later in the season.<\/p>\n

Retaining both crowns with a younger squad won’t be easy, but it’s a challenge that her charges could achieve, Van Zyl said.<\/p>\n

“We lost five matrics at the end of last year, so there will be some new faces in the team.<\/p>\n

“We are definitely excited to test ourselves against the best in the country. Our main emphasis is teamwork and enhancing each other’s strengths.<\/p>\n

“We want to play with purpose and understand where we are going as a team. We are looking for a fast-paced, forward-thinking game, and everyone must trust the process.”<\/p>\n

Coach Van Zyl’s troops will be in action for the first time at the Springfield Convent School Pre-Season Festival<\/strong>, which takes place from 13 to 15 March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The phrase “trust the process“\u00a0is often broadly applied in sports and can be misunderstood at times. The actual meaning of the term is “to have faith that a well-thought-out plan will produce a positive outcome, even when results are not immediately visible.” It’s a phrase that the Paarl Gimnasium girls’ first hockey side will need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":90214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90213","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\/90213","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=90213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}