{"id":92489,"date":"2026-03-29T07:56:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=92489"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T05:56:28","slug":"sacs-northwood-and-paarl-gim-on-song-during-founders-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=92489","title":{"rendered":"SACS, Northwood and Paarl Gim on song during Founders’ opening day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SACS was on fire on the opening day of the Founders Hockey Festival. Photo: Mthoko Gule<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

South African College High School<\/strong> (SACS)<\/strong>, their provincial counterparts, Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong>, and KwaZulu-Natal’s\u00a0Northwood School <\/strong>delivered stellar showings on Saturday at the Founders Hockey Festival<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The annual event, which brings together some of the country\u2019s top sides and others on the rise, is being hosted by Queen’s College<\/strong> in Komani.<\/p>\n

The hosts got the ball rolling on Friday with an interesting 2-2 draw against another Eastern Cape outfit, Kingswood College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the schedule ramped up and delivered some big results as the top guns asserted their dominance.<\/p>\n

SACS, led by coach Sam Holmes<\/strong>, was by far the standout team, and they stole the spotlight when they thumped Parktown Boys’ High <\/strong>9-1 in their opener.<\/p>\n

Talisman and captain, Litha Kraai<\/strong>, led their charge against the Johannesburg school, scoring a hat-trick, while Jan Dijkstra<\/strong> netted twice.<\/p>\n

The other goals were spread across the field, with Matthew Lassen<\/strong>, Josh Goulding<\/strong>, and newbies Troy Loots<\/strong> and Jake Hufkie<\/strong> also making it onto the scoresheet.<\/p>\n

Later, the Cape Town powerhouse overwhelmed St Stithians College<\/strong> 10-2.<\/p>\n

Paarl Gim took a page out of the SACS book and also produced dominant outings against the same opposition.<\/p>\n

Coach Jacques Grobler<\/strong>‘s side had struggled in the lead-up to the festival, suffering shock defeats at the hands of Worcester Gimnasium<\/strong> and Durbanville in recent weeks.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

However, they appeared to have put those setbacks behind them in an impressive 4-2 win over Saints<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Thomas Henn<\/strong> netted a brace for the Paarl side, while further goal contributions from Dian Vorster<\/strong> and Cornell Taljaard<\/strong> sealed the win.<\/p>\n

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After losing to Queen’s in their opener, Helpmekaar recovered well to beat Dale College on day one of the Founders Hockey Festival. Photo: Mthoko Gule<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In their second outing of the day, Gim took on Parktown and won 6-2. Jordan White<\/strong> scored a hat-trick, Mikal Janse van Rensburg<\/strong> found the back of the net twice, and Henn was on the scoresheet again.<\/p>\n

Coach Justin Collins<\/strong>‘ Northwood side was also on the money, notching back-to-back wins.<\/p>\n

In their opener, they brushed aside Somerset College 4-0 before handing Queen’s College a 7-2 beating to finish the day on a high note.<\/p>\n

Luc Boyall<\/strong> was in top form and highly effective at penalty corner time.<\/p>\n

While Queen’s was well beaten by the Knights<\/strong><\/em>, coach Michael Baiden<\/strong> was surely pleased with their 3-2 win over Helpmekaar College<\/strong> earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

In other matches, Somerset College defeated Kingswood College 3-0 while Dale College<\/strong> suffered a 2-7 loss at the hands of Helpmekaar.<\/p>\n

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

Saturday, 28 March<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queen’s College 2-2 Kingswood College
\nQueen’s College 3-2 Helpmekaar
\nDale College 0-0 Kingswood College
\nNorthwood 4-0 Somerset College
\nSACS 9-1 Parktown Boys’ High
\nPaarl Gimnasium 4-2 St Stithians College
\nDale College 2-7 Helpmekaar
\nSomerset College 3-0 Kingswood College
\nQueen’s College 2-7 Northwood
\nPaarl Gimnasium 6-2 Parktown Boys’ High
\nSACS 10-2 St Stithians College<\/p>\n

FIXTURES\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, 29 March\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

07:30<\/strong> – Helpmekaar vs Kingswood College
\n08:50<\/strong> – Paarl Gimnasium vs Northwood
\n10:10<\/strong> – Queen’s College vs Somerset College
\n11:30<\/strong> – Dale College vs St Stithians College
\n12:50<\/strong> – SACS vs Kingswood
\n14:10<\/strong> – Paarl Gimnasium vs Helpmekaar
\n15:30<\/strong> – Dale College vs Parktown Boys’ High
\n16:50<\/strong> – Somerset College vs St Stithians College
\n18:10<\/strong> – SACS vs Northwood
\n19:30<\/strong> – Queen’s College vs Parktown Boys’ High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South African College High School (SACS), their provincial counterparts, Paarl Gimnasium, and KwaZulu-Natal’s\u00a0Northwood School delivered stellar showings on Saturday at the Founders Hockey Festival. The annual event, which brings together some of the country\u2019s top sides and others on the rise, is being hosted by Queen’s College in Komani. The hosts got the ball rolling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":92571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92489","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\/92489","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=92489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}