{"id":93109,"date":"2026-04-05T11:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93109"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:33:02","slug":"waterkloof-and-pretoria-boys-high-finish-strongly-at-st-stithians-hockey-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93109","title":{"rendered":"Waterkloof and Pretoria Boys High finish strongly at St Stithians Hockey Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waterkloof scripted a great run, which resulted in four wins and a single loss, at the St Stithians Hockey Festival. Photo: Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof<\/strong> and Pretoria Boys High (PBHS)<\/strong> were among the teams that ended their St Stithians Hockey Festival <\/strong>on a high note.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s matches were the third day of play in the annual event, which began on Wednesday, but took a day off on Good Friday.<\/p>\n

Coach Jacques Klopper<\/strong>‘s young PBHS team showed its mettle by recording four wins and a single draw in a successful campaign at Saints.<\/p>\n

They defeated St Benedict’s College<\/strong> 1-0 on the first day<\/strong><\/a> and then drew with the equally-impressive Clifton College<\/strong> before beating Ashton International College, Ballito<\/strong><\/a>, on Thursday.<\/p>\n

They completed their assignments with wins over Falcon College<\/strong> and Reddam House Constantia<\/strong> on Saturday.\u00a0Victor Louw<\/strong> led the way for PBHS in a convincing 7-0 win over Zimbabwe’s Falcon with a brace, while Liam Brooker<\/strong>, Chad Donkin<\/strong>, Caylum du Preez,<\/strong> Bongai Vuyeqaba<\/strong>, and Rorisang Boshomane<\/strong> also netted.<\/p>\n

Boys High kept another clean sheet and won comfortably against Reddam House, too, with goals from Paidin Grey,<\/strong> Louw, Du Preez, and Vuyeqaba giving them a clear-cut 4-0 victory.<\/p>\n

Like PBHS, Clifton enjoyed a successful three days, also winning four and sharing a draw with the Pretoria school. Coach Calvin Price’s charges beat Falcon on day one, then defeated St Stithians<\/strong> before drawing with PBHS on Thursday. On Saturday, they saw off Reddam House and Affies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ryde Brisset<\/strong> and Daniel Holliday<\/strong> found the back of the net in Clifton’s 2-1 victory over Reddam and Holliday, one of his side’s leading marksmen, was on target again with a brace in a thrilling 5-4 win over Affies, with Brisset and Tye Milne<\/strong>, both members of KZN Coastal’s Indoor IPT-winning team<\/a>,<\/strong> scoring the other two goals.<\/p>\n

Menlopark<\/strong> racked up back-to-back wins on Saturday, beating Ashton 4-0 and the St Stithians Festival XI<\/strong> 3-0. St David\u2019s Marist Inanda<\/strong> also signed off in style with an emphatic 5-0 thrashing of Falcon before squeezing a 3-2 win out of their showdown with Affies.<\/p>\n

Coach Omari Pienaar-Geyer<\/strong>‘s Waterkloof put together a good run in the girls’ section, winning four and losing one. They beat Springfield on day one<\/strong><\/a>, lost to DSG Makhanda, and won against Bethlehem Voortrekker on Thursday<\/strong><\/a>, then saw off Epworth and Ashton on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Mila Badenhorst<\/strong>, Nicole Smuts,<\/strong> and Lenique Vogel<\/strong> found the back of the net in Waterkloof’s 3-1 win over Epworth, before goals from Alba Lambinon, <\/strong>Badenhorst, and Vogel took them to a 3-0 triumph over Ashton.<\/p>\n

DSG Makhanda breezed through the festival unbeaten with four wins and a draw. They beat Bethlehem Voortrekker on day one, charged past Waterkloof and St Stithians on day two, and then overran Ashton 6-1 before drawing 3-3 with Menlopark in their final outing on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Coach Brad Brook<\/strong>‘s Menlopark<\/strong> lived up to their billing as one of the top teams of 2026 with four wins and a single draw in five matches.<\/p>\n

Their record included a commanding 8-0 triumph over Beaulieu College on the first day, wins over Ashton and Epworth on day two, and a 4-0 victory over Bethlehem Voortrekker before a thrilling 3-3 draw with DSG Makhanda.<\/p>\n

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

Boys<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clifton 2-1 Reddam
\nPBHS 7-0 Falcon
\nHilton 2-0 St Benedict’s
\nClifton 5-4 Affies
\nMenlopark 4-0 Ashton
\nPBHS 4-0 Reddam Constantia
\nSt David’s Marist Inanda 3-2 Affies
\nMenlopark 3-0 St Stithians Festival XI
\nHilton 2-1 St Stithians
\nSt David’s Marist Inanda 5-0 Falcon<\/p>\n

Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waterkloof 3-1 Epworth
\nDSG Makhanda 6-1 Ashton
\nSt Stithians 0-0 Springfield
\nMenlopark 4-0 Bethlehem Voortrekker
\nEpworth 4-1 Beaulieu
\nWaterkloof 3-0 Ashton,
\nDSG Makhanda 3-3 Menlopark
\nBeaulieu 5-1 Falcon
\nSt Stithians 4-0 Bethlehem Voortrekker
\nFalcon 1-0 St Stithians Festival XI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof and Pretoria Boys High (PBHS) were among the teams that ended their St Stithians Hockey Festival on a high note. Saturday’s matches were the third day of play in the annual event, which began on Wednesday, but took a day off on Good Friday. Coach Jacques Klopper‘s young PBHS team showed its mettle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":93110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93109","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\/93109","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=93109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}