{"id":93969,"date":"2026-04-20T12:20:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93969"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:20:47","slug":"eldoraignes-hockey-teams-get-the-better-of-hts-middelburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93969","title":{"rendered":"Eldoraigne’s hockey teams get the better of HTS Middelburg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eldoraigne’s girls’ team delivered a disciplined and structured performance in a 2-0 win over HTS Middelburg. Photo: Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alissa Venter <\/strong>and Lianri Langeveldt<\/strong> were on target in a 2-0 win for Ho\u00ebrskool Eldoraigne<\/strong>‘s girls over HTS Middelburg<\/strong> girls in a league match at the Eldo Astro<\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Later in the day, Daniel Beneke<\/strong> performed superbly in goal to help the Eldoraigne boys’ team to a 3-1 win over HTS Middelburg in a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n

The Eldoraigne girls headed into the contest eager to redeem themselves after a narrow 2-3 loss to HTS Middelburg’s neighbours, Middelburg High<\/strong>, in a Puk Series<\/strong> tie the previous week.<\/p>\n

“We went into the match expecting another physical game. However, our focus for the week was on getting our set piece right, specifically penalty corner defence, and then going in with a positive mindset, knowing that if we continue to work hard as a group, we will be rewarded,” Chadwin Petersen<\/strong>, the Eldoraigne coach, told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His charges have been guilty of starting slowly at times, which has led to them chasing the game. Against Middies<\/strong><\/em>, they ran onto the field with purpose and asserted themselves. This was no slow start.<\/p>\n

Mia McArdle<\/strong> came close to putting Eldoraigne in front in the first few minutes of the opening chukka, but a fine save denied McArdle’s attempt.<\/p>\n

Eldoraigne’s pressure was intense, though, and the visitors succumbed to it in the sixth minute when Alissa Venter<\/strong> fired in a brilliant strike after a smooth build-up by the hosts.<\/p>\n

Although Eldos<\/strong><\/em> continued to pressure the visitors, they were forced to wait until the final quarter to score again. This time, Lianri Langeveldt<\/strong> struck.<\/p>\n

The home side’s boys’ team then gave the home crowd plenty to cheer when they registered a 3-1 penalty shootout win over HTS Middelburg after the sides finished regulation time deadlocked at 1-1.<\/p>\n

Unlike in the girls’ game, it was HTS Middelburg who made a strong start, and their forays into the Eldoraigne circle earned them an early penalty stroke, which they duly converted.<\/p>\n

Eldoraigne responded well, launching attacks at an unyielding HTS Middelburg defence. Eventually, their efforts were rewarded in the final chukka when Ayden Brits <\/strong>levelled the scores by converting a penalty corner. Then, it was onto the penalty shootout.<\/p>\n

The hosts took the first penalty, but were unable to convert it. HTS Middelburg scored from their opportunity to take a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Eldos replied with three penalty successes on the trot, while Daniel Beneke, the Eldoraigne goalkeeper, was unbending, and the victory belonged to the home side.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls<\/strong>
\nEldoraigne 2-0 HTS Middelburg<\/p>\n

Boys<\/strong>
\nEldoraigne (3) 1-1 (1) HTS Middelburg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alissa Venter and Lianri Langeveldt were on target in a 2-0 win for Ho\u00ebrskool Eldoraigne‘s girls over HTS Middelburg girls in a league match at the Eldo Astro on Saturday. Later in the day, Daniel Beneke performed superbly in goal to help the Eldoraigne boys’ team to a 3-1 win over HTS Middelburg in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":93970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93969","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\/93969","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=93969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}