{"id":94023,"date":"2026-04-22T08:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=94023"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:35:55","slug":"michaelhouse-unveils-new-hockey-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=94023","title":{"rendered":"Michaelhouse unveils new hockey tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michaelhouse’s Aitken and Punch Bowl Astros will host a high-quality field of 1st XIs and u16A teams from 23 to 27 April. Photo: Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ten of the country’s top hockey-playing schoolboys’ teams will converge at Michaelhouse<\/strong> for the inaugural Michaelhouse Hockey Tournament<\/strong>, which starts on Thursday, 23 April, and ends with the final on Sunday, 27 April.<\/p>\n

The matches will be played on the Punchbowl<\/strong> and Aitkens<\/strong> Astros. Running concurrently with the 1st team event will be an u16 tournament.<\/p>\n

The 10 1st XIs have been divided into two pools of five teams. The hosts, Michaelhouse, are in Pool A<\/strong>, along with Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool (Affies)<\/strong>, St Andrew’s College<\/strong>, Northwood<\/strong>, and St Charles College<\/strong>. Pool B<\/strong> features Hilton College<\/strong>, Maritzburg College, Paarl Boys’ High<\/strong>, Kearsney College<\/strong>, and Reddam House Constantia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Looking at this inaugural tournament, you really see the DNA of Michaelhouse hockey coming together. It’s built on that fundamental code where the game is always about more than the scoreboard,” Grant von Meyer<\/strong>, the Tournament Director, said in a press release.<\/p>\n

The event is built around the notion of instilling good values in the players, making sure that they carry themselves in the right manner, and also competitiveness,” Von Meyer said.<\/p>\n

“When you blend those two philosophies, that core humility with a real hunger to compete, that’s where the magic happens,” he added, “so, as we welcome visiting teams, the message is simple: give it everything you’ve got on the turf, but make sure you’re walking off it as friends. That\u2019s what hockey here is all about.”<\/p>\n

A couple of u16 matches will set the ball rolling on Thursday, with St Charles College and Northwood, and Clifton and Maritzburg College meeting at 13:30. Hilton College and Maritzburg College face off in the first of the 1st XI games at 15:00.<\/p>\n

The group matches continue on Friday and Saturday, before the knockout stages that will lead to the final.<\/p>\n

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

Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n

15:00<\/strong> \u2013 Hilton vs Maritzburg College, 16:30<\/strong> \u2013 Michaelhouse vs Affies, 16:30<\/strong> \u2013 Paarl Boys’ High vs Kearsney, 18:00<\/strong> \u2013 St Andrew’s College vs Northwood<\/p>\n

Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00<\/strong> \u2013 Michaelhouse vs Northwood, 10:00<\/strong> \u2013 Affies vs St Charles College, 11:30<\/strong> \u2013 Maritzburg College vs Reddam Constantia, 11:30<\/strong> \u2013 Hilton vs Kearsney, 17:30<\/strong> \u2013 Kearsney vs Reddam Constantia, 17:30<\/strong> \u2013 Northwood vs St Charles College, 19:00<\/strong> \u2013 Michaelhouse vs St Andrew\u2019s College, 19:00<\/strong> \u2013 Hilton vs Paarl Boys’ High.<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n

08:30<\/strong> \u2013 Affies vs St Andrew’s College, 08:30<\/strong> \u2013 Maritzburg College vs Paarl Boys’ High, 11:00<\/strong> \u2013 Michaelhouse vs St Andrew’s College, 11:30<\/strong> \u2013 Hilton vs Reddam Constantia, 16:00<\/strong> \u2013 Maritzburg College vs Kearsney, 16:00<\/strong> \u2013 Affies vs Northwood, 17:30<\/strong> \u2013 Paarl Boys’ High vs Reddam Constantia, 17:30<\/strong> \u2013 St Andrew’s College vs St Charles College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ten of the country’s top hockey-playing schoolboys’ teams will converge at Michaelhouse for the inaugural Michaelhouse Hockey Tournament, which starts on Thursday, 23 April, and ends with the final on Sunday, 27 April. The matches will be played on the Punchbowl and Aitkens Astros. Running concurrently with the 1st team event will be an u16 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":94024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94023","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\/94023","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=94023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}