{"id":94440,"date":"2026-04-26T08:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=94440"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:43:09","slug":"northwood-to-face-kearsney-in-michaelhouse-hockey-tournament-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=94440","title":{"rendered":"Northwood to face Kearsney in Michaelhouse Hockey Tournament final"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kearsney College will put their perfect record in the Michaelhouse Hockey Tournament to the test against the event’s leading scorers, Northwood, when they meet in the final. Photo: Brad Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northwood<\/strong> and Kearsney<\/strong> College<\/strong> will meet in the final of the Michaelhouse Hockey Tournament<\/strong> on Sunday evening after finishing top of Pool A and Pool B, respectively.<\/p>\n

The Knights<\/strong><\/em> were the top scorers during the round-robin matches, netting 20 times while conceding only six goals, three of which came in their opening 3-3 draw with St Andrew’s College<\/strong>. They convincingly won the rest of their matches, beating Michaelhouse<\/strong> 4-1, St Charles<\/strong> 8-1, and, on Saturday, Affies<\/strong> 5-1.<\/p>\n

Given that their game against the Pretoria school was a showdown between the teams that finished first and second in the group, it was an impressive performance.<\/p>\n

While Northwood continued to roll in Pool A, Kearsney strung together a perfect record of four wins from four matches in Pool B. Coach Keegan Pearce<\/strong>‘s side made a mixed start to the season, so their success at Michaelhouse caught some off guard. Props to the Botha’s Hill boys, though. They’ve risen to the challenge.<\/p>\n

They opened their account with a comfortable 3-0 win over Paarl Boys’ High<\/strong> on Thursday, then followed that up with a crucial 4-3 defeat of Hilton College<\/strong> in the group’s most consequential clash.<\/p>\n

A 3-1 victory over Reddam House Constantia<\/strong> gave Kearsney their third victory on the trot, and they wrapped up first place in Pool B with the maximum 12 points after another 3-1 success, this time against Maritzburg College<\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Hilton College’s only loss was that aforementioned defeat to Kearsney, and they’ll take on Affies, who posted a record of two wins, a draw, and a defeat, for third place.<\/p>\n

In Saturday’s other matches, Paarl Boys’ High edged out Reddam Constantia 1-0 in a Western Cape clash, while St Charles College, winless through their first three matches, stunned St Andrew’s College 3-1 to move above them to fourth place in the Pool A standings. Earlier in the day, Saints<\/strong><\/em> lost 1-3 against Michaelhouse.<\/p>\n

Hilton boosted their goal difference in their last group game, overpowering Reddam 8-0, while Affies downed St Andrew’s College 3-2, and Maritzburg College beat Paarl Boys’ High 2-1.<\/p>\n

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

1st XI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pool A
\n<\/strong>Affies 3-2 St Andrew’s College
\nMichaelhouse 3-1 St Charles
\nNorthwood 5-1 Affies
\nSt Charles 3-1 St Andrew’s College<\/p>\n

Pool B
\n<\/strong>Maritzburg College 2-1 Paarl Boys’ High
\nHilton College 8-0 Reddam House Constantia
\nKearsney College 3-1 Maritzburg College
\nPaarl Boys’ High 1-0 Reddam House Constantia<\/p>\n

U16\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Andrew’s College 2-0 Clifton College
\nRondebosch Boys’ High 5-0 Somerset College
\nAffies 7-0 St Charles College
\nPaarl Boys’ High 4-3 Hilton College
\nSomerset College 2-1 St Charles College
\nHilton College 3-0 Clifton College<\/p>\n

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

Sunday, 26 April<\/strong><\/p>\n

Punchbowl<\/strong><\/p>\n

13:00 – Michaelhouse vs Maritzburg College, (5th\/6th)
\n14:30 – Affies vs Hilton College, (3rd\/4th)
\n19:00 – Northwood vs Kearsney (1st\/2nd)<\/p>\n

Aitkens<\/strong><\/p>\n

13:00 – St Andrew’s College vs Reddam House Constantia, (9th\/10th)
\n14:30 – St Charles vs Paarl Boys’ High, Aitkens, (7th\/8th)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northwood and Kearsney College will meet in the final of the Michaelhouse Hockey Tournament on Sunday evening after finishing top of Pool A and Pool B, respectively. The Knights were the top scorers during the round-robin matches, netting 20 times while conceding only six goals, three of which came in their opening 3-3 draw with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":94442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94440","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\/94440","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}