Jam-packed Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament lands on Cape shores
The picturesque southern suburbs of Cape Town will host this year’s edition of the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament from Wednesday, 27 March, with the boys’ and girls’ finals set to be contested on Saturday evening.
The festival brings 80 schools and 1 400 players together in the Mother City for four days of festivities.
Teams from South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, will be in attendance, bringing together an interesting mix of styles and approaches from within and beyond the country’s borders.
The matches will be hosted at eight venues, all Belgotex Sport-manufactured turfs.
These include the Hartleyvale A and B turfs, Pinelands, Rustenburg Girls’ High, SACS, Wynberg A and B, and the University of Cape Town (UCT).
The players will not only be battling for silverware but also for places in the Enhanced Sports Team, which will be selected after the tournament for a tour of Europe in September.
The festival organisers have also introduced a new initiative, to encourage players to play with a purpose through their partnership with Sport for Lives. Throughout the week, they will be raising funds to help two beneficiaries from the Maitland Children’s Hospital acquire mobility devices.
All eyes will, however, be on the turfs, with Paarl Gimnasium, in the boys’ section, and Krugersdorp’s Monument High, in the girls’ competition, returning to defend their titles.
Paarl Gim is drawn in Pool C, alongside Belville High, Punt, Nelspruit High School, and Namibia’s St George’s Diocesan School.
Meanwhile, it will be a tough ask for Monument to finish atop their group, which includes tough challengers in Stellenbosch High, Belville, Wynberg Girls’, and Kingswood College.
The Western Cape will be well represented. The boys’ section includes, among others, Hugenote, SACS, DF Malan, Outeniqua, Somerset College, Fairmont, and Worcester Gymnasium.
La Rochelle, Wynberg, and Rustenburg are some of the local girls’ teams to keep an eye on.
Representing the Eastern Cape are Stirling High, Hudson Park, Woodridge College and the aforementioned Kingswood College.
Namibia’s representation includes St George’s Diocesan School, Windhoek Gymnasium, Pro-ed Akademie, Private School Swakopmund, and Windhoek High School.
One of Zimbabwe’s top schools, St John’s College will also grace the festival and will go up against Bridge House, DF Malan, Outeniqua, and Pro-ed Akademie, in the pool stages.
The action kicks off on Hartleyvale A with a cracker between SACS and Hugenote High School at 08:00, while the other venues will run matches on a similar schedule.
For the full fixture list, please visit IH Sports App (qr.codes).
Later, all the teams will assemble at the Hartleyvale A Astroturf for the opening ceremony, which starts at 19:30.
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Pools
Boys
Pool A: Hugenote, SACS, Stirling High, Private School Swakopmund, Middelburg.
Pool B: Bridge House, DF Malan, Outeniqua, Pro-ed Akademie, St John’s (Harare).
Pool C: Paarl Gimnasium, Belville High, Punt, St George’s Diocesan School, Nelspruit.
Pool D: The Settlers, Somerset College, Kingswood College, Windhoek Gymnasium, Rustenburg.
Pool E: Stellenbosch, Fairmont, Oudtshoorn, Windoek HS, Monument.
Pool F: Paarl Boys’ High, Stellenberg, Langenhoven Gimnasium, Robertson, Red Hill School.
Pool G: Worcester Gymnasium, Curro Durbanville, Hudson Park, Swartland, Northcliff.
Pool H: Strand, Durbanville, York High, Hermanus, Woodridge College
Girls
Pool A: Hugenote, Hudson Park, Middelburg, Curro Durbanville, Private School Swakopmund.
Pool B: Woodridge College, Redhill, Bridge House, Pro-ed Akademie, DF Malan.
Pool C: Nelspruit, Hermanus, Stirling High, St George’s Diocesan School, Rustenburg Girls’.
Pool D: Paarl Gimnasium, Oudtshoorn, Rustenburg, Windhoek Gymnasium, The Settlers.
Pool E: La Rochelle, Outeniqua, Eldoraigne, Worcester Gymnasium, Fairmont.
Pool F: Somerset College, Punt, Penryn College, Durbanville, Robertson.
Pool G: Stellenbosch, Kingswood College, Monument, Belville, Wynberg Girls’.
Pool H: Strand, York High, Northcliff, Stellenberg, Langenhoven Gimnasium
Fixtures on the Hartleyvale A Astro
Wednesday, 27 March 2024
08:00 – Hugenote vs SACS (Boys); 09:00 – Hugenote vs Hudson Park (Girls); 10:00 – Stirling High vs Private School Swakopmund (Boys); 11:00 – Private School Swakopmund vs Middleburg (Girls); 12:00 – Paarl Gimnasium vs Nelspruit (Boys); 13:00 – Hermanus vs Rustenburg Girls (Girls); 14:00 – Belville vs Punt (Boys); 15:00 – Stirling High vs Nelspruit (Girls); 16:00 – Nelspruit vs St George’s (Boys); 17:00 – St George’s vs Rustenburg Girls (Girls); 18:00 – Pro-ed Akademie vs DF Malan (Girls); 19:30 – Opening Ceremony.
Thursday, 28 March 2024
08:00 – Somerset College vs Penryn (Girls); 09:00 – Paarl Boys High vs Langenhoven Gimnasium (Boys); 10:00 – Punt vs Durbanville (Girls); 11:00 – Stellenberg vs Redhill (Boys); 12:00 – Somerset College vs Robertson (Girls); 13:00 – Paarl Boys High vs Robertson (Boys); 14:00 – Northcliff vs Stellenberg (Girls); 15:00 – York High vs Woodridge (Boys); 16:00 – York High vs Langenhoven Gimnasium (Girls); 17:00 – Durbanville vs Hermanus.
Friday, 29 March 2024
08:00 – 2nd Pool A vs 2nd Pool B (Girls); 09:10 – 2nd Pool A vs 2nd Pool B (Boys); 10:20 – 2nd Pool E vs 2nd Pool F (Girls); 11:30 – 1st Pool A vs 1st Pool B (Girls); 12:40 – 1st Pool A vs 1st Pool B (Boys); 13:50 – 1st Pool E vs 1st Pool F (Girls); 15:00 – 1st Pool E vs 1st Pool F (Boys); 16:10 – Semi-final 1 (Girls); 17:20 – Semi-final 1 (Boys); 18:30 – Semi-final 2 (Girls); 19:40 – Semi-final 2 (Boys).
Saturday, 30 March 2024
08:00 – Super Bowl Final (Girls); 09:10 – Super Bowl Final (Boys); 10:20 – Shield Final (Girls); 11:30- Shield Final (Boys); 12:40 – Plate Final (Girls); 13:50 – Plate Final (Boys); 15:00 – 3rd/4th place-playoff (Girls); 16:10 –3rd/4th place-playoff (Boys); 17:20 – Final (Girls); 18:30 – Final (Boys); 19:40 – Prize Giving
