Goals galore at Tony Godding Festival
Grey High School, St Andrew’s College, and Cambridge High School were among the highest goal-scorers on Friday, the second day of the Synsport Tony Godding Festival, in East London.
The festival kicked off on Thursday and finishes on Sunday. Matches are being played at Stirling High, Merrifield College, Cambridge High, and Selborne College.
Pearson and Grey High kicked off the festival with comprehensive victories.
Pearson played first and registered a comprehensive 6-1 win over Stirling on Thursday. Then, on Friday morning, they continued their good form with a 3-0 win over St Andrew’s School. Pearson’s run of victories came to a halt in the afternoon, however, when Grey College handed them a 4-2 defeat
Grey High went one better than their Gqeberha neighbours and won all three of their matches.
On Thursday night, they opened with a commanding 6-0 win over Cambridge. Coach Andrew Benyon’s side faced Jim Fouché on Friday morning and shrugged off the determined challenge of the Bloemfontein side, winning 3-1. They maintained that momentum in their game against Hudson Park, whom they defeated 3-0.
St Andrew’s College recorded the joint-highest margin of victory with a 9-1 walloping of Glenwood House on Friday morning. Cambridge matched that when they overwhelmed Curro Waterstone 8-0 on Friday afternoon. Earlier in the day, the East London school scored a narrow 1-0 win over Montana in their first outing of the festival.
Grey College was one of the teams with a single match under their belt, they went up against Pearson and beat them 4-2. Coach Dallan Phillips’ side is one of the outfits to look out for in the festival.
Saturday promises another day of entertaining hockey action. Some of the matches to look forward to are Grey High’s duel with St Andrew’s School, Queen’s College‘s clash with Grey College, and Pearson’s showdown with Queen’s.
RESULTS
Thursday
Pearson 6-1 Stirling
Grey High 6-0 Cambridge High
Friday
Cambridge 1-0 Montana
Pearson 3-0 St Andrew’s School
St Andrew’s College 9-1 Glenwood House
Grey High 3-1 Jim Fouché
Queen’s College 1-1 Kingswood
Dale College 3-6 Middelburg Hoërskool
Hudson Park 1-1 Alexander Rd
Framesby 2-1 Duinveld
Montana 2-1 Witteberg
Merrifield 2-1 Sasolburg
Pearson 2-4 Grey College
Stirling 0-2 Woodridge
Dale College 5-0 Westering
Cambridge 8-0 Curro Waterstone
Hudson Park 0-3 Grey High
Selborne College 4-2 Jim Fouché
FIXTURES
Saturday
07:00 – Montana vs Duineveld, 07:00 – Stirling vs Westering, 08:15 – Alex Rd vs Glenwood House, 09:30 – Witteberg vs Curro Waterstone, 09:30 – Cambridge vs Framesby, 09:30 – Kingswood vs Sasolburg, 10:45 – Selborne College vs Woodridge, 10:45 – Merrifield vs Middelburg, 12:00 – St Andrew’s College vs Grey College, 13:15 – Grey High vs St Andrew’s School, 13:15 – Queen’s College vs Pearson, 14:30 – Framesby vs Witteberg, 15:45 – Dale College vs Alex Rd, 15:45 – Kingswood vs Jim Fouché, 15:45 – Curro Waterstone vs Duineveld Boys, 15:45 – Merrifield vs Woodridge, 17:00 – Hudson Park vs St Andrew’s College, 17:00 – Westering vs Sasolburg, 18:15 – Queen’s College vs Grey College, 18:15 – Stirling vs Middelburg, 19:30 – Selborne College vs St Andrew’s School, 19:30 – Montana vs Glenwood House.
