Grey High and Grey College remain unbeaten at Synsport Tony Godding Festival
Grey High and Grey College have proved themselves to be two of the most in-form teams through the first three days of action at the 2024 edition of the Synsport Tony Godding Hockey Festival.
The Festival, which started on Thursday and concludes on Sunday, is being played across three East London venues, Stirling High, Merrifield College, Cambridge High, and Selborne College.
Grey High remains unbeaten through four outings. They opened their account with a 6-1 win over Cambridge on Thursday evening and have been unstoppable ever since. On Friday, they breezed past Jim Fouché and Hudson Park, before adding a tight 1-0 win over St Andrew’s School on Saturday afternoon.
Their Bloemfontein counterparts, Grey College, has also been in great form. They pressed the pause button on Pearson‘s run of wins in their lone outing on Friday, scoring a 4-2 win before following that up with a 3-2 victory over St Andrew’s College 24 hours later. In their last fixture of the day, coach Dallan Phillips’ charges cruised to a 4-0 win over Queen’s College. Grey College faces Hudson Park on Sunday morning with a chance to complete the festival undefeated on the line.
St Andrew’s College, meanwhile, bounced back from their defeat at the hands of Grey College with a 2-1 win over Hudson Park. Pearson, on the other hand, dusted themselves off, put the loss to Grey College behind them, and fought their way to a 1-1 draw with Queen’s College. With that result, the Gqeberha school completed their schedule, finishing their Tony Godding campaign with two wins, one draw, and a single loss.
After their big loss to Grey High, Cambridge eked out a 1-0 win over Montana on Friday morning and then exploded for an emphatic 8-0 win over Curro Waterstone later in the day. On Saturday, they added a 2-1 win over Framesby. They have dates with Duineveld and Witteberg on Sunday.
Duineveld, from Upington, had a slow start. They lost their opening match 1-2 to Framesby, on Friday. On Saturday, they were in better form, beating Montana 2-0 and Curro Waterstone 6-1. They will carry the confidence accrued from those wins into their encounter against a suddenly red-hot Cambridge team on Sunday morning.
St Andrew’s School played the last match on Saturday night, and they redeemed themselves with a gripping 3-2 win over Selborne College. They have a date with their namesake, St Andrew’s College at 09:30 on Sunday. They will need to play every bit as well as they did against Selborne to overcome their counterparts from Grahamstown.
Selborne College, on the other hand, has work to do. They will need to put the loss to St Andrew’s School behind them as they head into Sunday. They have a couple of wins under their belt, downing Jim Fouché 4-2 and Woodridge 6-1. They close with a match against Hoërskool Middelburg on Sunday.
RESULTS
Montana 0-2 Duineveld
Stirling 1-0 Westering
Alexander Road 4-1 Glenwood House
Witteberg 3-1 Curro Waterstone
Cambridge 2-1 Framesby
Kingswood 1-2 Sasolburg
Selborne College 6-1 Woodridge
Merrifield 1-1 Middelburg
St Andrew’s College 2-3 Grey College
Grey High 1-0 St Andrew’s School
Queen’s College 1-1 Pearson
Framesby 1-1 Witteberg
Dale College 3-1 Alexander Road
Kingswood 2-1 Jim Fouché
Curro Waterstone 1-6 Duineveld
Merrifield 0-1 Woodridge
Hudson Park 1-2 St Andrew’s College
Westering 1-4 Sasolburg
Queen’s College 0-4 Grey College
Stirling 2-3 Middelburg
Selborne College 2-3 St Andrew’s School
Montana 3-0 Glenwood House
FIXTURES
08:15 – Hudson Park vs Grey College, 08:15 – Framesby vs Sasolburg, 08:15 – Cambridge vs Duineveld, 09:30 – St Andrew’s College vs St Andrew’s School, 10:45 – Selborne College vs Middelburg, 10:45 – Westering vs Jim Fouché, 12:00 – Merrifield vs Kingswood, 12:00 – Dale College vs Curro Waterstone, 12:00 – Cambridge vs Witterberg, 13:15 – Queen’s College vs Woodridge, 13:15 – Stirling vs Alexander Road.
