Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament action intensifies
After a blistering start on Wednesday, day one of the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament, the action intensified on the second day as some teams started to pull away while others struggled.
Thursday’s action at the eight venues was highlighted by a series of goals, upsets, and domination from the top teams.
After the initial pool stages, the teams were separated into different groups and are now playing strength vs. strength in the Cup, Bowl, and Shield sections.
Each section has four pools made up of four teams and acts as a round of 16 with the quarterfinals and semi-finals looming.
In the boys’ Cup section, the teams were evenly matched, with Langenhoven Gimnasium, Hoërskool Monument, and Stellenberg High being the only teams to win both of their matches on the day.
Langenhoven, from Oudtshoorn, defeated Woodridge College 2-1 and Curro Durbanville 2-0 to put themselves in a healthy position moving forward. Stellenberg, meanwhile, thumped the same opponents 5-0 and 2-0, respectively.
Pool C was dominated by Hoërskool Monument, who claimed the scalps of Hoërskool Nelspruit and Hoërskool Outeniqua.
Fairmont High School also maintained their unbeaten run at the tournament by defeating East London’s Hudson Park 3-2 before being held to a 1-1 draw by a brave Bridge House outfit.
St John’s College, from Harare, ran riot in the Shield section and scored a whopping eight goals in two matches and conceded just one. They thumped Glenwood House 4-0 and a Rondebosch Invitational side 4-1.
Kingswood College bounced back after a disappointing opening day. The side from Makhanda racked up successive wins over Durbanville and Namibia’s Windhoek Gimnasium.
GIRLS SECTION
On day two of the girls’ competition, St Paul’s College, also from Windhoek, impressed in the Cup section.
They snatched a 1-0 win over the favourites, Stellenberg High, and whipped Hoërskool Eldoraigne 7-1.
Gauteng’s Kempton Park and EG Jansen were also on-song. They dominated their pool, beating both DF Malan and Northcliff. They’ll meet on Friday. It should be an entertaining clash.
Pool D in the Cup section was always going to be an interesting one with four evenly matched sides battling each other.
Two goalless stalemates were played out between Wynberg Girls’ High and Hoërskool Nelspruit, and Rustenburg Girls’ High, and Hoërskool Outeniqua.
Outeniqua returned later in the day to beat Wynberg 2-1 while Rustenburg edged out Nelspruit 1-0.
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RESULTS
DAY 2
BOYS’ CUP SECTION
Pool A
Worcester Gimnasium 2-1 Pro-Ed Akademie
SACS 1-1 Punt
Punt 6-0 Pro-Ed Akademie
Worcester Gimnasium 0-0 SACS
Pool B
Langenhoven Gimnasium 2-1 Woodridge College
Stellenberg High 2-0 Curro Durbanville
Langenhoven Gimnasium 2-0 Curro Durbanville
Stellenberg 5-0 Woodridge
Pool C
Hoërskool Monument 2-0 Hoërskool Nelspruit
Hoërskool Outeniqua 0-0 Paul Roos Gimnasium Invitational
Hoërskool Monument 4-3 Hoërskool Outeniqua
Paul Roos Gimnasium 2-0 Hoërskool Nelspruit
Pool D
DF Malan 1-1 Bridge House
Fairmont High 3-2 Hudson Park
Hudson Park 2-1 DF Malan
Fairmont High 1-1 Bridge House
BOYS’ SHIELD SECTION
Pool E
St John’s 4-0 Glenwood House
Rondebosch Boys’ High Invitational 1-0 Stirling High
St John’s 4-1 Rondebosch Boys’ High Invitational
Stirling High 3-0 Glenwood House
Pool F
Hoërskool Middelburg 1-0 Hoërskool Zwartkop
Ashton College 0-0 Hoërskool Middelburg
Ashton College 2-1 Stellenbosch
Hoërskool Zwartkop 3-0 Stellenbosch
Pool G
Hoërskool Upington 1-1 Strand
Kempton Park 1-0 Hoërskool Eldoraigne
Hoërskool Eldoraigne 3-0 Strand
Kempton Park 2-0 Hoërskool Upington
Pool H
Kingswood College 2-0 Durbanville
St Dunstan’s College 1-0 Windhoek Gimnasium
Kingswood College 2-0 Windhoek Gimnasium
Durbanville 6-0 St Dunstan’s College
BOYS’ BOWL SECTION
Pool I
Penryn 3-2 Charlie Hofmeyr
Hugenote 2-0 Paarl Boys High Invitational
Charlie Hofmeyr 1-0 Paarl Boys High Invitational
Hugenote 4-0 Penryn
Pool J
Hoërskool Hermanus 4-0 Linden
Peterhouse 4-2 Robertson
Linden 3-0 Robertson
Hoërskool Hermanus 7-0 Peterhouse
Pool K
Windhoek High School 1-1 HTS Drosdty
Oudtshoorn 3-2 Somerset College Invitational
Windhoek High School 2-0 Oudtshoorn
HTS Drosdty 7-0 Somerset College
Pool L
Paarl Gimnasium Invitational 3-2 Northcliff
Redhill School 1-0 St Dominic’s
St Dominic’s 4-1 Northcliff
Redhill School 2-1 Paarl Gimnasium
GIRLS’ CUP SECTION
Pool A
St Paul’s College 1-0 Stellenberg High
Hoërskool Eldoraigne 2-2 Peterhouse
St Paul’s College 7-1 Hoërskool Eldoraigne
Stellenberg 5-0 Peterhouse
Pool B
Fairmont High 7-1 Paarl Gimnasium Invitational
Durbanville 3-1 Hoërskool Monument
Durbanville 8-0 Paarl Gimnasium Invitational
Fairmont High 1-1 Hoërskool Monument
Pool C
Kempton Park 1-0 DF Malan
EG Jansen 4-0 Northcliff
EG Jansen 2-1 DF Malan
Kempton Park 3-2 Northcliff
Pool D
Wynberg Girls’ 0-0 Hoërskool Nelspruit
Rustenburg Girls’ High 0-0 Hoërskool Outeniqua
Hoërskool Outeniqua 2-1 Wynberg Girls’ High
Rustenburg Girls’ High 1-0 Hoërskool Nelspruit
GIRLS’ SHIELD SECTION
Pool E
Worcester Gimnasium 1-1 La Rochelle
Glenwoodhouse 1-0 Windhoek Gimnasium
La Rochelle 1-0 Glenwood House
Windhoek Gimnasium 0-0 Worcester Gimnasium
Pool F
Linden 1-1 Kingswood College
York High 6-0 Robertson
Linden 6-1 Robertson
York High 3-1 Kingswood College
Pool G
Stellenberg Invitational 1-0 Pro-Ed Akademie
Stirling High 2-0 Strand
Stirling High 1-0 Pro-Ed Akademie
Stellenberg Invitational 1-0 Strand
Pool H
Hudson Park 1-1 Woodridge College
Ashton College 1-1 Hoërskool Hermanus
Woodridge College 1-0 Hoërskool Hermanus
Ashton College 3-2 Hudson Park
GIRLS’ BOWL SECTION
Pool I
Langenhoven Gimnasium 3-0 Rustenburg Girls’ High Invitational
HTS Drosdty 2-0 Langa Hockey Club
HTS Drosdty 3-1 Langenhoven Gimnasium
Langa Hockey Club 0-0 Rustenburg Girls’ High Invitational
Pool J
Brackenfell 2-0 St Dominic’s
Punt 1-0 Hoërskool Upington
Brackenfell 1-1 Hoërskool Upington
Punt 6-0 St Dominic’s
Pool K
Durbanville Invitational 2-0 Oudtshoorn
Hugenote 2-1 Bridge House
Hugenote 5-0 Oudtshoorn
Durbanville Invitational 3-0 Bridge House
Pool L
Curro Durbanville 1-0 St Dunstan’s College
Fairmont High Invitational 1-0 Charlie Hofmeyr
Fairmont High Invitational 4-0 St Dunstan’s College
Charlie Hofmeyr 1-1 Curro Durbanville
