Affies two for two at Founders Festival

The hosts of the Founders Hockey Festival, Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) made good use of their home-ground advantage by registering back-to-back wins on the opening day of the event, in Pretoria, on Saturday.

They began their campaign with an outing against Kearsney, who hosted the Founders Festival in 2024 and went unbeaten.

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In a high-intensity clash, Affies netted their first goal when they converted a penalty corner in the first chukka. They doubled their advantage in the second chukka to take a healthy lead into the halftime break.

Kearsney strung some good sequences of play together, but they were unable to break through the home side’s stubborn defence.

They were made to pay when the hosts struck once more in the third chukka, which led to a solid 3-0 victory, courtesy of a double from Gunther Schubert, with the other goal coming from the stick of Rudolf Thiart.

In their second match, Affies took on Parktown Boys’ High School. Coach Colin Mendoza’s side picked up where they left off against Kearsney and were rewarded with a deserved 3-1 victory.

St Stithians College also went two from two, with their hard work bringing them a 3-1 win over Queen’s College, which they followed with a nail-biting 4-3 defeat of Paarl Gimnasium.

Northwood School, after a slow start to the day in a goalless draw against Rondebosch Boys’ High, found the back of the net twice against Dale College to secure a 2-0 win. Rondebosch followed their morning draw with a tight 1-0 victory over Kearsney.

Dale suffered two losses on the day, also going down 0-4 to St David’s Marist Inanda. They’ll attempt to reverse course on Sunday when they take on Kearsney and Parktown Boys’ High.

Paarl Gim is still in search of a first win at the festival. After their narrow loss to St Stithians, they played to a 2-2 draw with Parktown.

Queen’s College is also chasing a first victory. Apart from their 1-3 loss to Saints, they shared a high-scoring 3-3 draw with St David’s.

Sunday’s schedule features 10 matches.

DAY 1 RESULTS

Affies 3-0 Kearsney
Bosch 0-0 Northwood
Paarl Gim 2-2 Parktown
Saints 3-1 Queens
St David’s 4-0 Dale
Northwood 2-0 Dale
St David’s 3-3 Queens
Rondebosch 1-0 Kearsney
Saints 4-3 Paarl Gim
Affies 3-1 Parktown

FIXTURES

Sunday, 30 March

07:30 – St David’s Marist Inanda vs Paarl Gim
08:35 – St Stithians v Affies
09:40 – Northwood vs Queen’s
10:45 – Parktown vs Rondebosch
11:50 – Kearsney vs Dale
13:00 – St David’s Marist Inanda vs Affies
14:05 – Northwood vs Paarl Gim
15:10 – St Stithians vs Rondebosch
16:15 – Parktown vs Dale
17:20 – Kearsney vs Queen’s

Monday, 31 March

07:30 – Parktown vs Queen’s
08:35 – St Stithians vs Dale
09:40 – Northwood vs Affies
10:45 – St David’s vs Rondebosch
11:50 – Kearney vs Paarl Gim

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Sinovuyo Ndudane is a Sport Management and Journalism graduate from the Vaal University of Technology and the University of South Africa. She has experience as a content producer for Mhlobo Wenene FM sport show, currently working as a Sport Multimedia Controller, Researcher and multiple sport freelance writer under the wings of Sport Journalist. She's just a lover of sport and trying to change the perception of Women's Sport in South Africa - one article a time.

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