Border’s best to go head-to-head in pre-season clashes
Selborne College, along with Queen’s College, Hudson Park High, and Dale College, will all be in 1st team hockey action for the first time this year at the Border Schools’ Day in East London on Friday.
The annual event serves as a pre-season run-out for teams before a jam-packed calendar quickly picks up steam. For many sides, matches will start to come thick and fast from next week.
Merrifield College hosts this year’s instalment, and they’ll be keen to make a splash on their home turf. They’ll be joined by fellow East London schools, Cambridge High School and Stirling High.
The “unknowns” are Greenpoint and Stutterheim High, so they will offer an element of surprise.
Port Rex Technical High School has been in and out of the Border hockey scene, but they’ve returned and will be eager to rebuild their programme.
The fixtures are not classified as “official”, so neither will the results be official, but participating teams will be eager to get their respective campaigns off to a positive start.
For sides like Selborne, Merrifield, Hudson Park, Queen’s, Cambridge and Stirling, the Border Schools’ Day also offers an opportunity for them to build some momentum ahead of next week’s Tony Godding Festival.
The action kicks off with a clash between the hosts and Selborne College at 12:00.
Border Schools’ Day Fixtures
12:00 – Selborne College vs Merrifield College
13:00 – Hudson Park vs Queen’s College
14:00 – Port Rex Technical High vs Stirling High
15:00 – Cambridge High vs Dale College
16:00 – Greenpoint High vs Stutterheim High
