Cape sides flex their muscles in pre-season encounters
Schools in the Western Cape kicked off their 2024 hockey season when they participated in the Spar Challenge pre-season Hockey Festival in Cape Town over the weekend.
The one-day event was hosted at various locations, with DF Malan, Stellenberg High School, Durbanville, and Belville High all playing host to matches.
As is the case with pre-season festivals, it was also an opportunity for coaches to assess their teams’ combinations, teamwork, and fitness, among other aspects of the game.
Many of the recognised hockey powers played at the DF Malan and Stellenberg Astro turfs.
At DF Malan, Bloemhof Girls High stood out, winning three of their four matches.
They began their day with a 1-0 win over the hosts, before outscoring Fairmont High School 2-0. The Stellenbosch side went on to play out a 0-0 draw with Herschel Girls, before edging out St Cyprian’s by a solitary goal.
Somerset College was in red hot form. They scooped up wins over DF Malan, Herschel, and Fairmont, before thumping St Cyprian’s 4-1.
At Stellenberg, it was even Stevens in many of the matches. Parel Vallei won all four of their games, downing Paarl Girls’ High, Durbanville, Stellenberg, and Rustenburg Girls, to announce themselves as serious threats for the forthcoming season.
The action was even more entertaining at the Belville Astro, with most of the matches being tightly contested. Only Springfield’s 4-0 win over La Rochelle was a high-scoring affair.
Meanwhile, at Durbanville, Stellenbosch High picked up a win against Hugenote, before playing out to draws against Fish Hoek and Elkanah respectively.
The Western Cape Schools League matches officially start 5 April.
Results
Belville High School Astro
HTS Drostdy 1-0 Belville High
Charlie Hofmeyr 2-1 Curro Durbanville
Springfield High 4-0 La Rochelle
Belville High 1-0 Charlie Hofmeyr
La Rochelle 1-0 Curro Durbanville
Springfield High 1-0 HTS Drostdy
Belville 1-0 Curro Durbanville
HTS Drostdy 1-0 La Rochelle
Springfield High 1-0 Charlie Hofmeyr
Curro Durbanville 0-0 HTS Drostdy
Charlie Hofmeyr 1-0 La Rochelle
Belville High 0-0 Springfield High
Durbanville Astro
Elkanah 3-0 Fish Hoek
Stellenbosch 0-0 DF Malan Invitational
Milnerton 3-1 Hugenote
DF Malan Invitational 1-0 Fish Hoek
Stellenbosch 2-0 Hugenote
Milnerton 0-0 Elkanah
Stellenbosch 1-1 Fish Hoek
Elkanah 2-0 Hugenote
DF Malan Invitational 1-0 Milnerton
Stellenbosch 1-1 Elkanah
Hugenote 0-0 DF Malan Invitational
Milnerton 1-0 Fish Hoek
DF Malan Astro
Somerset College 1-0 Herschel
Bloemhof 1-0 DF Malan
St Cyprian’s 5-0 Fairmont High
Herschel 0-0 Bloemhof
DF Malan 0-0 St Cyprian’s
Somerset College 2-0 Fairmont
Herschel 0-0 DF Malan
Somerset College 4-1 St Cyprian’s
Bloemhof 2-0 Fairmont
Somerset College 2-0 DF Malan
Bloemhof 1-0 St Cyprian’s
Herschel 1-0 Fairmont
Melkbosstrand 5-0 Parow
Robertson 1-1 Elshadai
Bridge House 9-0 President
Melkbosstrand 1-1 Elshadai
Robertson 0-1 Bridge House
Parow 1-1 Robertson
Bridge House 3-0 Parow
President 0-3 Elshadai
Robertson 7-0 Parow
Bridge House 0-1 Elshadai
Melkbosstrand 6-0 President
Stellenberg Astro
Rustenburg Girls 1-0 Durbanville
Wynberg Girls 0-2 Stellenberg
Parel Vallei 1-0 Paarl Girls’ High
Rustenburg Girls 0-0 Stellenberg
Wynberg Girls 0-1 Parel Vallei
Durbanville 0-3 Paarl Girls’ High
Rustenburg Girls 2-0 Wynberg Girls High
Parel Vallei 1-0 Durbanville
Stellenberg 2-0 Paarl Girls High
Wynberg Girls 1-0 Durbanville
Parel Vallei 2-1 Stellenberg
Rustenburg Girls 0-2 Paarl Girls’ High
The Settlers 1-0 Brackenfell
Hermanus 1-0 Swartland
Strand 2-1 Tygerberg
The Settlers 1-0 Swartland
Hermanus 0-0 Strand
Brackenfell 1-2 Tygerberg
The Settlers 1-0 Hermanus
Strand 1-0 Brackenfell
Swartland 2-2 Tygerberg
Hermanus 1-0 Brackenfell
Strand 1-2 Swartland
The Settlers 1-0 Tygerberg
