Curro Thatchfield Cup champions crowned

The Curro Thatchfeld Cup produced one tightly contested game after another on Saturday as the leading teams in the competition went head-to-head for the silverware in front of a large crowd at the Pretoria school.

Relive the event on SuperSport Schools.

In the u19 girls’ event, Curro Hazeldean took on Curro Soshanguve for a place in the final. In the only decisive victory of the playoffs, it was Hazeldean who advanced, winning 3-0 to book a meeting with The King’s School Linbro Park for the title.

Kings faced a challenging path to the title decider. Their clash with Curro Academy Pretoria finished 0-0 after regulation time, which meant a penalty shootout would decide who moved on. Kings Linbro then claimed a 5-3 victory from the spot to set up a showdown with Curro Hazeldean.

In the decisive confrontation between Curro Hazeldean and Kings Linbro, it was, again, tight as could be, and neither team mustered a goal in regulation time. Penalties were needed to decide the champions.

Kings Linbro had triumphed from the spot in the semi-finals, but their luck ran out in the final as Curro Hazeldean snatched a narrow 5-4 win to capture the champions’ title.

The boys’ semi-finals pitted the hosts, Curro Thatchfield, against Greenside High and goals were again hard to come by. Curro, though, scored the only one of the contest to advance to the final where they took on Lyttelton Manor, who had ousted Curro Soshanguve in the final four, also by a 1-0 margin.

On a day in which there was little to separate the contenders, the winning score was again 1-0 as Curro Thatchfield delighted their home supporters with a winning performance.

U19 Girls

Semi 1: Curro Soshanguve 0-3 Curro Hazeldean
Semi 2: Curro Academy Pretoria (3) 0-0 (5) Kings Linbro Park
Final: Curro Hazeldean (5) 0-0 (4) Kings Linbro Park

U19 Boys

Semi 1: Curro Thatchfield 1-0 Greenside High
Semi 2: Curro Soshanguve 0-1 Lyttelton Manor
Final: Curro Thatchfield 1-0 Lyttelton Manor

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