DAY 1 | Girls | Teams turn it up on Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament opening day

The front-runners in the girls’ section of the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament were quickly revealed on the opening day in Cape Town on Wednesday.

A total of 12 teams picked up two wins each, including Middelburg, DF Malan, Hoërskool Nelspruit, Paarl Gimnasium, Fairmont High, Somerset College, Stellenberg, Rustenburg Girls’, Outeniqua, Penryn College, Northcliff High, and Namibia’s Windhoek Gymnasium.

They will all be aiming to secure their places in the playoffs after Thursday’s matches.

The annual tournament, which is hosted at eight different venues, lived up to the opening day hype, with some interesting results being produced, including a couple of shocks.

Last year’s winners, Monument High School, who were drawn in Pool G, found the going tricky, winning one match and drawing their second fixture at the Rustenburg Astroturf.

They beat Belville High School 2-0, with Keila Meyer and Hannah Smyth getting onto the scoresheet, but they were then held to a 0-0 draw by Kingswood College. On Thursday, Monnas face Stellenbosch High School and Wynberg Girls’.

East London’s Hudson Park High, despite a win and a loss, will feel they’re still in with a shot at finishing first in their pool.

Jordyn Wilson struck four times in their opening encounter, a 6-0 drubbing of Hugenote, which also included goals from Inathi Lubelwana and Busiwe Mayekiso.

Next time out, though, they went down 1-3 to Middelburg.

Woodridge College lies second in Pool B, while Stirling High School is third in Pool C. They’ll be aiming to make Thursday moving day.

Stirling goes up against Rustenburg Girls’ and St George’s Diocesan School, while Woodridge battles DF Malan and Pro-Ed Akademie.

With playoff places on the line, all-out goal-scoring action is the forecast for day two.

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Day 1: Girls’ results

Pool A
Hudson Park 6-0 Hugenote
Middelburg 10-0 Private School Swakopmund
Hugenote 0-2 Curro Durbanville
Hudson Park 1-3 Middelburg
Private School Swakopmund 2-1 Curro Durbanville

Pool B
Woodridge 4-0 Bridge House
Redhill 1-0 Pro-Ed Akademie
Bridge House 5-0 DF Malan
Woodridge College 0-0 Redhill
Pro-Ed Akademie 0-2 DF Malan

Pool C
Stirling High 2-0 Hermanus
Hoërskool Nelspruit 7-0 St George’s Diocesan School
Hermanus 0-2 Rustenburg Girls’
Stirling High 0-1 Hoërskool Nelspruit
St George’s Diocesan School 0-3 Rustenburg Girls’

Pool D
Paarl Gimnasium 12-0 Oudtshoorn
Windhoek Gymnasium 6-0 Hoërskool Rustenburg
Paarl Gimnasium 6-0 The Settlers
Oudtshoorn 0-4 Hoërskool Rustenburg
Windhoek Gymnasium 3-0 The Settlers

Pool E
Outeniqua 4-0 La Rochelle
Hoërskool Eldoraigne 2-1 Worcester Gymnasium
La Rochelle 0-7 Fairmont
Outeniqua 2-0 Hoërskool Eldoraigne
Worcester Gymnasium 1-3 Fairmont

Pool F
Somerset College 5-0 Hoërskool Punt
Penryn College 2-1 Hoërskool Robertson
Somerset College 3-0 Durbanville
Hoërskool Punt 0-1 Penryn
Hoërskool Robertson 0-9 Durbanville

Pool G
Kingswood College 2-0 Stellenbosch High
Monument 2-0 Belville
Stellenbosch High 1-1 Wynberg Girls’
Kingswood College 0-0 Monument
Belville 2-1 Wynberg Girls’

Pool H
York High 3-0 Strand
Northcliff 8-0 Langenhoven Gimnasium
Strand 0-6 Stellenberg
York High 3-4 Northcliff
Langenhoven Gimnasium 0-7 Stellenberg

Fixtures on the Hartleyvale A Astroturf

Thursday, 28 March 2024

08:00 – Somerset College vs Penryn (Girls); 09:00 – Paarl Boys High vs Langenhoven Gimnasium (Boys); 10:00 – Punt vs Durbanville (Girls); 11:00 – Stellenberg vs Redhill (Boys); 12:00 – Somerset College vs Robertson (Girls); 13:00 – Paarl Boys’ High vs Robertson (Boys); 14:00 – Northcliff vs Stellenberg (Girls); 15:00 – York High vs Woodridge (Boys); 16:00 – York High vs Langenhoven Gimnasium (Girls); 17:00 – Durbanville vs Hermanus.

Friday, 29 March 2024

08:00 – 2^nd Pool A vs 2^nd Pool B (Girls); 09:10 – 2^nd Pool A vs 2^nd Pool B (Boys); 10:20 – 2^nd Pool E vs 2^nd Pool F (Girls); 11:30 – 1^st Pool A vs 1^st Pool B (Girls); 12:40 – 1^st Pool A vs 1^st Pool B (Boys); 13:50 – 1^st Pool E vs 1^st Pool F (Girls); 15:00 – 1^st Pool E vs 1^st Pool F (Boys); 16:10 – Semi-final 1 (Girls); 17:20 – Semi-final 1 (Boys); 18:30 – Semi-final 2 (Girls); 19:40 – Semi-final 2 (Boys).

Saturday, 30 March 2024

08:00- Super Bowl Final (Girls); 09:10 – Super Bowl Final (Boys); 10:20 – Shield Final (Girls); 11:30 – Shield Final (Boys); 12:40 – Plate Final (Girls); 13:50 – Plate Final (Boys); 15:00 – 3^rd/4^th place-playoff (Girls); 16:10 –3^rd/4^th place-playoff (Boys); 17:20 – Final (Girls); 18:30 – Final (Boys); 19:40 – Prize Giving

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Avuyile Sawula is a multimedia sports journalist, broadcaster, and writer. He possesses a journalism qualification from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. During his time in the media industry, he has worked for various online media publications covering a variety of sporting codes. He also has a broadcasting background having worked as a news journalist at one of Cape Town’s commercial radio stations. His reporting beats include hockey, rugby, water polo, and cricket. Apart from writing, he has a knack for creating sports content, and video editing.

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