DSG and St Andrew’s hold on to K-Day bragging rights
St Andrew’s College and DSG Makhanda maintained their dominance over Kingswood College when they picked up victories in the annual K-Day derby on the weekend.
St Andrew’s won 2-1, while DSG Makhanda, who’ve put together an impressive season, powered their way to a big 6-0 victory.
St Andrew’s and DSG went into their games favoured to win, and they delivered on those expectations.
The highly anticipated K-Day action began on Thursday night when St Andrew’s squared off against Kingswood’s at the famous City Lords AstroTurf.
As expected, the stands were filled to the rafters, with both sets of schools turning out in their numbers in anticipation of a humdinger.
The visitors started like a house on fire and opened the scoring with just two minutes played through Sid Fishlock.
The goal was all about Fishlock. He applied pressure on Kingswood at the back, won the ball, rounded the goalkeeper, and sneaked the ball into the goalbox to put St Andrew’s ahead.
It was a cagey affair, and both sides created goal-scoring chances, but their execution let them down.
In the second chukka, Kingswood drew level when Luc Starkey fired in a drag flick thunderbolt, much to the satisfaction of the home supporters.
St Andrew’s, however, found a way to win by digging deep. With five minutes to play, they won a penalty corner and turned their fortunes over to their dangerman, Greg Rodwell. He fired a drag flick past goalkeeper Jack Tait to score what turned out to be the winning goal.
While the boys took to the turf on Thursday night, the girls had to wait until Saturday to play their clash at City Lords.
DSG, undoubtedly one of the top teams in the country this season, were playing away from home, but they dealt with the pressure with aplomb.
They produced a clinical performance, bossed proceedings and further stamped their authority as the best girls’ team in the Eastern Cape.
They played some fantastic free-flowing hockey, moving the ball exceptionally well, and linking up to score some cracking goals.
Captain Abigail Holderness was at the forefront of the DGS onslaught, netting a brace, while her sister, Lucy, also got in on the scoring action.
Jocelyn Appel, who has been a frequent goal scorer for the Makhanda school, also scored while Alexandra Ovendale and Lauren Menagé completed the drubbing.
It’s back to the drawing board for Kingswood, who have now lost two matches on the trot after going down 1-2 against Pearson earlier this month.
DSG, meanwhile, continues to stack wins. They’ll face Hoërskool Framesby next week full of confidence.
St Andrew’s hockey results vs Kingswood College
1st XI won 2–1
u16A won 2–1
u14A won 5–0
DSG Makhanda hockey results vs Kingswood College
1st XI won 6-0
u16A won 7-0
u14A won 5-1
