Eunice wins, big victories for Cambridge and Rhenish at Greg Beling Festival

Eunice, Cambridge, Rhenish and Stirling all claimed wins in Thursday’s opening games of the Greg Beling Hockey Festival in East London.

Ranked number one in South Africa in 2023, Eunice had a challenging start to their season at the Balling Hockey Festival in Bethlehem, suffering three defeats in succession before righting the ship and scoring successive victories. Against DSG Makhanda, they made it three wins on the trot after a 2-1 victory.

The teams are no strangers to each other. They met last year at the Greg Beling Festival, too, and Eunice powered their way to a 5-0 victory on that occasion.

In the festival’s first game, Cambridge crushed Montana 3-0 on their home Astro. Rhenish impressed with a comfortable 4-1 win over Clarendon, while Stirling High School scored a 2-1 win over Curro Waterstone in the last match of the day.

On Friday, the action ramps up, with 18 matches on the schedule.

Eunice locks horns with Cambridge in the day’s first match, while Cradock High School takes on Krugersdorp High School in an early afternoon game.

Montana, after going down in their first match, will be out to redeem themselves when they take on Die Brandwag.

Stirling wraps up the second day’s action with an outing against Collegiate.

The girls from Gqeberha have produced consistently good hockey in recent seasons, but based on Thursday’s results, they’ll be in for a tough test from Cambridge.

Some of the teams running out for the first time in the Festival on Friday are expected to be among South Africa’s best in 2024, including Oranje, Pearson and St Anne’s.

Results

Thursday, 14 March 2024

Cambridge 3-0 Montana
Eunice 2-1 DSG Makhanda
Stirling 2-1 Curro Waterstone
Clarendon 1-4 Rhenish

Fixtures

Friday, 15 March 2024

Cambridge High School Astro

09:00 – Cambridge v Eunice
12:45 – Cradock HS v Krugersdorp HS
15:15 – Brandwag v Montana
16:30 – Cambridge v HS Linden

Clarendon Astro 

10h15 – DSG v Rhenish
11:30 – Clarendon v Union High
14:00 – Framesby v Witteberg
15:15 – DSG v Oranje
16:30 – Pearson v Affies
14:45 – Rhenish v Eunice

Merrifield Astro

11:00 – Lilyfontein v Volksool
13:30 – Westering v Sasolburg
14:45 – Merrifield v Kingswood

Selborne College Astro

14:00 – Curro Waterstone v GHS
16:30 – Hudson Park v St Anne’s

Stirling High School Astro

11:30 – Alex v HS Duineveld
15:15 – Woodridge v Voortrekker
17:45 – Stirling v Collegiate

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Vuyo Ndudane is a Sport Management and Journalism graduate from the Vaal University of Technology and the University of South Africa. She has experience as a content producer for Mhlobo Wenene FM sport show, currently working as a Sport Multimedia Controller, Researcher and multiple sport freelance writer under the wings of Sport Journalist. She admires Kyle Walker and Vinicius Jnr. She's just a lover of sport and trying to change the perception of Women's Sport in South Africa - one article a time.

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