Fixtures and teams in action at the Grens Festival
The annual Grens Festival, hosted by Hoërskool Grens, takes place in East London over the course of two days, Friday and Saturday, with teams from the region getting an early-season opportunity to test themselves against one another.
The event brings together 10 of the region’s strongest hockey-playing schools to battle it out on the Cambridge High School Astroturf.
Cambridge, Clarendon Girls and Stirling High School were the leading teams in the East London region last season, while Clarendon also took on many of the country’s top sides at the Greg Belling and St Mary’s Waverley Hockey Festivals last year.
They also impressed during their in-season derbies, picking up wins against Gqeberha’s Collegiate Girls, Hudson Park, and King Williams Town’s Kingsridge Girls High.
Playing under a new head coach, Luaan Sedras, Clarendon will use the festival as an opportunity to gel and bond as a team, ahead of the Greg Belling Festival next weekend.
Cambridge and Stirling High, on the other hand, will be aiming to close the gap on Clarendon this year, and that all starts this weekend.
Cambridge faces Aliwal North on the opening day, followed by outings against Merrifield College and Stirling on Saturday.
Hudson Park will have their work cut out for them, with clashes against Merrifield College, Kingsridge and Clarendon.
Hangklip High School makes the drive from Komani to face Hoërskool Grens, Lilyfontein, Green Point, and Hudson Park’s u16 side.
Fixtures
Friday, 8 March 2024
12:00 – Hangklip High vs Hoerskool Grens
12:40 – Stirling High vs Clarendon Girls High
13:20 – Hudson Park vs Merrifield College
14:00 – Lilyfontein vs Hangklip High
14:40 –Aliwal North vs Stirling High
15:20 – Kingsridge Girls High vs Hudson Park
16:00 – Merrifield College vs Lilyfontein
16:40 – Green Point vs Hudson Park u16
17:20 – Clarendon Girls High vs Kingsridge Girls High
18:00 – Cambridge High vs Aliwal North
18:40 –Hoerskool Grens vs Green Point
Saturday, 9 March 2024
08:00 – Hudson Park vs Clarendon Girls High
08:40 – Lilyfontein vs Aliwal North
09:20 – Stirling High vs Hudson Park
10:00 – Hoerskool Grens vs Lilyfontein
10:40 – Merrifield vs Cambridge High
11:20 – Aliwal North vs Hoerskool Grens
12:00 – Hangklip High vs Hudson u16
12:40 – Cambridge High vs Stirling High
13:20 – Green Point vs Hangklip
14:00 – Clarendon Girls High vs Merrifield College
14:40 – Hoerskool Grens vs Hudson u16
15:20 – Green Point vs Cambridge High
