Garsfontein on fire on opening day of Kearsney Hockey 5s
Day one of the Kearsney Hockey 5s, powered by Belgotex Sport, delivered goals galore in Botha’s Hill on Friday.
In the boys’ high school section, Garsfontein stuck their hands up as potential champions with good hockey and an unbeaten run, while in the girls’ high school matches both Danville and St Mary’s DSG went through the day unbeaten.
Boys’ High School matches
Garsfontein made a strong impression in the boys’ competition, going five for five, including a narrow 3-2 win over Hilton College, who won their remaining three games convincingly.
Garsies’ record included a 2-1 win over the defending champions, Westville Boys’ High, who were also beaten 4-3 by Clifton College. Surprisingly, when Hilton College and Clifton met, Hilton won comfortably, cruising to a 6-1 win.
It was a good day for Clifton, however. They beat Ashton, Kearsney, Westville and Michaelhouse, with the latter going to a penalty shootout after the teams had finished level at 3-3.
Apart from their setback against Garsfontein, Hilton shone. With an attitude of taking shots from anywhere (which is allowed in the Hockey 5s), the boys from Midlands provided plenty of action and plenty of goals.
They overran Ashton 8-1, beat St Alban’s 5-2, and Clifton 6-1.
It was a tough day for the hosts, last year’s beaten finalists. They won only one of their four games.
Boys’ High School Results
Clifton 8-0 Ashton
Hilton 2-3 Garsfontein
Kearsney 8-1 St Alban’s
Clifton (1) 3-3 (0) Michaelhouse
St Alban’s 1-7 Garsfontein
Hilton 8-1 Ashton
Clifton 6-3 Kearsney
Michaelhouse 1-2 Westville
Garsfontein 2-1 Westville
Kearsney 1-5 Michaelhouse
Clifton 4-3 Westville
Kearsney 2-7 Garsfontein
Westville 6-2 Ashton
Hilton 6-1 Clifton
Garsfontein 6-2 Ashton
Michaelhouse 3-2 St Alban’s
Girls’ High School matches
Danville, beaten in the 2023 final, caught the eye on the opening day of the girls’ competition, roaring their way to three big wins.
They opened with an 8-0 shellacking of Thomas More College, blanked Ashton 4-0, and ended their commitments with an 8-2 victory over Curro Hillcrest.
St Mary’s DSG, without their grade 12s, like the rest of the teams, but also missing their grade 10s, who are in the Drakensberg, also went three for three.
They won 6-2 against Maris Stella but were then stunned by a fantastic fightback from Thomas More, which brought the game level at 4-4 before Saints bagged a winner.
In their last game of the day, they found matters more routine in a 5-1 defeat of Ashton.
Girls’ High School Results
Curro Hillcrest 0-2 Thomas More
Maris Stella 1-3 Ashton
Danville 8-0 Thomas More
Curro Hillcrest 2-5 Maris Stella
Danville 4-0 Ashton
St Mary’s 6-2 Maris Stella
St Mary’s 5-4 Thomas More
Curro Hillcrest 2-8 Danville
St Mary’s 5-1 Ashton
Boys’ Primary School Results
Highbury 1 4-5 Hillcrest Primary
Cowan House 0-3 Atholl Heights
Higbury 2 2-3 Bonisanani
Kloof Senior Primary 0-5 Penzance
Westville Senior Primary 3-2 Winston Park
Ashton 4-1 Treverton
Highbury 1 1-6 Cowan House
Highbury 2 1-3 Hillcrest Primary
Atholl Heights 8-2 Bonisanani
Kloof Senior Primary 0-6 Westville Senior Primary
Penzance 5-1 Treverton
Winston Park 1-1 Ashton
Highbury 1 6-0 Highbury 2
Hillcrest Primary 8-1 Cowan House
Bonisanani 8-2 Kloof Senior Primary
Westville Senior 2-5 Atholl Heights
Ashton 0-1 Penzance
Treverton 1-4 Winston Park
Highbury 1 8-1 Bonisanani
Highbury 2 2-2 Cowan House
Hillcrest Primary 9-0 Treverton
Westville Senior Primary 3-1 Penzance
Ashton 0-1 Atholl Heights
Winston Park 3-1 Kloof Senior Primary
