Goals galore as big guns dominate in the Western Cape

Paarl Gimnasium, South African College High School (SACS) and Wynberg Boys High all racked up impressive wins on the opening weekend of the inter-schools’ season in the Western Cape on Friday night.
Gim and Wynberg scored five goals each against Outeniqua and Curro Durbanville respectively. SACS, meanwhile, topped that, netting six goals against Fairmont High School, away from home.
Entering their clash against Outeniqua, Gim, led by coach Jacques Grobler, was high in confidence after winning the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament the week before by defeating Worcester Gimnasium 2-1 in the final. It was their third title on the trot in the event.
They came off their blocks fast against Outeniqua, with Willem Matthee getting them on the board.
Gim’s skipper, LD Nel, who was recognised as one of the standout players at the Belgotex Tournament, where he topped the goal scorers’ charts, continued his prolific goalscoring form, slotting a hattrick, before Neil de Wet’s solitary goal sealed a 5-1 win for the Paarl side.
Coach Grobler’s charges will take their talents further afield over the course of the next two weekends, first facing Affies in Pretoria, before travelling to Bloemfontein to take on Grey College the week after that.
SACS were expected to beat Fairmont High School and they duly delivered, knocking in six goals to add another convincing win to an ever-expanding list of impressive one-sided victories.
Right-wing Matthew Jones scored a brace while Nick Paxton, Matthew Lassen, Aiden Hughes, and the dangerous Litha Kraai also got their names onto the scoresheet.
Coach Sam Holmes will now prepare his side for their next assignment, which is Parel Vallei next weekend at home.
Wynberg, under coach Ben Wiley, got their Western Cape season off to a confidence-boosting 5-1 win over Curro Durbanville.
They dominated ball possession and the match. Dayle Gertson was instrumental in Wynberg’s win, scoring four times, before Ethan Lee made it five in total for the southern suburbs’ side.
In other matches, Worcester Gimnasium also claimed a win, handing Swartland a 0-2 loss, with Lourens de Kock and Christiaan Joubert scoring.

Stellenberg High came close to pulling off an upset when they held Rondebosch Boys’ High to a 2-2 draw.
Playing at home, Stellenberg drew strength from the enthusiastic backing of their home crowd. Their goals were netted by Ben Marais and Dean Potgieter, while Martin Barnard and Jamie Hundermark hit the mark for Rondebosch.
DF Malan and Parel Vallei shared a 1-1 draw, with Sibulele Makeleni striking for Parel Vallei and Adriaan Steytler scoring for DF.
Brackenfell narrowly missed out on a win against the Wynberg Invitational team, going down 2-3, while HTS Drostdy did just enough to defeat Hugenote 1-0.
RESULTS
Parel Vallei 1-1 DF Malan
Rondebosch Boys’ High 2-2 Stellenberg High School
Wynberg Boys’ High 5-1 Curro Durbanville
Paarl Gimnasium 5-1 Outeniqua
HTS Drostdy 1-0 Hugenote
SACS 6-0 Fairmont High School
Wynberg Invitational 3-2 Brackenfell
Worcester Gimnasium 2-0 Swartland
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