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Grey College captures u18 Guschkie Top Schools title

By Sinovuyo Ndudane , in Hockey | Featured Hockey | News , at 2025-08-10 Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

The 2025 Guschkie Top Schools champions, Grey College. Photo: Grey College on Facebook.

The u18 Guschkie Top Schools Hockey Tournament concluded on Saturday with Grey College scoring a hard-fought 2-1 win over Paarl Gimnasium in the final.

When the teams met earlier in the season, also in Bloemfontein, Gim scored an impressive 4-2 win, but Grey put a stop to the Western Cape side’s flawless run through the competition.

Paarl Gim had opened their campaign with a resounding 7-1 victory over Hoërskool Menlopark on Thursday, followed by an impressive 8-1 demolition of Somerset College.

Then, on the second day, they continued their demolition, brushing aside Hoërskool Eldoraigne 4-0 before repeating that same scoreline against Hoërskool Jim Fouché.

Grey’s journey began smoothly enough, with two wins on the opening day. But they were held to a 1-1 draw by Hoërskool Garsfontein in their third outing. Then, they fell 0-1 behind against St Andrew’s School before clawing their way back to claim a 2-1 victory and a place in the final.

Garsfontein took on their Pretoria rivals, Die Hoërskool Menlopark for third place and scored a 2-0 win. Hoërskool DF Malan ended fifth after edging out Eldoraigne 2-1 in a tight contest.

Seventh went to Hoërskool Jim Fouché, of Bloemfontein, who downed Worcester Gimnasium 2-1.

In another well-matched game, Somerset College held on for a 2-1 win over St Andrew’s School to end ninth.

RESULTS

9/10: Somerset College 2-1 St Andrew’s School
7/8: Jim Fouché 2-1 Worcester Gim
5/6: DF Malan 2-1 Eldoraigne
3/4: Garsfontein 2-0 Menlopark
Final: Grey College 2-1 Paarl Gim

FINAL STANDINGS

  1. Grey College
  2. Paarl Gimnasium
  3. Hoërskool Garsfontein
  4. Hoërskool Menlopark
  5. DF Malan
  6. Hoërskool Eldoraigne
  7. Hoërskool Jim Fouché
  8. Worcester Gimnasium
  9. Somerset College
  10. St Andrew’s School
Sinovuyo Ndudane
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