KZN Coastals and Southern Gauteng dominate day one of Indoor Hockey IPT
KwaZulu-Natal Coastal A and Southern Gauteng made strong starts to their SASHOC u18 Girls Indoor Hockey IPT campaigns at Thomas More College, in Kloof, on Monday. Both teams finished the day unbeaten and were separated only by goal difference at the top of the leaderboard.
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Coastals, who are on top of the log, walloped KZN Inland B 10-1 in their opening fixture.
Codie Bestbier recorded the first hat-trick of the competition in the match, while Zezethu Kunene and Gabi Howarth added a brace each. Ella Bowyer, Jenna-Leigh Freese, and Caprice Bengston rounded off the scoring with a goal each, while Anna Schulze scored Inland B’s consolation goal.
Kunene carried her goal-scoring form into Coastals’ second match later in the day, netting twice in a 4-1 win over their compatriots, KZN Coastal B. Freese and Howarth added the other two goals, while Angelina Hall found the back of the net for Coastals B.
Southern Gauteng roared to a 4-0 win over their highveld neighbours, Northerns, in their opening match of the tournament. Raffael Abrahams netted twice, while Kristen Cikes and Ciara van der Walt also struck.
Van der Walt grew her tally in the competition to three goals when she scored a brace in Southerns’ 6-1 win over KZN Inland A in their afternoon encounter. Nicole Chikweshe also got onto the scorecard with two of her own, while Kristen Cikes and Chloe Potgieter added a goal each. Mia Howie replied for Inland A.
Coastals B and Northerns finished the day with a win each.
Coastals B showed that they were not to be underestimated because of their B-team tag with a convincing 5-1 triumph over Inland A. Alwande Dladla opened the scoring in the 10th minute before Mia Lopes and Mackenzy Layden scored a brace each. Kate van Breda found the back of the net for Inland A.
Northerns bounced back from their loss to Southerns with a 5-1 win over Inland B. Jana Seebach led the way for them with a hat-trick, and Brigit Arndt and Amogelang Motlatle added a goal each.
For the second time in the day, Anna Schulze found the back of the net for Inland B. Unfortunately for her, it was in another losing cause.
Southerns have a tricky assignment against KZN Coastal B in the first match of the second day, while KZN Coastal A faces a resurgent Northerns immediately afterwards. The match of the day will be the contest between the powerhouses, KZN Coastal A and Southerns, at 14:00.
Convenor of Selectors, Calvin Price, reflecting on the first interprovincial schools’ hockey tournament, told SuperSport Schools: “It’s good for school hockey. We’ve got other avenues that are growing the indoor game exceptionally well. To get it back into school level is really exciting.
“There has been some incredible hockey today, on day one. It’s also nice for me to see what’s coming through for the future from the school base. It has been a fantastic opening day, and I think this is the start of some good indoor hockey going forward in the schools and in the provinces. I’m looking forward to that.”
Discussing the impact of South Africa’s successes at the Indoor Hockey World Cup and the introduction of a schools’ IPT, he added: “I think we’re going to get more indoor players out there, which I think we need.
“The Pro Series Indoor (PSI) is a huge success by itself, and I’m privileged to be involved as a national coach. They help me with a lot of things, but there is now another avenue where we can get other players who don’t play PSI to play some top level provincial indoor hockey.”
RESULTS
U18
KZN Coastals A 10 (Codie Bestbier 3, Zezethu Kunene 2, Gabi Howarth 2, Ella Bowyer, Jenna-Leigh Freese, Caprice Bengston). KZN Inland B 1 (Anna Schulze).
Southern Gauteng 4 (Raffael Abrahams 2, Kristen Cikes, Ciara van der Walt). Northerns 0.
KZN Coastals B 5 (Mia Lopes 2, Mackenzy Layden 2, Alwande Dladla). KZN Inland A 1 (Kate van Breda).
Northerns 5 (Jana Seebach 3, Brigit Arndt, Amogelang Motlatle). KZN Inland B 1 (Anna Schulze).
Southern Gauteng 6 (Ciara van der Walt 2, Nicole Chikweshe 2, Kristen Cikes, Chloe Potgieter). KZN Inland A 1 (Mia Howie).
KZN Coastals A 4 (Zezethu Kunene 2, Jenna-Leigh Freese, Gabi Howarth). KZN Coastals B 1 (Angelina Hall).
U16
KZN Inland A 6 (McKenzie Bourg 2, Rebecca Hellberg 2, Jade Gobey, Rebecca Thompson) Northerns B 0
Northerns A 4 (Daniella Grobbelaar 2, Elaine Haycock, Nicole Smuts) KZN Inland B 1 (Tyler Kyle)
KZN Coastal B 3 (Emmerson van Zijl, Isabella Jansen, Rachel McDonald) Southern Gauteng 2 (Jamie Howard, Giovanna Abrahams)
U14
KZN Coastal A 6 (Teagan Williamson, Bohlale Mokubung, Emily Simpkins, Tain Enslin, Charley-Rose Boyall) Northerns B (Dané van den Berg)
KZN Inland A 5 (Amy van Breda, Zintle James, Chelsey Cameron, Leah Hailu, Abigail Moodley) Northerns B 0
Southern Gauteng 5 (Gina Boyle 2, Taylem Casanoves 2, Ashley Kuhn) KZN Inland B 0
Northerns A 2 (Sarah Gouws, Liesel de Witt) KZN Coastal B 2 (Erinn Pretorius 2)
KZN Coastal A 12 (Jessica Savage 4, Olivia Barrett 2, Limberly Johnson 2, Shriya Nadrajah 2, Casia Huntley, Peighton Short) Northerns B 0
KZN Coastal B 4 (Erinn Pretorius 2, Shiwari Naicker, Charlotte Patterson) KZN Inland A 3 Samkelisiwe Msomi, Amy van Breda, Mila Truter)
Southern Gauteng 3 (Ofuna Ramathuba 2, Madison Utermohlen) Northerns A 1 (Sarah Gouws)
