Local teams and Maritzburg College on song at KES Easter Festival
Parktown Boys’ High School continued their impressive run at the King Edward VII School (KES) Hockey Festival, clinching a second consecutive win with a commanding performance on Saturday afternoon.
The team built on the momentum of a 3-1 win over St Charles College on Thursday and put together a well-structured performance, which was highlighted by sharp passing.
They added a second 3-1 victory, this time over Hoërskool Eldoraigne, thanks to goals from Khanyisa Kraai, Elethu Bam, and Abiye Bamson.
Coach David Grace praised his players after the match, expressing his satisfaction with the team’s progress.
“They were very good,” he said. “The team is going from strength to strength.
“I feel very good about the two wins, and I am looking forward to our day three fixtures. It is going to be tough against Selborne and Maritzburg College.”
Meanwhile, the hosts, KES, continued their strong form, racking up successive wins over opposition from KwaZulu-Natal, beating St Charles College 3-0 and Kearsney College 2-0.
It was a day of double celebration for KES as Ben Simon and Reece Small both earned their 50th hockey caps for the school.
In other games, after a tough 2-6 defeat to KES in their opener on Thursday, Glenwood showed character and resilience in a 5-2 win over Helpmekaar Kollege.
The Durban school looked like a completely different outfit from the one that struggled against the home side. They fell behind in the opening chukka against Helpies but soon equalised, thanks to their hard work pressing high and their swift ball movement.
Helpmekaar responded well to again edge ahead in the second chukka and they took that 2-1 lead into half-time. Glenwood, though. kept up their intensity, and a minute before the end of their third chukka it was all-square.
In the last chukka, their pressure delivered dividends as they slotted three times to break open a tight contest and won by three goals.
Jeppe High School for Boys has made an impressive start to the season and they kept rolling with two convincing wins, handing Kearsney a 4-1 defeat in the morning before outplaying Hoërskool Waterkloof 5-1.
RESULTS
Jeppe 4-1 Kearsney
Maritzburg College 4-1 Queen’s
KES 3-0 St Charles
Waterkloof 2-0 Pearson
Glenwood 5-2 Helpmekaar
Parktown 3-1 Eldoraigne
Maritzburg College 3-0 Selborne
Queen’s 3-2 St Charles
Pearson 1–1 Glenwood
KES 2–0 Kearsney
Jeppe 5-1 Waterkloof
Selborne 1-2 Northwood
Sunday, 20 April
King Edward VII Weinberg Astro
7:30 – Glenwood vs Eldoraigne
8:50 – Selborne vs Parktown
10:10 – Waterkloof vs Queen’s College
11:30 – Jeppe vs St Charles
12:50 – Northwood vs Helpmekaar
14:10 – Maritzburg College vs Parktown
15:30 – KES vs Queen’s College
16:50 – Pearson vs Helpmekaar
18:10 – Selborne vs Kearsney
St John’s College Astro
07:30 – Pearson High School vs Northwood
08:50 – Hoërskool Eldoraigne vs Kearsney
Monday, 21 April
King Edward VII Weinberg Astro
07:30 – Jeppe vs Queen’s College
08:50 – Selborne College vs Glenwood
10:10 – Pearson vs Kearsney
11:30 – Maritzburg College vs Eldoraigne
12:50 – KES vs Northwood
14:10 – St Charles vs Waterkloof
15:30 – Helpmekaar vs Parktown
