Oranje runs rampant on opening day of Coastal Hockey Festival
Oranje and the hosts, Our Lady of Fatima, recorded emphatic victories on the first day of the inaugural edition of the Coastal Hockey Festival on Friday.
The event, which runs from 6 to 8 February, features some of the best hockey-playing schools in the country.
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Oranje issued a firm statement of their intentions for both the festival and season by scoring 15 unanswered goals across their two games.
The ladies from Bloemfontein defeated St John’s DSG 4-0 before hitting their stride in an 11-0 thumping of St Stithians College in their second outing.
Our Lady of Fatima recorded a 1-0 win over Hoërskool Waterkloof in their first match before romping to a 7-0 win over Helpmekaar Kollege later in the day.
Their provincial counterparts, St Mary’s DSG Kloof, also won comfortably against Helpmekaar, cruising to a 5-0 win.
Eunice and Die Hoërskool Menlopark also ended the opening day among the unbeatens.
Eunice edged out St John’s 2-1 in their first match before undergoing a tough examination from Durban Girls’ College (DGC), with their clash ending goalless. Menlopark played only once and impressed, handling DGC comfortably to win 4-0.
RESULTS
St John’s 1-2 Eunice
Fatima 1-0 Waterkloof
DGC 0-4 Menlopark
St Mary’s 5-0 Helpmekaar
Oranje 4-0 St John’s
DGC 0-0 Eunice
Fatima 7-0 Helpmekaar
St Stithians 0-11 Oranje
Waterkloof 2-0 St Anne’s
FIXTURES
Saturday, 7 March
07:30 – 08:45: St Mary’s vs Menlopark; 08:55 – 10:10: DGC vs Waterkloof; 10:20 – 11:35: Our Lady of Fatima vs Oranje; 11:45 – 13:00: St John’s vs Helpmekaar; 13:10 – 14:25: Menlopark vs Eunice; 14:35 – 15:50: St Stithians vs St John’s; 16:00 – 17:15: St Mary’s vs Oranje; 17:25 – 18:40: DGC vs Helpmekaar; 18:50 – 20:05: Our Lady of Fatima vs Menlopark; 18:20 – 19:35: St Stithians vs Waterkloof; 19:45 – 21:00: St Mary’s vs Eunice.
Sunday, 8 March
07:30 – 08:25: Helpmekaar vs Oranje; 08:35 – 09:30: Our Lady of Fatima vs Eunice; 09:40 – 10:35: St Mary’s vs Waterkloof; 10:45 – 11:40: St Stithians vs DGC; 11:50 – 12:45: St John’s vs Menlopark.
