Rhenish still unbeaten while Eastern Cape trio wins big
There were solid victories for Rhenish Girls’ High School, DSG Makhanda, Collegiate Girls’ High, and Clarendon High School for Girls on day two of the Synsport Greg Beling Festival in East London on Saturday.
Out of the four sides, Rhenish has impressed the most, winning each of their outings, despite playing some of the top teams in the country.
After a dominant showing on Friday, which brought them convincing wins over Voortrekker and Oranje, the Western Cape side followed up with victories over St Anne’s DSG (5-1) and Eunice High School (3-2) on Saturday at the Clarendon AstroTurf.
Their meeting with Eunice was arguably their toughest and most challenging fixture of the weekend.
Like Rhenish, Eunice had not tasted defeat. They headed into the clash off the back of an 8-0 hammering of Hudson Park High School earlier in the day.
The Rhenish vs Eunice showdown was, undoubtedly, the match of the day and it lived up to expectations for all the spectators and those who tuned in on SuperSport Schools.
After a pulsating start, the sides went into halftime level at 1-1 after goals scored by Leah du Plessis, for Rhenish, and Bianca Rees-Gibbs, for Eunice.
Rees-Gibbs edged the Bloemfontein side ahead once more with a PC drag flick in the third chukka, much to the delight of the travelling supporters.
Rhenish, however, came from behind again and scored twice to clinch an intense victory. Du Plessis completed her brace with a deadly PC drag flick, which was similar to her first goal, before Lily Newton converted a penalty stroke late in the game to seal the win.
Rhenish will return to the Western Cape unbeaten while Eunice plays Middelburg Hoërskool in their final match on Sunday. DSG Makhanda, after losing 0-2 to Eunice and 1-3 to Oranje on Friday, bounced back impressively on Saturday.
They were dominant against Parel Vallei, and, after a slow start, outscored their opponents 4-1 to secure a much-needed win.
On the scoresheet were Lauren Mènage, Anna Olivier, Jocelyn Appel, and skipper Abigail Holderness.
Collegiate Girls’ High maintained their unbeaten run at the festival with two more wins.
After beating Hudson Park 5-0 on Friday, they swept the floor with Middelburg Hoërskool (4-0) and Bethlehem Voortrekker (6-0).
Joining them in the winning column were the hosts, Clarendon High School for Girls. They beat Hoërskool Witteberg 1-0 before ending the day’s play with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Alexander Road.
Kingswood College continued to struggle and suffered losses against Hoërskool Sasolburg and Queenstown Girls’ High.
RESULTS
DAY 2
@Clarendon
Sasolburg 2-1 Kingswood College
Collegiate 4-0 Middelburg
Clarendon 1-0 Witteberg
Rhenish 5-1 St Anne’s DSG
Parel Vallei 3-0 Middelburg
Eunice 8-0 Hudson Park
Sasolburg 3-1 Union High
DSG Makhanda 4-1 Parel Vallei
Oranje 1-1 St Anne’s DSG
Rhenish 3-2 Eunice
Clarendon 3-0 Alex Road
@Cambridge High
Montana 2-1 Brandwag
Jim Fouché 1-0 Cambridge High
Cradock 2-1 Lilyfontein
Montana 1-0 Westering
Witteberg 3-0 Woodridge College
Jim Fouché 2-1 Westering
@Selborne College
Curro Waterstone 2-1 Lilyfontein
Oranje 3-1 DSG Makhanda
@Stirling High
Stirling High 4-0 Hoër Volkskool Graaff-Reinet
Queenstown Girls’ High 1-0 Kingswood College
Pearson 1-0 Voortrekker
Glenwood House 3-0 Hoër Volkskool Graaff-Reinet
Collegiate 6-0 Voortrekker
Duineveld 2-1 Stirling High
@Merrifield College
Alex Road 3-0 Glenwood House
Merrifield 2-2 Woodridge College
Kingsridge 5-0 Brandwag
Duineveld 4-0 Curro Waterstone
Merrifield 3-0 Framesby
FIXTURES
DAY 3
@Clarendon
08:15 – DSG Makhanda vs St Anne’s DSG; 09:30 -Eunice vs Middelburg; 10:45 – Hudson Park vs Oranje; 12:00 – Kingsridge vs Volkskool; 13:15 – Clarendon vs Woodridge College.
@Cambridge
09:30 – Union vs Duineveld; 10:45 – Brandwag vs Curro Waterstone; 13:15 – Cambridge vs Westering.
@Selborne College
09:30 – Collegiate vs Parel Vallei.
@Stirling High
07:00 – Cradock vs Sasolburg; 09:30 – Framesby vs Jim Fouché; 10:45 – Alex Road vs Witterberg; 12:00 – Stirling High vs Voortrekker.
@Merrifield College
08:15 – Queenstown Girls’ High vs Glenwood House; 13:15 – Merrifield College vs Kingswood College.
