St Mary’s and St Anne’s through to SPAR KZN Grand Final semis

The defending champions, St Mary’s DSG, Kloof, kept their title defence campaign on track by sweeping all of their Pool A matches on day one of the SPAR KZN Hockey Tournament Grand Final at St Mary’s on Saturday.

The Grand Final is a culmination of months of tournaments that crowned regional champions from across the province.

Joining St Mary’s, the Highway winners,, in the Grand Final are: Ferrum High (KZN North), Wartburg Kirchdorf School (Umvoti and uThukela Regional), St Patrick’s College (Ugo and Sisonke Regional), Felixton College (KZN North Coastal Regional), Ashton College Ballito (Durban North Regional), Maris Stella (Durban Central Regional), Epworth School (Pietermaritzburg Central Regional), St Anne’s Diocesan College (Pietermaritzburg North Regional), and Kingsway High (Durban South Regional).

The hosts didn’t concede a single goal in their four matches and finished top of Pool A to set up a semi-final date with Ashton College Ballito, the Durban North Regional champions, who ended in second place in Pool B, with two wins and two draws.

Saints powered their way into the top four by beating St Patrick’s 4-0, before edging out Ferrum 1-0. They also walloped Kingsway 7-0 and overcame Epworth 1-0.

Ashton recorded 0-0 draws with St Anne’s Diocesan College and Maris Stella before scoring a 2-0 win over Felixton and thumping Wartburg 7-0.

St Anne’s topped Pool B courtesy of 0-0 draws with Ashton and Maris Stella, an emphatic 7-0 drubbing of Wartburg, and a 5-0 win over Felixton. The Hilton school had the same number of points as Ashton but finished in first place because of a superior goal difference.

In the semi-finals, St Anne’s will face familiar opposition when they take on Epworth, the runner-up from Pool A.

Epworth lost only once in Pool A, going down to a narrow defeat against St Mary’s, but they convincingly took victory in their other three games, winning 3-0 against Ferrum, 5-0 against Kingsway, and 6-0 against St Patrick’s.

Saints will be hoping to replicate their performance from last year on the second and final day of the tournament by winning two more matches to retain the trophy. The other three semi-finalists would like to have a word about that.

Results

Pool A

St Mary’s DSG 4-0 St Patrick’s
Epworth 3-0 Ferrum
St Mary’s DSG 1-0 Ferrum
St Patrick’s 1-0 Kingsway
Ferrum 0-0 St Patrick’s
Epworth 5-0 Kingsway
Ferrum 4-0 Kingsway
St Mary’s DSG 1-0 Epworth
Epworth 6-0 St Patrick’s
St Mary’s DSG 7-0 Kingsway

Pool B

St Anne’s 0-0 Ashton
Maris Stella 1-0 Felixton
St Anne’s 7-0 Wartburg
Maris Stella 0-0 Ashton
Ashton 2-0 Felixton
St Anne’s 5-0 Felixton
Maris Stella 3-0 Wartburg
Ashton 7-0 Wartburg
Maris Stella 0-0 St Anne’s
Felixton 3-0 Wartburg

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