St Mary’s Waverley Festival semifinalists confirmed
Oranje, Die Hoërskool Menlopark, Rhenish Girls’ High, and St Mary’s DSG Kloof booked their slots in the semi-finals of the St Mary’s Waverley Hockey Festival on Saturday.
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The six-time champions, Oranje, who have their sights firmly set on a seventh title, progressed smoothly to the final four with a 3-0 win over Our Lady of Fatima in their quarterfinal tie.
The ladies from Bloemfontein are undefeated in the tournament. They cruised to the top of Pool A in round one, and bulldozed their way through their playoff group, Pool F, before facing Our Lady of Fatima in the last eight.
Their opponent in the semifinals is another high-performing team: Rhenish. The Stellenbosch school has not yet lifted the St Mary’s Waverley Festival title, but they will back themselves to do so this year.
Like Oranje, they have scripted an unbeaten run. They topped Pool D before dominating Pool H and then secured a hard-fought 4-3 penalty shootout win, after a goalless draw, over Collegiate Girls’ High, who had also been in excellent form, in the quarterfinals.
The defending champions, St Mary’s DSG Kloof, stayed in the hunt to retain their title after their 1-0 win over Paarl Gimnasium in their quarterfinal tie. The KZN school won four, drew two, and lost one of their round one matches, which left them in second place in Pool A.
In the playoffs, they picked up another second-place finish in Pool H. That was enough to earn them a quarterfinal slot. Coach Nolwazi Nkabinde will be hoping that her charges are peaking at the right time because they will face a tenacious Menlopark in the semifinals.
Coach Brad Brook‘s charges secured a second-place finish in Pool C in the first round of matches, with four wins and three draws. In the second round of matches, they added another win and two more draws, which secured a second-place finish in Pool F.
That earned them a massive Pretoria clash against Waterkloof, who had been on an impressive winning run. Menlo, though, brought it to an end, advancing 4-3 from the penalty spot after a shootout in their quarterfinals’ showdown after the match ended 1-1.
St Stithians College, Pearson, Eunice, and Bloemhof advanced to the semifinal leg of the Plate section, where they will meet for positions 17 to 20.
St Stithians defeated Paarl Girls’ High 2-1, Pearson beat Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High 1-0, Eunice cruised to a 3-0 win over Durban Girls’ College, and Bloemhof won 1-0 against St Andrew’s School for Girls in the quarterfinals.
It will be Saints against Eunice and Pearson Bloemhof for a place in the Plate final.
The Oranje versus Rhenish semifinal starts at 10:50, while St Mary’s DSG Kloof crosses swords with Menlopark at 11:25.
RESULTS
Quarterfinals
Oranje 3-0 Our Lady of Fatima
Menlopark (4) 1-1 (3) Waterkloof
Rhenish (4) 0-0 (3) Collegiate
St Mary’s DSG Kloof 1-0 Paarl Gim
Plate quarterfinals
St Stithians 2-1 Paarl Girls’ High
Pearson 1-0 Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High
Eunice 3-0 Durban Girls’ College
Bloemhof 1-0 St Andrew’s School for Girls
Other results
The Wykeham Collegiate 2-0 Penryn
St Mary’s Waverley Festival XI (1) 0-0 (0) Clarendon
St Cyprian’s 1-0 Herschel
St John’s DSG (3) 0-0 (2) Reddam House Constantia
Somerset College 1-0 Roedean
Garsfontein (3) 0-0 (2) Parel Vallei
Windhoek High (1) 0-0 (0) Affies
St Anne’s (3) 1-1 (2) St Mary’s Waverley
Round 2 Results
Pool E
Waterkloof 1-0 St Anne’s
Our Lady of Fatima 1-0 Parel Vallei
Waterkloof 2-0 Our Lady of Fatima
St Anne’s 2-0 Parel Vallei
Pool F
Oranje 3-0 St Mary’s Waverley
Menlopark 1-1 Garsfontein
Oranje 0-0 Menlopark
Garsfontein 0-0 St Mary’s Waverley
Pool G
Collegiate 1-1 Reddam House Constantia
Paarl Gim 2-0 St Cyprian’s
Paarl Gim 0-0 Collegiate
St Cyprian’s 0-0 Reddam House
Pool H
Rhenish 2-0 St John’s DSG
St Mary’s DSG Kloof 1-0 Herschel
Rhenish 1-1 St Mary’s DSG Kloof
Herschel 1-1 St John’s DSG
Pool J
Affies 0-0 Paarl Girls’ High
St Andrew’s School 1-1 Roedean
Affies 1-1 St Andrew’s School
Paarl Girls’ High 2-0 Roedean
Pool K
Bloemhof 5-0 Windhoek High
Somerset College 1-0 St Stithians
Bloemhof 1-0 Somerset College
St Stithians 3-0 Windhoek High
Pool L
Eunice 2-1 Clarendon
Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High 1-0 Penryn
Eunice 1-0 Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High
Clarendon 1-0 Penryn
Pool M
The Wykeham Collegiate 1-1 Pearson
Durban Girls’ College 3-0 St Mary’s Waverley Festival XI
Pearson 0-0 Durban Girls’ College
The Wykeham Collegiate 2-0 St Mary’s Waverley Festival XI
