Waterkloof and Pretoria Boys High finish strongly at St Stithians Hockey Festival
Hoërskool Waterkloof and Pretoria Boys High (PBHS) were among the teams that ended their St Stithians Hockey Festival on a high note.
Saturday’s matches were the third day of play in the annual event, which began on Wednesday, but took a day off on Good Friday.
Coach Jacques Klopper‘s young PBHS team showed its mettle by recording four wins and a single draw in a successful campaign at Saints.
They defeated St Benedict’s College 1-0 on the first day and then drew with the equally-impressive Clifton College before beating Ashton International College, Ballito, on Thursday.
They completed their assignments with wins over Falcon College and Reddam House Constantia on Saturday. Victor Louw led the way for PBHS in a convincing 7-0 win over Zimbabwe’s Falcon with a brace, while Liam Brooker, Chad Donkin, Caylum du Preez, Bongai Vuyeqaba, and Rorisang Boshomane also netted.
Boys High kept another clean sheet and won comfortably against Reddam House, too, with goals from Paidin Grey, Louw, Du Preez, and Vuyeqaba giving them a clear-cut 4-0 victory.
Like PBHS, Clifton enjoyed a successful three days, also winning four and sharing a draw with the Pretoria school. Coach Calvin Price’s charges beat Falcon on day one, then defeated St Stithians before drawing with PBHS on Thursday. On Saturday, they saw off Reddam House and Affies.
Ryde Brisset and Daniel Holliday found the back of the net in Clifton’s 2-1 victory over Reddam and Holliday, one of his side’s leading marksmen, was on target again with a brace in a thrilling 5-4 win over Affies, with Brisset and Tye Milne, both members of KZN Coastal’s Indoor IPT-winning team, scoring the other two goals.
Menlopark racked up back-to-back wins on Saturday, beating Ashton 4-0 and the St Stithians Festival XI 3-0. St David’s Marist Inanda also signed off in style with an emphatic 5-0 thrashing of Falcon before squeezing a 3-2 win out of their showdown with Affies.
Coach Omari Pienaar-Geyer‘s Waterkloof put together a good run in the girls’ section, winning four and losing one. They beat Springfield on day one, lost to DSG Makhanda, and won against Bethlehem Voortrekker on Thursday, then saw off Epworth and Ashton on Saturday.
Mila Badenhorst, Nicole Smuts, and Lenique Vogel found the back of the net in Waterkloof’s 3-1 win over Epworth, before goals from Alba Lambinon, Badenhorst, and Vogel took them to a 3-0 triumph over Ashton.
DSG Makhanda breezed through the festival unbeaten with four wins and a draw. They beat Bethlehem Voortrekker on day one, charged past Waterkloof and St Stithians on day two, and then overran Ashton 6-1 before drawing 3-3 with Menlopark in their final outing on Saturday.
Coach Brad Brook‘s Menlopark lived up to their billing as one of the top teams of 2026 with four wins and a single draw in five matches.
Their record included a commanding 8-0 triumph over Beaulieu College on the first day, wins over Ashton and Epworth on day two, and a 4-0 victory over Bethlehem Voortrekker before a thrilling 3-3 draw with DSG Makhanda.
RESULTS
Boys
Clifton 2-1 Reddam
PBHS 7-0 Falcon
Hilton 2-0 St Benedict’s
Clifton 5-4 Affies
Menlopark 4-0 Ashton
PBHS 4-0 Reddam Constantia
St David’s Marist Inanda 3-2 Affies
Menlopark 3-0 St Stithians Festival XI
St Stithians 2-1 Hilton
St David’s Marist Inanda 5-0 Falcon
Girls:
Waterkloof 3-1 Epworth
DSG Makhanda 6-1 Ashton
St Stithians 0-0 Springfield
Menlopark 4-0 Bethlehem Voortrekker
Epworth 4-1 Beaulieu
Waterkloof 3-0 Ashton,
DSG Makhanda 3-3 Menlopark
Beaulieu 5-1 Falcon
St Stithians 4-0 Bethlehem Voortrekker
Falcon 1-0 St Stithians Festival XI
