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Girls conquer the football pitch

The Janine Van Wyk (JVW) Schools League finals were held at the Germiston City Sports Grounds this weekend.

The Janine Van Wyk (JVW ) Schools League came to an end this weekend.

The league, supported by Ekurhuleni Sports and Recreation, saw 109 girlsā€™ football teams from schools around Gauteng participating in matches that ran from May to September.

The final matches were played at the Germiston City Sports Grounds, over the weekend.

A week before the play-offs, Rand Girlsā€™ School were crowned u-17 Girlsā€™ Champions, after losing only one match throughout the league.

The play-offs saw 28 of the top teams qualifying for the open and u-15 age groups.

The teams battled it out to reach the finals, played on Sunday.

Coaches and players took to the field in high spirits, with parents and supporters cheering them on.

The quarter-finals in the open age group saw teams from Reddam House Bedfordview, Rand Girlsā€™ School, Pretoria Girlsā€™ High, Jeppe Girlsā€™, HoĆ«rskool Vorentoe, Benoni High, Waverly Girlsā€™ and Norkem Park battling it out for a place in the semi-finals.

Rand Girlsā€™, HoĆ«rskool Vorentoe, Jeppe Girlsā€™ and Waverly Girlsā€™ made it to the semi-finals.

But it was Jeppe Girlsā€™ and HoĆ«rskool Vorentoe who faced-off in the finals, with the team from HoĆ«rskool Vorentoe winning in a penalty shoot-out.

Jeppe Girlsā€™, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG), HoĆ«rskool Vorentoe, Assumption Convent, Jeppe Girlsā€™, Reddam House Bedfordview, Benoni High and Parktown Girlsā€™ progressed through the group stages to make it to the quarter-finals in the u-15 age group.

OWLAG, Jeppe Girlsā€™, HoĆ«rkool Vorentoe and Parktown Girlsā€™ made it through to the semi-finals after a series of gruelling matches, with Jeppe Girlsā€™ and HoĆ«rskool Vorentoe coming out on top and progressing to the finals.

Jeppe Girlsā€™ beat HoĆ«rskool Vorentoe 3ā€“0 in the nail-biting final match.

The league was a huge success.

Galleries from the league’s quarter-finals:

Reddam House Bedfordview vs Rand Girlsā€™ School

Waverly Girlsā€™ vsĀ Norkem Park

HoĆ«rskool VorentoeĀ vsĀ Benoni High

Pretoria Girlsā€™ High vs Jeppe Girlsā€™ HighĀ 

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