Crawford net impressive victory at hockey comp
Crawford La Lucia met previous two times regional winners, Danville Park Girls’ High in the gold silver game where the final score ended 1 nil in favour of Crawford.
PERSEVERANCE most certainly paid off for the determined host school, Crawford La Lucia achieving their first Durban North Regional title in the nine year history of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge that took place recently.
Crawford La Lucia met previous two times regional winners, Danville Park Girls’ High in the gold silver game where the final score ended 1 nil in favour of Crawford.
Coach for Crawford La Lucia, Justin Collins stated after the prize giving, “It has been a real privilege to be a part of the tournament again. It has been a fantastic day out with a lot of competitive hockey being played. It has been inspiring to see the talent on hand and we were fortunate to come out as winners. It is good progress for the start of our season and certainly, with this win we are going in the right direction.”
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“Danville is a very good team, we knew what system they were going to play so it was nice to actually turn that around. We didn’t give them any chance to keep the ball or get out their own circle. We applied pressure from the whistle, and we managed to come out winners, which is great. We are really, really happy with this success.”
Brent Phillips from Crawford La Lucia was deemed the Umpire of the Day. He received his award at prize giving and dashed off to officiate another game at Riverside as a favour owed to his father.
Securing their spot for the Grand Finals, Crawford La Lucia join the two Pietermaritzburg teams that have already earned their ticket. The first team to earn their spot was St Anne’s College (Pietermaritzburg North Regional) and Epworth School (Pietermaritzburg Central Regional).
Results:
1 Crawford La Lucia
2 Danville Park Girls’ High
3 Our Lady of Fatima
4 Ashton College
5 Northlands Girls’ High
6 Reddam House uMhlanga
7 Durban North College
8 Crawford North Coast
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