Crawford College La Lucia ready to defend title
Nine schools take to the astro for the Durban North Regional, with the schools being divided into two pools.
GAINING momentum, the third tournament of the 10th SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge rolls out to Ashton International College this coming Sunday.
Nine schools take to the astro for the Durban North Regional, with the schools being divided into two pools. Heading up Pool B is host school, Ashton International College meeting Danville Park High School, Northlands Girls’ High and newcomers Curro Mount Richmore. In Pool A defending champs Crawford La Lucia take on Crawford North Coast, Durban North College, Our Lady of Fatima and Reddam House uMhlanga.
Having the honour of getting the tournament started, the first game gets underway with Crawford North Coast meeting Reddam at 7.30am and concluding the pool games, Danville takes on Northlands.
Following the familiar pool format for the SPAR tournaments, the 20-minute pool games will be wrapped up after 16 games, with the cross-pool games continuing the day and revealing the positional places. A win will earn the victorious team 4 points, a draw with goals, 2 points and a goalless draw only 1 point. A loss sees no movement to the points.
For the semi-finals and finals, in the case of a tied game – shootouts will be used to determine the winners with only three players from each team heading to the spot. After 22 games, this year’s winner will be the tenth team to have their name engraved on the regional trophy.
Four teams have represented the Durban North Regional at the Grand Finals since the tournament’s inception, most recently Crawford La Lucia who won the 2019 title for the first time. Fatima and Ashton have made three appearances and Danville twice.
One team has secured their place at the Grand Finals, Vryheid’s Hoërskool Pionier from the Northern KZN Regional earned the first spot in Vryheid last weekend. Hot on the heels of the Durban Central Regional which takes place the day before, the third Grand Finals berth is reserved for the winner of the Durban North area.
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