Dates announced for Spar KZN hockey challenge
In mid-July, the top team from each region will meet at the grand finals at St Mary’s DSG in Kloof.
Leaping into its 10th year and notching up a momentous milestone, the Spar KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge’s first tournament of the year significantly tips off its 100th overall tournament.
The first date in this jam-packed, action-filled hockey calendar that travels to 10 regions in KZN takes place on the added bonus day this leap year, Saturday, 29 February. Host for this year’s Northern KZN regional is Pioneer High School.
The first of four regionals in March heads back to Durban for the Durban Central regional, where Durban Girls’ College will host teams at their astro on Saturday, 7 March. On Sunday, 8 March, the tournament moves to Ashton International College in Ballito for the Durban North regional.
Ashton welcomes the tournament onto their recently unveiled international-spec astro turf. The fourth and fifth tournaments travels to Hilton, where both the Pietermaritzburg Central and Pietermaritzburg North regionals will take place at St Anne’s College on Saturday, 14 March.
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After a short two week break, Kingsway High School will host the Durban South regional at 3 Schools Trust on Sunday, 5 April. Staying south, the tournament travels to Matatiele for the Southern KZN regional, where King Edward High School hosts teams on Saturday, 18 April.
In May, schools from the timber-rich areas gather for the uMvoti, uThukela and uMzinyathi regional on the astro at Wembley College in Greytown on Saturday, 9 May. Back-to-back action takes the tournament to Curro Hillcrest on Sunday, 10 May for the Highway regional. Concluding the regionals, the 10th tournament takes place on the familiar turf at Grantleigh School that hosts teams for the Northern KZN Coastal regional on Saturday, 16 May.
“Spar KZN is delighted with the success of this tournament that began in 2011 and quickly became a highlight on the sports calendar, and has since been introduced to a number of our neighbouring provinces,” said Max Oliva, managing director of Spar KZN.
“With the upcoming milestone of the 100 overall tournaments next month, we look forward to watching the action unfold and its success in the future. With 2020 being a big year for sports, with the Olympics taking place in Tokyo – we are delighted that our South African hockey teams will feature as well and look forward to seeing how many women donning the green and gold in Japan have been a part of our humble journey.”
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In mid-July, the top team from each region will represent their school and their regional at the grand finals at St Mary’s DSG in Kloof. The two-day final starts on Saturday, 18 July with pool games and then cross pool and medal games on Sunday, 19 July. For more information, like the tournament’s Facebook page or follow on Instagram.
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