IN their fifth appearance, Amanzimtoti High School’s first hockey team tackled the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge over the weekend with triumph and determination, earning the team 10th place.
After two days of diverse weather at the 99th overall KZN tournament, 29 games were played with a total of 72 goals being scored in 710 minutes of passionate first team schoolgirls’ hockey at its finest.
Amanzimtoti High School (Durban South Regional Winner) earned 10th position in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, and eighth in 2018.
Representing the Durban South Region, Toti met hockey giants Durban Girls’ College (Durban Central Regional Winners), St Anne’s College (PMB North Regional Winners), along with Crawford La Lucia (DBN North Regional Winners) and travelling team Felixton College (North Coastal Regional Winners) from Richard’s Bay.
In their first game they went down 1-0 against Richards Bay’s team Felixton.
In their second game, they had four goals go in by Durban Girls’ College. Their third pool game, they lost 2 nil and had six goals scored in against eventual silver medalists St Anne’s in the last pool game on Saturday.
First team coach for Toti, Chris Clarke stated, “It was a very tough weekend for my girls. We were placed in an extremely tough group and my young team battled to match the pace of the other teams,” he said.
In the cross pool playoff, Toti took on the German midlands school, Wartburg Kirchdorf School representing the Umvoti, uThukela and Umzinyathi Region. With efficient German tactics, the travelling team managed to get one goal in to earn ninth and Amanzimtoti finishing 10th overall.
Clarke concluded that the weekend was a lovely learning experience for the girls.
“We will look forward to being back and better next year,” he said.
Results:
- St Mary’s DSG
- St Anne’s College
- Durban Girls’ College
- Epworth School
- Crawford La Lucia
- Kokstad College
- Felixton College
- Ferrum High School
- Wartburg Kirchdorf School
- Amanzimtoti High School
For more info visit the tournament’s Facebook page.
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