Hillcrest High School was the first school to have its name engraved on the trophy at the inaugural Spar KZN Schoolgirl’s Fast 5s Netball Tournament that took place on Saturday, 3 August at Kuswag Skool.
The first tournament, hosted by Amanzimtoti High School, had 10 out of the 11 registered teams take to the two courts, with a total of 55 games of high-energy action taking place. The tournament, played in a round robin format, had two six-minute halves with a two-minute breather midway.
The on-song team on the day, the victorious Hillcrest High racked up 10 out of 10 wins, netting 99 baskets and only allowing 28 points to go in against them, including 10 points in a big game against Gelofte High School.
Gelofte met yet another challenge from Durban Girls’ High School. The two schools both finished the day on eight points, with eight wins and two losses. In the game against each other, only one point separated the two, with the scoreline favouring Gelofte 10-9. DGHS’ only other loss was to the winning team, Hillcrest while Gelofte’s kryptonite was Durban North College, with College taking that game 12-7.
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Mid-fleet, a tightly bunched pack battled it out for sixth place between Ridge Park College, KwaMakhutha High School, Northlands Girls’ High School and host team Toti. Four round robin points separated the four schools as the day concluded. Northlands Girls’ High finished their day in sixth, scooping the place from Toti with a better goal scoring difference. Both teams finished on 12 points, but Northlands netted 43 points to Toti’s 30. They were followed by Ridge Park College on 10 points and the hard working team from KwaMakhutha who earned nine points.
A tradition in the Spar schoolgirls’ tournaments, the hard-working whistle blowers were acknowledged for their efforts and Dumo Mthiyane from host school, Toti was awarded umpire of the day.
The next round of the tournament heads to Southcity Christian School in Margate for the southern schools’ regions, before heading to Empangeni High School and Voortrekker High School in Pietermaritzburg. For more information, like the tournament’s Facebook page or follow on Instagram.
Results
1 Hillcrest High School – 30 points; 2 Gelofte High School – 24 points; 3 Durban Girls’ High School – 24 points; 4 Durban North College – 21 points; 5 Kingsway High School – 19 points; 6 Northlands Girls’ High School – 12 points; 7 Amanzimtoti High School – 12 points; 8 Ridge Park College – 3 points; 10 KwaMakhutha High School – 9 points; 10 Rossburgh High School – 3 points.
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