Grantleigh sneak in to retain crown
Grantleigh edge out Felixton College in hotly contested final
GRANTLEIGH sweeper Chené van Wyk hammered the ball into the back of Felixton College’s goal box with only two minutes to go to secure victory for her team in Sunday’s SPAR KZN Regional School Girls Hockey Challenge finals at Grantleigh.
The goal not only kept her side’s unbeaten run in the tournament intact, but also handed her team their second consecutive title.
Grantleigh beat Mandini 6-0, Empangeni High School 1-0 and St Catherine’s 1-0 in their pool games before progressing to the semi-finals, where they ousted Richards Bay High 1-0 to progress to the finals.
Grantleigh won the inaugural tournament in 2011, with Empangeni High dominating in 2012 to 2015 before Grantleigh emerged as champions again last year.
Umpire Brett Braithwaite was selected as the Umpire of the Tournament and will travel with the Grantleigh side to the SPAR KZN Grand Finals at St Mary’s from 29-30 July.
The other regional qualifiers are St Mary’s, King Edward High, Ferrum Skool, St Anne’s College, St John’s DSG, Amanzimtoti High, Our Lady of Fatima, Durban Girls College and Wartburg Kirchdorf (Umvoti.
Final placings
1 Grantleigh, 2 Felixton College, 3 EHS, 4 Richards Bay High School, 5 St Catherine’s, 6 eShowe, 7 Richards Bay Christian School, 8 John Ross College and 9 Mandini.
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