Westville Girls’ to host SPAR hockey challenge
Highway schools will meet for the Highway Regional on Sunday, March 13.
THE fifth tournament of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge takes place at Westville Girls’ High School where first teams will meet for the Highway Regional on Sunday, March 13.
Joining host school, Westville are Curro Hillcrest, Gelofte Skool, Hillcrest High School, Kloof High School, St Mary’s DSG Kloof and Thomas More College.
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The seven teams will have 18 minutes of turf time to create some magic on the field. The programme for the day has Westville meeting Thomas More in the first game at 08:00. The format for the day is a round robin, where a win earns the team four points, a draw with goals two points, a goalless draw one point and zero points for a loss.
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In the event of teams being equal on points at the end of the round robin, the positions will be determined by goal difference or goals for or goals against and should there still be a tie, then a penalty shootout will take place between three players from those teams.
After the round robin, the top two teams with the highest scores will play in the final to determine first and second place. Should the game end in a draw, the final heads to the penalty shootout for the regional decider.
Over the years, St Mary’s DSG have dominated this regional with appearances in all but one grand final. In 2014, a courageous team from Westville Girls managed to topple Saints in the regional and make their first appearance at the grand finals. After 22 games in this round robin, the 2022 winner will be revealed.
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