It was survival of the fittest during the boys hockey play-offs these past weekends. Various provincial teams competed and the tournaments took place over two weekends. The first games were on June 9 and second were on June 16.

They were played at Uplands College, Penry College, Curro Nelspruit and Hoërskool Nelspruit.
The top schools play-offs comprise of the top three schools per league, Gert Sibande, Nkangala and Ehlanzeni.

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The teams are divided into two pools and then compete against one another to qualify for the Mpumalanga semi-finals. The top two teams of the pools will then play against each other in a semi-final after which the two winners will compete for the Mpumalanga trophy.

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Only one school in the Lowveld will play in the semi-finals, although not all the teams participated in the tournament. The semi-finals will be played on July 21 at Hockey Farm Witbank and Curro Bankenveld.

Teams that will play in semi-finals are as follow:
U/14
Pool A: HTS Middelburg vs Hoërskool Middelburg
Pool B: Hoërskool Secunda vs Ligbron Akademie vir Tegnologie

U/16
Pool A: Hoërskool Secunda U/15 vs Penryn College
Pool B: Hoërskool Middelburg vs HTS Witbank
U/19
Pool A: HTS Middelburg vs Hoërskool Oosterland
Pool B: Hoërskool Middelburg vs Hoërskool Secunda.