Five-star display by Ashton’s girls’ indoor hockey 2nd team
Ashton's girls' indoor hockey teams completed another set of successful fixtures, winning all nine of their fixtures last week.
Ashton College girl’s indoor hockey 2nd team put on a five-star performance to beat Werda School’s 1st team 5-1 at The Legacy Indoor Arena on Saturday.
Ashton surged into a 3-1 halftime lead before closing the game out 5-1 to cap a dominant display. Werda’s goalkeeper played a blinder, making more than a dozen saves to keep the scoreline in single digits.
It’s never easy taking on a team ranked higher, but Ashton dominated from start to finish.
The girls were locked in from their pre-match warm-up routine until the final whistle. Ashton opened the scoring in the fourth minute with a well-worked penalty corner routine.
The home team doubled their lead in the 13th-minute following another lightning counterattack from deep in their own territory.
Despite controlling the pressure and territory, Werda halved the deficit within a minute of the restart. Unlike her opposite number, Ashton’s goalkeeper didn’t have much to do either side of the goal.
The goal woke up the away support, who willed on their team with some vociferous support. But the hosts promptly snuffed out the visitor’s momentum with a goal 90 seconds later to extend their lead to 3-1, with two minutes remaining on the first half.
The second half saw the hosts pile on the pressure, with shot after shot being kept out by Werda’s keeper, who was the wall that kept the Durban side in the contest.
However, the pressure told. With less than four minutes to play, Ashton scored twice in two minutes to seal the deal.
Later in the day, Ashton beat Curro Hillcrest 8-0 to make it two wins from two.
Ashton’s 1st team was back to winning ways, beating Hillcrest High School (2-0) and Kloof High School (6-2).
All the age groups were victorious as Ashton claimed a clean sweep of wins.
Ashton International College Ballito: Senior Sports Results – February 24 – March 1, 2025
| Girls Action Netball | |||
| TEAM | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton – Opp) |
| Ashton 15A | Won | George C 15B | 39-0 |
| Ashton 15B | Lost | CNC 15B | 3-17 |
| Ashton 15B | Lost | CLL 15A | 2-37 |
| Ashton 16A | Won | Inanda 16B | 28-3 |
| Ashton 1st | Won | Inanda 1st | 39-4 |
| Ashton 1st | Drew | DGC 1st | 15-15 |
| Ashton 2nd | Drew | Fatima 2nd | 22-22 |
| Girls Indoor Hockey | |||
| TEAM | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton – Opp) |
| 14A | Won | Reddam Umhlanga 14A | 14-0 |
| 14B | Won | Hillcrest High 14B | 6-0 |
| 14B | Won | DGHS 14B | 1-0 |
| 14B | Won | Curro Hillcrest 14B | 7-1 |
| 16B | Won | Kingsway 16A | 5-0 |
| 1st | Won | Hillcrest High 1st | 2-0 |
| 1st | Won | Kloof High 1st | 6-2 |
| 2nd | Won | Werda 1st | 5-1 |
| 2nd | Won | Curro Hillcrest 2nd | 8-0 |
| Girls Tennis | |||
| Team | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton-Opp) |
| 1st | Lost | St Mary’s 1st | 8-28 |
| 2nd | Lost | St Mary’s 3rd | 8-28 |
| Girls Cricket | |||
| Team | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton-Opp) |
| 1st | Won | Westville Girls High 1st | Westville (84/8) Ariya 5-5 Ashton (85/2) D Venter 27*/39 Ashton won by 8 wickets |
| Girls Water Polo | |||
| Team | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton-Opp) |
| Jnr Team | Won | Kloof Highschool | 13-6 |
| Boys’ Water Polo vs. Kloof High School | |||
| Team | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton-Opp) |
| 15A | Won | Kloof High 15A | 12-10 |
| 1st | Won | Kloof High 1st | 12-10 |
| Boys’ Cricket – TMC Summer Series | |||
| TEAM | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton – Opp) |
| Stayers | Won by 72 runs | Stanger Manor | Ashton (129-9) J. Wright 57* Stanger (57-9) J. Pullen 3-0 |
| 14A | Lost by 6 wickets | Westville Boys | Ashton (79-10) R. Todd 32 Westville (81-4) |
| Golf | |||
| TEAM | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton – Opp) |
| 2nd | Won | Northwood 4ths | 8-0 |
| Swimming – Crawford La Lucia Invitational | |||
| TEAM | RESULT | OPP TEAM | SCORE (Ashton – Opp) |
| 1st | Won | Placed 1st out of 8 Schools | 125 points |
| Played | 21 | ||
| Total Won | 18 | ||
| Win % | 85,71% |
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