Spar Hockey Tournament
On Saturday, Sarel Cilliers’ first team hockey girls travelled to St Dominics in Newcastle to participate in the KZN Spar Hockey Challenge.
The first match was against Ferrum High School, who have been the reigning champions for the past seven years. Sarel lost 1-0. Determined not to give up, the Glencoe School won their next game against Pionier 1 – 0. Thereafter, the games became tougher as only the best schools made it to the final rounds.
Sarel showed their “never surrender” attitude and won against Pongola High School, 1 – 0. Sarel took on St Dominics in the semi-finals and drew 0-0. At this stage, nerves were on edge as they had to complete an eight-second penalty shootout to determine which team would go through to the final round. After qualifying for the final round, Sarel took on the undefeated Ferrum High School, who are also the 2019 PUK16 winners. Emotions were running high for both teams, as the Glencoe school faced yet another eight-second penalty shootout which resulted in another draw.
The girls then had to participate in a sudden death round which Sarel unfortunately lost. Congratulations to Ferrum High School on a well-deserved win and to Sarel Cilliers first hockey team for playing so well.
Rugby
On Saturday Sarel Cilliers had another tough day at the office against Vryheid High School, with close scores all round. The u/14’s had yet another close game with Vryheid winning 7/0. The u/15’s made an excellent team effort, coming out victorious 33/24. The u/16 match started off at a frantic pace, with excellent structured rugby.
Unfortunately, the game ended in Vryheid’s favour 24/17. Sarel’s second team carried on with their excellent performances throughout the season and won 19/13 under wet and difficult conditions. The first rugby team played with uncontested scrums failing to give a true reflection of the game. Sarel’s boys had to dig deep to win 19/18 in a close encounter. Well done boys, and everything of the best for next weekend’s fixture against Ferrum High School at Sarel Cilliers.
Chess
Sarel Cilliers played against an unconquered team that have not lost a single match this season.
Unfortunately, two of their team members could not participate in this weekend’s match. Sarel Cilliers drew against Vryheid: 4 games won 4 lost. Well done to T Shavir, Z Buthelezi, N Mdhluli and B Mnyadu.
Hockey
Donderdag middag het die eerste hokkie span meisies teen Hoërskool Vryheid gespeel. Thobeka Dlamini het die eerste doel aangeteken en toe was die stryd aan.
Vryheid het terug geveg en 2-1 voorgeloop met net ‘n paar sekondes om te gaan. In die laaste vyf secondes word daar ‘n korthoekie toegeken aan ons en Nicole Johnson het die laaste doel aangeteken wat beteken het einde van wedstryd met n gelykop telling 2 – 2.
The u/16 game proved to be a nail-biting game, with the girls playing up and down the field throughout both halves. The Cubs played an incredible game and drew 0-0. When the u/14 girls started their match, there was a lot of uncertainty. However, after the first quarter, the girls hit hard, scoring two goals to win their game. The goals were scored by Musa and Snakho. The second girls hockey team was equally matched, with both teams running up and down between goal posts. Eventually, Vryheid High School managed to score a goal before half time. Despite their best efforts, Sarel’s girls were unable to score a goal, leaving Vryheid High School the winners with a final score of 1 – 0.
Netball
The u/14 A-team lost 20 – 1 while the B-team lost 9 – 6. The B-team played a tough game. However, it proved to be a great learning curve for the young girls. The u/16 netball girls played a brilliant game. They lead most of the way and had a final score of 19 -22 in their favour. The u/15 netball teams played their hearts out, unfortunately, the A-team lost 11 – 7 and the B-Team lost 20 – 7. The second netball team lost 13 – 18 and the first netball team lost 24 – 32.
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