SPAR KZN School Girls’ Hockey Challenge date announcements

The sixth regional round takes place after a two week break with Reddam College hosting the Durban North Region at their school on Sunday April 15.

January 20, 2018

Zianne Leibrandt 2 minutes read

KZN hockey action is about to hot up with the SPAR KZN School Girls’ Hockey Challenge as is gets underway next month, with the first of ten regionals taking place in Glencoe, Northern KZN.

Now into its eighth year, the SPAR KZN School Girls’ Hockey Challenge kicks off in Glencoe, at the end of February 2018, with the first of ten regional tournaments.

Previous winners, Sarel Cilliers High School will host the first regional tournament at their school on Saturday, February 24, with 12 schools expected to battle it out, including six-time winners, Ferrum High School from Newcastle.

In previous years, the Pietermaritzburg Central and Pietermaritzburg Northern regionals were held on the same day, however, this year each of these regions will have their own day in the spotlight.

The only newcomers to the finals last year, St John’s DSG will have home turf advantage as they defend their PMB Central Regional title on March 10.

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The following day, St Anne’s College welcomes the teams participating in the PMB Northern Region to their picturesque grounds.

No stranger to the finals, St Anne’s will have home ground advantage, having already won the regional six times.

Heading to the first of the Durban and surrounding regional games, St Henry’s will host the Durban Central Region the three Schools Trust on Saturday March 17.

This tournament has been dominated by Durban Girls’ College, the only team in the tournament’s history to have a 100 percent winning record.

Kuswag hosts the Durban South Region on completely neutral territory at the three Schools Trust Astro on Sunday March 25.

Kuswag School has previously participated in the finals and will be keen to make an appearance, releasing the stronghold, Amanzimtoti High School, have had on the region.

The sixth regional round takes place after a two week break with Reddam College hosting the Durban North Region at their school on Sunday April 15.

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Our Lady of Fatima will be defending their title, having won this title in the first tournament, and again last year.

They will also do their best to hold out previous winners Ashton and Danville.

The tournament next will travel to the outlying areas, and on Saturday, April 2,1 former defending champs, Kokstad College will host the Southern KZN Regional at their school.

Three teams have claimed the trophy in this region, with current defending champs and three times winners, King Edward High School taking on rivals, Kokstad College and Creston College who have both twice traveled to the finals.

Returning to Durban, and certainly the feistiest of the regional tournaments, the Highway Regional will be hosted by Westville Girls’ High School on Sunday May 6.

In 2014, Westville managed to topple St Mary’s DSG in a thrilling game where they won 2 – 1.

The Saints have dominated the region, winning it six times and adding to their impressive successes, they are also the overall 2017 Grand Finals tournament winners.

Travelling inland for the second last tournament, Wartburg Kirchdorf will defend their title at home on Saturday May 12, hosting the Umvoti, uThukela and Umzinyathi Regional.

Finally, the last regional will be held in Richards Bay for the North Coastal Region, with defending champions, Grantleigh hosting the tournament once again.

The tournament takes place on Saturday, May 19 concluding the ten KZN Regionals.

Once all the regional winners have been crowned, they will each travel to the action packed Grand Finals that will take place at St Mary’s DSG on July, 20 and 21.

For more info like the tournament’s active Facebook page.