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Grantleigh hockey girls do Zululand region proud

Grantleigh 1st team hockey girls finish 6th in KZN, achieving highest SPAR challenge Grand Final ranking by a Zululand school in 16 years

August 1, 2026
Dave Savides Less than a minute
The Grantleigh side under coach Callum Wood did what no other Zululand team has been capable of by ending 6th in the highly competitive provincial competition

AFTER winning the SPAR KZN Hockey Regionals by defeating Felixton in a penalty shoot-out in May, Grantleigh Schools’ first team hockey girls took on the other nine regional winners in the Grand Final last weekend.

Coach Cullum Wood’s girls played their way into the plate final, eventually finishing in 6th place overall – the highest any Zululand school has ranked in the 16 years of the competition.

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August 1, 2026
Dave Savides Less than a minute

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Dave Savides

With 35 years of reporting under his belt, Dave is the veteran newshound of the Zululand Observer. He is an award-winning journalist covering sport and hard news stories, which he achieved not only while a ZO journalist, but also during his tenure as editor-in-chief. Having only recently stepped out of the ‘hot seat’, Dave is now consultant editor but continues chasing hard-hitting stories in his quest to bring news of value to our community of which he is an integral figure.
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