The third day saw some movement in and between the two tournaments, with a double round of six matches in the women’s tournament, making for an attractive day of action at St. Stithians College and Morningside Country Club.
Men’s B-section
It was a great day at the office for the Free State team who saw themselves catapulted to top spot in the Men’s B Section on Wednesday. They had to do it the hard way when they found themselves trailing against KZN Mynahs when Cameron Hallowes opened the scoring. They were able to restore the equaliser just before half-time when Michael Baiden’s shot found the net. With the match and top spot on the brink it was Hann-ru van Wyk who scored the winning goal to catapult Free State to top spot.
Second place goes to SA Country Districts thanks to a fine win against Northern Cape. Carlyle Volmink and TJoff van Staden both scored in the first half. SA Indoor Hockey star Steven Paolo added two goals to make it 4-0 before Northern Cape pulled one back through Jayesh Kanjee. But SACD would finish the job in the final quarter with two more goals through Courtney Halle and Robbie Corker to secure a 6-1 win.
Third place goes to the SG Nuggets, level on points with SACD, just behind on goal difference. The team from the host province fought a brilliant and exciting battle in the early morning match against Northern Daisies. Leandro Carvalho scored the only goal of the game in the second quarter and the points were evened in a 1-0 victory.
Men’s B-section – Competitions – September 12, 2024
08:30 – KZN Mynahs vs. North Cape
11:50 – SG Nuggets vs. Free State
15:10 – SACD vs Northern Daisies
All matches will be streamed live on Supersport Schools
Women B-section
KZN Mynahs remain top of the women’s B section but their title bid suffered a major blow when they suffered a shock defeat to Eastern Province in the afternoon match. Elan van Vught and Asithandile Nama scored the goals to open their account in the tournament and pull off the biggest shock of the tournament so far.
KZN Mynahs had earlier battled to a 2-1 win over SACD to open up a gap at the top of the log with goals from Emily Macquet and Britney Nel, with a reply from Tanya van Bosch in between. Eastern Province had gone down to WP Peninsula with Lize Steyn scoring the only goal of the game, leaving WP Pens as the most likely challengers for the title.
WP Peninsula made it a two out of two day as they defeated Mpumalanga in the afternoon match. Isabella Booyens and Ashley de Villiers scored to end Mpumalanga’s challenge.
Mpumalanga themselves produced a madcap match with Eastern Gauteng. Idali Janse opened the scoring for Mpumalanga before Theron Mialette equalised. With the clock ticking away, Mpumalanga scored not once but twice in the final minute through Chaney Prinsloo and Nobuhle Dlamini to win 3-1.
The final match of the day saw the Northern Daisies run wild with a huge 8-0 win over Eastern Gauteng. Elizabeth Porter scored a hat-trick while Pretty Morema scored twice. There were also goals for Arista van Zyl, Xena Abrahams and Nicola Meyer as the East Rand side failed to find answers to the tough questions.
Women B-section – Competitions – September 12, 2024
10:10 – WP Peninsula vs SACD
13:30 – Eastern Province vs. Eastern Gauteng
16:50 – KZN Starling vs Northern Daisies
All matches will be streamed live on Supersport Schools
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