St Mary’s DSG solidified their champion standing after they claimed their seventh title on the Grand Finals of the Spar KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Problem on Sunday, 27 July 2025.
They met St Anne’s Diocesan Faculty for the third time within the concluding sport of the Grand Finals because the match’s inception in 2011. It was St Mary’s who had the higher hand as they gained each earlier encounters in 2018 and 2019.
Setting the tempo from the whistle, the hosts dominated within the early levels, piercing the customer’s circle on a number of events earlier than knocking of their aim. Giving keeper St Anne’s keeper a scare simply after three minutes of play, Kgabiso Marafo from St Anne’s was lurking on the sting of her circle when a powerful St Mary’s break caught her scrambling. A rogue St Mary’s shot from close to the highest of the D flew properly large of the objectives, giving Marafo a lot aid.
Lower than two minutes later, one other surge, this time a play coming from the correct, discovered St Mary’s Tayte Stewart dashing goal-wards alongside the baseline. Nearing a wall of defence, she threaded her go parallel to the road, watching frustratedly because the near-perfect go bisected not solely the primary defender’s legs, however then rolled instantly by means of the keepers’ legs and at last her personal participant’s legs, who was ready subsequent to the far put up.
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A number of seconds later, St Mary’s Georgia Brief was gifted the ball proper in entrance of the objectives. She wasted no time calmly scooping the ball into the web, going one up after an exceptional build-up of stress by the house workforce.
As half time neared, St Anne’s earned a brief nook and the ball flew to the highest of the D earlier than rocketing in direction of the objectives, solely to be stopped by the primary defensive wave. Given a second likelihood, St Anne’s moved the ball proper, past the primary wave. Their try was blocked, and when a follow-up alternative was introduced to the attacking workforce, a decided St Mary’s keeper, Ziyanda Mchunu, saved it out.
Mchunu, who hadn’t seen a lot motion all through the weekend, was referred to as into work to face a penalty stroke awarded to St Anne’s’ Holly Hofmeyer within the third minute of the second half. Hofmeyer boldly stepped as much as the spot, however sadly her try to equalise stalled, disappointingly flying instantly at Mchunu, who snuffed the shot out simply.
Spurred by their attacking play, St Anne’s mounted a number of extra weaving assaults, however a agency defence by St Mary’s didn’t enable their opponents the leveller they so desperately have been looking for. St Anne’s, who have been victorious within the very first Grand Finals, have been denied a second victory of their fifth run for the trophy by a workforce who have been utterly on music from the get-go, defending their title valiantly.
St Mary’s met St Anne’s Diocesan Faculty for the third time within the Grand Finals because the match’s inception in 2011.
Putting third was a decided workforce representing the Durban North Area. Ashton Worldwide Faculty, returning after 9 years, had a fairytale return, assembly Epworth College within the third-place sport.
That is essentially the most profitable run by a workforce representing the Durban North space within the fifteen years of the match. Ashton fired in a missile simply earlier than half-time throughout a brief nook, whizzing left of the keeper, giving them the sting over a superb Epworth efficiency.
In Ashton’s three earlier Grand Finals appearances, they’ve completed seventh twice in 2015 and 2016, and ninth of their first look in 2013. Epworth had a 3rd place to their identify in 2018 and a fourth place in 2019, and needed to accept one other fourth place end of their third look.
The match goes into hibernation now, with the sixteenth 12 months of the Spar KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Problem beginning early subsequent 12 months.
Closing Outcomes of the Spar KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Problem on Sunday, 27 July 2025
1. St. Mary’s DSG
2. St Anne’s Diocesan Faculty
3. Ashton Worldwide Faculty
4. Epworth College
5. Maris Stella
6. Ferrum Excessive College
7. St Patrick’s Faculty
8. Felixton Faculty
9. Kingsway Excessive College
10. Wartburg Kirchdorf College
Group Stage Standings
Pool A
1. St Mary’s DSG (Freeway Regional) 16pts
2. Epworth College (Pietermaritzburg Central Regional) 12pts
3. St Patrick’s Faculty (Southern KZN Regional) 5pts
4. Ferrum Excessive College (Northern KZN Regional) 5pts
5. Kingsway Excessive College (Durban South Regional) 0pts
Pool B
1. St Anne’s Diocesan Faculty (Pietermaritzburg North Regional) 10pts
2. Ashton Worldwide Faculty (Durban North Regional) 10pts
3. Maris Stella (Durban Central Regional) 10pts
4. Felixton Faculty (North Coast Regional) 4pts
5. Wartburg Kirchdorf College (uMvoti and oThukela Regional) 0pts
Foremost Picture Caption: St Mary’s DSG solidified their champion standing after they claimed their seventh title on the Grand Finals of the Spar KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Problem on Sunday, 27 July 2025. All Photographs: Provided
Picture 2 Caption: St Mary’s met St Anne’s Diocesan Faculty for the third time within the Grand Finals because the match’s inception in 2011.
