U/13 Hockey, ECHS Tournament – Results

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Union High School’s u/13A hockey team on an outstanding performance at the annual ๐—˜๐—–๐—›๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (where they were entered in the u/14 Girls’ category) in Bloemfontein this past weekend!

Starting off with a tough 2-all draw against OMS u/14B on Thursday afternoon, they quickly found their rhythm, securing victories against Hoรซrskool Duineveld’s u/14A side (3-0) and Hoรซrskool Dinamika’s u/14A team (1-0).

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ in the cross pool matches, where they continued their winning streak against Bergsig Academy (2-0) and Curro Aurora (3-0).

Despite a narrow 1-0 defeat to Marais Viljoen’s u/14A side, they bounced back in the semi-finals with a strong win, earning their place in the final.

A hard-fought 0-0 draw against Bergsig Academy in the final was enough to claim the overall winners’ title, thanks to their previous success against the same team in the pool rounds.

A special ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง to ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป for being named the u/14 Girls’ ‘Defender of the Tournament’ and to ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ for being recognized as the ‘Best Player’ in the u/14 girls’ category!

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด!