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Northern KZN Regional has a new winner, that of host school Ho\u00ebrskool Pionier which took the title in a scintillating final of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls\u2019 Hockey Challenge on Saturday 29 February.<\/p>\n

Durban North Regional – SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Pionier had a cracker of a day, starting their efforts off with a 5 nil victory and continued their winning streak all the way to the final where they met St Dominics Newcastle School.<\/p>\n

St Doms started the regional final with a spring in their step as they worked their way to the Pionier goal from the whistle. The visiting team opened their account with an absolute pearler of a goal when Vanessa Abudo entered the circle left of goal, slapped the ball in from the top of the D, passed the waiting keeper, Chrysna van Rhyn\u2019s defence to a cleverly placed Andiswa Mhlongo camping out on the right post. Mhlongo calmly popped the ball across the line, netting the first goal.<\/p>\n

After 8 minutes, the home team started chipping away at St Dominics Newcastle\u2019s dominance when they broke into the opposition\u2019s circle and earned a short corner after 8 minutes and 21 seconds. They set up a basic attack, with the ball getting trapped at the castle and then being rocketed towards the goals, but a brave charge-down stopped Pionier\u2019s first real attempt.<\/p>\n

After a few more unsuccessful short corners, Pionier magiced up an equalizer after a scramble in the St Dom\u2019s circle resulted in the ball slipping across the line. The game was then 1 all with only 2 and a half minutes of play left. St Dom\u2019s response was a solitary break from midfield with the player running out of turf, pushing the ball in from the right only to find no support from her players.<\/p>\n

As the game time ran out, the action moved to the pressure spot where three players from each team got a chance for a penalty shoot out. Pionier started the proceedings nailing the first one, with St Dom\u2019s rising to the challenge, and also finding the back of the box on their first penalty. The second round saw both teams slot in their attempts. In the final round Pionier\u2019s Berne van Heerden\u2019s flick went wide giving St Dom\u2019s captain, Nosipho Magula\u2019s a tournament winning chance but it wasn\u2019t to be as her attempt agonisingly didn\u2019t get the rewards.<\/p>\n

The title of the tournament went to sudden death with St Dom\u2019s stepping up to the spot first. Abudo earlier game time success didn\u2019t continue to the spot and her chance went abegging giving Pionier\u2019s Charnique Oosthuizen a tournament winning chance. Oosthuizen rose to the occasion, pummelling in her shot, past the advances of keeper, van Rhyn and earning the regional honours for Pionier.<\/p>\n

Pionier is the third team to earn the title of Northern KZN champion, claiming the title from the defending champs Ferrum, who have won the trophy eight times. Pionier met Ferrum in the second semi final and knocked out the defending champs with two goals scored by Oosthuizen and Kayla Becker. In the first semi final, St Dom\u2019s were victorious with a 2 nil win against Dundee High School. Awande Mbuli and Vanessa Abudo netted the two for St Dom\u2019s in the semi.<\/p>\n

Pionier is the first team to earn a spot at the Grand Finals which will take place at St Mary\u2019s DSG in Kloof in July. This weekend (7 & * March) the tournament continues with two more regionals taking place at Durban Girls\u2019 College and Ashton International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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