Hockey Rankings

The powerful hockey culture that emanates from Jeppe was well seen this year as their U16 team set the pace for the better part of the season to end deservedly as the leading team in the country.

It was a motivated Menlo Park who took on the best in South Africa at the FNB Top 12 Schools Tournament hosted by Oranje Meisies and ended up champions when the dust had settled.

There was some steady progress up the Girl’s Hockey Top 70 Rankings this week by St. Mary’s Waverley who recorded some valuable wins at this stage of the season.

It was a tough day at the office for Collegiate who took on the leading team in the country, Oranje Meisies it what resulted in a strong win for the Bloemfontein team.

Jeppe did what they needed to do to ensure that they are at the top of this week’s Boy’s First Team Rankings and that was to win their matches against KES and Waterkloof.

There is a new leader on this week’s Boys U16 Hockey Rankings in what could well be a perfectly timed run by Jeppe who take the No.1 spot for the first time in 2018.

Affies came unstuck against a reinvigorated Maritzburg College side who climb up a place following their 3-0 win over the Pretorians.

Only the one change amongst the leading teams on this week’s Girls U16 Hockey Rankings, with St Mary’s Waverley getting into the top 5 sector in an otherwise unchanged top of the table.

A well deserved win by Maritzburg College over Affies last weekend has helped to nudge them a little closer to Jeppe who still lead the Boys Hockey Rankings for this year.

The big Super 12 tournament is on the horizon and for some of the leading teams in the country this will be the culmination of a season that has been packed with hard work and play.