Hockey Rankings

As we enter into the final straight for automatic qualification to the U16 Top Schools Tournament there has been frenetic activity from many teams playing matches and sending through outstanding results during the past week.

Maritzburg College kept the Kearsney College challenge at bay last week with a robust 3-1 victory which keeps them entrenched at the top of this Week’s Belgotex Sports Top 70 Rankings.

For the second consecutive week Hilton College were forced to settle for a draw when they faced the powerful Westville team in what ended up in a stalemate at 0-0.

There were a couple of tough matches for Menlopark to negotiate during the past week which didn’t go their way and sees them losing a bit of ground at the top of this week’s Girls Turftech Top 70 Rankngs.

Menlopark snatched a good win over Paarl Gim last week which has nudged them into the top five zone for the first time this year.

 Maritzburg College suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of Grey High School at the Nomads festival which has given Jeppe the chance to make ground on the KZN team and share the top spot at this stage of the season.

The race to the top of the table is becoming very intense with any one of several teams capable to ending the season as the leading U16 hockey team in South Africa.

For the second time this season Maritzburg College were forced to bend their knee and accept defeat and in so doing take a step back on this week’s Belgotex Sports Boys Hockey Rankings.

Rhenish seized their moment in the sun with a stunning run of form at the All Girls Tournament last week and against some of the best in the country walked away with the title.

The SACS U16 side make their first appearance in the top 5 of this week’s Boys U16 Hockey Rankings and send a message that they will challenging for higher honours as the season progresses.