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The dust has settled on yet another fantastic hockey season with many more teams joining the rankings and competing fiercely to finish as high up the table as possible.

There can be little debate as to which team should be crowned as the leading Boys Hockey team in South Africa for 2018.

Perhaps the highlight of the U16 season was the introduction of the Paarl Gym U16 Top Schools Tournament for the first time and the huge success the event achieved which further enhanced the profile of the sport.

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.