Tag: DF Malan

Grey College have led the Boy’s U16 Rankings virtually from the start of the hockey calendar and they remain at the top at this crucial stage of the season.

A frenetic scramble to get outstanding results in by the deadline of midnight 31^st May, 2018 in order to qualify to get invited to Paarl Gym’s inaugural U16 Top Schools Tournament has resulted in a closely contested top half of the table.

A new look to this week’s Boy’s Hockey Top 70 Rankings with Jeppe finally clinching the top spot from Maritzburg College by the narrowest of margins.

With the deadline to qualify in for the Oranje Meisie’s hosted FNB Super 12 Tournament on 31^st May, 2018 fast approaching this is how the rankings are looking with a couple of days to go.

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.

Herschel remains the leading Girls U16 Hockey team in the country following their brace of victories over the last week and they certainly seem to be a team who is difficult to beat.

Herschel delivered a big result over the weekend with a 7-3 win over Rhenish which has caused a bit of a tremor at the top end of this week’s Girls Top 70 Rankings.

Pretoria Boys High, who had been inching up the rankings in an attempt to force a coup at the top of the table, suffered a narrow loss to St Johns College over the weekend that has seen them lose a bit of footing on this week’s Belgotex Sports Boy’s Top 70 Rankings.

There is a slight shuffle that takes place on this week’s Boys U16 Hockey Rankings with Grey High School inching up to the second spot on the table which still has the other Grey at the top.

It has become a very congested top half of the table with very little to separate the teams as we move into the business end of the season.