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Teacher
- in Charge: Mrs Smuts
Captain: Hannah Godlington
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VGHS VS WESTERING
On Wednesday, 3 August, VG
travelled to PE to play hockey against Westering.
VG won an exciting first
team match 3-0. Other results from the day were as
follows:
2nd team: Westering won 1-0
u16A: Westering won 3-0
u16B: Westering won 3-0
Mihlali Nqunge, one of the
goal-scorers, with the ball
Chloe Bennett outruns the opposition
Nazi Buso on the attack
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VGHS VS VICTORIA PARK
On Saturday 23 July, VGHS
played Hockey against Victoria Park, from P.E. The
enthusiastic support from the VG girls, lead by the
school's Spirit Committee, spurred the first team on
to a 3-1 win over their opposition. Other results
from the day were:
u16B drew 1-1
u16A Victoria Park won 1-0
2nds Victoria Park won 1-0
Chloe Bennett
keeping the ball away from VP
Cassie Lister
racing for the ball
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PROVINCIAL REPS
Congratulations to Khanyisa Gwata who made the U14A
EP team, Nazi Buso who made the U16C EP team, Cleo
Bennett who made the EP U18C team, Cassie Lister and
Chloe Bennett who made the U18B EP team
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VGHS VS UNION HIGH
On Saturday 11 June,
four VG hockey teams travelled to Graaff-Reinet to
play against Union High School.
The girls put aside all
the exam pressures and played some good hockey. The
results were as follows:
u16B UHS won 3-1
u16A UHS won 9-0
2nd team UHS won 2-0
1st team UHS won 3-0
Nazi Buso competes
for the ball
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VGHS VS ALEXANDER ROAD
Saturday the 7th of May saw
VGHS tackle Alexander Road High School on a much
awaited hockey derby. Although VGHS didn't win,
their spirit, enthusiasm, tenacity and good
sportsmanship shone throughout their matches.
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CAMBRIDGE
vs VGHS
On the 21st of April, four of
VG's hockey teams travelled to East London to play
against Cambridge. Lots of strong hockey was played
and the girls had fun. The first team match was a
nail biter with Cambridge narrowly winning 1-0. The
other results were as follows:
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HOCKEY FESTIVAL 2011
The U16A hockey team went to Uitenhage to
participate in the Hockey Festival. Despite not
having played together as a team before, we put up a
very strong and hard fight against the opposition.
The results were as follows:
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VG vs Westering lost 3-1
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VG vs Kingsridge lost 3-0
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VG vs Cambridge lost 1-0
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VG vs Brandwag lost 4-0
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VG vs Riebeeck Invitational won 3-1
The girls came back with bruises on their bodies but
that did not discourage them.
We would like to thank Mrs van der Waal and
Miss van der Linde for accompanying us and
taking care of us during the weekend. By Mbali
Hlangani
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