SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge Durban North Regional Curro Salt Rock, Saturday 16 March. The Durban North regional of the 2024 SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge will be hosted for the first time by Curro Salt Rock on their home astro on Saturday, 16 March. The Challenge starts with an early whistle at 07:15am with the first match played between Ashton International College and Crawford North Coast in this highly contested regional of the schoolgirls’ hockey challenge. The tournament will have the nine teams split up into two pools. Pool A has Our Lady of Fatima, Curro Salt Rock, Crawford La Lucia , Reddam House uMhlanga  and Durban North College. Pool B comprises defending champs Danville Park Girls’ High School, Ashton International College, Northlands Girls’ High, and Crawford North Coast.

Games will last 20 minutes with play only running one way. A win earns the successful team 4 points, a draw with goals sees both teams notch up 2 points, a goalless draw only a single point for both teams and finally, a loss holds zero points for the unsuccessful team. Danville Park Girls’ High has raised the trophy three times prior at this regional, with three other teams including Fatima, Ashton International College and Crawford La Lucia have scooped top honours. There are back to back regionals this weekend with the Challenge heading to Westville Girls’ High for the Highway Regional on Sunday, 17 March. Three teams – Durban Girls’ College (Durban Centrals), The Wykeham Collegiate (Pietermaritzburg North) and St John’s D.S.G. (Pietermaritzburg Centrals) have already secured their tickets to the Grand Finals at St Mary’s DSG in Kloof on 20 and 21 July. eta College will be scouting for players for a bursary at their Durban Campus. The bursary will be handed out at the Grand Finals. All action will be streamed live on the SuperSport Schools’ Mobile App or their website.

Lift off. Danville Park Girls’ High School’s Rhea Pather and Megan Hulet prepare to defend their Durban North Regional title when they take to the field at Curro Salt Rock (in Salt Rock) for the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge on Saturday 16 March.