KZN schools richly represented in SA u18, u17 hockey teams

1 July 2023

Players from KwaZulu-Natal Coastal and KZN Inland were liberally spread around the SA u18 A, SA u18 B and SA u17 squads which were announced at the conclusion of the Inter-provincial Hockey Tournament in Bloemfontein on Friday.

DHS delivered three SA u18 A selections – Leruo Ditlhakanyane, Lethabo Bogacwi and Keelan Henry – with Aldridge Maasdorp in the SA u18 B squad, and Lumi Matwele in the SA u17 line-up.

Hilton College had Kearabetswe Khoele and Akha Mda (both in the feature photo above) named in the SA u18 A squad, Nic Chantler and Nkosiyethu Shozi in the SA u18 B squad, and Grant Bridgeford and Jared Kitto in the SA u17 group.

Other SA u18 A selections included Rearden Dicken of Saint Charles and Matthew Mendes-De Oliveira of Kearsney.

Clifton had two players named in the SA u18 B squad, with Connor McKenzie and Kyle Thomas cracking the nod.

Maritzburg College goalkeeper Nick Holmes was included in the SA u17 squad.

YouTube highlights

KZN Coastal A finished third at the IPT, KZN Inland A sixth, KZN Coastal B eighth, and KZN Inland B twelfth. For highlights of their matches, please visit Pinnacle Schools – YouTube. Every match the KZN teams played is there.

South Africa under-18 A

Lethabo Bogacwi (DHS), Jaydon Brooker, Michael Cowen, Rearden Dicken (Saint Charles), Leruo Ditlhakanyane (DHS), Caleb Ferreira, Liam Haupt, Keelan Henry (DHS), Zeke Hougaard, Kearabetswe Khoele (Hilton College), Akha Mda (Hilton College), Matthew Mendes-De Oliveira (Kearsney College), Josh Opperman, Ozair Pillai, Michael Royden-Turner, Reuben Sendzel, Rogan Stirk, Taine Tanner-Ellis

South Africa under-18 B

David Baxter, Dean Carrick, Tom Chalmers, Nic Chantler (Hilton College), Miguel de Jesus, Jake Downie, Roan Janse van Rensburg, Aldridge Maasdorp (DHS), Connor McKenzie (Clifton College), Luca Miller, Sibusiso Mxube, Tshedza Rasalanavho, Caleb Ryland, Keabetswe Semoe, Nkosiyethu Shozi (Hilton College), Micah Sonn, Kyle Thomas (Clifton College), Ben van der Merwe

South Africa under-17

Ruard Booysen, Grant Bridgeford (Hilton College), Barend Geldenhuys, Dayle Gertson, Tre Gilbert, James Grieve, Nick Holmes (Maritzburg College), Jared Kitto (Hilton College), Boipelo Koloti, Ethan Lee, Lumi Matwele (DHS), Joshua Mettler, Joshua Renders, Joshua Smit, Matthew Temmis, Robert Veldtman, Devin Max, Ryan Williams