Collegiate edge Pearson to reach SPAR provincial hockey finals

The Collegiate team that won the PE Coastal leg of the SPAR Eastern Cape Schoolgirls Hockey Challenge at Woodridge included, back from left, Alan Stapleton (SPAR EC sponsorships and events manager), Laura Dorothy (SPAR EC sponsorships and events controller), Hannah Griffon, Holley van Heerden, Isabella Bisdee (captain), Jade Brown, Lara Kleinhans, Gabriella Tait, Nicole Dames, Kyla Nienaber, Dalan Phillips (coach), Michael Abrahams (assistant coach), Bianka La Mude (emcee), and, bottom, Jenna Peltenburg, Elizabeth Porter, Simone Venter, Rebecca Fincham, Lily Sharp, Tyler Marks and Chantell Posthumus (manager). Photo: Leon Hugo

The much-needed rain in the Nelson Mandela Bay region did nothing to dampen the spirits of the teams that competed in the SPAR Eastern Cape Schoolgirls Hockey Challenge at Woodridge yesterday.