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CHISIPITE Senior School capped off a memorable season after being crowned the winners of the Golden Girls Hockey Tournament following a 2-0 win over Girls College in the final of the three-day event at the Arundel School turf on Sunday.
There was also another tightly-contested encounter in the final of the Silver Girls Hockey Tournament with Watershed edging Goldrige College 1-0 on penalties after the two teams played out a goalless draw in regulation time.
The Golden Girls Hockey Tournament is held annually in honour of the Zimbabwe women’s field hockey team which won a gold medal at the Moscow 1980 Olympics. The team is affectionately known as “the Golden Girls”. The tournament is the culmination of the winter term hockey season with affiliated schools playing each other in regional leagues.
Chisipite Senior School, who are coached by Zimbabwe women’s field hockey team coach Patricia Davies, a member of the 1980 gold medal-winning team, celebrated their team’s success on their official Facebook page on Monday.
The final order of merit was as follows:
- Chisipite Senior School
- Girls’ College
- Hellenic Academy
- Arundel School
- Gateway High School
- Falcon College
- Peterhouse
- Hillcrest College
- The Heritage School
- Lomagundi College
- Kyle College
- Harare Convent
Silver Girls Final Standings:
- Watershed College
- Goldridge College
- Petra
- Bulawayo Convent
- St John’s College
- Westridge
- Eaglesvale High
- Rydings
- Tynwald
- Midlands Christian College
- St John’s Emerald Hill
- Wise Owl – ZimSportLive
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