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Chisipite broke through a rock-solid Peterhouse Girls defence in the dying minutes of extra-time to win the 2013 Golden Girls inter-schools hockey tournament at Arundel over the weekend. While clearly the stronger side, Chisipite battled to turn their advantage into goals. With the score tied at 0-0 at the end of normal time, and again after the first half of extra time, it looked as though the final would be decided on penalties.
But Chisipite had other ideas and, in the final minute of extra-time, finally scored the game’s priceless goal.
The Golden and Silver Girls Hockey Tournament is organised by the Zimbabwe Schoolgirls Hockey Association and is always played at Arundel where the adequate hostels and four hockey fields, including the only artificial turf field at a Zimbabwean school, provide an ideal setting.
This year was the 33rd tournament for the City of Harare trophy, presented this year by outgoing Mayor Much Masunda.
The tournament is the culmination on the second term senior girls hockey league and is divided into two groups – gold and silver, based on performance.
This year 12 schools took part in the Golden Girls and 10 in the Silver Girls, although three silver teams were second teams of golden schools.
The association has gradually been cutting back on second teams as more schools play hockey at a level high enough to enter the tournament and hopes that eventually only first teams will compete.
Of the 19 schools that took part, three came from Bulawayo, one from Masvingo, one from Gweru, one from Chinhoyi, one from Mutare, one from Mount Hampden and two from Marondera. The other nine all came from Harare.
In the Golden Girls playoff for third and fourth places Girls College of Bulawayo beat hosts Arundel.
Eaglesvale came out winners of the Silver tournament, beating Chisipite’s second string 2-1 and preventing the eastern Harare school from scoring the double and taking both pieces of silverware home with them.
The third and fourth Silver playoff saw Watershed of Marondera beat Heritage of Harare 1-0.
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