Empangeni ruffles eShowe’s feathers

EMPANGENI High beat eShowe High in an action-packed day of fixtures in eShowe.

Unfortunately rain made the netball court unplayable and the open and ‘A’ games were postponed.

The eShowe boys hockey teams showed their dominance when they won all their games, while the only the girls team to beat Empangeni was the second team with a score of 2-1.

The girls first team lost narrowly with a score of 1-2, but U16 and U14 teams were outplayed completely losing 0-4 and 0-6 respectively.

As with the hockey, the rugby second team was the only team to win with a 12-5 scoreline.

Empangeni High won the first, U16 and U15 games.

Of the two netball games played the U15 B team lost 4-10 and the U14 B team won 9-8.

Four Empangeni chess players travelled to eShowe and the boys teams shared the nine games and drew one.

The eShowe girls drew one game and lost the second.

Results

Hockey

Boys

First team – eShowe 1, Empangeni 0

Second teams – eShowe 1, Empangeni 0

U14 – eShowe 2, Empangeni 1

Girls

First team – eShowe 1, Empangeni 2

Second team – eShowe 2, Empangeni 1

U16 – eShowe 0, Empangeni 4

U14 – eShowe 0, Empangeni 6

Rugby

First team – eShowe 11, Empangeni 20

Second team – eShowe 12, Empangeni 5

U16 – eShowe 0, Empangeni 5

U15 – eShowe 0, Empangeni 35

U14 – eShowe 0, Empangeni 22

Netball

U15 B – eShowe 4, Empangeni 10

U14 B – eShowe 9, Empangeni 8

Other netball games postponed due to rain

Chess

Boys – eShowe 4, Empangeni 4 (1 drawn)

Girls – eShowe 0, Empangeni 1 (1 drawn).