Ashton College lights up Friday nights with ongoing sports series
Ashton International College Ballito hosted another successful Friday Night Lights sports extravaganza last Friday.
The school's Friday night sports event has become one of the highlights on the North Coast's school sports calendar. Taking place a few times a year, the entire school comes out to support their sports teams in the afternoon, leading up to the main events under lights. Last term's event was unfortunately washed out.
School 'gees', marching bands and packed embankments add an incredible atmosphere to the evening. This term, St Anne's Diocesan College, George Campbell School of Technology and Crawford La Lucia travelled to the North Coast to play a series of hockey, netball and rugby matches under lights.
Rugby
The 1st XV took on George Campbell in the main event in front of a packed crowd. With the entire school watching, the boys went to work, winning 55-7 to the delight of the Ballito supporters.
The U15A team kept Campbell scoreless, winning 22-0.
Hockey
The girls won all three games against St Anne's without conceding. Earlier in the week, the 1sts and U14A both lost to St Mary's Diocesan School for Girls while the U16A managed a superb one-goal win.
The boys went undefeated against Crawford La Lucia and Grantleigh. All three teams kept clean sheets on the night.
Netball
All five netball teams won, with the 1st team beating George Campbell 47-1 on London Court. Earlier in the week, the 1st team edged Lady of Fatima 22-21 in a thrilling display.
The 2nds, U16A, U15A and U14C teams also defeated Fatima.
Ashton International College Ballito – Senior College Sports Results: May 26 – June 1, 2025 Girls Hockey vs. St Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Kloof TEAM RESULT OPP TEAM SCORE (Ashton – Opp) 14A Lost St Mary's Kloof 14A 0-1 16A Won St Mary's Kloof 16A 2-1 1st Lost St Mary's Kloof 1st 0-1 Girls Hockey vs. Thomas More College TEAM RESULT OPP TEAM SCORE (Ashton – Opp) 14A Won TMC 14A 4-0 16A Draw TMC 16A 2-2 Girls Hockey vs. St Anne's Diocesan College TEAM RESULT OPP TEAM SCORE (Ashton – Opp) 14A Won St Anne's 14B 2-0 16A Won St Anne's 16B 2-0 1st Won St Anne's 2nd 3-0 Boys Rugby KZN Term 2 League TEAM RESULT OPP TEAM SCORE (Ashton – Opp) 15A Won George Campbell 15 22-0 1st Won George Campbell 1st 50-7 Boys Soccer KZN Term 2 League TEAM RESULT OPP TEAM SCORE (Ashton – Opp) 2nd Won Birdswood College 0-2 1st Lost Grosvenor 2-4 Boys Hockey Vs. Crawford La Lucia & Grantleigh TEAM RESULT OPP TEAM SCORE (Ashton – Opp) 14A Won Grantleigh 14A 1-0 16A Won Grantleigh 16A 3-0 1st Won Crawford La Lucia 1st 2-0 Girls Netball vs Our Lady of Fatima TEAM RESULT OPP TEAM SCORE (Ashton – Opp) U14A Lost Fatima 14A 12-15 U14B Lost Fatima 14B 6-15 U14C Lost Fatima 14C 2-6 U14C Win Fatima 14D 8-0 U15A Lost Fatima 15A 9-19 U15B Lost Fatima 15B 5-10 U16A Won Fatima 16A 20-8 2nd Won Fatima 2nd 22-13 1st Won Fatima 1st 22-21 Girls Netball Vs George Campbell TEAM RESULT OPP TEAM SCORE (Ashton – Opp) U14B Won George C 14B 12-13 U15A Won George C 15A 37-0 U15B Won George C 15B 9-1 U16B Won George C 16B 20-2 1st Won George C 1st 47-1 Girls Netball Provincials TEAM RESULT OPP TEAM SCORE (Ashton – Opp) U14A Win St Anne's 8-5 U14A Lost Fatima 5-17 U14A Lost Empangeni 5-6 U16A Won St Anne's 13-6 U16A Lost Danville Park Girls' High School 12-13 U16A Won Empangeni 13-1 U16A Won Port Shepstone 14-1
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