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Orange River Rafters crowned PHL champions

───   ADRIAN BOTHA 08:56 Wed, 13 Dec 2017

Orange River Rafters crowned PHL champions | News Article
Photo: SA Premier Hockey League

After what could only be described as the worst possible start to their Premier Hockey League campaign, the Orange River Rafters last night did the unthinkable when they beat the St Lucia Lakers in the final.


The finals of the PHL was played at the Randburg astro turf and in typical Highveld style, thunder storms and persistent lightning forced this women's showdown between the Rafters and Lakers straight to penalty shootouts.

This is not something the Rafters would have enjoyed as none of their previous matches in the tournament had gone to shoot-outs while the Lakers had played in two before that point.

The victory over the Lakers and tournament honors was made that much more remarkable as the first weekend of matches saw them suffer two losses which resulted in them subsequently being written off by many as the tournament punching bag.

By the time the men's final was set to be played, the clouds had cleared the Maropeng Cavemen overcame a strong challenge from the Drakensberg Dragons to claim a 3-0 victory and the men's title.



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