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Paton brothers selected for the World Cup

Name: Wade Paton Age: 23 Test Caps: 19 Test Goals: 5 Name: Taine Michael Paton Age: 21 Test Caps: 3 Test Goals: 0 (soon to change) When did you make your debut for South Africa and who was it against? How did it feel? Wade: I made my debut against the World Champions Germany in Randburg 2007. We pulled off a historic win beating them 5-3. Making your debut for your country is a surreal moment in any hockey player’s career. Taine: In March 2009 against Germany! Besides the intense shaking it was one of the most powerful feelings I have ever felt before in my hockey career!! Do you have ...

SA MEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM ANNOUNCED

PRESS RELEASE The South African Hockey Association today announced the Senior Men’s Hockey team that will be participating in the Hero Honda FIH World Cup tournament, which is to take place in New Delhi, India from the 28th February to 13th March 2010. The 12th ranked South African team under the steady captaincy of Austin Smith has an opportunity to further improve on world rankings at the World Cup as they take on the crème de la crème of World Hockey. Captain Austin Smith admits that this will be the “biggest test for our new squad thus far”. Asked to comment ...

Lottery funds SA team’s dream

Cash-strapped but desperate to participate in the World Cup in India, SA team has got the requisite finances from a nationally-licensed lottery. The South African team will participate in the World Cup that starts on February 28 in Delhi after earlier concerns that a lack of funding would keep them out. Chief executive of the South African Hockey Association Marissa Langeni confirmed that the necessary funding had been secured from an allocation made by the National Lottery. The profits from a nationally licensed bi-weekly lottery are distributed for various developmental causes. "We applied to use these funds for participation in World Cup tournaments as ...

SA Men lose to Germany & Holland

Germany defeat South Africa in first 2010 match The German men’s team defeated South Africa (7-3) in the Bloemfontein event, a Hero Honda FIH World Cup preparation tournament featuring South Africa, Germany and Netherlands. After leading 2-1 at half time, Germany proved to be the better team in the second half. Oliver Korn, Florian Fuchs, Moritz Fürste, Jan Marco Montag, Philip Witte, Max Müller and Martin Zwicker scored for the Olympic and World Champion. Justin Reid-Ross (2 goals) and Paul Blake scored for South Africa. Final Score: Germany 7 – SA 3 Netherlands stronger than South Africa The men’s team of Netherlands booked a 4-2 ...

SA U17 Girls Youth Team Announced

POSITION NAME PROVINCE GOALKEEPERS Phumelele Mbande KZN Inland Zimisele Shange DEFENDERS Sinethemba Zungu KZN Inland Bronwyn Kretzman Border Kirsty Gibbings KZN Coastals Keisha Arnolds E P Toni Van Niekerk KZN Coastals Hlubikazi Sipamla KZN Inland MIDFIELDERS Jenna-Leigh Du Preez S G Sarah Ive Border Charne Van Biljon N G Stephanie Baxter S G STRIKERS Jacinta Jubb KZN Coastals Quanita Bobbs W P Tiffany Jones Border Marlene Wessels Mpumalanga

SA Men Climb World Rankings

The South African Men’s hockey team climbed from the 15th to the 13th position in the ABN AMRO World Rankings after finishing in 5th place at the recent BDO Champions Challenge in Argentina. The ABN AMRO World Rankings were calculated after the points of the ABN AMRO Champions Trophy, the BDO Champions Challenge I and the Champions Challenge II were added. This is fantastic news for the SA Men’s hockey team after a successful 2009 season. The ranking list is as follows: World Rank Team Points 1 Germany 2088 2 Australia 1993 3 Spain 1790 4 Netherlands 1778 5 Korea 1730 6 England 1535 7 Pakistan 1498 8 New Zealand 1373 9 Belgium 1135 10 China 1078 11 Canada 1043 12 India 1010 13 South Africa 965 14 Argentina 962 15 Malaysia 936 Source: www.worldhockey.org