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SA Hockey Men Win Olympic Qualifier Final

JONATHAN COOK in Kakamigahara The South Africa men’s hockey team beat host nation Japan 2-1 after the scores were locked 0-0 at half-time in the Olympic Qualifier Tournament’s sell-out final at Gifu Green Stadium Sunday. The prize was the last ticket still on offer for the London 2012 Olympic Games men’s hockey event, and a stunning field goal from Thornton McDade plus a coolly taken effort by Lloyd Norris-Jones proved the difference in an emotion-charged title match, Kenji Kitazato netting for Japan After patient build-up Marvin Harper got in the first shot of the final in the third minute but Japan goalkeeper Shunsuke Nagoya ...

WHAT A BLAST AS SA HOCKEY MEN AND JAPAN DRAW 3-3

JONATHAN COOK in Kakamigahara The South Africa men’s hockey team drew 3-3 with Japan in the tightest, most nerve-jangling clashes you are ever likely to see after the scores were locked 1-1 at half-time in their top-of-the log Olympic Qualifier Tournament match at Gifu Green Stadium in Japan Wednesday. To set up interviews, please contact SA team manager Anton van Rooyen at 00 818 0347 92 300. Barring the most bizarre upsets in Friday’s final round, Japan and SA are now almost certainly through to Sunday’s 8 am (SA time) final which will be televised live on SuperSport 6 and has as its prize ...

SA HOCKEY MEN BEAT CHINA 5-2

JONATHAN COOK in Kakamigahara, Japan The South Africa men's hockey team put together a near-faultless first half performance to beat China 5-2 in the key Olympic Qualifier Tournament match after leading 3-0 at the break in Kakamigahara, Japan Monday. To set up interviews, please contact SA team manager Anton van Rooyen at 00 818 0347 92 300. The result sets up the most tantalising of contests at 9 am SA time Wednesday when SA meet log-leaders Japan. It was the most comprehensive of performances in the opening half, yet the scoreline could be considered somewhat flattering in the end as SA goalkeeper Rassie Pieterse made ...

Northern Gauteng Win U21 Men’s IPT

Matthew Guise-Brown was the hero of the day when he scored the match winning drag flick in golden goal extra time at the U21 men’s IPT. Free State started the game well and lead 1 – 0 at the half time break. Guise-Brown levelled the scores in the second half with a scorching drag flick. Western Province ended third after beating Kaspersky Southerns 2-1. KZN Raiders beat KZN Inland 5 – 3 to secure fifth place. Eastern Province beat North West 4 – 3 in the battle for seventh position whilst WP Pens beat Kaspersky Wits 2 – 1 in a shoot-out competition after ...

SA make Czechs bounce in Japan

SA make Czechs bounce in Japan 28 April 2012, 06:45 The South Africa men’s hockey team chalked up their second win of the Olympic Qualifier Tournament in Japan on Saturday when they ground out a 6-2 victory over an obdurate Czech Republic after leading 4-1 at halftime. The ugly, ill-tempered affair did not do justice to the most beautiful of spring days and sin-bin cards did little to cool tempers. Justin Reid-Ross took his goal tally to six in the tournament with a field goal and penalty corner, while field goals from Tim Drummond, Lloyd Norris-Jones, Lance Louw and Thornton McDade completed the SA ...

Day 6 Results: U21 Men’s IPT

U21 IPT RESULTS DAY 1 MATCH TEAM SCORE TEAM SCORE 1 NORTHERNS 11 WITS 0 2 WP 4 PENS 0 3 KZN COASTAL 4 NAMIBIA 0 4 FREE STATE 2 NORTH WEST 0 5 SOUTHERNS 2 MIDLANDS 2 DAY 2 6 WP 10 NAMIBIA 0 7 FREE STATE 3 PENS 1 8 SOUTHERNS 6 WITS 1 9 NORTH WEST 2 KZN COASTAL 3 10 EP 1 MIDLANDS 2 DAY 3 11 FREE STATE 7 NAMIBIA 0 12 WITS 0 KZN INLAND 8 13 NORTH WEST 3 PENS 3 14 WP 2 KZN COASTAL 0 15 EP 2 NORTHERNS 2 DAY 4 16 WP PENS 3 NAMIBIA 2 17 WP 4 NORTH WEST 1 18 NORTHERNS 2 KZN INLAND 1 19 FREE STATE 2 KZN COASTALS 0 20 EP 3 SOUTHERNS 4 DAY 5 21 NORTH WEST 6 NAMIBIA 2 22 KZN COASTALS 3 WP PENS 0 23 FREE STATE 3 WP 3 24 SOUTHERNS 2 NORTHERNS 1 25 EP 9 WITS 0 DAY 6 26 NAMIBIA 1 WITS 3 27 NORTH WEST 2 KZN Inland 5 28 KZN COASTALS 3 EP 2 29 FREE STATE 3 SOUTHERNS 2 30 WP 3 NORTHERNS 4 DAY 7 31 WP PENS WITS 32 NORTH WEST EP 33 KZN COASTALS KZN INLAND ...