Published on Friday, September 9, 2011 by Gally JONATHAN COOK in Bulawayo Head coach Fabian Gregory’s unbeaten Investec South Africa women’s hockey team beat Zimbabwe 7-0 after leading 2-0 at half-time in their final round-robin match at the Africa Cup Olympic Qualifier tournament in Bulawayo Thursday. [caption id="attachment_2121" align="alignleft" width="231" caption="Photo by: MARIE-LOUISE VAN DER SAN...

Published on Thursday, September 8, 2011 by Gally JONATHAN COOK in Bulawayo South Africa drew their round-robin encounter with co-favourites Egypt 2-2 in the most intense of matches at the Africa Cup Olympic Games Qualifier tournament on the Khumalo Hockey Stadium pitch in Bulawayo Wednesday. [caption id="attachment_2114" align="alignleft" width="175" caption="SA Men vs Egypt - Photo by: MARIE-LOUISE VAN DER S...

Published on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 by Gally JONATHAN COOK in Bulawayo The South African men’s and women’s hockey teams beat Ghana’s men and women 4-0 and 3-0 respectively in the Africa Cup Olympic Qualifier tournament at Khumalo Hockey Stadium in Bulawayo Monday. Very physical, the Ghanaians weren’t standing back and Gareth Carr’s first penalty corner was matched by Joe Appiah’s deflection th...

Published on Monday, September 5, 2011 by Gally JONATHAN COOK in Bulawayo A blustery wind and hot conditions did little to deter the Investec South Africa women’s hockey team as they chalked up their second successive win at the Africa Cup Olympic Games Qualifier tournament in Bulawayo Monday and qualified for Sunday’s 3 pm final. SA won 3-0 after leading 2-0 at half-time and scored through Western Provi...

Published on Monday, September 5, 2011 by Gally JONATHAN COOK in Bulawayo The South African men’s hockey team beat Zimbabwe 10-0 after leading 4-0 at half-time in the Africa Cup Olympic Games Qualifier tournament match in Bulawayo’s Khumalo Hockey Stadium Sunday night. SA’s goals came from KZN Raider Gareth Carr, Northerns Blues’ Justin Reid-Ross (4), Ian Haley of Western Province (2), Southern Gaute...

Published on Monday, September 5, 2011 by Gally JONATHAN COOK in Bulawayo The Investec South Africa women's hockey team opened their Africa Cup Olympic Games Qualifier tournament against Kenya at the Khumalo Hockey Stadium in Bulawayo late Saturday afternoon and came away with a 9-0 win. The Kenyans started well and Pauline Naise gave the favourites a fright early on, as the South Africans took a bit of time...

Published on Friday, September 2, 2011 by Gally JONATHAN COOK in Bulawayo A slick-passing South Africa men’s hockey team got off to a great start at the Africa Cup Olympic Games Qualifier tournament in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Friday afternoon with a comprehensive 18-0 demolition of a brave Morocco, who never gave up trying. The impressive Khumalo Hockey Stadium bore witness to a fine exhibition of how to undo dogge...

Published on Monday, August 29, 2011 by Gally AFRICAN OLYMPIC QUALIFIER - 2011 MATCH SCHEDULE MEN POOL A POOL B SOUTH AFRICA (RSA) EGYPT (EGY) KENYA (KEN) GHANA (GHA) UGANDA (UGA) ZIMBABWE (ZIM)   MOROCCO (MOR) WOMEN  ONE POOL   SOUTH AFRICA (RSA) GHANA (GHA) KENYA (KEN) ZIMBABWE (ZIM) UGANDA (UGA)   TIME TE...

Published on Monday, August 29, 2011 by Gally Name: Marcelle Keet Age: 26 Test caps: 75 When did you make your debut and how did it feel? 2005, Africa Cup in Pretoria, it was a dream come true after lots of long and hard work. I was so privileged to get to play with some of the more experienced players that I had admired and looked up to, so I was nervous but so excited. What have been your most memora...

Published on Monday, August 29, 2011 by Gally JONATHAN COOK in Bloemfontein The Investec South Africa women’s hockey team was named Saturday night for the Africa Cup Olympic Games Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe in early September. The SA team that takes part in the Africa Cup event in Bulawayo from September 2 to 11 will be captained by Kaspersky Southern Gauteng and World All Stars midfielder Marsha M...