Published on Friday, January 8, 2010 by Gally           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   Hlubika...

Published on Thursday, December 17, 2009 by Gally FIH announces WorldHockey All Star Teams 2009 For the fourth year in a row, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) created the Men’s and Women’s WorldHockey All Star Teams. As for the previous editions, only the best players in the world were selected for these elite formations. The WorldHockey All Star Teams 2009 were selected by visitors of the offi...

Published on Thursday, November 26, 2009 by Gally The South African Hockey Association held its’ annual awards function on Friday 20th November 2009 at the Queensmead Hockey Stadium in Durban. The following awards were presented, for excellence in the 2009 Hockey Season: “Malik” Umpire of the Year: Michelle Joubert Steve & Linda Jaspan Award “Coach of the Year”: Brendon Carolan Dave Carr A...

Published on Monday, November 2, 2009 by Gally BDO FIH World Cup 2010, Rosario, Argentina, 30 August-12 September 2010 Argentina (Host and Champion of the 3rd Women’s Pan American Cup) South Africa (Champion of the Africa Cup of Nations, 2009) New Zealand (Champion of the 6th Women’s Oceania Cup) Netherlands (Champion of the 9th Women’s EuroHockey Nations Championship) Germany (Silver medalis...

Published on Monday, October 19, 2009 by Gally SOUTH AFRICA vs NEW ZEALAND New Zealand held off a spirited challenge by South Africa to claim the BDO Women’s Champions Challenge 1 hockey tournament at Hartleyvale in Cape Town. Unlike the pool match between the teams earlier in the week, the Black Sticks took the initiative from the start and put the hosts under pressure.  The defence was holding, but ...

Published on Monday, October 19, 2009 by Gally South Africa will play against New Zealand in the final of the BDO Women’s Champions Challenge hockey tournament at Hartleyvale.  South Africa overcame a tough challenge from Spain while New Zealand, although losing to Japan, did enough to go through.  In both cases the only goal of the game decided the result. SOUTH AFRICA vs SPAIN In a pulsating match,...

Published on Thursday, October 15, 2009 by Gally The fourth day of the BDO Women’s Champions Challenge 1 hockey tournament at Hartleyvale saw all three matches ending in draws.  While South Africa and New Zealand are favourites to reach the final on Sunday, both will need to draw their final matches on Saturday against Spain and Japan respectively in order to ensure this.  The non-medal pool for the minor pl...

Published on Thursday, October 15, 2009 by Gally SOUTH AFRICA vs AZERBAIJAN South Africa maintained their perfect record at the BDO Women’s Champions Challenge Hockey Tournament at Hartleyvale in Cape Town on Wednesday.  With the qualification for the medal round already settled, the match was little more than a training exercise.  The home team controlled matters from the start, and it came as no surp...

Published on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Gally The World Masters Games are held every four years and is the worlds largest multi-sport event.  This is the seventh World Masters games, being held in Sydney in 2009, with 29 292 competitors, with the youngest player being 24 and the eldest being 101 (Ruth Frith of Brisbane Australia). The average age of the 2009 competitors is 50 years old. Competitors from 95 coun...

Published on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 by Gally On day 2 of the BDO Champions Challenge I Women in Cape Town, New Zealand won their first match of the competition against Spain, Azerbaijan and Chile split points in a nil all draw, and South Africa surprised Japan to book their place in the medal round pool. The day's opener saw New Zealand enter the competition after not coming into action on day 1, and the ...