Published on Friday, June 18, 2010 by Gally B-Section: POOL CLASSIFICATION - B Section Rank Team P W D L GF GA Pts PD 1 NORB 6  5  1 0  14  5  16  +9 2 NFS 6  3  1 2  9 5 10 +4 3 AMB 6 3  0 3 7 6 9 +1 4 SGB 6  2  2  2  4  6  8  -2  5 SWD 6  2  1 3 8  7 7 +1 6 KZNCB 6 2  1 3  4 8 7 -4 ...

Published on Thursday, June 17, 2010 by Gally A-Section: POOL CLASSIFICATION - POOL A Rank Team P W D L GF GA Pts PD 1 KZNC 5  4  1 0 11  4  13  +7 2 AM  5  4  0  1  10  4 12  +6 3 MPU  5  3  0 2  11 11  9  0  4 SFS  5  1 1  3  5 6  4  -1 5 KZNI  5  1  1 3  8  11  4  -3 6 BOL  5  0 1...

Published on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by Gally A-Section:  POOL CLASSIFICATION - POOL A RANK TEAM PLYD W D L GF GA PTS DIFF 1 AM 4 3 0 1 9 4 5   +5 2 KZNC 3 2 1  0 7 3 7  +4 3 KZNI 3 1 1  1 4 4 4  0 4 SFS 4 1 1 2 4 5 4  -1 5 MPU 3 1 0 2 2 7 3  -5 6 BOL 3 0 1 2 4 7 1  -3              ...

Published on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 by Gally A-Section:  POOL CLASSIFICATION - POOL A RANK TEAM PLYD W D L GF GA PTS DIFF 1 KZNC 2 1 1  0  5 2 4   +3 2 BOL 2 1 1  0  5 4 4  +1 3 AM  2 1  0  1  5 4 3  +1 4 MPU 2 1  0  1  2 4 3  -2 5 SFS 2 0  1  1  2 3 1  -1 6 KZNI 2 0  1  1  2 4 1  -2 ...

Published on Saturday, June 12, 2010 by Gally Two rest days - visiting the Great Wall of China and exploring Beijing a little more ended the 1st half of our tour to China. 8 Days – 6 matches remaining. Thursday 10 June and the girls were ready to start the second half of what they came to do – train, train and train some more. A lot of game related exercises and a lot of running! But this is what we need ...

Published on Monday, June 7, 2010 by Gally Sunday 06 June 2010 By: Tsoanelo Pholo and Nicole De Vries Breakfast was slightly different this morning as we welcomed the 18th player to the camp, Tsoanelo Pholo making a comeback to the national squad after a three year absence.  Needless to say the extra legs were much appreciated by all. A few players were rested at training this morning with the strikers...

Published on Saturday, June 5, 2010 by Gally On Friday the 4th of June, we embarked on another challenge against China, the 3rd ranked team in the world.  Instead of grafting on the field in the morning, we spent a few hours in the meeting room focusing on what we needed to achieve today. The game had a dramatic start, with the scores being levelled at 2-2 within the first 20 minutes.  We managed in the...

Published on Saturday, June 5, 2010 by Gally Thursday 3rd June- Match report Julia Cass and Hanli Hattingh The day dawned with the excitement of two major milestones to be achieved in the second test to be played against China. Our captain, Marsha Marescia, was to equal the phenomenal accomplishment of Lindsey Wright (nee Carlisle), former player and South African captain, in reaching 200 test caps. Although...

Published on Thursday, June 3, 2010 by Gally SA U17 GIRLS 2 June 2010 SASCOC announces SA Under 17 Girls Hockey Team to participate in Youth Olympic Games in Singapore The South Africa Hockey Association in conjunction with SASCOC is proud to announce the Under 17 SA Hockey Girls team to represent South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore August 2010. The final team and management are as fo...

Published on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 by Gally Day 3 By: Kim Hubach Day 3 in China started with breakfast which is always a bit of a lucky packet on what you are going to get, but the girls are getting used to the food and starting to be a little more adventurous with some tasting the duck head – Turns out it tastes just like chicken! We had a training session from 9:00 – 11:00 where we concentrated on...