Published on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Gally 7 September 2010 GRAND MASTERS HOCKEY WORLD CUP 2010 – CAPE TOWN Cape Town is set to host yet another World Cup! This time it’s the 5th Grand Masters Hockey World Cup and the first in Africa, following on from tournaments previously held every two years in Kuala Lumpur, Athens, Leverkusen and Hong Kong. The international tournament is made up of three sep...

Published on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Gally  Pool A                               Team P W D L GF GA PTS  Netherlands 4 4 0 0 20 6 12  Germany 4 3 0 1 9 4 9  Australia 4 3 0 1 13 9 9  India 4 1 0 3 7 17 3  Japan 4 0 1 3 4 8 1  New Zealand 4 0 1 3 5 11 1             ...

Published on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Gally Goal Scorers                       Name   FG PC PS Total Maartje PAUMEN (NED)     11 1 12 Rani RAMPAL (IND)   6 1   7 N. BARRIONUEVO (ARG)     6   6 K. FORGESSON (NZL)   5   1 6 Luciana AYMAR (ARG)   4 1   5 Kaori CHIBA (JPN)   5     5 Kim LAMMERS ...

Published on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Gally Korea produced a superb fight-back from 3-1 down to claim a 5-3 victory over South Africa. The result has sealed Korea's place in the 5th-6th place classification match, while South Africa will now play in the 9th-10th place play-off. Sulette DAMONS scored her second goal of the tournament in just the second minute of the match, finding the net with a close ...

Published on Monday, September 6, 2010 by Gally Richardson double puts England on verge of Semi Finals England - bronze medal winners at the recent Champions Trophy in Nottingham - took a giant leap towards claiming a place in the Semi Finals by securing their third win of the tournament, defeating South Africa 2-1. Helen RICHARDSON netted twice to give her side the win, but a strong South Africa surge in th...

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...

Published on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 by Gally (The long awaited tour to Beijing) Day 1 & 2 By: Marsha Marescia Travel day 28 May 2010           Well, the day had finally arrived! 7 months of no contact with each other and we were heading off to China, not sure if everybody knew what to expect. A new coach, playing internationals with little preparation and to get us into swing of all team...

Published on Monday, May 17, 2010 by Gally The South African Hockey Association is pleased to announce the appointment of the new coach for the National Women’s team.- GILES BONNET. Bonnet is an FIH Grade 1 coach, with 25 years experience in International Hockey, ten years as a player for South Africa and 15 years as coach. In addition to this International experience, in South Africa, Belgium, Holland a...

Published on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 by Gally The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced the pools for the BDO FIH World Cup women, to be played in Rosario, Argentina from 29 August-11 September 2010. With Australia qualified as 12th and final team early May, the twelve participants were allocated into two pools of six teams each based upon the latest ABN AMRO World Rankings. Olympic Champi...

Published on Monday, May 3, 2010 by Gally   KZN INLAND 3 VS 1 Border 11 & 12   Phillips, Dalan (2)       Stirk, Brett     Khumalo, Sinenhlanhla                           Eastern Cape 3 VS 1 KZN Coastals 7 & 8   Kimfley, Damian       Last, Greg     Hunter Angus             Joseph, Giovann...