Hockey, South Africa

The South African U21 Men and Ladies teams became Champions of Africa when they defeated Egypt in the African World Cup Qualifier.

The scores where as follows:

SA U21 Men 3 - 2 Egypt

SA U21 Women 6 - 0 Egypt

Congratulations to both teams

MANAGER: Me.Maryna Hobel KZN
COACH: Ms Marian Marescia Gauteng
ASS.COACH: Ms Andi Bernstein WP

SA U18 Team:

Paula Dolman WP, Demi du Toit SG, Celia Evans KZN Midlands, Jamie Martin SG, Zimitri Meyer EP, Stacy Middelton EP, Mmatshepo Modipane MPU, Drisha Naidoo KZN SC, Sammy Prost NG, Priantha Reddy KZN Midlands, Felicia Shongwe MPU, Jo-nelke Swanepoel FS, Cindi Tregoning SG, Chanelle van Niekerk EP, Lindsay van Niekerk EP, Thando Zono EP

MANAGER: Me. Ruth Ricketts WC  
COACH: Braam van Wyk FS

SA Youth Team:

JONATHAN COOK
at the AB Jackson

THE best team at the Boys U18 hockey interprovincial tournament at the AB Jackson GreenFields Turf in Pietermaritzburg were the deserved winners of the trophy after Friday's seventh and final round.

Southern Gauteng, the only unbeaten A Section team, beat Western Province 3-0 in the last of their round-robin matches at the ABJ Friday to win IPT by one point over KZN Midlands followed by third-placed KZN Coastals.

This was South Gauteng's second successive IPT trophy after they won in Port Elizabeth last year.

Southerns stake their title claim
Northerns close to promotion

JONATHAN COOK
at the AB Jackson

DEFENDING champions Southern Gauteng took big strides towards retaining their Boys U18 hockey interprovincial tournament title when they beat nearest challengers KZN Midlands 2-0 in comprehensive style at the AB Jackson GreenFields Turf Wednesday.

Girls Results:

Limpopo 1 vs Border 2
EP 2 vs Free State 1
SWD 0 vs East Gauteng 3
KZN Coastals 1 vs WP 1
North Cape 1 vs Free State B 1
North Gauteng 2 vs Mpumalanga 0
Southern Gauteng 3 vs Boland 1
KZN Midlands 4 vs North West 0

Boys Results:

WP 4 vs Border 2
South Gauteng 2 vs Free State 2
EP 3 vs Boland 0
KZN Midlands 5 vs KZN Coastals 3
WP 3 vs Free State 0
Border 2 vs Boland 2

Double delight for Southerns and Midlands
Massive matches Tuesday

JONATHAN COOK
at the AB Jackson

THE A Section teams South Gauteng and hosts KZN Midlands won both their matches Monday on day one of the Boys U18 hockey interprovincial tournament being held at the AB Jackson GreenFields Turf and Maritzburg College’s Pape’s Astro.

Southerns beat EP 7-1 and then toppled KZN Coastals 4-1 in the afternoon, while KZN Midlands shaded Border 4-3 before beating Eastern Province 3-0.

Western Province 3 (Paula Dollman (2), Crystal Nichols) vs Mpumalanga 1 (Emmie Damhauser)

North West 1 (Danielle Viljoen) vs Free State B 2 (Chrizanne Lotter, Logon Smith)

Free State A 1 (Hettie Oosthuizen) vs Southern Gauteng 4 (Domanique Da Graca, Thembi Matlou, Cindi Tregoning, Jamie Martin)

Limpopo 3 (Lize De Villiers, Charne v d Merwe, Adele Leonard) vs SWD 0

Border 1 (Qamani Sifatyi) vs Eastern Gauteng 1 (Natasha v Schalkwyk)

Eastern Cape 2 (Christelle Slabbert, Mia Merlin) vs Boland 0

Men:

Matt Botha, Wade Paton, Devon van der Merwe (all UKZN); Shaun Davenhill, Miguel da Graca, Tebogo Lerole, Lance Louw, Rassie Pieterse, Oliver Whitely (all UJ); Pierre de Voux, Clive Terwin, David Wilson (all Maties); Vaughn Erasmus, Rhett Halkett, Ben Mbana, Kyle Rhodes, Jonty Robinson (all Tukkies); Craig Haley, Eugene Pelteret, Zeno Rossouw (all UCT); Matt Fairweather, Jody Hosking, Vince Prior, Justin Reid-Ross, Malusi Siboto (all North West); John Paul (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan).

Women:

Tukkies men and Maties women win
University Sport SA hockey titles sewn up

JONATHAN COOK
in Potchefstroom

THE men's and women's finals of the University Sport South Africa (Ussa) hockey tournament were decided on the fifth and final day of an excellent, thoroughly enjoyable week.

The Gauteng heavyweight derby between the men from Tukkies and their arch-rivals at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) saw the Tukkies from Pretoria win a tension-charged final 2-1 in the wake of five players having been sent to the sin-bin for various indiscretions.

Final showdown in Varsity hockey tourney
Tukkies earn two spots, UJ and Maties one apiece

JONATHAN COOK
in Potchefstroom

THE men's final of the University Sport South Africa (Ussa) hockey tournament will be played between University of Johannesburg and Tukkies while the women's showdown sees Maties of Stellenbosch against the Tukkies girls.

This is a huge hockey tournament with 16 teams in the men's and women's A Sections and 21 in the respective B Sections. Including officials and umpires and so on – that is a total of almost 800 people, so passion and support for the top teams is high. And the top teams are responding - they are all playing superb, exciting hockey.