South African U21’s top Pool A after three days of matches at the 2012 SA Women’s Hockey Interprovincial A competition with two wins from three matches, while WP, who have win from three matches, are lying second at the Randburg Astro.
SA U21’s beat Amathole 6-2 on Monday and followed it up with a 1-all draw with Western Province (WP) on Tuesday to leave them on seven points.
But with two more days of pool-stage matches, the field is still wide open with any of the six teams in the A-section’s Pool A in with a mathematical chance of making the semi-finals.
The story makes easier read in Pool B for supporters of Gauteng-based Kaspersky Southern Gauteng (SG) and Northerns, where defending champions SG and Northerns both have three wins from three matches, and are on nine points apiece, with Kaspersky SG ahead on a better goal difference, with both teams having given themselves excellent starts in their campaign to see the knock-out stage of the competition.
Kaspersky SG striker Pietie Coetzee is the top goal scorer of the competition with eight goals to her name, while her team-mate Tsoanelo Pholo on five goals. The Joburg pair are ahead of Northerns’ scorers Kylie Oosthuizen and Janine Porteous, who each have four goals to their names.
In the IPT’s B-Section, Northerns B leads the pack with a maximum 6 points from their two matches, while Southern Cape and the Kaspersky Nuggets each have a win and a draw in their completed matches for four points each, the Capetonians ahead of the Nuggets on goald diference.
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Section A of the SAHA 2012 Hockey Interprovincial Tournament, at the Randburg Astro from 19–25 August 2012: Pool A: SA U21 KZN Raiders Western Province Kaspersky Wits Amathole North West Pool B: Kaspersky Southerns Eastern Province Northerns Free State KZN Inland KZN Mynahs Results from Day 1 of the Women’s IPT A Section 2012, at the Randburg Astro on Sunday 19 August 2012: North West 1 – 4 SA U21 KZN Raiders 2 – 0 Amathole Eastern Province 6 – 0 KZN Inland Western Province 1 – 1 Kaspersky Wits Northerns 5 – 0 Free State Kaspersky Southerns 8 – 0 KZN Mynahs A Section Results from Day 2, on Monday, 20 August 2012: Northerns 7-0 KZN Inland North West 3-0 Kaspersky Wits Eastern Province 2-1 KZN Mynahs Western Province 6-2 Amathole KZN Raiders 1-3 SA U21 Kaspersky SG 5-1 Free State A Section Results from Day 3, on Tuesday, 21 August 2012: Kaspersky Wits 3-1 Amathole Northerns 1-0 Eastern Province Free State 2-0 KZN Mynahs KZN Raiders 2-2 North West Western Province 1-1 SA U21 Kaspersky SG 15-0 KZN Inland Women’s IPT 2012 A Section Fixtures: Wednesday 22 August 2012: 09:00 Northerns v KZN Mynahs 11:00 Free State v KZN Inland 11:30 Amathole v SA U21 13:00 Western Province v North West 15:00 KZN Raiders v Kaspersky Wits 17:00 Kaspersky Southerns v Eastern Province Thursday 23 August 2012: 09:00 KZN Mynahs v KZN Inland 11:00 Eastern Province v Free State 11:30 North West v Amathole 13:00 Western Province v KZN Raiders 15:00 Kaspersky Wits v SA U21 17:00 Kaspersky Southerns v Northerns Women’s IPT 2012 B Section: Southern Cape SACD A SACD B Mpumulanga Kaspersky Nuggets Northerns B Women’s IPT 2012 B Section Fixtures: Wednesday 25 July 2012: 09:30 SACD A v SACD B 13:30 Southern Cape v Northerns B 15:30 Mpumulanga v Kaspersky Nuggets Thursday 23 August 2012: 09:30 Southern Cape v SACD B 13:30 SACD A v Kaspersky Nuggets 15:30 Mpumulanga v Northerns B Friday 24 August 2012: 09:30 Southern Cape v SACD A 13:30 SACD B v Mpumulanga 15:30 Kaspersky Nuggets v Northerns