SA Look to Build on Win
The South African women’s hockey side will be looking to build on their first Test victory when they clash with Ireland at Hartleyvale on Tuesday evening (start 7pm).
SA Overwhelm Ireland
‘Setting the foundation for the season’ were the words from captain Marsha Marescia after a solid 4-0 win for the SPAR SA team over the Ireland team in the first match of the series.
Two Tours for Olympic Warm-Ups
Next year is an Olympic year, and the SPAR South African hockey team have moved into preparation gear with international matches lined up from early in 2008.
Hockeyroos Bound for South Africa
The SPAR South African women’s team easily qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing next year, winning the African qualifying tournament in Nairobi without breaking into a sweat.
Olympic Training Squad Announced
Lesle-Ann George (back), Marsha Marescia (front left) and Tarryn Hosking of SPAR South Africa seem a little out-numbered in their second Good Luck Beijing match against hosts China early August. China won 3-0. Picture courtesy Good Luck Beijing. Hockey South Africa has announced the names of a 31-woman Olympic Training Squad, despite rumours that […]
A Section IPT Clashes Loom
The dominant form exhibited by the top two provincial hockey squads, current champs Western Province and their Highveld nemesis Southerns, has once again pitted the two against each other in the championship final of the 2007 SPAR Hockey IPT on Friday.
WP and Southerns Share Spoils
The much anticipated top of the table clash at the Spar Women’s Inter-Provincial hockey tournament between defending champions Western Province and Southern Gauteng ended in a 1-1 draw at the Hartleyvale astro in Cape Town on Wednesday.
WP Hauls out Big Guns
Top seeds Southern Gauteng and defending champions Western Province have booked their places in the final of the championship division at the SPAR Hockey IPT at the Hartleyvale Astro in Cape Town on Thursday.
Old Firms Progress in IPT
Tracy Bestall of KZN Midlands (right) Marie Joseph of Southern Gauteng compete for the ball on the second day of the SPAR Women’s Hockey IPT being played at the Hartleyvale Stadium in Cape Town. Picture: Reg Caldecott At the end of this week it should come as no surprise to see the final of the […]
SA Learn Hard Lessons in Beijing
The SPAR South African women’s national hockey team have had the riot act read to them in their first two matches of the Good Luck Beijing International Hockey Tournament in China, after goal-less losses to Australia and China.
Victory in Nairobi for Place in Finals
South Africa’s senior Hockey team continue their impressive form at the African Hockey Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Nairobi, Kenya, after an emphatic 9-0 victory over Zimbabwe in Kenya on Wednesday.
Olympic Qualifier Team Announced
There were no surprises in the selection of the SPAR South African Women’s Hockey Team for the upcoming African Olympic Games qualifier, which is largely unchanged after reaching the final of the Four Nations Tournament in Ireland recently.