5 Mins with Fabian Gregory: Unpacking U-21 Hockey
While most of you are still enjoying a festive break, National under-21 women’s hockey coach, Fabian Gregory, is busy preparing his team for a challenging two-test series against the Dutch U-21s, which takes place on the 8th and 10th of January at Stellenbosch and Hartleyvale respectively.
Proteas Europe Success
Okay, so their victories didn’t come against top class opposition, but the South African women’s cricket team can be proud of their efforts on their recent European tour, which provided a welcome opportunity to test themselves against international opposition.
SA Snatch ODI Series Win
The Proteas comprehensively beat the Netherlands by 174 runs at the Sportpark Maarshalkweerd in the Dutch city of Utrecht on Saturday, their second successive comfortable win in three days giving them an unassailable 2-nil lead.
Women’s Cricket Forges Ahead
Things may have seemed a bit quiet after the National Women’s Cricket team’s successful five-match ODI home series against Pakistan earlier this year.
Banyana Banyana Win
Home favourites Banyana Banyana prevailed 2-1 in front of a patriotic crowd at the Caledonian Stadium in Pretoria on Sunday, during their Beijing Olympic qualifier against Zimbabwe.
Hockey’s Winning Form Continues
The SPAR South Africa Women’s hockey team continued to show signs of progress as they convincingly defeated Canada 3-0 at the University of Stellenbosch Astro Complex.
World Champs for Hockey Festival
Stellenbosch will be the centre of attention for all hockey lovers towards the end of this year and early in 2007, when 22 international matches will be played in the SPAR Hockey Festival at the Stellenbosch University Sport Performance Institute.
Egypt Thrash SA Squash Heroes
Second-seeded Egypt have ended SA’s hopes of progressing past the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Teams Squash Championships, after beating them 3-0 overnight in Edmonton, Canada.
SA Lose To Dutch
A brave South Africa lost 3-0 overnight to the powerful 4th-seeded Dutch squad of Orla Noom, Annaliese Naude and Vanessa Atkinson in the round robin stage of the Women’s World Teams Squash Championships in Edmonton, Canada.
SA Beat Dutch in Thriller
South Africa emerged worthy victors after a tight final squash test against the Netherlands drew to a close in Fish Hoek yesterday, when a 4-4 overall match result ensured a 17-15 victory for the home side on aggregate.
SA won’t go Dutch
With the final squash test to be played in Fish Hoek today, the Proteas are still in with a shout, though mainly due to victories in the men’s team making up for losses by the women.