SA Up Against World Champs Holland in Second Test
The world’s best women’s hockey team, Holland, beat a brave young Investec South Africa 5-0 after leading 2-0 at half-time in the first of the two-Test series in the leafy town of Ede in the Netherlands late Wednesday afternoon, a match in which the tourists’ finishing again let them down.
Holland Turn Up Pressure to Down Spirited South Africans
The Investec South Africa women’s hockey team showed guts and tenacity to craft a 1-0 half-time lead over recent Champions Trophy winners Holland in the second Test in the leafy town of Ede outside Amsterdam Thursday afternoon.
So Close Yet So Far in Antwerp
No less than 11 excellent scoring opportunities to three in a dominant second half did not materialise into goals for the disappointed Investec South Africa women’s hockey team as they went down 3-1 to a Belgium team that put their body and soul into defending a 2-1 half-time lead, and turned it into a 3-1 series-equalling victory in the third and final Test in Antwerp on Monday.
Belgium Raise Game to Draw Second Test
The Investec South Africa women’s hockey team drew the exciting second Test against Belgium 2-2 at Royal Beerschot Hockey Centre in Antwerp on Sunday.
Eight-Match Supreme Test Tour Starts with Belgium
The Investec South Africa women’s hockey team embark on the first of an arduous eight Test matches in nine days when they take on Belgium at the impressive Royal Beerschot Hockey Centre in Antwerp Belgium at 3 pm Saturday.