Funding Issues Weigh Down Hockey
South Africa’s men and women hockey teams’ dismal showing at the Beijing Olympics was mainly due to a lack of international exposure according to South African Hockey Association (Saha) president Dave Carr.
Hockey Girls Want Top 10 Finish
One year after qualifying for the Olympic Games, the SPAR national women’s hockey team are about to demonstrate how far they have come since their last Olympic appearance. Their coach, Jenny King, wants a top 10 finish in Beijing to enable to qualify for the Champions League.
Four Nations Bronze for Brave SA
The SPAR SA Women’s Hockey team walked away with the bronze medal after beating the host country Ireland, 2 – 1 in the 3rd and 4th playoff match at the Setanta 4 Nations Women’s Hockey Tournament, in Dublin, Ireland on Monday.
SA Win Beijing Prep Series
The triumphant South African Women’s Hockey team after winning the SPAR Cup Tri-nations hockey tournament at the Randburg Hockey Stadium on Saturday. Picture: Reg Caldecott SPAR South Africa and Canada played out to a tame 1-1 draw in the final match of the SPAR Cup Tri-Nations series played at the Randburg Hockey Stadium on Saturday, […]
Coach Wants More than Wins
Dirkie Chamberlain of South Africa and Svetlana Nikonova of Russia compete for the ball in the second meeting between the teams in the SPAR Cup Tri-Nations Tournament being played at the Randburg Hockey Stadium in Johannesburg. SA won 5-1. Picture: Reg Caldecott SPAR South African hockey coach Jenny King was a frustrated and disappointed woman […]
Bright Secures Narrow Win
Tarryn Bright of South Africa slides to prevent the ball from going over the sideline against Canada in their first test match in the SPAR Cup Tri-Nations Hockey Tournament being held at the Randburg Hockey Stadium in Johannesburg. Kim Buker of Canada defending. SA vs 1-0. Tarryn Bright struck home a last-minute goal to save […]
Canada Force Russia into Submission
Canada bounced back from a series loss to SPAR South Africa on Sunday, to defeat Russia 1-0 in a tightly-contested clash on the second day of the SPAR Cup Tri-Nations women’s hockey tournament, at the Randburg Hockey Stadium on Tuesday.
SA Shred Russia in Opener
Kate Hector of South Africa and Svetlana Grigorieva of Russia fight it out in the first game of the SPAR Cup Tri-Nations Women’s Hockey Tournament, played at the Randburg Hockey Stadium on Monday. SA won the opener 6-0. Picture: Reg Caldecott The South African women’s hockey team annihilated Russia 6-0 in the opening match of […]
SA Win Convincingly to Take Series
Kathleen Taylor, pictured on the attack against Canada in Pretoria on Sunday, opened scoring for SA in the 14th minute, to begin the home side’s convincing 4-1 win in the final test, to take the series 2-0. Picture: Reg Caldecott South Africa played to a convincing 4-1 win over Canada at the Tshwane University of […]
Tests Continue in SPAR Cup
SPAR South Africa captain Marsha Marescia on the attack during the three test series against Canada in Pretoria, completed on Sunday, which SA won 2-1. Picture: Reg Caldecott South Africa’s hockey team kick off their internationally-sanctioned SPAR CUP tournament against Russia in Randburg this afternoon, in a six-test tournament also including Canada, following the home […]
Tame Draw in Opening Test
Marsha Marescia, captain of the SPAR Women’s Hockey team on the attack in the first test against Canada played in Pretoria. Hilary Linton of Canada defending. The game was drawn 1-1. Picture: Reg Caldecott SPAR South Africa and Canada played out to a tame 1-1 draw at the Afrikaans Meisies Hoërskool (Affies) in Pretoria on […]
Three Tests in Olympic Hopes
South Africa’s Henna du Buisson on her way to putting South Africa into the lead in the first of three tests played against Canada in January, 2007, which South Africa won 3-0. Picture: Jackie Wiese. The SPAR women’s hockey team are attending a training camp at the High Performance Centre at Pretoria University this week, […]