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 […]
SA Assume Lead over Canada
South Africa’s Vida Ryan on the attack against Canada, in the second hockey test played in Pretoria on Friday night. SA won 2-1. Picture: Reg Caldecott The SPAR South African women’s hockey team overcame a rain delay to beat Canada 2-1 in the second of this three-match series, played at the Afrikaans Meisies Hoërskool (Affies) […]
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, […]
SA Line Canada Up in Olympic Quest
South Africa’s Lesle-Ann George launches an attack against the USA during the Argentina 4 Nations Cup in Mendoza, Argentina, during January. South Africa narrowly lost the match 0-1. Picture: Matias Noe Correa Arce (MNCA Photographe) There are less than six months before the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing in August, and the SPAR […]
SA Holds USA to 4 Nations Draw
Jenny King’s girls demonstrated their worth on the international stage on Thursday night in Mendoza, Argentina, when they drew four-all with the United States in their second Four Nations Cup encounter.
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.
World’s All Stars Choose Marsha
SA national women’s hockey captain Marsha Marescia, pictured here in action during the recent SPAR Challenge against Australia, has been included in the international women’s 2007 World Hockey All Star team. Marsha Marescia, captain of the SPAR national hockey team, has been included in the international women’s 2007 World Hockey All Star team.
Oz Square 3-Test Series
Australia have leveled the three-Test SPAR Challenge series to nullify South Africa’s opening encounter win, when Hope Munro scored the second Test’s sole goal at the Tshwane University of Technology on Friday evening, with the final test to be played in Randburg on Saturday afternoon.
South Africa Beat Australia
Marsha Marescia, captain of South Africa, in action against Australia in the first test of the SPAR Challenge Series, which saw South Africa come back from a goal down in the first 10 minutes, to secure a ‘sweet’ 2-1 victory against one of the world’s best teams. Picture: Reg Caldecott The SPAR South African women’s […]
King Welcomes 3-Test Series
The South African women’s hockey team have an opportunity to pit themselves against one of the best teams in the world next week, when they take on Australia in the three Test Spar Challenge series.
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.