Coach Looks Beyond Champions Challenge Losses
Investec South Africa women’s hockey assistant coach Fabian Gregory takes Champions Challenge losses in his stride, with change the name of the game as his team enters a new Olympic cycle
SA Impresses But USA Wins the Game
USA stole the honours in an action-packed second test for Investec SA in Dublin on Sunday evening, as the North Americans turn a 2-1 half-time deficit into a 4-2 win
Experience and New Blood for Ireland Test
SA Hockey is focusing on explosive game and elimination skills ahead of the Champions Challenge in Dublin, with Pool B competitors Ireland, the USA and Scotland first up as the round-robin phase of the tournament gets underway on Saturday
Bonnet Drafts IPT Stars for Dublin Challenge
Coach Bonnet takes on London 2012 lessons and four IPT stars en route to building the Investec South Africa women’s hockey team for 2014 Hockey World Cup in Holland, with a first stop at the 2012 Champions Challenge in Dublin, Ireland starting September
Pietie Reaps Just Recognition as Team Prospers in Argentina
Superstar and world goalscoring record holder Pietie Coetzee of the Southern Gauteng and Investec South Africa women’s hockey teams has been included as a finalist in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Player of the Year nominations.
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.
SA vs Ireland Preview
Billed as the biggest tournament to take place in Ireland this year, the Setanta Sports Trophy sees some of the big hockey nations take to the field for the start of the Four-Nations tournament ending 17 June.