Bumper Summer Hockey Season Begins Today
The first step of the next four-year cycle ending at the 2016 Olympics in Rio begins for the Investec SA women’s hockey team in a four-test series against fellow London 2012 Olympians in Cape Town this evening, and coach Giles Bonnet is keen on achieving the many incremental milestones necessary to achieve the big goal by narrowing the gap between SA and hockey’s world leaders
Bumper Summer of Hockey for Cape Town
Marsha Marescia stands on the brink of 300 Test caps as Cape Town gears up to host the Investec SA women’s hockey team for four weeks of Test match hockey feating seven leading international sides against the hosts
2012 SPAR gsport Awards Voting Opens
SPAR gsport Awards judges, Dr. Sherylle Calder, Jane Bramley, Hazel Gumede and Uyanda Mbuli are delighted with the quality of finalists for this year’s awards, as online voting opens to choose overall winners.
Big Guns Headline gsport Awards Short List
Our esteemed judges have unveiled the finalists in each category for the 2012 SPAR gsport Awards, and friends, fans and family of the 2012 SPAR gsport Awards finalists are urged to organise wide support for their candidates, to give them every chance of being honoured this year.
Coach Lights Way to 2014 Hockey World Cup
Training matches against India, Australia and Scotland await new-look South Africa women’s hockey team ahead of 8-nations Champions Challenge in Ireland
Gregory’s got no doubts about Dublin
A new-look Investec South Africa women’s hockey team will head to Dublin, Ireland for the Champions Challenge, an opportunity for new caps Lillian du Plessis, Quanita Bobbs, Izelle Lategan and Tanya Britz, to gain international exposure ahead of their appearance for the SA U21s, at the Junior World Cup Africa Qualifier Tournament in Randburg in mid-October.
Southerns Sweep to 2012 IPT Title
Kaspersky Southern Gauteng reclaimed their IPT winning streak, making it three titles out of their past four appearances in the annual national tournament’s gold medal match, beating defending champions Western Province 3-0 in the tournament’s final at the Randburg Astro on Saturday
Knock Out Friday in Hockey IPT Semis
Do or die as the 2012 SA Hockey IPT knockout matches kick off with defending champs WP up against Northerns at 3pm at the Randburg Astro, and Southern Gauteng faces SA U21’s at 5pm.
Can Province Do the Double?
After a day of near- and all-to-real upsets, a mouth-watering rematch of the 2011 duel that saw WP upset Southern Gauteng is the prize match on the final day of the 2012 SA Hockey women’s IPT, at 5pm at the Randburg Astro on Saturday.
Students Lead the IPT Pack
Southerns and Northerns in a duel for SAHA IPT Pool B honours, while the U21’s lead Western Province in Pool A after 3 matches each as the competition enters its final two days of round-robin competition
Big Wins on Day 1 at Randburg Astro
Eastern Province, Northerns & Kaspersky Southerns all muscled big wins as the 2012 IPT tournament kicked off with A and B Pool action in Section A, hosted by the Southern Gauteng Hockey Association at the Randburg Astro from 19 – 25 August 2012.
Through the Lens of Reg Caldecott
Sunday Read: As we celebrate Women’s Month, gsport is also honouring the men who support our sports women. This week, we look at women’s sport through the lens of Reg Caldecott.