The following result was achieved by the Men's team at the Africa Cup of Nations in Accra, Ghana.
South Africa 8 - 0 Nigeria
Goalscorers: Gareth Carr 3
Thornton McDade 3
Marvin Harper 1
Justin Reid-Ross 1
Will now compete for the Gold Medal on Saturday against Egypt.
Regards
Paul Richards
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
News of the u18 tournament
By PETER MARTIN
THE Border A hockey team were fortunate to come away from their opening match of the 2009 U18 tournament with a 5-5 draw against a tenacious Eastern Gauteng side at Kat Leisure Park in East London yesterday.
The exciting game was played at a furious pace with action moving from one side to the other throughout.
Border were 4-5 down when the hooter went for the end of the game, having secured a short corner only seconds before, and with Gauteng East failing to clear their line, some clever stickwork from Daniel Schroeder beat the East Gauteng goalkeeper to force the draw amid much relief from the players and spectators.
At once stage, however, Border were leading 4-1 but Gauteng East clawed their way back into the game with three quick goals, two through poor defence work by Border and one through a penalty flick.
Then, with time running out they then moved into the lead and with less than a minute to go all seemed lost for Border.
But just like Eastern Gauteng, Border was not prepared to throw in the towel, and the result was a nail-biting finish with the large crowd screaming encouragement for the home side.
The other four Border goals were scored by Matthew Taberer, who opened the scoring in the eighth minute, Andrew Buckley, who had a storming game, Garth Hirst and Jason McLachlan. For Border Thambo Luvuyo, Hirst and McLachlan were all over the park and played well. For Eastern Gauteng their link Deryck May had an excellent game, while Geoffrey Scott was all-aggression, especially in defence. They each scored for the visitors.
Two teams to watch out for in the A section are Southern Gauteng, who beat North West 7-0 and then outplayed Boland 5-0 later in the day, and KwaZulu-Natal Inland, who annhilated a hapless Mpumalanga 18-0 in a morning match and then beat Eastern Province 6-1 after lunch.
EP meanwhile, had tasted sucess by beating KwaZulu-Natal Coastal 4-1 earlier in the day.
The other big win was Northern Gauteng’s 9-0 victory over North West.
In the B section the Border B team won their opening match against Northern Free State 7-0 and then in an early evening game they were the victors 2-0 over Southern Free State to get their campaign off to a good start.
THE Border A hockey team were fortunate to come away from their opening match of the 2009 U18 tournament with a 5-5 draw against a tenacious Eastern Gauteng side at Kat Leisure Park in East London yesterday.
The exciting game was played at a furious pace with action moving from one side to the other throughout.
Border were 4-5 down when the hooter went for the end of the game, having secured a short corner only seconds before, and with Gauteng East failing to clear their line, some clever stickwork from Daniel Schroeder beat the East Gauteng goalkeeper to force the draw amid much relief from the players and spectators.
At once stage, however, Border were leading 4-1 but Gauteng East clawed their way back into the game with three quick goals, two through poor defence work by Border and one through a penalty flick.
Then, with time running out they then moved into the lead and with less than a minute to go all seemed lost for Border.
But just like Eastern Gauteng, Border was not prepared to throw in the towel, and the result was a nail-biting finish with the large crowd screaming encouragement for the home side.
The other four Border goals were scored by Matthew Taberer, who opened the scoring in the eighth minute, Andrew Buckley, who had a storming game, Garth Hirst and Jason McLachlan. For Border Thambo Luvuyo, Hirst and McLachlan were all over the park and played well. For Eastern Gauteng their link Deryck May had an excellent game, while Geoffrey Scott was all-aggression, especially in defence. They each scored for the visitors.
Two teams to watch out for in the A section are Southern Gauteng, who beat North West 7-0 and then outplayed Boland 5-0 later in the day, and KwaZulu-Natal Inland, who annhilated a hapless Mpumalanga 18-0 in a morning match and then beat Eastern Province 6-1 after lunch.
EP meanwhile, had tasted sucess by beating KwaZulu-Natal Coastal 4-1 earlier in the day.
The other big win was Northern Gauteng’s 9-0 victory over North West.
In the B section the Border B team won their opening match against Northern Free State 7-0 and then in an early evening game they were the victors 2-0 over Southern Free State to get their campaign off to a good start.
SA IPT u18 Tournament results - Day 1
Monday 29 June 2009 A Section
Southern Gauteng 7-0 North West
M Brown - 2
V Gasparis - 1
G Gandy - 2
M Workman - 2
Western Province 2-2 Gauteng North
P Schwellnus – 1 B Harris - 1
S Boucher – 1 S Ferreria – 1
Southern Free State 1-2 Boland
M Soka – 1 G Jonathan
R Neil
KZN (Coastal) 1-4 Eastern Province
M Lopes -1 C Akermann -3
P Hoffman -1
Border 5-5 Eastern Gauteng
M Taberer -1 D May -1
A Buckley -1 R van der Poel
G Hirst -1 G Scott -2
J Maclachlan -1 S Van Heerden
D Shroeder -1
KZN (Inland) 18-0 Mpumalanga
A Manson -1
M Guise-Brown -3
M Cele – 2
J Thomas -1
D Pengelly -3
L Taylor -4
M Readmead -1
M Fourie -2
Northern Gauteng 9-0 North West
M Malan -1
B Burger -2
W Oosterhuizen -1
J Higgit -1
M Bayliss -3
W Viljoen -1
Eastern Province 1-6 KZN (Inland)
M Abrahams -1 M Guise- Brown -2
A Manson -1
M Cele -2
C Panther -1
Boland 0-5 Southern Gauteng
M Workman -2
G Gandy -1
N Rowe -1
J Hollis -1
Southern Free State 0-2 Western Province
L Tanner -1
S Boucher -1
S.A u18 I.P.T
Monday 29 June B Section
Border B 7-0 Northern Free State
J Crainey -2
K-D Davidson -2
J Hobson -2
A Amoal -1
Northern Cape B 2-1 Southern Free State B
C Golden -1 R Cloete -1
Benjamin -1
Limpopo 0-5 Southern Gauteng B
B Pryke -3
G Heyns -1
M Workman
South Western District 0-2 Western Province B
M Fehrsen -1
G Schoeman -1
Southern Free State 1-2 Border B
R Erasmus -1 C Ramoo -2
Northern Free State 8-0 Limpopo
M Waravan -2
W Boshof -2
S Slabbert -2
D du Toit -1
L J Albertyn -1
Southern Gauteng 7-0 North West
M Brown - 2
V Gasparis - 1
G Gandy - 2
M Workman - 2
Western Province 2-2 Gauteng North
P Schwellnus – 1 B Harris - 1
S Boucher – 1 S Ferreria – 1
Southern Free State 1-2 Boland
M Soka – 1 G Jonathan
R Neil
KZN (Coastal) 1-4 Eastern Province
M Lopes -1 C Akermann -3
P Hoffman -1
Border 5-5 Eastern Gauteng
M Taberer -1 D May -1
A Buckley -1 R van der Poel
G Hirst -1 G Scott -2
J Maclachlan -1 S Van Heerden
D Shroeder -1
KZN (Inland) 18-0 Mpumalanga
A Manson -1
M Guise-Brown -3
M Cele – 2
J Thomas -1
D Pengelly -3
L Taylor -4
M Readmead -1
M Fourie -2
Northern Gauteng 9-0 North West
M Malan -1
B Burger -2
W Oosterhuizen -1
J Higgit -1
M Bayliss -3
W Viljoen -1
Eastern Province 1-6 KZN (Inland)
M Abrahams -1 M Guise- Brown -2
A Manson -1
M Cele -2
C Panther -1
Boland 0-5 Southern Gauteng
M Workman -2
G Gandy -1
N Rowe -1
J Hollis -1
Southern Free State 0-2 Western Province
L Tanner -1
S Boucher -1
S.A u18 I.P.T
Monday 29 June B Section
Border B 7-0 Northern Free State
J Crainey -2
K-D Davidson -2
J Hobson -2
A Amoal -1
Northern Cape B 2-1 Southern Free State B
C Golden -1 R Cloete -1
Benjamin -1
Limpopo 0-5 Southern Gauteng B
B Pryke -3
G Heyns -1
M Workman
South Western District 0-2 Western Province B
M Fehrsen -1
G Schoeman -1
Southern Free State 1-2 Border B
R Erasmus -1 C Ramoo -2
Northern Free State 8-0 Limpopo
M Waravan -2
W Boshof -2
S Slabbert -2
D du Toit -1
L J Albertyn -1
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Umpires
Hi all
Complaints
We received complaints that umpires having a beer in their hands while umpiring.
Please can the Club Chairperson and Club Umpires delegate make sure that umpires refrain from drinking while umpiring. Umpires must make sure that they are properly dressed for match they are umpiring. Black trousers and same colour tops.
Umpire flash cards.
We have taken note that not all the umpires in our leagues have flash cards on hand while umpiring the game. The flash cards is tool you can use and required to have on you while you are umpiring.
If you do not have the flash cards the WPHU office have them available for minimal fee to cover costs.
NOTE:-
· Please also note that you the Umpire require to document the flash card given on the match card.
· Red cards given – must be reported within 48hours – phone Feico Mulder Cell 082 450 8200 or Sean Rappaport cell o82 958 4899. Umpires will be requested to forward a report immediately so that the disciplinary committee can act on it.
Umpires log book:-
Please obtain your log book from WPHU office. Linda will hand it over to you free of charge. Make sure you enter all your games and let your co-umpire sign it off.
A grading panel will need that info before your next assessment/grading will take place.
Enjoy your umpiring and have a successful Umpiring outdoor season.
Yours in hockey
Feico Mulder
WPUA Chairperson
Tel +27 (0)21 508 5581
Fax +27 (0)21 511 7800
email feico.mulder@chemimpo.co.za
Complaints
We received complaints that umpires having a beer in their hands while umpiring.
Please can the Club Chairperson and Club Umpires delegate make sure that umpires refrain from drinking while umpiring. Umpires must make sure that they are properly dressed for match they are umpiring. Black trousers and same colour tops.
Umpire flash cards.
We have taken note that not all the umpires in our leagues have flash cards on hand while umpiring the game. The flash cards is tool you can use and required to have on you while you are umpiring.
If you do not have the flash cards the WPHU office have them available for minimal fee to cover costs.
NOTE:-
· Please also note that you the Umpire require to document the flash card given on the match card.
· Red cards given – must be reported within 48hours – phone Feico Mulder Cell 082 450 8200 or Sean Rappaport cell o82 958 4899. Umpires will be requested to forward a report immediately so that the disciplinary committee can act on it.
Umpires log book:-
Please obtain your log book from WPHU office. Linda will hand it over to you free of charge. Make sure you enter all your games and let your co-umpire sign it off.
A grading panel will need that info before your next assessment/grading will take place.
Enjoy your umpiring and have a successful Umpiring outdoor season.
Yours in hockey
Feico Mulder
WPUA Chairperson
Tel +27 (0)21 508 5581
Fax +27 (0)21 511 7800
email feico.mulder@chemimpo.co.za
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
WP Hockey Teams
The Western Province Hockey Union is very pleased to announce the following
provincial representative teams to participate in the U21 IPT to be held in
Cape Town (Hartleyvale) from 26 April to 2 May 2009:
WP U21 MEN
Jacques le Roux (Maties)
Alex Rossi (Maties)
Tyler Evans (Maties)
Ashlin Freddy (Maties)
Lazario Brown (Central)
Stuart Ledeboer (Maties)
Karl Badenhorst (UCT)
Antony Vervoort (UCT)
Warren Grobler (Maties)
Shaun McIntyre (Maties)
Matthew Hampson (Maties)
Jason Mulder (Central)
Mike Krige (UCT)
Mike Heyink (UCT)
Craig Mullon (Maties)
Simon van Helsdingen (UCT)
Waldi Roux (Maties)
Zachery Titus (Durbanville)
Coach: Geoff Matthews Manager: Clint Maart
WP PENINSULA U21 MEN
Alex Moody (UCT)
Ryan Rappaport
Steven Lovesay (UCT)
Stuart Spooner (Maties)
Jacques Jordaan (Maties)
Brendan Solik (UCT)
Rafique Abdullah (Unicorns)
Martin Eichorn (UCT)
Matthew Chennels (UCT)
Jonathan Reid-Ross (Maties)
Jacques Doubell (Durbanville)
Raoul le Roux (Bellville)
Brad Venter (UCT)
Raaghieb Fredericks (Central)
Andre de Klerk (Maties)
Max Bissolatti (Bellville)
Coach: Neville Rothman Manager: Rodney Hendricks
Special thanks to the selectors - Chris Smith (Convenor), Geoff Matthews,
Neville Rothman, Jamie Kroukamp and Moejahied Lagadien - for the time,
effort and obvious considerable thought put into the selection of these
teams.
To all the players - congratulations and our very best wishes for the
tournament, and our thanks to all trialists, successful or not!
My last request is that the hockey fraternity of the Western Province turn
out in numbers to support our teams!
Dennis Perkins
PRESIDENT - WPHU
provincial representative teams to participate in the U21 IPT to be held in
Cape Town (Hartleyvale) from 26 April to 2 May 2009:
WP U21 MEN
Jacques le Roux (Maties)
Alex Rossi (Maties)
Tyler Evans (Maties)
Ashlin Freddy (Maties)
Lazario Brown (Central)
Stuart Ledeboer (Maties)
Karl Badenhorst (UCT)
Antony Vervoort (UCT)
Warren Grobler (Maties)
Shaun McIntyre (Maties)
Matthew Hampson (Maties)
Jason Mulder (Central)
Mike Krige (UCT)
Mike Heyink (UCT)
Craig Mullon (Maties)
Simon van Helsdingen (UCT)
Waldi Roux (Maties)
Zachery Titus (Durbanville)
Coach: Geoff Matthews Manager: Clint Maart
WP PENINSULA U21 MEN
Alex Moody (UCT)
Ryan Rappaport
Steven Lovesay (UCT)
Stuart Spooner (Maties)
Jacques Jordaan (Maties)
Brendan Solik (UCT)
Rafique Abdullah (Unicorns)
Martin Eichorn (UCT)
Matthew Chennels (UCT)
Jonathan Reid-Ross (Maties)
Jacques Doubell (Durbanville)
Raoul le Roux (Bellville)
Brad Venter (UCT)
Raaghieb Fredericks (Central)
Andre de Klerk (Maties)
Max Bissolatti (Bellville)
Coach: Neville Rothman Manager: Rodney Hendricks
Special thanks to the selectors - Chris Smith (Convenor), Geoff Matthews,
Neville Rothman, Jamie Kroukamp and Moejahied Lagadien - for the time,
effort and obvious considerable thought put into the selection of these
teams.
To all the players - congratulations and our very best wishes for the
tournament, and our thanks to all trialists, successful or not!
My last request is that the hockey fraternity of the Western Province turn
out in numbers to support our teams!
Dennis Perkins
PRESIDENT - WPHU
SA Hockey Teams
As you will all know, WP & Central's Bruce Jacobs served SA Men's hockey for
several distinguished years as National Captain. Bruce retired from
International hockey after the last Olympics.
We are very proud that another "local" has been appointed as the new
National Captain - WP and Pineland's Austin Smith! Well done Austin - we
are all proud of you and wish you well.
The following local players have recently been selected to represent South
Africa in the series against Russia and Germany to be held in Bloemfontein
next week:
Austin Smith (Captain) (Pinelands & Reading)
Adam Wilson (WPCC)
The following players have also been selected but have only recently moved
to Cape Town. They will be playing in the WP league this year and also will
be available for WP selection.
Rassie Pieterse (2008 - UJ & Southern Gauteng)
Lungile Tsolekile (2008 - Tukkies & Northerns) (welcome home, Lungs)
Our congratulations and best wishes to you all - do WP and SA proud!
Dennis Perkins
PRESIDENT - WPHU
Thursday, October 9, 2008
October Viewpoint Article by Steve Jaspan
“Shrinkage”! That’s a common terms used when merchandise is stolen from the shop floor. However, I think it’s also a good word for the massive, somewhat scary loss of young sportspersons from formal sport after they leave School.
This is certainly not unique to hockey, nor to South Africa, being a worldwide phenomenon. However, it is affecting the viability of clubs; it is resulting in many talented sportspersons being “lost in translation” from school to adult life.
This affects the quality of national and provincial sport, including hockey, as well as the pool of players (athletes) ultimately also administrators, umpires/referees, coaches and technical officials. It even has a profound effect on the base of hockey and its funding. So what should we do to reduce this “shrinkage”? We urgently need a strategy.
In The Netherlands, for example, talented young players leaving school are identified and offered bursaries to top universities, technical institutions and clubs. Other nations have similar
talent spotting and bursary/job placement programmes.
South Africa does this in a minor way but unless there is a more universal, all embracing strategy we will continue to “bleed” talent and lose ground competitively.
Clearly this strategy has to be allied to an Academy system or rationale in which the captured talent is then developed via quality coaching, mentoring, inculcation of life skills and tertiary education.
The relationship between our top schools and clubs, especially “Old Boys/Girls Clubs” is vital and has to be strengthened. The sooner a combined strategy between the School and the Club is evolved the better. The strategy, however, must be consistent with national high performance
coaching and preparation of elite athletes.
However, a strategy that cannot be cost‐effectively implemented is close to useless, so a pragmatic and realistic strategy must be easy to implement. Once implemented, bench‐marking or key performance indicators of progress must inform the review process.
The bottom line is that if we do not address this “shrinkage” with innovative strategies our sport, and in particular hockey, will suffer tremendously.
This is certainly not unique to hockey, nor to South Africa, being a worldwide phenomenon. However, it is affecting the viability of clubs; it is resulting in many talented sportspersons being “lost in translation” from school to adult life.
This affects the quality of national and provincial sport, including hockey, as well as the pool of players (athletes) ultimately also administrators, umpires/referees, coaches and technical officials. It even has a profound effect on the base of hockey and its funding. So what should we do to reduce this “shrinkage”? We urgently need a strategy.
In The Netherlands, for example, talented young players leaving school are identified and offered bursaries to top universities, technical institutions and clubs. Other nations have similar
talent spotting and bursary/job placement programmes.
South Africa does this in a minor way but unless there is a more universal, all embracing strategy we will continue to “bleed” talent and lose ground competitively.
Clearly this strategy has to be allied to an Academy system or rationale in which the captured talent is then developed via quality coaching, mentoring, inculcation of life skills and tertiary education.
The relationship between our top schools and clubs, especially “Old Boys/Girls Clubs” is vital and has to be strengthened. The sooner a combined strategy between the School and the Club is evolved the better. The strategy, however, must be consistent with national high performance
coaching and preparation of elite athletes.
However, a strategy that cannot be cost‐effectively implemented is close to useless, so a pragmatic and realistic strategy must be easy to implement. Once implemented, bench‐marking or key performance indicators of progress must inform the review process.
The bottom line is that if we do not address this “shrinkage” with innovative strategies our sport, and in particular hockey, will suffer tremendously.
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