South Africa: South Africa secure final spot at Tuanku Zara Cup
With one round remaining of pool games on Friday, the South African Indoor Hockey Women have already secured their spot in Saturday’s final. They did this on another successful day in Malaysia winning both of their games. The early morning game was the start of a new rivalry as for the first time in a […]
South Africa: South Africa defeat Namibia to end day 2 on top.
South Africa welcomed back their captain for the second day of action on Wednesday at the Sultan Nazrin Shah Cup in Malaysia. Having come through the opening day with a full haul of six points, the Blitzstoks knew that another full house would secure a spot in the final on Saturday. They opened their day […]
South Africa: SA Indoor Hockey Men make splash on opening day of Sultan Nazrin Shah Cup
The South African Indoor Hockey Men began their road to the 2025 Indoor Hockey World Cup at the inaugural Sultan Nazrin Shah Cup in Malaysia on Monday. Missing a few players from the World Cup squad including the Cassiem brothers and Ryan Julius, the South Africans gave debuts to Nicholas White, Phemelo Ramatlotlo and Luke […]
South Africa: New Era begins for SA Women’s Indoor Hockey with two out of two
South Africa Indoor Hockey Women began life after Jessica O’Connor and Lennie Botha on Tuesday in Malaysia. The team are participating in the six team Tuanku Zara Cup under the leadership of AJ Spieringshoek for the first time. Spieringshoek had used the opportunity to increase the depth and in the opening game against the hosts […]
South Africa: Super South Africa qualify for the Paris Olympic Games
Early in the tournament teams had to endure cold and uncomfortable weather earlier in the week, but a perfect summers day in Pretoria welcomed the two teams out for the final. If the weather was perfect for hockey, the start was even better as Thati Zulu won an early penalty corner and Tarryn Lombard converted […]
South Africa: South Africa qualify for Paris Olympics after tense final
Egypt were victorious on the two previous meetings between the two countries at the Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia and fancied themselves to cause an upset in front of a full house in Pretoria. The two teams, who have contested every African final this millennium are both ranked in the top 20 in the FIH […]
South Africa: First Half Fire seals victory for South Africa in Semi-Final
South Africa met with Ghana on the semi-final stage of the African Hockey Road to Paris Qualifier knowing that a victory would produce a place in the final and an opportunity to fight for a spot at Paris. South Africa were expecting a tough battle from the Ghanaians, ranked second on the continent at the […]
South Africa: Seventh Heaven sees South Africa Men Secure Semi-Final Space
In front of a wonderful crowd at the University of Pretoria Sport grounds, the South African Hockey Men put on a fine display to confirm their participation in the final of the African Hockey Road to Paris. The South Africans already knew the opponent for the potential final would be the old rivals Egypt who […]
South Africa: South Africa Hockey Men complete perfect group stage with victory over Uganda
South Africa played Uganda in their final group stage with their place in the Semi-Final already secured due to the earlier result. Uganda knew they needed to merely contain the South Africans to less than a 14-goal deficit in order to make it through to the Semi-Final. That meant that Uganda set up ultra-defensively, so […]
South Africa: South Africa Hockey Men put one foot in the Semi-Final with Nigerian win.
Due to other results in the pool, the South African Hockey Men knew they could not mathematically secure a semi-final spot, but they could all but virtually assure they would be in the final four with a victory over Nigeria. The Nigerians were fired up as their late arrival at the tournament meant they forfeited […]
