Maties in driving seat on road to Pretoria
Maties will go into the Tuks leg of Varsity Hockey unbeaten after a clean sweep at the Wits Hockey Astro. The men from Stellenbosch will top the Varsity Hockey log at the Wits tournament after winning...
View ArticleTuks top Varsity Hockey log at half time
Good but not good enough is how Guy Elliott (coach) describes the performance of the Tuks men’s hockey team after their first four matches in the Varsity Hockey tournament. Tuks top the log with four...
View ArticleReece Arendse shows us how to execute the perfect p-flick
Maties striker and Varsity Hockey top scorer Reece Arendse demonstrates how to complete the perfect p-flick. Scoring four goals in four matches heading into the second leg of the Varsity Hockey...
View ArticleThe secret to logging
One of the top keepers at Varsity Hockey 2018, LouFrans Esterhuizen, shows current and aspiring goalkeepers how to successfully log in a short corner. Kovsies shot-stopper, LouFrans Esterhuizen has a...
View ArticleHockey 101: the overhead flick
Varsity Hockey’s first leg saw all the tricks and flicks. Drags to dribbles, back-sticks and p-flicks. This time we’re looking at the overhead flick. Gertjie Lamprecht demonstrates how to master the...
View ArticlePE hockey star shining in Jo’burg
Port Elizabeth local Cody van Wyk followed his hockey dreams to the city where dreams come true in and have since come into fruition in 2018. Marked as a South African hockey great at the tender age of...
View ArticleNWU snatch win away from Wits at the death
The North-West University played the patient game until the final moments of the match, to sneak in a Power Play goal which saw them pip the University of the Witwaterstrand 8-7 in the opening match of...
View ArticleUJ see off Madibaz
The University of Johannesburg shifted gears in the second half to win 5-3 against the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University at the Tuks Astro. UJ were first to score as Che February smashed in a...
View ArticleMaties demolish Kovsies in emphatic comeback
Stellenbosch University slowly suffocated the University of the Free State 8-4 in a scintillating Varsity Hockey match on the Tuks’ Astro. The sun may have been setting on an exciting first day of play...
View ArticleUCT hand Tuks first defeat
The University of Cape Town produced a solid performance to beat the University of Pretoria 4-2 in the final match of the opening day of Varsity Hockey at the Tuks Astro. The final match of the opening...
View ArticleWits thump Kovsies to return to winning ways
The second day of Varsity Hockey’s Tuks leg, saw Wits and Kovsies get things underway, with Wits picking up a significant 12-4 win in the race for semi-final positions. The first quarter of the game...
View ArticleUCT leave it late to stun UJ in low scoring encounter
The second game of the afternoon at the Varsity Hockey tournament, saw a low scoring match, where UCT managed to snatch it at the death, beating UJ 2-0. The first quarter was fiercely contested, with...
View ArticleNWU edge Madibaz 4-2 in thriller
Third game of the Varsity Hockey tournament’s second leg saw the weather get slightly colder, but the action was at its hottest as NWU scored late in the last quarter to edge past a determined Madibaz...
View ArticleMaties reign supreme in titanic battle with Tuks
The last game of day two of the Varsity Hockey tournament saw a titanic battle between two old rivals Tuks and Maties, who are also the top two teams on the log standings. Maties fought hard to come...
View ArticleWits keep the Madibaz winless
The University of the Witwatersrand added insult to injury to beat the Nelson Mandela University 7-2 and keep them winless in the Varsity Hockey tournament at the Tuks Astro on Sunday afternoon....
View ArticleNWU crush UCT’s semi-final hopes with clinical 4-0 victory
The North-West University put an end to the University of Cape Town’s winning ways as they beat the Capetonians 4-0 in this year’s Varsity Hockey tournament at the Tuks Astro. The chilly Autumn...
View ArticleMaties knock out defending champions UJ
Stellenbosch University were in a dominant mood as they thumped UJ 15-2 as the defending champions crashed out of the Varsity Hockey tournament at the Tuks Astro. The crowd may have dwindled as the...
View ArticleTuks beat Kovsies to finish second on the log
The University of Pretoria secured second place on the Men’s Varsity Hockey log after they despatched the University of the Free State 8-0 in the final match of Day Three’s action at the Tuks Astro....
View ArticleKeepers could be the difference in the semi-finals
The unsung heroes of most hockey teams and ready to step up to the plate on Monday evening, as the two Varsity Hockey finalists for 2018 are decided. While the strikers bang in the goals, drag-flicking...
View ArticleMadibaz claim first win to finish seventh
The Nelson Mandela University left their best efforts for last as they beat the University of the Free State 6-0 in the Varsity Hockey 7th/8th playoff at the Tuks astro on Monday afternoon. The Madibaz...
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