April 2012

China in their hand: SA defender Lloyd Madsen (far left) hugs goalscorer Justin Reid-Ross (25) as Tim Drummond joins - STANISLAS BROCHIERKakamigahara, Japan: The South Africa men's hockey team put together a near-faultless first half performance to beat China 5-2 in the key Olympic Qualifier Tournament match after leading 3-0 at the break in Kakamigahara, Japan Monday.

The result sets up the most tantalising of contests at 9 am SA time Wednesday when SA meet log-leaders Japan.

April 30, 2012:To mark the start of Universities Week 2012  a new report launched today reveals the statistics behind Team GB’s medallists for the last twenty years. Analysis shows that Team GB Olympic medallists are twice as likely to have gone to university as the UK population as a whole. Sixty one per cent of medallists have been to university compared to 31 per cent of the population who have a degree.

Unchecked: SA's Tim Drummond is chased by Czech Republic's Martin Babicky, Justin Reid-Ross in the background- Stanislas BrochierJapan: The South Africa men’s hockey team chalked up their second win of the Olympic Qualifier Tournament here Saturday when they ground out a 6-2 victory over the Czech Republic after leading 4-1 at half-time.

The ugly, ill-tempered affair did not do justice to the most beautiful of spring days and sin-bin cards did little to cool tempers. Justin Reid-Ross took his tally to six in the tournament with a field goal and penalty corner, while field goals from Tim Drummond, Lloyd Norris-Jones, Lance Louw and Thornton McDade completed the SA scoring. Martin Seemann and Stepan Bernatek netted field goals for the Czechs. 

An on-song South Africa men’s hockey team beat Brazil 11-1 after leading 4-0 at half-time in their opening Olympic Qualifier Tournament match in Japan Thursday.

Attack-minded defender Justin Reid-Ross netted four times, twice with stunning penalty corners, a brace apiece went to striker Lloyd Norris-Jones and midfielder Tim Drummond, a penalty stroke by Andrew Cronje, and action goals from Jonty Robinson and Thornton McDade found just one reply from Brazil in Mattheus Borges’ soft penalty corner.