Lim women´s team struggle to repeat performance
Limpopo’s women’s hockey team who participated in the South African Country Districts tournament. Pictured, at the back from left to right, are Arouna van der Walt (captain; Polokwane), Gerda Honeycomb (Levubu), Helene Fick (Levubu), Elme Louw (Levubu), Elzaan van Eden (Levubu) and Pieter Jooste (coach). In the third row are Michelle Engelbrecht (Pha-laborwa), Ashley-Lynn Murray (vice-captain; Unicorn Tzaneen), Yolande Velloen (Polokwane), Lori Hyde (Unicorn Tzaneen), Talent Mashego (UL Polokwane) and Melanie Louw (manager). In the second row are Leanie Grobler (Polokwane), Annemi Kapp (Polokwane), Andri van Heerden (Phalaborwa), Danielle Souchon (Unicorn Tzaneen), Santie Fourie (Levubu) and Marli Beetge (Levubu). In front is Zelda van Rooyen (Unicorn Tzaneen). Photo supplied.
The South African Country Districts (SACD) women’s hockey tournament from 23 to 29 June was hosted in Emalahleni (Witbank) this year, with the Limpopo team hoping to repeat their good result from last year.
This was, however, not to be, with the team, comprising players from Polokwane, Phalaborwa, Tzaneen and Levubu, finishing four places down, in seventh overall position.
The team tried hard and played well throughout, but a 1-1 draw against hosts Mpumalanga on day one, followed by a 0-2 loss against eastern Gauteng on day two, made finishing in the top two of the pool a tough ask.
A further 2-2 draw against KZN Northerns on day three also did not help the team to move up the log. On day four, the team achieved a well-deserved 4-1 win against KZN Coastals, but went down 1-4 to Northern Free State the following day. This set up a play-off match against Northerns Blues on day six, which saw Limpopo losing 1-3.
The final play-off match for Limpopo at the tournament was for the seventh place and the opponents were once again KZN Northerns. This time round Limpopo came out on tops, securing a 2-0 win to finish the tournament off on a high.
Two Limpopo players were selected for the SACD teams to take part at the Inter-provincial tournament in Port Elizabeth in August. They were Lori Hyde (SACD A) and Zelda van Rooyen (SACD B), both from Tzaneen. Pieter Jooste from Makhado (Louis Trichardt) was also selected to coach the SACD B team at the interprovincial tournament.
The team expressed a word of thanks to their sponsors for their contributions to assist the team in participating at the tournament. The sponsors were Imperial GM (LTT), Trophy Toyota (Modjadjiskloof), Werda Toyota (LTT), Oasis Water (Tzaneen), Exco Sport and Mount Fuji Motors (LTT).
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