With the Hockey Junction pre-season matches completed as of 21 February this year, many hockey players are looking towards the official tournament later in the year. Southern Gauteng Hockey Association President and organizer of Hockey Junction, Allistair Fredericks, said he was pleased at how smoothly the matches went. “It was definitely a good preparation for the upcoming season. Also just getting the kids out on the field after lockdown was exciting,” he said. “The lockdown just showed how much players, umpires and coaches missed the game. It was also a good opportunity for tech table staff, umpires and coaches to make a bit of revenue after a very long time.” Some finals results saw a few of the Pretoria-based Blue Crane Rebels in the finals for the U12 girls, U18 girls and boys. The U18 Rebel girls put on a good game during their match against Beaulieu Hockey Academy (BHA) on 14 February. According to Rebel’s coach Michaela Roos, her girls played well while battling the heat and for a team that had trained together no more than two weeks before the match. “I think the match started a little slow, I wanted them to utilize their chances in the circle and convert them into goals. I wanted each girl to have personal goals, as well in the match, such as scoring goals or making good passes,” she said. Roos added “I told them every two minutes, you owe me a goal or a penalty corner. Above all, I wanted them to enjoy the match. If they are happy, I am happy.” Goals started coming in the last half of the match. Starting with a penalty stroke to the Rebels, scored by Deidre Treadwell. BHA came back with a tap in by Tamila Kock. Treadwell, Suricka Nortje and Nadia Nel all contributed to the final score of the match being 4 – 1 after some good tackling and intercepts that were not in BHA’s favour. The final played by the Rebels against the Dragons saw them win 3 – 0 to clinch the title.
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Hockey Junction hosts its Intercity National Championship U12 Girls from the 23rd April to 23rd April, an exciting and prestigous sports event with 16 game fixtures made up of 6 teams from around the country! Definately one for the books!
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Hockey Junction hosts its Intercity National Championship U18 Girls from the 23rd April to 23rd April, an exciting and prestigous sports event with 37 game fixtures made up of 9 teams from around the country! Definately one for the books!
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Hockey Junction hosts its Intercity National Championship U18 Boys from the 23rd April to 23rd April, an exciting and prestigous sports event with 28 game fixtures made up of 11 teams from around the country! Definately one for the books!
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Hockey Junction hosts its Intercity National Championship U16 Girls from the 23rd April to 23rd April, an exciting and prestigous sports event with 28 game fixtures made up of 11 teams from around the country! Definately one for the books!
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Hockey Junction hosts its Intercity National Championship U16 Boys from the 23rd April to 23rd April, an exciting and prestigous sports event with 37 game fixtures made up of 9 teams from around the country! Definately one for the books!
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Hockey Junction hosts its Intercity National Championship U14 Girls from the 23rd April to 23rd April, an exciting and prestigous sports event with 39 game fixtures made up of 13 teams from around the country! Definately one for the books!
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Hockey Junction hosts its Intercity National Championship U14 Boys from the 23rd April to 23rd April, an exciting and prestigous sports event with 37 game fixtures made up of 9 teams from around the country! Definately one for the books!
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Hockey Junction hosted its Intercity National Championship U12 Boys from the 23rd April to 23rd April. The anticipated sports event was made up of 5 teams from around the country and boasted a total of 21 fixtures!
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