Head coach of Strathmore hockey club, Meshack Senge said his ladies are here to compete and give a good account of themselves ahead of the upcoming championship. He made this known after the team arrived at the Theodosia Okoh hockey pitch on Thursday afternoon ahead of their opener against Ghana’s GRA. The team had a
Defending Club Champions of Africa, Eastern Company Club of Egypt, touched the Kotoka International airport in the early hours of Monday in their bid to defend the trophy. The team arrived in a well motivated mood ahead of the competition. Ahead of the competition, the team trained for the first time at the Theodosia Okoh
The Africa Cup for Club Champions is a tournament organised by the Africa Hockey Federation for Clubs in Africa. The annual tourney seeks to bring Champions of various Hockey leagues in respective countries as well as runners up for both men and women. The competition which has been in existence for over two decades, is
Several things struck me when John Wright announced his retirement as an international hockey umpire a few months back. The announcement signalled the retirement of one of the finest hockey umpires of all time – certainly the best male hockey umpire South Africa has produced and, in fact the most celebrated umpire or referee in
The male and female team of South Africa beat host Egypt and Ghana in their respective finals to win the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations held in Ismalia, Egypt earlier today. With the South Africa women already booking a place in next year’s Hockey Women’s World Cup in London after an impressive performance from the Hockey
All over Africa, expectations and predictions have gone wild as we await the final matches of the Africa Cup of Nations 2017 today, 29th October, 2017. The men’s team of Egypt shall lock horns with the defending champions and Africa’s highest ranked team, South Africa. In the women’s category, South Africa will face Ghana who
The final round of matches at the on going Africa Cup of Nations took place today 28th October, 2017 as defending champions South Africa defeated Ghana in the final before the final while Kenya beat Host Egypt to set up a bronze medal match with Nigeria. Ghana’s female Black Sticks faced South Africa in the
A repeat of the 2015 final was confirmed in the last round of group matches for the men. South Africa thrashed Kenya in the first match while Egypt humbled Ghana to secure a place in the final. The final showdown will be a record 8th time the top two ranked teams will meet. Defending Champions,
