{"id":422689,"date":"2011-05-12T08:29:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T08:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/12\/namibia-young-hockey-team-impresses-in-sa-games\/"},"modified":"2011-05-12T08:29:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T08:29:21","slug":"namibia-young-hockey-team-impresses-in-sa-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/12\/namibia-young-hockey-team-impresses-in-sa-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia: Young Hockey Team Impresses in SA Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"43.4664804469\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.namibian.com.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/namibian180.jpg\" alt=\"The Namibian (Windhoek)\" title=\"Visit The Namibian (Windhoek)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>11 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Namibia gave a good account of itself at the SA U\/21 Interprovincial A-level hockey tournament at Hartleyvale, Cape Town, last week.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament featured the best under-21 South African players &#8211; some of whom already play for the senior team of that country. The Namibian team &#8211; with a largely under-18 side &#8211; competed well and held their own against their more advanced opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The team improved, five positions up from their 2010 placing, finishing seventh out of 12 teams.<\/p>\n<p>The young side&#8217;s results were made even more impressive considering that Namibian players practise on grass at home while they have to adjust to Astroturf for international games.<\/p>\n<p>Four of the U\/21 Namibia players (Marcia Venter, Annalien Davin, Maxi Smit and Jerrica Bartlett) represented Namibia at the Indoor World Cup in Feb 2011 in Poland and the experience did show on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Namibia beat Eastern Province 1-0 thanks to a goal by Marcia Venter, before Teagan Rix ensured they beat Wits 1-0 in their next game. The team them saw-off Western Province Pens 2-0 courtesy of strikes from Marcia Venter and Teagan Rix, however they lost their subsequent two games 2-0 to Southerns of Johannesburg and to eventual tournament winners Free State 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders Annalien Davin and Marcia Venter along with Teagan Rix in attack were outstanding for Namibia. Also impressive were defenders Jocelle Deysel and Britta Hansel.<\/p>\n<p>Namibia U\/21 Team:<\/p>\n<p>Marcia Venter (Captain), Annalien Davin (Vice), Teagan Rix, Danielle Labuschagne, Jerrica Bartlett, Mariaan Laubscher, Jocelle Deysel, Michelle van Zyl, Britta Hansel, Minanto Chamberlain, Carla van Zyl, Wilmari Walters, Leanne Mitchelle, Sune Wittmann, Maxi Smit, Jeanne Davin (Coach) and Sedric Makati (Assistant Coach\/Manager).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105120288.html\" title=\"Namibia: Young Hockey Team Impresses in SA Games\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Namibia: Young Hockey Team Impresses in SA Games<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 11 May 2011 Namibia gave a good account of itself at the SA U\/21 Interprovincial A-level hockey tournament at Hartleyvale, Cape Town, last week. The tournament featured the best under-21 South African players &#8211; some of whom already play for the senior team of that country. The Namibian team &#8211; with a largely under-18 side &#8211; competed well and held their own against their more advanced opponents. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Namibia: Young Hockey Team Impresses in SA Games - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/12\/namibia-young-hockey-team-impresses-in-sa-games\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Namibia: Young Hockey Team Impresses in SA Games - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"11 May 2011 Namibia gave a good account of itself at the SA U\/21 Interprovincial A-level hockey tournament at Hartleyvale, Cape Town, last week. 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