Sunday, January 3, 2010

Namibia win three medals at PSI Tourney


Namibia’s junior hockey players excelled at the annual National Pro Series Indoor Tournament in South Africa in December, winning three medals against South Africa’s top provincial teams. Namibia’s Under 15 girls’ team won a gold medal, Namibia’s Under 13 girls’ team won a silver medal and Namibia’s Under 17 boys’ team won a bronze medal.

Namibia also won several individual prizes as Jocelle Deysel won the Player of the Series award in the Girls U15 category, Sune Wittmann won the Goalkeeper of the Series award for U15 girls and DJ Strauss won the goalkeeper of the tournament award in the Boys Under 17 category. Marcia Venter and Mari van Lill won sportsmanship awards in the girls under 17 and under 13 categories.

Namibia dominated the Under 15 girls’ category, winning all nine their matches on the way to the final. In the final they convincingly beat Western Province Cape Seals to win the gold medal. Namibia’s Under 15 girls side was coached by Shayne Cormack.

Namibia’s Under 13 girls’ side competed against seven other teams and made it to the final where they narrowly lost 5-4 to the Cape Peninsula Sharks team, to claim the silver medal. The Namibian team was coached by Bianca Rehder.
Namibia’s Under 17 boys team competed against seven other teams and reached the semifinals where they lost to the Cape Seals. In the third place play off match Namibia beat the Gauteng Grypons 7-4 to win the bronze medal. The Namibian team was coached by Bucko Bartlett.

Namibia’s Under 13 boys team, which was coached by Jaco Fourie, finished sixth out of ten teams, while Namibia’s Under 15 boys team, which was coached by Randy Slabbert, finished sixth out of nine teams.

Namibia’s Under 17 girls’ team, which was coached by Ruben Engels finished third in their pool and narrowly missed out on a place in the final after losing their semifinal 5-4 to the Gauteng Grypons. They also lost their third place playoff match to lose out on a medal

Source:namibiasport.com.na/


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