It was a sombre start to the USSA tournament for the Steinhoff Maties Hockey as they observed a minute silence for Prof Russel Botman who passed away.
The match itself ended with Steinhoff Maties winning 3-0 over the Madibaz.
Then it was the turn of the men to also play against NMMU. Unfortunately the men lost 4-0 .
For Day 2, the men play against UKZN at 11:30 and thereafter ladies will take on Pukke at 13:00