Dear Club Member 2015
Congratulations on your selection in the Steinhoff Maties Hockey Teams for 2015.
Please see training time for next week also attached and take note next week’s sessions is Training an hour and fitness 30 minutes due to Steinhoff Summer League Final week.
If you cannot attend a training session please contact your Coach and not the Hockey Office.
Have a good weekend.
Mens Teams 6 March 2015 Ladies Teams 6 March 2015 Hour Slots
Saterdag 7 Maart is dit tyd dat die Seniors op die hokkie veld kragte meet. Sien hieronder die wedstryd lys vir die naweek en kom ondersteun jou koshuis!
Tonight’s session for Umpire Rules Discussion has been moved to 18:30 at Sport Science Stellenbosch (Building behind SUSPI Gym) and NOT 16:30. See you there 🙂
The Steinhoff Maties Hockey Club’s Dylan Swanepoel, Shannon Boucher, Keenan Horne, Pierre de Voux and Daniel Bell have been included in the SA Men’s hockey team for the World League 2 from 7-15 March.
All matches will be played at Hartleyvale in Cape Town. Go and support our lads.
In more good news for the club: 13 Maties @ Western Province Ladies U21; 5 Maties @ Western Province Ladies U21 Pens; 11 Maties @ Western Province Men’s U21; 6 Maties @ Western Province Men’s U21 Pens. Also 4 men on the Non-Traveling Reserve list and our own Adene Bennett is the Western Province U21 Pens Coach!
The Steinhoff Maties Hockey Club recently announced the squads for the 2015 season and in both the men and women’s group the standard of players in higher than in previous years.
It’s a very big year for especially the women’s first team having to defend the USSA, Varsity Hockey and Western Province Grand Challenge titles. First team coach Jenny King has a big group of players to work with seeing that all her players can play in the league and Varsity Hockey like national player, Illse Davids. “The standard of school players increases every year, I expect from the current selected players that we will be able to repeat the team performance results of the club last year,” said King.
The men’s team won the WP Grand Challenge last year, but coach Neville Rothman wants his team to also perform at the USSA tournament this season. Last year Maties finished a disappointing fifth place. The depth and standard of the men’s squad is very good this year with the biggest intake of national u.18/19 players at the club since 2005.
For Rothman the one of the biggest challenges of the coming season is going to be consistency. “We need to make massive improvements on the technical areas and the consistency of our week-to-week performances. We must show a thirst for being better than before without any complacency creeping in!”
Die Steinhoff Maties Hokkieklub het onlangs sy groepe vir die 2015-seisoen aangekondig en volgens die afrigters van beide spanne is die standaard van spelers selfs nog hoër as vorige jare.
Dit is baie groot seisoen vir veral die vrouespan. Jenny King (breier) en haar span het drie titels – Varsity Hokkie, USSA en Westelike Provinsie Groot Uitdaagliga – om te verdedig. King werk met ‘n ekstra groot groep omdat nie almal wat in die liga speel ook Varsity Hokkie kan speel nie, soos nasionale speler Illse Davids. “Die standaard van die skole-spelers word elke jaar beter. Ek glo dat ons met die huidige groep spelers weer groot sukses sal behaal,” het King gesê.
Die manspan het ook verlede jaar die WP Groot Uitdaagliga gewen, maar afrigter Neville Rothman wil graag sien dat sy span vanjaar goed vertoon by die USSA-toernooi. Maties het verlede jaar ‘n teleurstellende vyfde plek geëindig. Die diepte en standaard van die mansgroep is ekstra goed vanjaar. Die klub het die grootste inname van nasionale o.18/19-spelers sedert 2005.
Vir Rothman is een van die grootste uitdagings die seisoen konsekwentheid. “Ons moet groot verbeteringe aanbring ten opsite van ons tegniek en om week na week goed te speel. Ons moet ‘n begeerte wys om beter te wees as voorheen en nooit oorgerus raak nie!”
Jean Davin
We at Steinhoff Maties Hockey send our condolences to the whole Davin family.
Article from Sports Fire Daily – Graeme Joffe
I was deeply saddened to hear about the tragic passing of Jeanne Davin who lost her life in a road accident in Namibia this past weekend.
It was back in 2007 that I was asked by good friend, Mark Barnard to MC a charity dinner in Windhoek for the launch of the Janine and Suzelle Davin Trust.
The trust was set up by their parents, Herman and Jeanne in memory of their two beautiful daughters, to allow other Namibians to follow their sporting dreams.
The two young sports stars themselves were killed in a tragic car accident in Namibia towards the end of 2006 in the prime of their lives.
Former Bok coach, Jake White, Schalk Burger Snr, Jean Engelbrecht and Namibians from all walks of life were among the hundreds of guests that attended the launch of the Trust.
I will never forget Herman and Jeanne on the night of the dinner and how the tears just flowed.
The pain was unbearable and we all cried with them.
Such wonderful people and now Herman’s loving wife is gone.
Jerrica Cormack @jerrijam9: Sad day for Namibian Hockey* Rest Peacefully Jeanne! You will be missed coach.. Thank you ❤️
Mark Barnard @trambowil: So sad, so many questions, no answers #liveinpeace #love #RIP Jeanne
So much grief for one family that has been torn apart.
Herman, all I can say is we are all grieving with you again my brother.
Words cannot express my heartfelt condolences.
I wish I could be there just to give you a big hug but I know Mark and company will do it for me.
You are all in my thoughts.
About the Davin Trust (http://davin-trust.org/)
The Trust was started in honor of Janine and Suzelle Davin.
Both were excellent sportswoman, who lived life to the fullest. The late Janine and Suzelle were very young role models not only for the youth, their achievements impressed people from all walks of life, especially the Namibian sporting community and those in the academic field.
The parents had the desire to start something positive after the tragedy and this ultimately culminated in the formation of this trust.
Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture:
‘”Janine and Suzelle brought energy, charisma, passion and talent to Namibian Hockey and Tennis and will be deeply missed by their fellow athletes, coaches and the Namibian Sporting community at large. Their sudden departure is a massive loss to the Namibian Sporting Family. Suzelle and Janine’s legacy will and must continue to inspire young Namibian athletes to follow their dreams of achieving excellence in sport.” – Message of condolences – John Motorwa – Minister (14 December 2006)
For those of you that may not yet know, the will be taking place at Hartleyvale Stadium from 07 to 15 March 2015.
See attached the match schedule for the event. This is the first time a men’s 8 nations event of this nature is being hosted in South Africa and Cape Town has the honour of hosting.
Come and support the SA Men’s team in their quest to qualify for the World League Round 3 as part of their journey to qualify for the Rio Olympics 2016
Max Caldas
Die Nederlandse manshokkiegroep het onlangs sy oefenkamp hier in Stellenbosch gehad. Die Nederlanders het wedstryde teen Ierland en Belgie hier by die Coetzenburg-astro gespeel. Hier is ‘n lekker onderhoud met die afrigter, Max Caldas.
Hokkie-afrigter wat absoluut mal oor rugby is. Dit is vinnigste en dalk ook die bes moontlike eensin-beskrywing vir Max Caldas, afrigter van die Nederlandse manshokkiespan.
Die Argentyn het nie net ‘n passie vir sport nie, maar ook vir Suid-Afrika en in besonder Stellenbosch waar hy die afgelope drie jaar by die Stellenbosch Akademie vir Sport bly om die Europese winter te systap vir ‘n voorseisoene oefenkamp. Caldas was die afgelope twee jaar hier saam met die vroue-span, maar het nou oorgeneem as die afrigter van die manspan. Hy was verlede jaar aangewys as die beste afrigter in die wêreld.
Hoekom so lief vir Stellenbosch?
“Ek het ‘n groot liefde en passie vir Stellenbosch en Kaapstad. En dit was vir my belangrik dat my spelers dit ook ervaar. Ons het Langa en Robben-eiland besoek, in ‘n skool-koshuis van Wynberg gebly en ons het alles saam gedoen. Ek kom elke jaar terug omdat die weer, gasvryheid, geriewe en mense wonderlik is. By die Stellenbosch Akademie vir Sport kan mens die konneksie met Stellenbosch voel. Alles is loopafstand van mekaar. Die personeel by SAS kyk so goed na professionele sportmense. Hulle weet wat hulle doen.”
Jou span het ‘n paar oefenwedstryde teen Suid-Afrika, België en Ierland gespeel. Is jy tevrede met dit wat jy gesien het?
“Ek is baie tevrede. Die spelers het die groot uitdaging van die nuwe program aanvaar. Die belangrikste doelwit van die oefenkamp in Kaapstad en Stellenbosch was om as groep te groei.”
Wat was jou indrukke van die Suid-Afrikaanse mans-hokkiespan?
“Ek kan nie anders nie as om altyd beïndruk te wees met die passie van die Suid-Afrikaanse spelers. Hulle toewyding en fiksheid moet bewonder word. Ek hou daarvan dat die Suid-Afrikaanse kultuur een is wat lief is vir sport. Ek dink egter die span moet meer speel en teen goeie spanne. Enige span wat wil beter word moet gereeld teen goeie spanne speel.”
Jy het die Nederlandse vroue-span vir vier jaar afgerig. Hoe verskil dit van jou nuwe taak?
“Ek rig spelers af. Nie mans of vroue. Die oomblik as jy onderskeid op grond van geslag wil maak, verloor jy perspektief. My werk is om spelers te help om die bes moontlike speler te wees. Ek het oorgeneem by ‘n span wat redelik gevestig was in hul manier van dinge doen en dit moet verander. Dit is ‘n stryd, maar ‘n goeie een. Ek en die spelers glo ons is nou besig met ‘n program wat ons groot hoogtes sal laat bereik.”
Vanwaar die liefde vir rugby?
“Ek is van Argentinië en het my hele skool-loopbaan rugby gespeel. Ek was mal daaroor. Ek hou regtig daarvan om rugby-wedstryde en oefensessies te kyk en te sien wat ek kan gebruik vir my span en sport.”
Het jy ‘n gunsteling span of speler?
“Ek kan nie genoeg van rugby kry nie. Daar is so baie spelers en spanne wat ek om verskillende redes bewonder. Ek glo dat kultuur altyd talent sal klop…of nege uit tien keer! Ek hou van verskillende tipies spel. Daarom hou ek van die Springbokke, maar ook die All Blacks.”
Enige voorspellings vir die Wêreldbeker-rugbytoernooi?
“Ek het reeds my kaartjies gekoop en sal wat wil gee om ‘n Springbok teen All Black eindstryd te gaan kyk.”
Foto onderskrif: (voor) Bili Ntuli, Garth Turner, Alex Stewart en Jonathan Cloete; (agter) Ross Talmage, Jacques Bleeker, Gareth Simmonds, Chris Hawkridge en Rob McKinley.
Albei Bili Ntuli en Jacques Bleeker, wat onderskeidelik die kaptein van die Suid-Afrikaanse o.18-span by die Jeug Spele en in die reeks teen Australië was, is nou deel van Steinhoff Maties se manspan.
Bleeker, Ntuli, Rob McKinley, Alex Stewart, Garth Turner, Jonathan Cloete, Chris Hawkridge, Ross Talmage, Gareth Simmonds en Reece Arendse is almal as eerste jaar by die Universiteit Stellenbosch geregistreer. Met die 10 spelers is dit die grootste inname van nasionale o.18/19-spelers by Maties sedert 2005. Hulle sal baie help met die diepte van Maties manshokkie.
Volgens die afrigter van Maties se eerste span, Neville Rothman gaan die eerste span net die dienste van Marc Fourie verloor. “Dit is baie goed vir die span se bestendigheid. Ons het egter ‘n hele paar Vics-spelers verloor. Vics is die voederspan vir Maties so om al die jongelinge te bekom, is baie goeie nuus vir die klub,” het Rothman gesê.
Rothman, ook afrigter van Paul Roos Gimnasium se eerste span, het al verskeie van die spelers afgerig toe hy die breier van die span was wat aan die Jeug Spele deelgeneem het en vierde gekom het. Die span het ook ‘n groot opskudding veroorsaak toe hulle Australië in die groepfase geklop het.
