HOCKEY2001 Hockey continues to be one ofour major sports and with the completion ofour Astro Turfduring the course ofthe year it is to be hoped that we will be able to re-establish ourselves as the pre eminent hockey school in the greater Durban area.We fielded nine sides and our objective next year must be to run at least four teams per age group, to increase our total to/' twelve. It is possible to get fixtures ™ for these teams and I would encourage all those boys who have an interest in the sport to turn out and swell our numbers. All hockey players will have an opportunity to train and play on the Astro and we will continue with our policy of hiring professional coaches in order to give our boys the very best opportunities to develop their technical and tactical skills. In this regard we were very pleased to have National players Gregg Clark and Justin King as full time coaches this year and they certainly had a very positive impact on our players. We will Chairman is extremely grateful for the superb job that was done. In addition Samantha Marsden was appointed as Astro Turf Manager and she has worked tirelessly to ensure that the whole opetation has been professionally handled. continue with ourpolicy ofhiring professionalcoaches in order to give our boys the very best opportunities. At the opening of the Astro, which was appropriately named the Mason Field, a latge crowd was treated to a superb display of hockey when an invitation side organized by Mike Madsen and including many past Springboks, played against a Kearsney College Old Boys invitation team. This was the culmination of a wonderful afternoon of sport which saw k Kearsney hosting the Primary y y Schools boys trials as well as an Under 18 match when our school 1st XI lost narrowly to a Southern Coastal Invitation Under 18 team. We are positive that our hockey will go from strength to sttength and that our new facility will be fully utilized. During the course of the season the following boys were selected for various KZN Southern Coastal teams: U18A Wayne Madsen,also SA U18B U16 Lloyd Madsen U16B Jed van Niekerk and Barry van Houten U14A Nicholas Bingham and Carl Hirsch U14B David Baxter Once again the Kearsney staff were at the forefront ofhockey administration in the region and we hosted a very successful Under 18 IPT at the College with our own turf being used for the B section ofthat tournament. All of these people were on the Under 18 tournament organizing committee and the The Kearsney staffserved KwaZulu NatalSouthern Coastal Hockey in thefollowing capacities: »P KING Mr Peter King Chairman Mrs Andrea Fripp Vice Chairman Mrs Joyce Broadbent Secretary and Treasurer Mr Wayne Amos Underl6A Manager and Selector Under 14A Coach and Convenor of Under 14 Selection Mrs Samantha Marsden Under 14A Manager Mr John Drew Under 18 Selector 109
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