South African Underwater Hockey Federation

Junior Nationals 2025

Announcing the dates – 21 & 22 March 2025 Venue: Sentraal High school in Bloemfontein Details to follow……..

New Leadership Roles: Heine Engelbrecht and Linda Stephen Take the Helm

Heine Engelbrecht assumes the esteemed role of President at SAUSF, bringing visionary leadership and a wealth of experience. His dedication promises a bright future for SAUSF. We are delighted to announce Linda Stephen as the newly appointed Secretary General of the CMAS Underwater Hockey Commission.

The U24 Ladies do it again

The U24 Ladies, Captained by Eleanor de Kock, have once again returned to RSA with a medal, making all South African’s very proud. The U24 Group consisted of 7 countries including South Africa;  Argentina, Columbia, France, Great Britain, Netherlands and New Zealand. It was always going to be tough against teams like Columbia, France, GB […]

Player Spotlight – Liam Elferink

Gauteng homeboy, Liam Elferink started playing underwater hockey at the age of 12 and plays for Normal Air Club (NUC).  He is a mid-centre who acknowledges is best achievement (prior to Wolds 2019) was receiving the Player of the Tournament at Junior Nationals 3 years in a row.  His proudest moment in UWH was the […]

Player Spotlight – Dirk Tromp

Player number 50, Dirk Tromp has once again received another gold medal to add to his 18 gold medals achieved from various Clubs and International Tournaments. This year’s Clubs marks the 20 consecutive Inter-Club Tournament that Dirk has played in.  Dirk started playing uwh in high school in Windhoek, Namibia in 1999 and played his […]

Inter-Clubs 2019

It is four year’s since the Cape has held an uwh tournament and thanks Hendri Mouton, Reddam House and Boland, Inter-Clubs 2019 was hosted in the picturesque town of Somerset West. No sure if the call of Table Mountain, the winelands or the magnificent beaches was the motivating factor, but Inter-Clubs boasted a substantial increase […]

Player Spotlight – Chris Swanevelder

Chris Swanevelder – a left-handed, breath-hold of note, passionate and powerful underwater hockey player. Chris started his underwater hockey career with Aquawolf Club (now Tridents UWH) at the age of 12 years under Protea Coach Hendri Mouton and Protea Captain Cameron Stephen. He has competed in 4 Junior Nationals competitions winning the Player of the […]

Junior Nationals 2020

WELCOME TO THE WILDSIDE A huge thank you to Gauteng Province who took hosting a tournament to the next level.  The venue was well appointed with tournament designed posters and décor.  A scoring system using lights instead of the very annoying “sirens” was introduced with great success and silence. There were 266 players from 7 […]