Nic & Ali – U19 Player of the Tournament 2022
Int Nicolas Lipinski and Ali Bonaconsa, winners of the coveted U19 Player of the Tournament Trophies, both heil from Tridents, the home of Western Province Juniors. Nic, as he is known, started his career in 2018 and has played in in five Junior Nationals, one Senior Nationals and one Inter-clubs’ tournament. Over this period, Nic […]
Kudos to our Beach & Bush Ref’s & Scorers
T For the first time ever in a SAUWHF tournament, players were not required to score or referee any of the games. To achieve this, a team of a minimum of 16 referees was required. Unfortunately, only 10 Referees came forward to volunteer for Ref duty at this tournament. Many of them, first-timers having just […]
SA’s Fearless U24 Ladies
U24 When the U24 ladies found themselves with only 6 players in their team to take on the rest of South Africa, they were offered a few choices by Coach Jean Bester; look for more players, abandon ship or play with their current committed team-mates. It was not even a choice for these fearless ladies; […]
Beach & Bush: RSA’s Best vs The Rest – UPL Tournament
U GET RANKED and DRAFTED With the lack of international participation to challenge the Age Group RSA teams in the Beach and Bush Tournament, South African players were drafted into teams to challenge RSA’s Best Age Group players. Players were ranked based on information supplied on entry into the competition. Captains were selected by the […]
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 […]