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 […]
Player Spotlight – Zoë Naudé
Zoë Naudé started playing underwater hockey at Orca Club since the very young age of 8. She says that her father has had the most influence and been inspirational in her underwater hockey career. Zoë grew and developed her underwater hockey at Christ Church, but now playing for NUC, Zoë has represented Gauteng Province for […]
Spotlight on Bloemfontein Sub-Aqua
Through his commitment and tireless efforts, Franco van der Merwe has managed to grow the junior squad sufficiently to bring a team of players to SA Juniors Nationals 2021. These players represented their province, Free State, after an incredible absence of 23 years! Franco van der Merwe has been tirelessly recruiting players into this wonderful […]
Inter-Clubs 2021
This has been the first senior competition since 2019 and thanks to Nicole Meadows and DUC it was a great success. Unfortunately, due to last minute Covid restrictions MORE-SPORT were unable to send their journalists and a team, as well as a number of international players not being able to participate. This did little to […]
Top Gaol Scorers Inter-clubs 2021
TATTON BOURAS – TOP GOAL SCORER – OPEN LADIES Tatton started playing in 2015 and plays for Durban Underwater Club (DUC), the hosts of this year’s Inter-Club Tournament. Tatton’s home Province is KwaZulu-Natal, who she has represented a few times at Senior Nationals. Tatton has played internationally representing RSA at the Age Group U23 World […]
Junior Nationals 2022
I We were very pleased to have Fin Swimming return to the competition this year and thank West Coast for taking on the mammoth task to co-ordinate and host. The event was held at the Strand Municipal Pool on the evening preceding Junior Nationals. The Best Fin Swimmer Trophies in the respective categories went to […]
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 […]