JONATHAN COOK Tyron “Jabu” Barnard of the fantastic All Things Jabu has thrown his weight behind South African hockey and his interview with Investec South Africa women’s hockey team superstar world record goalscorer, the legendary Pietie Coetzee, is more than worth a look.

  JONATHAN COOK South Africa men’s hockey team striker Lloyd Norris-Jones will be hosting the sixth edition of The Skills Academy at Hartleyvale Hockey Stadium from June 23 to 25.

JONATHAN COOKin London The Investec South Africa women’s hockey team put in a much-improved performance against Great Britain in the second unofficial Test match, this time at the state-of the art Bisham Abby Olympic training centre but a combination of questionable umpiring decisions quality play saw them go down 3-0 after trailing 1-0 at the break.

  JONATHAN COOK The names of the 22 players selected to attend a South African men’s hockey squad training camp at University of the Free State Hockey Centre in Bloemfontein, starting Monday, has been released by the SA Hockey Association.

  JONATHAN COOKin London World number four Great Britain beat the world number 12 Investec South Africa women’s hockey team 5-1 after they were 2-0 up at half-time in the unofficial Test match at the still-to-be-completed Riverbank Arena in London’s unfinished Olympic Park late Thursday afternoon, before SA won the practice penalty shoot-out 4-0.

Scottish Hockey is delighted to announce that Glasgow-based production company QuipuTV will be providing a live online stream of five women's hockey test matches between Scotland and South Africa, beginning this Sunday 27 May at Clydesdale Western Hockey Club in Glasgow.

South African coach Giles Bonnet has released the names of the Investec South African Women for the two unofficial tests to be played against Great Britain on 24 and 25 May. The first test will be played at the Olympic venue Riverbank Arena at 3.30pm Thursday and then at Bisham Abbey at the same time on Friday.

В  JONATHAN COOK The Investec South Africa women’s hockey team take their Olympic Games preparation a step further when they tackle Great Britain, then Scotland before taking  take part in the Investec London Cup over the next three weeks in the United Kingdom.

  Following the successful voting of Chukuru as Team South Africa’s mascot for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games and beyond, the nation has now been invited to help choose the official kit that South Africa will proudly wear at the Opening Ceremony for this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.

The SA men's hockey team arrive at OR Tambo Airport at 7 am on Tuesday. Please inform the public if you can. A press conference will take place at OR Tambo Southern Sun 9 for 9.30 am Tuesday. QUOTES South Africa men's hockey team head coach Gregg Clark said after his team had won the Olympic Qualifier Tournament final 2-1 against Japan at Gifu Green Stadium in Kakamigahara, Japan Sunday that the road to qualifying for London 2012 had been long and difficult.