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10 July 2018
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The Kovsie men’s and women’s hockey teams have positive expectations for the University Sport South Africa (USSA) national student tournament.
The USSA championships were hosted by the University of the Free State (UFS) from 2 to 6 July 2018. This year’s championships will have 45 competing teams and will thus be the biggest ever USSA hockey tournament.
For the female squad to qualify for the 2019 Varsity Sports tournament, they have to secure a spot among the top-seven teams. In order to get back into the A section, the Kovsie men’s team must win their tournament.
The matches are scheduled to take place on the UFS Bloemfontein Campus astro fields.
The UFS women’s team, captained by Antonet Louw, is set to play on Monday at 15:35 against Nelson Mandela University (NMU); on Tuesday at 17:00 against the University of Johannesburg (UJ); and on Wednesday at 18:25 against North-West University (NWU). The play-off matches will take place on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
The men’s team, with Cheslyn Neethling as captain, will play on Monday at 17:00 against the Central University of Technology; on Tuesday at 15:35 against the Tswane University of Technology; on Wednesday at 17:00 against the Vaal University of Technology; on Thursday at 18:25 against the University of KwaZulu-Natal; and on Friday at 15:35 against Rhodes University.
Olympic games 2012 in London in Sarah's aim
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Sarah Shannon (pictured), a cerebral palsy swimmer doing her postgraduate diploma in education at the University of the Free State, recently received the news that she is included in the preliminary training team to prepare for the Paralympic Games in London in 2012. She took part in the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester, England, in May this year. The preliminary training group is selected by the South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and will be supported and developed in their preparation for the selection of the final team for London 2012. Sarah reached the final round in both her fields in the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008. Here she is pictured at the swimming pool in Beijing.