Recent after Uganda’s forfeit on Friday, the junior South Africa ladies’s hockey staff recovered to safe an awesome 19-nil win over Zambia in match 4 of the Junior Africa Cup on the Davin Trustco Hockey Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia, on Saturday, 20 April, 2025.
Ane Janse van Vuuren opened scoring for South Africa when she shortly resumed play after a Kenya foul simply exterior the opposition circle, driving her possession into the D to attain South Africa’s first purpose from open play, with eight minutes remaining within the quarter.
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Two minutes later, South Africa performed the ball from a sideline restart, and faster than the attention can see, they led by 2-0 after Paris-Gail Isaacs deflected the lengthy ball previous a defence in disarray into the purpose.
South Africa gained their first short-corner after 10 minutes of play, and the well-oiled machine appeared to transform when defender #4 Germarie Spershott drilled the ball into the backboard, earlier than the umpire decided that the ball was lifted, and the purpose disallowed.
South Africa scored six objectives within the first half of their first outing on the Junior Africa Cup 2025, and greater than doubled their benefit to win the encounter by 19 objectives to nil on the Davin Trustco Hockey Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia, on Saturday, 20 April, 2025. All Pictures: Screenshot of the NBC Protection on YouTube
South Africa maintained the possession and exerted a heavy strain on the Zambian defence, and Amber Fairon hit a candy reverse-stick shot to take a 3-nil benefit on the match’s first break.
Jenna Blaauw scored from open play inside a minute of the second chukka’s begin, capitalising when Zambia didn’t clear the ball of their circle, and 4 minutes later, the SA U21 captain Caylin Maree acquired on the rating sheet, one other purpose from open play taking the South Africans’ result in 5-nil.
Olympian Ntsopa Mokoena, tenting excessive on the opposition’s defence line, seized the prospect to advance the rating to 6-nil for South Africa, when she acquired a protracted play into the field, dodged the goalie’s try and ran the ball proper into the purpose field, 4 minutes earlier than the half-time whistle.
Isaacs acquired onto the board once more with purpose from open play inside a minute of the restart of play for a 7-nil SA lead proper after half-time, when Zambia failed to succeed in their midfielders from a 16-yard clearance hit.
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A minute later Germarie Spershott was rewarded together with her first purpose from a brief nook gained by Mokoena, drilling the purpose from the highest of the D in an onslaught of unrelenting strain from the South Africans for an 8-nil lead.
One other minute and one other thrilling purpose as #8 Amber Fairon reverse sweeps throughout the purpose mouth for a slick deflection by skipper Maree for her second purpose within the match, and a nine-nil lead for SA.
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Fed by Engelke, the short-corner specialist Spershott slotted one other after a quick interval of counter-play, rocketing the ball previous the keeper and defenders into the underside proper hand nook for the SA’s tenth purpose within the match.
Skipper Caylin Maree made no mistake at SA’s seventh quick nook, the choice to change as much as Jenna Blaauw stopping on the second attacking place extending the match leaders’ clear benefit by one other purpose to 11 objectives, with the ultimate Chukka to go.
The South Africans would have missed the match time within the center after their forfeit win in opposition to Uganda on Friday, however have been contemporary and desirous to pile on the distress in opposition to Zambia, who had misplaced 8-1 to Zimbabwe earlier of their opening tie on Friday.
Angele Vogel added her finesse with a succesful drag-flick purpose to transform one more short-corner for the junior SA facet’s twelfth purpose, after Jenna Blaauw stopped and positioned Spershott’s hit in for the primary purpose within the closing chukka.
Harmful play by Zambia within the circle within the seventh minute noticed a switch-up for SA’s thirteenth purpose when Angele Vogel deflected De la Rey’s push in to Spershott, who superior proper into the circle from the second assault spot, opening area to swing excessive and punch her shot by means of an confused defence into the far nook.
Subsequent, Mokoena danced by means of the defence for SA’s fourteenth purpose and an exquisite solo purpose from open play after she intercepted a Zambian clearance effort, with seven minutes remaining within the match, darting left and proper, earlier than sweeping arduous previous the keeper’s left.
Teshawn de la Rey poached the simplest of objectives hanging in the back of the purpose when a Fairon shot deflected off the upright, for South Africa’s third purpose within the area of a minute and a 15 objectives lead, the exhaustion of the Zambian defence clear of their disarray.
The Zambia keeper suffered additional indignity with 5 minutes to go, deflecting De la Rey’s cross into the purpose, and South Africa now main by 16 objectives to nil.
Baylee Engelke added insult to damage when she displayed her high quality within the circle, neatly side-stepped the defence to sink South Africa’s seventeenth with an ideal reverse back-stick from left throughout the face of the purpose into the suitable hand nook.
The floodgates have been open, the South Africans’ thirst not but quenched and prepared for one more when Reabetswe Phume outwitted Zambia’s excessive line of defense to feed Tara Pakendorf on the prime of the circle, who made no mistake to reverse-hit the ball into the backboards for an eighteenth purpose with three minutes to play.
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Amber Fairon claimed the ultimate honours when she pressured a fast restart with Zambian gamers out of place within the closing minute, gaining possession after a fast one-two to reverse-stick a purpose from the circle’s proper to deliver the ultimate South African junior facet’s tally to 19 within the match, with no reply.
The match serves because the Africa qualifiers for the FIH Junior World Cup 2025, takes place in Namibia in April this 12 months. The match initially scheduled for November, was postponed permitting groups extra alternative to take part.
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The SA Girls are competing alongside six different African nations for the highest three finishes within the match to qualify for the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile, in December.
A late change in dates meant that the staff needed to be re-announced with a few adjustments, and contains Ntsopa Mokoena and Paris-Gail Isaacs, who have been a part of the SA Girls’s Olympic Squad in Paris.
Jenna Blaauw, Caylin Maree, Germarie Spershott and Rea Phume all featured for South Africa within the earlier occasion in Chile, and their expertise can be pivotal because the staff look to qualify for the expanded match in 2025.
Fixtures and Outcomes of the Junior Hockey Africa Cup 2025
Friday 18 April 2025
1. South Africa 5–0 Uganda (Forfeit End result)
2. Zimbabwe 8–1 Zambia
3. Kenya 0–3 Namibia
Saturday 19 April 2025
4. South Africa 19–0 Zambia
5. 17:00 Zimbabwe vs Namibia
6. 19:00 Uganda vs Kenya
Sunday 20 April 2025
– Relaxation Day –
Monday 21 April 2025
7. 9:00 Uganda vs Zimbabwe
8. 15:00 Kenya vs South Africa
9. 19:00 Namibia vs Zambia
Tuesday 22 April 2025
10. 9:00 Zimbabwe vs South Africa
11. 15:00 Zambia vs Kenya
12. 19:00 Namibia vs Uganda
Wednesday 23 April 2025
– Relaxation Day –
Thursday 24 April 2025
13. 9:00 Zambia vs Uganda
14. 13:00 Kenya vs Zimbabwe
15 15:00 South Africa vs Namibia
Friday 25 April 2025
16. 12:15 3/4 Place Match – third Ranked Girls vs 4th Ranked Girls
17. 16:45 FINAL – 1st Ranked Girls vs 2nd Ranked Girls
SA U21 Girls Junior Africa Cup Squad 2025
Amber Fairon
Ane Janse van Vuuren
Angele Vogel
Baylee Engelke
Caylin Maree (C)
Germarie Spershott
Ifeoma Ndubueze
Jenna Blaauw
Jodie Blows
Lilly-Anne Theron
Nomsa Mzizi
Ntsopa Mokoena
Paige Salis
Paris-Gail Isaacs
Reabetswe Phume
Richele Norval
Tara Pakendorf
Teshawn de la Rey
Essential Photograph Caption: South Africa scored six objectives within the first half of their first outing on the Junior Africa Cup 2025, and greater than doubled their benefit to win the encounter by 19 objectives to nil on the Davin Trustco Hockey Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia, on Saturday, 20 April, 2025. All Pictures: Screenshot of the NBC Protection on YouTube
Photograph 2 Caption: #14 Baylee Engelke was an everyday characteristic of the well-oiled short-corner routine by the junior South Africa hockey staff, her push-ins from the restart leading to a number of transformed objectives within the 19-nil thumping, including a purpose of her personal from open play within the match’s closing moments.
Photograph 3 Caption: The South Africans would have missed the match time within the center after their forfeit win in opposition to Uganda on Friday, however have been contemporary and desirous to pile on the distress in opposition to Zambia, who had misplaced 8-1 to Zimbabwe earlier of their opening tie on Friday.
