NHS hockey stars tour the Netherlands

Girls and boys were selected for various teams from u/14 to u/19, at the Elsie Coetzer Hockey Week in Bloemfontein earlier this year. During the 10-day tour they will participate in six training sessions and matches at hockey clubs in Amsterdam and Utrecht.

Rudolf Henning, Heini Pieters and Thomas Wasserman were selected for the u/16 touring team but there also were seven boys chosen to represent the u/19 team. They are Laurie Aitchison, Victor Aitchison, Jivan Botha, Rickhard Wessels, Shane Lourens, Jurgens van Reenen and Jean-Louis Dentan.

Jaco Smit, who coaches the u/16A team at NHS, said he is incredibly proud of his team which won the 2016 Tuks series, joint winners with Hoërskool Middelburg in the Mpumalanga league and came second at the Noordvaal week.

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“During the year the boys showed that they can play incredible hockey. It is no surprise that so many of the team members were chosen for the tour,” he added.

Seven u/14 NHS boys were selected for the tour.

Marné van Aarde will represent the u/16 girls’ touring team with Cherise van Duyker and Jessica Leicester is a member of the u/15 girls’ team.

Piet Uys, who is also a NHS coach, was selected to accompany the u/19 boys’ team to the Netherlands.

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NHS students chosen for the Netherlands tour:

u/19 boys (from u/16 team)
Laurie Aitchison
Victor Aitchison
Jivan Botha
Rickhard Wessels
Shane Lourens
Jurgens van Reenen
Jean-Louis Dentan

u/16 boys
Rudolf Henning
Heini Pieters
Thomas Wasserman

u/14 boys
Xander Rutherford
Zander van der Merwe
Jayden Joubert
Zander Möller
Nico de Lange
Sybren Hiemstra
Liam Franckies

u/16 girls
Marné van Aarde

u/15 girls
Cherise van Duyker
Jessica Leicester.