Potch Underwater Hockey players bring back medals from Junior Nationals
The u.16 boys won the gold medal with the u.16 girls taking the silver medal.
The Potch Sub Aqua Underwater Hockey u.16 girls and boys showed their class at the SA Junior National Underwater Hockey Championships in Cape Town (Somerset-West) this past weekend from 21-23 March.
The u.16 boys won the gold medal with the u.16 girls taking the silver medal. The u.19 men’s and u.19 women’s team also competed at these championships both ending in fifth places respectively.
Middle: Anton Barnardo (Coach), Luc van Wyk, Luria Opperman (Coach), Ethan Groenewald, Henri van der Walt and Amarissa Stoltz.
Back Tiaan Slabbert, Philip Botha, Luan Kotze, Roelf Hoeksema, Danielle Jansen van Rensburg, Adone Jansen van Rensburg, Konia van der Walt (Coach) and Pam Mackor (Head coach)
Front: Benjamin van Wyk, Juane Steyn, Annabella Moodie, Thomas Muswede (J.B. Marks Municipality) Pam Mackor (Head coach), Anton Barnardo (Coach)
Back: Reuben Hartman, James Swart, Damian de Witt, D’Ianrew Nel, Michael Barnardo, John-Henry Palm, Reuben Steinbach, Ewan Stoltz.
The Potch Sub Aqua Underwater Hockey Club represented North West during the championships.
Head coach, Pamela Mackor, was also presented with the Junior Nationals Coach of the Year award.
The u.19 and u.24 SA hockey players of this club will also now shift their focus to the Underwater Hockey Age Group World Championship which will be held in July in Malaysia this year.
