We had technical difficulties and had to use the channel from the previous year.
Enjoy watching...
Go SA.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Please note!
The new streaming link for the tournament is www.ustream.tv/channel/iihf-ice-hockey-world-championships-division-iii-pool-b-yerevan-armenia
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Welcome to the Mother City...
After an explosive final training camp at the Vaal arena, the team is looking well on their way to performing at a great level at the tournament taking place in a days time.
The team was on the ice for 10 hours this past 2 and a half days where their final preparation was chiselled to close-to-perfection.
The team is currently making their way to their new homes at the Stand Towels hotel in cbd.
Their warm up practice will take place tomorrow morning after the Israeli team at Grand West and the tournament starts on Monday at 4pm.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Final preparation...
Prior to our final training camp which we are currently on our way to from our various houses in Cape Town, was the official Media Launch that was held at the Grand West Arenas members lounge.
Various special guests were invited along with members from provincial government, the city of Cape Town who are the tournaments official sponsors, media groups and finally the SA team as the stars.
Dressed in their green and gold tracksuits and most in awe of the lengths of what was taking place, the launch commenced with introduction of the panel and brief overview of the events procedures by Canadian Kyle Martin who is the media liason for the duration of the tournament.
Faldi Samaai then took to the floor and briefly spoke about the tournament along with a representative from the City of Cape Town.
Finally the floor was opened to the public with roaring silence but finally got underway with some straight forward questions that were answered with joy and optimism by head coach Ronnie Wood and Team SA captain Jack Valadas.
The team will be meeting up for their final camp which leads directly into the tournament. The entire team will be returning to Cape Town on Saturday 9th where they move into their new homes at the Cape Town based hotel.
They will be on the ice for a final practice on Sunday morning.
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Various special guests were invited along with members from provincial government, the city of Cape Town who are the tournaments official sponsors, media groups and finally the SA team as the stars.
Dressed in their green and gold tracksuits and most in awe of the lengths of what was taking place, the launch commenced with introduction of the panel and brief overview of the events procedures by Canadian Kyle Martin who is the media liason for the duration of the tournament.
Faldi Samaai then took to the floor and briefly spoke about the tournament along with a representative from the City of Cape Town.
Finally the floor was opened to the public with roaring silence but finally got underway with some straight forward questions that were answered with joy and optimism by head coach Ronnie Wood and Team SA captain Jack Valadas.
The team will be meeting up for their final camp which leads directly into the tournament. The entire team will be returning to Cape Town on Saturday 9th where they move into their new homes at the Cape Town based hotel.
They will be on the ice for a final practice on Sunday morning.
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Monday, April 4, 2011
6 days and counting
With all preparation up till now gone relatively smoothly and the final team gelling well and looking good on the ice, a slight upset with the Mongolian team pulling out due to various reasons, this adds slight disappointment to Team SA and the organising committee.
The game schedule will be shuffled as there will only be 2 games a day now instead of 3, but the SA games remain at the same time and on the same days, it is only the earlier games that will be affected.
The team will meet for their final training camp commencing on Thursday morning at the Vaal arena and will see the team take to the ice for 6 intense practices to ensure that they arrive in Cape Town and are at speed to take on the tournament favourites, Israel.
The Israeli team, on paper, looks like they will be relatively strong hosting a line of professional players from various teams in UK and the US.
However they look on paper tho, Team SA is rather confident and is looking forward to this encounter with positivity and definitely have what it takes to bring home the gold.
The overall consensus is that no other team has the power and strength on the ice of Burton Mathews, the speed of Damian Cardosa and the stopping power of Ashley Bock.
Team SA will be on the ice on Sunday morning for a final practice before their opening game on Monday night at 7pm.
Tickets are available at computicket.co.za
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The game schedule will be shuffled as there will only be 2 games a day now instead of 3, but the SA games remain at the same time and on the same days, it is only the earlier games that will be affected.
The team will meet for their final training camp commencing on Thursday morning at the Vaal arena and will see the team take to the ice for 6 intense practices to ensure that they arrive in Cape Town and are at speed to take on the tournament favourites, Israel.
The Israeli team, on paper, looks like they will be relatively strong hosting a line of professional players from various teams in UK and the US.
However they look on paper tho, Team SA is rather confident and is looking forward to this encounter with positivity and definitely have what it takes to bring home the gold.
The overall consensus is that no other team has the power and strength on the ice of Burton Mathews, the speed of Damian Cardosa and the stopping power of Ashley Bock.
Team SA will be on the ice on Sunday morning for a final practice before their opening game on Monday night at 7pm.
Tickets are available at computicket.co.za
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Friday, April 1, 2011
Home sweet home
The SA ladies team played out their last two games with a bitter-sweet results against Iceland and New Zealand.
Dalene Rhone scores the first goal of the game against Iceland on a power-play early in the first period with the team looking good. 2nd and 3rd period was not so fantastic as they went down 2 and 3 goals respectively. Final score for this game was 1-5.
Donne Oxenham was awarded the Best player award for this game with yet another solid performance under her belt.
The final game against New Zealand started off in a similar fashion and by the end of the first period SA was only down by 1 goal with score of 2-1, again on the power-play Dalene Rhode was the sniper.
2nd period saw New Zealand gain a steady lead with 2 unanswered goals and 3 in the final period but with a comeback goal from Dominique Verway to bring the final score to 7-2 in favour of the New Zealanders. Shaylene Swanepoel was awarded the Best play with 54 shots against.
The team will be traveling back to South Africa in the next couple days after a decent tournament, although no games were won, these girls have done their country proud and this would definitely be something to build on for the following tournament.
Dalene Rhone scores the first goal of the game against Iceland on a power-play early in the first period with the team looking good. 2nd and 3rd period was not so fantastic as they went down 2 and 3 goals respectively. Final score for this game was 1-5.
The final game against New Zealand started off in a similar fashion and by the end of the first period SA was only down by 1 goal with score of 2-1, again on the power-play Dalene Rhode was the sniper.
2nd period saw New Zealand gain a steady lead with 2 unanswered goals and 3 in the final period but with a comeback goal from Dominique Verway to bring the final score to 7-2 in favour of the New Zealanders. Shaylene Swanepoel was awarded the Best play with 54 shots against.
The team will be traveling back to South Africa in the next couple days after a decent tournament, although no games were won, these girls have done their country proud and this would definitely be something to build on for the following tournament.
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