SA Senior National Squad cut to 32

The South African Ice Hockey Association has the pleasure of announcing the first squad cut to 32 players for the 2011 IIHF World Championship, Div III, which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from 11th April 2011 to the 17^th April 2011.

The players in the SA squad are as follows:

1.       ASHWORTH, Ian

2.       BERGER, David

3.       BIRRELL, Cameron

4.       BOCK, Ashley

5.       BOCK, Gary

6.       CARELSE, Luke

7.       CARDOSO, Damian

8.       ENGLEBRECHT, Chris

9.       ESTERHUIZEN, Francois

10.   FOY, Clinton

11.   GIOT, Marc

12.   HABIB, Franco

13.   ISHMAIL, Tariq

14.   JOUBERT, Mich

15.   LABUSCHAGNE, Cyle

16.   LYON, George

17.   MAGMOED, Deen

18.   MARAIS, Andre

19.   MARSH, Ryan

20.   MATTHEWS, Burton

21.   MILLER, Gareth

22.   NEBE, Cai

23.   NEBE, Jack

24.   REEVES, Chris

25.   SAMAAI, Uthman

26.   SCHLUTER, Lloyd

27.   STEVENS, Klyde

28.   VALADAS, Jack

29.   VAN EECKHOVEN, Grant

30.   VAN ROOYEN, Kyle

31.   WATSON, Dave

32.   YATES , Grant

The final team consisting of18 players and 2 goalkeepers and 2 non traveling reserves to participate in the 2011 Championships will be announced after the camp which will be held in Cape Town from the 20^th of February 2011 to the 21^st February 2011.

The team manager is Lloyd Birrell and the coach is Ronnie Wood.

Congratulations to all the players on their selection and good luck with the final selection for the team.