Competition time!
If anyone can successfully convince me that this is not a red card for Amit Rohidas they can have my channel.
Hit me with your best shot 😂
Well done Minister McKenzie
@GaytonMcK
👏🏼
Can you start by funding the incredible SA Hockey Men and Women
@SA_Hockey
They represent our country with pride and mostly out of their own pockets.
Imagine what they can do with your backing 🔥
I have stopped all trips for super fans, we have athletes & artist who are struggling to raise money to attend sporting events and exhibitions, how do we justify paying for fans? We shall no longer be paying for these trips and will use that money where it’s needed the most.
Even though there were a number a decisions most people won't agree with, there is one thing that everyone can agree on which is that Ghana put on one heck of a performance.
Massive congrats to Ghana on a superb game of hockey. Looking forward to seeing more.
@GhanaHockey
🔥
This is actually extremely funny 😂
HIL announcing the dates of the auction for the 100th time, but they can't announce the rest of the teams and the broadcaster?
I really hope HIL is a success, but this is not a great start...
#hockeyindialeague
#HIL
#HIL2024
With all respect to Gurjit Kaur (who is a defender, compared to Matla being an attacker), what could Frederique Matla possibly have done more to win Player on the Year?
@FIH_Hockey
2020-21 FIH
#HockeyStarsAwards
results announced!
Olympic Success Wave continues for India with
@TheHockeyIndia
winning big.
A record number of almost 300’000 fans casted their votes for this year's Awards.
CONGRATULATIONS to all winners and nominees!
FULL TIME
GB draw to South Africa 2-2 in an exciting game this evening!
Goals scored by Phil Roper and a goal late in Q4 by Rupert Shipperley
#Paris2024
#Hockey
"Injuries are not a set back; they’re an opportunity to explore roads you previously didn’t know existed so long as you’re curious for an adventure." -
@CreedBrendan
The easiest explanation imo is that both of them are 31 years old and past their prime...
Yes they are both still great players, but teams are looking for younger more exciting players in the long run.
Interested to hear which players you think are mediocre...
How did top-tier forwards like Nick Bandurak 🏴 & Mats Grambusch 🇩🇪 (2x Oly🏅 & WC23 🏆) go unsold?
Meanwhile, mediocre players are getting picked—some even overpriced!
It’s frustrating when talent doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
#HockeyIndiaLeague
#HILPlayerAuction
@keithprabhu
How can a camera angle make Amit look guilty? He is guilty at every angle...
Having your stick up above your head and back into an opponent's face is no mistake, it is unnatural/unnecessary with a high level of danger while being reckless.
No mistake and a definite red card.
Hockey India League is not off to a great start
3 Days before the auction and there is still no official broadcaster, only two team names announced and two woman's teams locations are yet to be announced.
@HockeyIndiaLeag
must get their act together, or history will be repeated
@YerhuMmapimele
@SA_Hockey
@sahockeyfan
Luckily you are not the one deciding who can represent SA at the Olympics otherwise there would be only 3 athletes.
How do you want SA hockey to improve without funds and experience at competitions.
If something is not changed (funds and opportunities) then we will never improve.
I am pleasantly surprised by how good the setup for the auction looks, taking into account how much of a shit show HIL has been so far 😂
Now I just hope the actual auction will be as good as it looks.
#HockeyIndiaLeague
#HIL
I can make a better logo/badge in 5 minutes using MS Paint 😂
Hockey India League so far has been an absolute joke… hopefully after the auction thing will start to get better.
#HockeyIndiaLeague
#HIL
Introducing Team Gonasika! 🌟
From Visakhapatnam and backed by Gonasika, this men's team is ready to make waves in the HIL!
Watch the Auction live:
Broadcast starts at 2:00 pm on 13th Oct '24
#HILisBack
#HILPlayerAuction
What will it take for
@HockeyIndiaLeag
to stop making these stupid paper videos 😂
Please hire some proper content creators and editors before the games start…
#HockeyIndiaLeague
#HIL
The HIL Player Auction is buzzing with talent!
A perfect blend of homegrown and international players, both men and women, are set to bring their A-game. Get ready to witness some incredible bidding action!
#HockeyIndiaLeague
#HILisBack
#HILPlayerAuction
@YerhuMmapimele
@SA_Hockey
Malavi just stop embarrassing yourself 😂
Give gredit where credit is due. SA Hockey men thumped France in their own backyard and had a great tournament despite of the results.
Go shove your anti hockey pro athletics and swimming agenda where the sun doesn’t shine.
Enemy Number 1 to
@SA_Hockey
is
@YerhuMmapimele
He celebrates the fact that the teams are under/not funded and believes our players are just at the Olympics as a holiday.
He does not understand the hard work and the pride our players have playing for SA.
@sahockeyfan
@sykiemongwe
@OfficialTeamRSA
By being the champions of Africa.
The European sides are on a whole other level.
The fact that SA can compete is already a massive achievement.
Super proud of South Africa after this game! Beating Germany, which is one of the best hockey teams in the world, doing so on one of the biggest stages in world sports.
Passion and believe is two things that stood out for me today. Great game
@SA_Hockey
🔥
Might not be a result SA hockey would be happy with after going 3-0 up. That being said, it was an inspirational effort from SA hockey who were punching well above their weight.
Very proud of the SA boys after a very exciting game and looking forward to the next. 🔥
@SA_Hockey
From the start I knew that
@PhenomPapi
had an agenda she was pushing and now it is clear.
Yes coach Pholo is a good coach and doing good work in Hong Kong, but that is no reason to belittle the current program and coaches who are doing a wonderful job with the tools available.
Big News! Now, fans from every corner of the world can watch the HIL Player Auction LIVE on our official YouTube channel!
YouTube channel link:
Link to watch live HIL auction:
#HILPlayerAuction
#HILisBack
#BiggerBolderBetter
@RoyalTiger97
Stick was in an unnatural and dangerous position into the head of opponent, intentional or unintentional this warrants a red card.
With a red card comes a disciplinary hearing which most likely includes a match suspension.
Rules are rules. Why is it uncalled for according to you?
As someone who has been in the exact same situation, getting a red card for maybe not so intentional but highly dangerous and unnecessary stick contact with opponents head.
I can agree that it is 100% a red card with match suspension coming also.
BREAKING on Amit Rohidas
Tournament Director’s decision during hearing this evening was to ban / suspend Amit for one match. Hockey India has now appealed against this ruling.
The decision now will be made by appeal jury.
@TheHockeyIndia
@RevSportzGlobal
Another year of the World's most pointless award 😂
Congrats to Harmanpreet Singh and PR Sreejesh on winning once again.
@FIH_Hockey
you might as well just give them the awards now.
🚨🟢⚪️ Jeroen Hertzberger will stay at Rotterdam for another year.
The 38 year old will then enter his 22nd season with the club.
Hertzberger is the all-time top goalscorer in the Hoofdklasse with 350 goals for Rotterdam.
#fieldhockey
@keithprabhu
How can you compare these to situations? 😂
Very different sport and very different situations.
Bringing down a player in football doesn't always warrant a red card, but recklessly hitting a player in the face does warrant a red.
Amit got the correct penalty given against him.
I’ve just launched a YouTube playlist channel where I’m collecting the best highlights from field hockey leagues and tournaments worldwide, all in one place! Whether it's the FIH Pro League, Euro Hockey League, or national leagues like the Hoofdklasse or Bundesliga hockey. 1/3
@SarfarazNawazH1
@HockeyIndiaLeag
It is a difficult balance of improving the local Asian hockey scene and creating a product that will sell good…
Including players from the biggest hockey nations over local Asian players will attract more views and interest, not only from their countries but also from India.
Tell me you just shouted at your TV to an umpire on the other side of the world who can't hear you without telling me you just shouted at your TV to an umpire on the other side of the world who can't hear you.
@PetlaMayson
If teams that represent South Africa at tournaments have to pay for themselves then so should the so called "super fans"...
How do you want to support teams or individuals if they can barely afford to compete, yet super fans travel in luxury to "support".
@SportsStreamm
Start by compring apples with apples...
These are two very different scenarios, but the umpires handled them both extremely well, it is only because it was against India that there is a meltdown.
TV umpire gives a suggestion and onfield umpire can make with it what he wishes.
Absolute shit show of an auction so far 😂
Teams overspending on the Indian Olympic players and leaving no money for the rest of the auction.
International players are going to get the scraps that are left...
#HockeyIndiaLeague
#HIL
I am pleasantly surprised by how good the setup for the auction looks, taking into account how much of a shit show HIL has been so far 😂
Now I just hope the actual auction will be as good as it looks.
#HockeyIndiaLeague
#HIL
🇳🇱 Duco Telgenkamp on his reaction after winning Olympic gold:
'In hindsight, I shouldn't have gone to him. I regret that. I also apologize'
'We won. I should have let it go, this wasn't very smart. But it's also a bit the nature of the beast'
It seems to me that when the
@HockeyIndiaLeag
media team do not like the comments on their posts they delete it and post again😂
They are showing their incompetence with every post 😂
#HockeyIndiaLeague
#HIL
@theindiclawyer
@TheHockeyIndia
Indoor hockey is not a replacement for field hockey.
Its a brilliantly exciting form of the game which goes alongside the main game.
Can’t help but wonder if you would have said the same if India played indoor hockey.
@FIH_Hockey
@xandewaard
@hardiksingh008
The fact that Niklas Wellen got the most expert panel votes by a landslide and still didn’t win this useless award shows that there is still to much influence from media and fans.
🚨⚫️🟡 Thierry Brinkman has just signed a 4 year deal with HC Den Bosch.
He will join the ‘Zwarthemden’ at the start of the 2024/25 season after 9 incredible years at HC Bloemendaal.
Here we go, confirmed.
Just realised that Pholo is a small fish in a big pond of SA coaches overseas.
The likes of Craig Fulton, Paul Revington and Greg Nicol shows the quality of coaches that come out of SA.
If SA was really serious they would try get one of these back and back them with all they got.
From the start I knew that
@PhenomPapi
had an agenda she was pushing and now it is clear.
Yes coach Pholo is a good coach and doing good work in Hong Kong, but that is no reason to belittle the current program and coaches who are doing a wonderful job with the tools available.
@YerhuMmapimele
@SA_Hockey
@sahockeyfan
So according to you every athlete that does not win a medal at the Olympics should be scraped?
As for SA Hockey Olympic stats, you give away your knowledge of sport. How do you want a team to only perform at the highest stage every 4 years and expect them to win?
We needed stress balls during that encounter! It was down to the wire. Our nerves are shot, I'm sure yours at home are as well!
We move on to the finals to face Ireland tomorrow. You definitely want to make sure you get down here!
#HockeyEquals
#hockeyinvites
@SarfarazNawazH1
The first edition in 2013 was better run and organised compared to now 😂
Hopefully it can’t get any worse…
Fingers crossed that everyone involved gets their shit together.
At what point will teams refuse to play India?
After every match they blame the umpires and blame them of being racist and biased.
There is no place for behavior such as this in the game.
Be gracious in defeat and stop being sore losers.
I am sorry but the video umpire was so bad today. The penalty stroke that she gave was clearly going wide when it hit the shin pads of Jarmanpreet.
@FIH_Hockey
needs to get their act in order big time
🇳🇱 Thierry Brinkman on his time at Bloemendaal:
“I really enjoy it at Bloemendaal, I feel appreciated as a player and as a person. The past nine years get a 10 from me in all areas, both within the field and beyond.”
#fieldhockey
@FIH_Hockey
@xandewaard
@hardiksingh008
Voting allocation in my opinion should be:
60% - expert panel
20% - na’s
10% - fans
10% - media
The fact that media and fans sway the outcome so skew is a clear indication that this award gives too much power to media and fans.
A Major Hockey Wave is Coming Your Way! 🌟
Stay tuned for exciting updates coming your way.
Catch all the action live tomorrow during our Press Conference—we'll be unveiling everything you want to know about HIL!
🔗:
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#HIL
🚨🔴⚪️ Blake Govers will return to European Hockey.
Govers will join German Giants, Rot-Weiss Köln in the 2024/25 season, after the Olympics Games.
Here we go, confirmed.
Dayaan Cassiem!! We said it on the podcast last night - the Cassiem brothers are going to take the Hockey world by storm!
SA 1-1 Belgium.
#Hockey
#Olympics
Pepe Cunill getting a green card for being the fifth field player at a defensive pc is already the funniest moment of the World Cup. 😂😂
@PepeCunill
#HWC2023
#HockeyWorldCup2023
@YerhuMmapimele
@OfficialTeamRSA
I can also assure you that they are not shaming South Africa in any way.
The fact that they can compete so close to the best teams in the world while hockey is pretty much an amature sport in SA says a lot about the talent and determination of our players.
@GaytonMcK
here is a link to a video on the Cassiem brothers.
Dayaan and Mustapha are two of the best hockey players in the world and they deserve all the backing from South Africa.
@SA_Hockey
@keithprabhu
Yes it has happened before and is part of the rules of the game.
TV umpire gives a suggestion to the onfield umpire, who can then decide by his own judgment if he agrees or not.
Onfield umpire made the correct call as a PC according to the rules.
Stop always playing victim!
@PhenomPapi
Please don’t make comments when you don’t know what you are talking about.
The team is moving forward and taking the game to same of the best teams in the world. What do you expect from a self funded team against the world’s best.
‼️Breaking News: The Paris 2024 Organizing Committee has decided to evacuate the public present at the Yves du Manoir Stadium due to the risk of an electrical storm.
If there are no last minute changes, the ESP vs RSA match will be played behind closed doors.
‼️Última Hora: El Comité Organizador de París 2024 ha decidido evacuar el público presente en el Yves du Manoir Stadium por riesgo de tormenta eléctrica.
Si no hay modificaciones de última hora, el partido ESP vs RSA se jugará a puerta cerrada.
#Paris2024
@YerhuMmapimele
@OfficialTeamRSA
Another thing that you should know as a "long time" follower of SA Hockey is that we are getting closer and closer to the elite teams.
If you compare recent results to those of a couple of years ago this will become clear.
We are so close, why would you want them to give up now?
The FIH is becoming less serious day by day 😂
What was the point of pushing for waterless pitches and "waterballs" just to jump back to water pitches...
#fieldhockey
#fihhockey
The Dutch Federation and the Belgian Federation have been informed of the decision by the Executive Committee of the International Hockey Federation to use a wet pitch at the 2026 World Cup instead of a dry surface.
FIH press release can be found on .