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THE MAGAZINE FOURTH EDITION | 2021 PLAYING OVERSEAS, IS IT FOR YOU? FH UMPIRES: THE HOME OF THE FIELD HOCKEY UMPIRE AFTER A YEAR OF UNCERTAINTY MORE OF THE SAME? FEATURES WHAT’S INSIDE 5 Feature SA Country Districts – It’s more than Hockey 8 Feature FH Umpires: The home of the Field Hockey Umpire 11 Feature After a year of uncertainty – More of the same? 14 Tribute Tribute to Fabian Gregory 08 17 Feature Community is rallying together to help SA Men’s Hockey achieve Tokyo 2021 dream! 21 Health Hints 14 Weightlifting 23 Feature Mike Bechet 25 Feature Tick tock Tamlyn Kock 27 Feature Playing overseas, is it for you? 32 Feature Ryan Hack is back 34 Feature John Paul - The complete player 38 General news 39 Gallery 27 HOCKEY THE MAGAZINE hockeythemagazine.co.za Editor Tyron Barnard [email protected] Design OTM Marketing otm.marketing Advertising Rachel du Plessis +27 83 278 0777 [email protected] LETTER FROM THE EDITOR TYRON BARNARD is not just underway, its fully edged, its happening and in many ways it feels like it’s a sequel to 2020. The Hockey World has been heavily in uenced by delays, which have been felt here in South Africa. The likes of the Masters, 2021Indoor IPT and a host of test matches fell victims to the pandemic. But slowly and surely there has been an element of return to play. The SA Hockey Men and the SA Hockey Women were both in various camps which Hockey the Magazine was able to attend, while Cindy Hack joined Eastern Gauteng for a coaching clinic at Woodlands College. Of course, there was the launch of the Johannesburg Hockey League which was great to witness as kids got back on the turf. In the Netherlands they have been back in action for a while despite a snow delay, and Austin Smith took the opportunity to bag his 100th Hoofdklasse goal for Den Bosch. The Olympian shares with us this issue as the player editor, sharing his thoughts on whether going overseas is for you or not, including talking about the incredible sacri ces that you make in the quest for hockey glory. Mike Bechet is pro led in this edition a er a career which has in uenced numerous schoolboys to reach the green and gold while Chris Rembe pro les the incredible career of Jody Paul. Regular contributor Garreth Ewing takes us through the challenge of the Men’s game, while James King takes a deeper look into SACD through Gary Carsons. In this month’s edition we also pro le the superb Keely Dunn of FHUmpires who has taken the importance of the third team to the next level. Her creation of content throughout lockdown including pro ling some incredible umpires was a testament to the superb work she is doing in developing the game. As always, we are incredibly thankful to you the reader. Our game has a number of incredible and inspirational stories that have deserve to be told. Previously these stories have had a limited audience and we are pleased to be able to tell them to as many of you as possible. Our goal has always been to tell as many stories as possible, expose as many writers as possible and to li the game of hockey. We believe that four issues in we are achieving that in spite of the pandemic. Hockey is a special sport. Its our duty to provide it a special platform. Hockey the Magazine. Feel it. It is here! HOCKEY THE MAGAZINE | 3 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR TYRON BARNARD is not just underway, its fully edged, its happening and in many ways it feels like it’s a sequel to 2020. The Hockey World has been heavily in uenced by delays, which have been felt here in South Africa. The likes of the Masters, 2021Indoor IPT and a host of test matches fell victims to the pandemic. But slowly and surely there has been an element of return to play. The SA Hockey Men and the SA Hockey Women were both in various camps which Hockey the Magazine was able to attend, while Cindy Hack joined Eastern Gauteng for a coaching clinic at Woodlands College. Of course, there was the launch of the Johannesburg Hockey League which was great to witness as kids got back on the turf. In the Netherlands they have been back in action for a while despite a snow delay, and Austin Smith took the opportunity to bag his 100th Hoofdklasse goal for Den Bosch. The Olympian shares with us this issue as the player editor, sharing his thoughts on whether going overseas is for you or not, including talking about the incredible sacri ces that you make in the quest for hockey glory. Mike Bechet is pro led in this edition a er a career which has in uenced numerous schoolboys to reach the green and gold while Chris Rembe pro les the incredible career of Jody Paul. Regular contributor Garreth Ewing takes us through the challenge of the Men’s game, while James King takes a deeper look into SACD through Gary Carsons. In this month’s edition we also pro le the superb Keely Dunn of FHUmpires who has taken the importance of the third team to the next level. Her creation of content throughout lockdown including pro ling some incredible umpires was a testament to the superb work she is doing in developing the game. As always, we are incredibly thankful to you the reader. Our game has a number of incredible and inspirational stories that have deserve to be told. Previously these stories have had a limited audience and we are pleased to be able to tell them to as many of you as possible. Our goal has always been to tell as many stories as possible, expose as many writers as possible and to li the game of hockey. We believe that four issues in we are achieving that in spite of the pandemic. Hockey is a special sport. Its our duty to provide it a special platform. Hockey the Magazine. Feel it. It is here! FEATURE he ink had hardly dried on the email to Gary Carson, Tradition President of the SA Country Districts Hockey Asso- There is that moment in a sportsperson’s journey when you know ciation, when the detailed response came through. you’ve “made it”. The hours of training, personal and family sacri- One senses this is the mark of a man who has an ce, punishing your body and straining your nances to breaking intimate knowledge of an organisation and a sport point all seem worth it. For SACD hockey people the proud mo- which he has served for over 30 years. ment when you put on your blazer for the opening function, and T don it again for the end of tournament dinner, are such moments. A Rich Heritage The tradition is also evidenced in the Gri on Club. The club was The history of SACD Hockey extends prior to Gary’s involvement. established in 1991 by a few founder members with the aim that at Founded in 1957, the organisation didn’t always have the pro le each tournament, prospective nominees would be evaluated and, that it does today. It started with the smaller district and minor if found to meet the criteria, would be accepted into the club. provincial associations sending teams to an annual tournament. The qualifying criteria were initially having attended at least 3 The SACD team chosen from this would then play invitational SACD tournaments (now 5). The main criteria are then checked, games. mainly looking at what the player contributes to hockey o the It wasn’t until the late 1990’s that the SACD Men’s team started eld of play. The aim was to encourage people to promote and playing in the Inter-provincial tournament (IPT). They have an grow hockey o the actual playing eld. enviable record in the tournament, with the Men’s team topping Evidence of past, current and continued involvement via coach- the B section once in their history, and nishing 2nd in the B sec- ing (a hockey coach at a school would not qualify as this was his tion of the last 2 tournaments in 2018 and 2019. job), umpiring and growing umpires, executive positions in a club/ Whilst the Women’s SACD Hockey only started with their tour- district/province, are considered. Provided this o - eld work was nament in the 1990’s, they are a constant challenger in the B sec- found to be worthy then the nominee was accepted into the club tion of the IPT. and then recognized publicly at the nal dinner at SACD. Both the Men’s and Women’s SACD tournaments are held an- As Chairman of the Gri on Club, Gary humbly recognizes that nually, from which the SACD composite teams are chosen to rep- without the weeks, days and hours put in by its members and pro- resent SACD at the IPT. Logistics only allow them to meet as a spective members, SACD hockey as we know it could not be sus- team the day before the tournament. Despite this, they produce tained. high quality hockey, proudly ying the banner for SACD hockey at their respective tournaments. Covid-19 and Sustainability It is the annual SACD tournaments themselves that provide Sustainability has faced a number of challenges with the the fundamental ethos that is SACD hockey. Covid-19 pandemic. Not least the cancellation of the 2020 SACD tournaments, and the threat to both the Men’s and Wom- Camaraderie en’s tournaments this year.