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
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[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.