Young Namibian hockey squad to face SA

A young Namibian women’s hockey squad will face a baptism of fire when they take on South Africa in a four match test series in Cape Town next week.

The series forms part of South Africa’s preparations for the Hockey World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands next month, while Namibia coach Trevor Cormack is looking further ahead preparing for the Africa Games to be held in Egypt next year.

“I realised that South Africa had nothing in the pipeline leading up to the world cup so I contacted their coach and asked if he would consider playing a test series against us, so he agreed and that’s how it came about. They will use it as preparation for the world cup, but for me its basically the start of our journey to the Africa Games in Egypt next year,” he said.