Archive - Jul 31, 2012

In last weekend’s windy conditions, SKW 1 and Cohen FC 3 won all their games during the fourth round of the Bank Windhoek Fistball Championship to stay top of the National A and National B leagues respectively.

The two Windhoek based sides are the first teams to qualify for their leagues’ championship final due to be held in September.

Defending champions, SKW 1, had a comfortable day winning their matches against SFC 1 and CFC 1 with ease, 4-1 and 4-0 respectively.

South Africa has found the going tough in the hockey competition at the Olympic Games, with both their men and women’s teams losing their opening matches.

The men suffered a comprehensive 6-0 defeat against world champions Australia on Monday, while the women lost 7-1 to Argentina on Sunday and 4-1 to New Zealand on Tuesday to go bottom of the log in Pool B.

In the men’s competition, Australia and the hosts Great Britain went to the top of Pool A, while South Korea and the Netherlands recorded victories to go to the top of Pool B.