Bad Start At African Hockey Championships

Ghana suffered two losses at the African Hockey Club championships which begun in the South African capital of Pretoria on Monday.
Exchequers of Bank of Ghana were beaten 4-2 by host team, Wanderers in their first match at the championships. Two expertly converted penalty corners coupled with some defensive blunders were the undoing of the Bank Of Ghana backed Hockey team.

The Ghanaian champions were down under five minutes of play but leveled up and even took the lead through Alfred Armah. But a quick rally from the South Africans caught the Ghanaians napping from two penalty corners.
Exchequers’ loss compounded Ghana’s misery on match day one of the tournament after Fire Ladies, Ghana’s other representatives were trounced 3-nil by RAU of South Africa. The ladies were undone by their slow pace and inability to co-ordinate their game against the more energetic and skillful South Africans.

The competition enters its second day on Tuesday. Last year’s finalists Exchequers play Gaberoni of Botswana while Fire Ladies take on defending champions Telkom Ladies of Kenya.

24 - 30 March 2003 (Technikon, Pretoria)

 LADIES 
 RAU (SA)		3      Extinguishers (Ghana)	0 
 Candace Boucher
 Leandie Steenkamp
 Tsoanello Pholo
 
 Telkom (Kenya)	4     University of Namibia (Nam)	0
 Judy Adiyo
 Rose Mbulo
 Benedate Ambani (2)
 
MEN
 Pool A
 Kisumu Simba (Ken)	0  Police Union (Egypt)
	 2 Amro ElSaid (2)
 
 Pool B 
 Exchequers (Ghana)	2  Wanderers (SA)	4
 Samuel Kwan		    Craig Jackson 
 Alfred Armah		    Stu Berry
 Craig Young			
 Roger Stubbs
 
 BAC (Zimbabwe)	4	Yobe Desert Rollers (Nig)	5
 Alan Jamba		   Phillip Hardo 
 Matthew Hammett (2)	   Marcus Izang
 Michael McKillop	   Auwalu Lamido (2)
 Eric Koomen