The 2022 Men's Hockey Varsity Hockey will be the 10th edition of the Varsity Hockey, the annual tournament men's field hockey championship of South Africa.[2]
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | Pretoria | ||
| City | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 5 October 2022–6 October 2022 | ||
| Venue(s) | University of Pretoria | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | Tuks | ||
| Runner-up | Wits | ||
| Third place | Maties | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 4 | ||
| Goals scored | 30 (7.5 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Kenoe Christians (UJ) Guy Morgan (Tuks) (4 goals) | ||
| Best player | Bradley Sherwood[1] | ||
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In addition to the Power Play rule seen in previous seasons of Varsity Hockey, whereby each team can select to implement a two-minute period where goals count two and the opposition must bench two players, field goals will now count two.[3][4]
Results edit
Fixtures edit
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3 & 4 edit
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Final edit
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Final standings edit
| Pos | Team |
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| 1 | Tuks (H) |
| 2 | WITS |
| 3 | Maties |
| 4 | UJ |
Goalscorers edit
There were 30 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 7.5 goals per match.
4 goals
- Kenoe Christians (UJ)
- Guy Morgan (Tuks)
2 goals
- Peter Jarvis (Maties)
- Kenton Melville (Maties)
- Ben Proctor (Maties)
- Dechlan Bennett (UJ)
- Jared Campbell (Tuks)
- Trevor de Lora (Tuks)
- Liam Hermanus (Wits)
- Luke Lourens (Wits)
- Michael van den Berg (Wits)
1 goal
- Jacque van Tonder (Maties)
- Bradley Sherwood (Tuks)
- Michael Horan (Wits)
- Brad Riley (Wits)
Source: SAHA
References edit
- ^ @tukshockey (9 October 2022). "The past week saw some really talented hockey players. One of the guys that stood out was Bradley Sherwood, who has been named The Suzuki Player of the Tournament. Huge congratulations BAD BRAD" – via Instagram.
- ^ VarsitySportsSA (20 September 2022). "A Festival of Sport is coming to Pretoria in October 2022". varsitysportssa.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Varsity Hockey bends the rules to double the thrill". Varsity Sport. 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Players' thoughts on Varsity Hockey's Power Play". Varsity Sports. 17 May 2019.