The SA women's hockey team competing at the Paris Olympics 2024 had to resort to crowdfunding in order to make their way to France.
Although they haven’t yet met their funding goal, the players have persevered with their preparations.“Funding has been our biggest challenge, we have had to withdraw from three events, which means about 30 test matches of experience have been lost to this group,” Bonnet told
“On top of that we have not been able to train in a high-performance environment as frequently as we would have liked.
The SA women’s hockey team has had the good fortune of receiving financial support via CEO:MCSA & Showmax at MultiChoice Group Ltd“There have also been hockey people whom have given up their time to source funding for the team and for this we are very grateful, it has kept our program going,” Bonnet acknowledged.In 10 Africa Cup of Nations and African Games tournaments since 1994, the women’s team has taken gold in all of them.
“The talent exists in our country but once they finish school the gap widens into a chasm that’s not possible to cross anymore.” “The strong tertiaries are not the high performance solution for international hockey. Unfortunately, this is the reality of our sport currently, but it’s not the end game.”
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