Sports Bulletin Report
Birmingham (UK):-The Hockeyroos got day 5 of the games underway, edging out New Zealand in a crunch Pool B tie. This was followed by a convincing Canadian victory over a spirited Ghana. England’s women got the afternoon session underway with an important win over India, while South Africa had 3 separate hat-trick scorers in a substantial win over Kenya.
South Africa beat Kenya 15-0 (Pool B women)
South Africa picked up their first win in style as they put 15 past Kenya.
Jean-Leigh Du Toit got the procession of goals underway, opening the scoring from a penalty corner. A series of chances followed before Tarryn Lombard doubled the lead from another penalty corner. With 4 minutes left of the opening quarter Lilian Du Plessis and Erin Christie both struck, putting South Africa up 4-0 after a clinical first period.
Kenya did put up a decent defence in the second quarter, thwarting a series of chances from a goal-hungry South African side. Not to be denied, Du Toit found her second of the game with 4 minutes left of the quarter from a penalty corner. Lombard got back in on the action a minute later, extending the South African lead to 6-0 at half-time.
The scoreboard soon ticked over to 7 for South Africa, as 4 minutes into the third quarter Kristen Paton found the back of the goal. Du Plessis added an 8th and it soon became 9 as Du Toit completed her hat-trick.
Not satisfied with just 3 goals Du Toit was at it again, grabbing her 4th, and South Africa’s 10th of the match inside a minute of the final period. Du Plessis completed her hat-trick with 9 minutes left on the clock, scoring her 4th a few minutes later. With 3 minutes left in the game Lombard became the 3rd South African to complete a hat-trick, while Du Toit and Bernadette Coston scored the last 2 goals of the afternoon to complete a huge 15-0 win.
Erin Christie (RSA): "We had a goal today. We've been disappointed with our performances in the last four games, so we wanted to come out here and make a stance and show that we're good enough to be here.
“Part of that was doing what other teams in the pool have done - and that's scoring a lot of goals."
Results (Women's Competition):
New Zealand 0 Australia 1 (Pool B women)
Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Lelia Sacre (CAN) Cathy Wright (WAL-video)
Ghana 1 Canada 8 (Pool A women)
Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Hannah Harrison (ENG-video)
India 1 England 3 (Pool A women)
Umpires: Wanri Venter (RSA) Cookie Tan (SGP) Cathy Wright (WAL-video)
Kenya 0 South Africa 15 (Pool B women)
Umpires: Rebecca Woodcock (ENG) Binish Hayat (PAK) Amber Church (NZL)
