Old Boy represents SA

Please see below a report from Old Boy, Malcolm Phillips on his recent SA selection and Tour:

 CMAS UNDERWATER HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS- SLOVENIA 2009

 It was a great honour and privilege to be awarded my Protea blazer and become Springbok number ‘57’. We as a South African team represented our country extremely well.

We went through the round robin undefeated after winning some hard fought games against Great Britain, France, Turkey and Spain. The end result of the tournament was us being placed 2^nd after losing to France in an epic final in which a result only came about in extra time.

Below are our results from the tournament:

Round Robin

SA 5 Great Britain 2

SA 14 Hungary 0

SA 7 Slovenia 1

SA 9 Italy 0

SA 9 Portugal 0

SA 4 France 2

SA 20 Croatia 0

SA 3 Spain 0

SA 9 Belgium 0

SA 3 Turkey 1

Playoffs

SA 17 Hungary 0 (Quarter finals)

SA 4 Great Britain 2 (Semi- finals)

SA 3 France 4 (Final)

This was an amazing tour and competition to be part of; the experience of playing against and amongst the world’s best will remain strong in my memory for years to come.  

Malcolm Phillips

South African Underwater Hockey Representative 

Well done, Malcolm, you have done your School and your Country proud!

TM Kershaw

Headmaster

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