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Hockey offers the opportunity for growth as both an individual player and also as a team player.<\/p>\n<p><!--\nSince its humble beginnings in 2004, Hockey at Woodlands International College has developed into the most popular - and one of the most successful - sports in the College. We have two boys and two girls teams, each of which are competing at the highest level in their respective leagues.\n\nThe phenomenal growth in the sport was sparked by the beauty of the game and the dynamic, friendly camaraderie of the talented players. Hockey offers the opportunity for growth as both an individual player and also as a team player. In addition to Field Hockey, all of our teams are also playing Indoor Hockey and also excel at this fast-paced, exciting form of the game.\n\n\n<h2>League successes in 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Under 15 Boys:\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Runners up of the Eastern\u2019s School Hockey League B Section<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>First Team Boys:\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Winners of the Eastern\u2019s School Hockey League B Section<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Unbeaten in the Eastern\u2019s School Indoor Hockey League<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Under 15 Girls:\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Played in the Eastern\u2019s School Hockey League<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Played in the Under 16 Eastern\u2019s School Indoor Hockey League<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>First Team Girls:\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Played in the Eastern\u2019s School Hockey League<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Played in the Under 18 Eastern\u2019s School Indoor Hockey League<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Provincial successes in 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Eastern Gauteng Colours for Field Hockey:\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Milla Mandic; Marcus Cordeiro; Zenande Majola; and Daniel Ralph. Marcus Cordeiro captained his Under 13 Eastern\u2019s team<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Quagga\u2019s Provincial Colours for Indoor Hockey:\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Daniel Ralph; Dante Montalbano; Lethabo Montalbano; Matthew Ralph; Demi Rutherford; Angelica Montalbano; and Shae-lynne Henderson<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Action Hockey Colours:\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Although run privately, five of our boys \u2013 Dante Montalbano; Marc Dingle; Grant Ferreira; Liam Andrews; and Matthew Ralph - were in the provincial team that won the Under 23 Men\u2019s National Action Hockey Championships in August and held in Pretoria. They also finished 3rd overall in the Men\u2019s Under 30 Section (Grant Ferreira \u2013 Captain; Matthew Ralph \u2013 Vice-Captain; Dante Montalbano \u2013 Goalkeeper; and Matthew Ralph \u2013 top goal-scorer of the tournament). Two of our girls \u2013 Demi Rutherford and Angelica Montalbano - made the Under 23 Mixed Team<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Tournament successes in 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Junior Boys and Senior Boys were winners of the Edenvale Summer League Tournament<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Senior Boys won the Bronze medal at Aitken Senior School\u2019s Hockey Tournament<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>First Team Girls and Boys both won the Woodlands Open Day Tournament<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<h2>League successes in 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>U15 boys finished 8<sup>th<\/sup> in the Eastern\u2019s School hockey promotion league.<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> team boys finished 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in the Eastern\u2019s School promotion league<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>U17 girls finished 5<sup>th<\/sup> in the Eastern\u2019s School Hockey league<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> team girls finished 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in the Eastern\u2019s school hockey league<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Provincial successes in 2019<\/h2>\n\n\nPlayers chosen for Provincial representation\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Shaelyn Henderson<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Jarred Henderson<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Mikayla Rathbone<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Angelica Montalbano<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Daniel Ralph<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\nMikayla Rathbone was selected for a select team that went to the USA, while there she was scouted\n\nAnd offered a sports scholarship at one of the universities in the USA.\n\n\n<h2>Tournament successes in 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Senior hockey boys played in the Aitkin Senior schools hockey tournament<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Junior hockey boys played in the Bodem Junior schools hockey tournament<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> team boys and girls hockey teams took part in the open day Woodlands tournaments.<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since its humble beginnings in 2004, Hockey at Woodlands International College has developed into the most popular \u2013 and one of the most successful \u2013 sports at the College. 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