Geskiedenis van die US-dameshokkieklub : 1903-1992

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to research and document the origins and activities of theUniversity of Stellenbosch Women's hockey club. The core of this study is therefore about thedevelopment of the Women's hockey club from 1903 to 1992.Although a lot has been written about sport at the University, most of the information was notpreserved and therefore there are gaps in their sport history. This study focuses on sport historyand therefore the historic-scientific method was implemented using only primary resources suchas the minutes of meetings, reports and interviews with players.The introduction focuses on the development of world hockey and the different forms of thesport that was been played in different countries. Followed by an overview of the development ofhockey sticks and ball as well as the evolution of hockey in the nineteenth and twentieth century.The development of women's hockey in England and the USA as well as the InternationalFederation for Women's Hockey Association (IFWHA) was discussed.The second chapter is about the history of women's hockey in South Africa especially the originsof women's clubs and associations. After that the interprovincial tournament was explained. TheAll South African and Rhodesia Women's Hockey Association, their constitution and the SouthAfrican Hockey Union were discussed. Attention was also given to the Springbok-emblem andtours to and from South Africa.The third chapter explains the methodology of the study as well as the purpose, formulation ofthe problem, method of research and evaluation of the resources.The fourth chapter discusses the club's beginning from 1903 to 1958, as well as their hockeyfields. The reason why those particular dates was used was because there was no minutes orreports for those years. Therefore there had to be relied on secondary resources.The history of the women's hostels is explained in chapter five as well as the results of the hostelhockey. The first-years-tournament, hostel league and the Prestige-tournament also formed partof hostel hockey.In chapter six the inter-university tournaments from 1940 is discussed. After each tournament aSAU-team (Protea-team) was chosen to tour overseas or in South Africa.The origins of indoor hockey are described in chapter seven followed by the indoor hockeyleague at Stellenbosch.In chapter eight the club and league activities are discussed from 1959 to 1992. Individualactivities and school camps are highlighted that were presented by the Women's club. Attentionwas also given to tours and tournaments which the teams undertook and a few coaches that stoodout from the rest. Finally the social aspect of the club was examined.The top achievers of the Women's club, who were all SA-players, are discussed in chapter nine.The study is concluded with a summary of all the important facts and findings. Appendix A to Gcovers all the SAU-players, players who received sport-colors, the national tournament results,coaches, club awards and provincial players.In 1992 the men's and women's hockey clubs merged and became known as the US-hockeyclub.

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