KNYSNA HOCKEY NEWS - A former Knysna learner, Samkelo (Sam) Mvimbi, last week made his debut for the senior SA men's hockey team in a friendly against Namibia.
Sam matriculated from Oakhill School in 2017 with a university pass and is currently studying B Admin in public management at the University of Pretoria, where he has played hockey for Tuks since 2018 and his team won the Varsity Cup title in Stellenbosch last year in an exciting final.
As Oakhill's sportsperson of the year in both 2016 and 2017 (winning the Ralph Trophy for playing sport at international level and representing South Africa, as well as the Hilbert Trophy as the 1st XI Boys hockey player of the year), Sam was acknowledged as an exceptional sportsman.
As a provincial cricketer too, Sam also captained the SWD U19 cricket team playing at the national U19 Coca-Cola Khaya Majola Cricket Week in 2017.
His most recent and arguably most significant achievement is that Sam represented South Africa last week making his debut in the national men's hockey team in televised games against Namibia on 27, 28 and 30 May in Randburg.
It wasn't Sam's first appearance in South African hockey colours however, as he had already played for the U18 national team in 2017 when he was in matric at Oakhill.
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