Entertaining end to Internal Hockey League

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Published on Tuesday, 13 September 2011 07:10

Written by Kim Senogles

AYOBA! WERE AYOBA – They won the women’s Internal Hockey League, after a tense penalty shootout. The men’s league title was won by the Mavericks. Image: garethsmit.com

The UCT Hockey Internal League finals took place on Friday 26 August, at the Hockey Astro fields near Forest Hill.

The evening started off with the Ladies Final between Ayoba and defending title holders Tartans. An extremely even game saw the final score after extra time sitting at 2-2. A tough penalty shoot-out ended with Tartans having to hand over their title to the brightly coloured Ayoba!

Quaggas vs Bushies was played before the men’s finals in a game that only slightly resembled hockey; the first 10 minutes were played using any possible object as a stick. This game is a UCT Legacy between the UCT Men’s 7th and 8th hockey teams.

Internal team Dirty Ducks arrived halfway through the game for their hockey club post team fines. Decked out in animal print and with cups strapped to their hands they arrived to much cheering from the crowd.

The last game of the evening was the Men’s Internal Final played between Mavericks and Average Joes. Fast-paced and intense, the game was a fantastic display of athletic prowess enjoyed immensely by the crowd, most of whom had played in one of the 32 teams that participate in the UCT Internal Leagues. In an exciting encounter, Mavericks proved their dominance with a 2-1 victory over Average Joes.