Hockey The Podcast

Hockey the Podcast is the Award winning hockey podcast telling the untold stories and giving a glimpse behind the scenes of the South African Hockey story.

Hosted by Tyron "Jabu" Barnard with guest hosts along the way.

#HockeyThePodcast

Weekly English South Africa Sports · Hockey Tyron Barnard, Derek Alberts

142 Episodes

32 – 52

Episode 110 - Marvelous Maddocks

Kimberley born brother and sister Merlick and Charne Maddocks join our hosts to take us through the journey from school to International glory. We delve into the subjects of adversity, development and important sibling rivalry.

31 Jan 2022 43 min

Episode 109 - AFCON Update

As the 2022 African Hockey Cup of Nations Pool stage completed, we caught up with team commercial manager Brett Tucker and South African legend Coach Pholo to look at how the tournament has gone so far and what to expect in the final games this weekend!

20 Jan 2022 34 min

Episode 108 - The Ugandan South African

Shaun Laubscher was offered the opportunity of a lifetime when he headed to Uganda to help the country's national hockey sides prepare for the African Cup of Nations. The inspirational coach shared his incredible story with the boys in a thrilling listen! Listen. Subscribe. Share. Enjoy.

16 Jan 2022 54 min

Episode 107 - Glorious Greg Nicol

South African legend Greg Nicol has been appointed Head Coach of the New Zealand Black Sticks. The record-breaking goalscorer, who scored 244 times in 200 test matches, joined the lads to talk about his new role, his goal-scoring feats and the many amazing adventures he experienced across his international career…

10 Jan 2022 50 min

Episode 106 - Dayaan's Day

Dayaan Cassiem kicks off our 2022 year as the first guest on Hockey the Podcast. He talks to Tyron about the Olympic Games, his individual goal against Belgium and his life in Germany.

6 Jan 2022 50 min

Episode 105 - Mens JWC Preview

Jabu is joined by the class of 2016 Junior World Cup as Garreth Ewing and Kyle Lion-Cachet dish the skinny on the tournament getting underway this week.

22 Nov 2021 46 min

Episode 104 - Interim Inky

[SPECIAL EPISODE] In this weeks special episode Tyron chats with newly appointed Interim head coach of the SA Womens Hockey team Inky Zondi about the challenge ahead and the excitement of his appointment.

12 Nov 2021 29 min

Episode 103 - Excellent Edith

Edith Molikoe heads to the Junior World Cup with a different level of excitement. She heads to the the first African hosted World Cup having already represented her senior national indoor side on 35 occassions, while also becoming an Olympian in 2021. The 21 year-old shared her visions of the…

8 Nov 2021 37 min

Episode 102 - Captain Drummond Delivers

South Africa famously defeated Germany at the Tokyo Olympics. The team's victory, which the IOC highlighted as a standout moment of the Games, was achieved under the captaincy of the influential Tim Drummond. The man with 150 caps to his name takes us through his adventure of a career and…

18 Oct 2021 48 min

Episode 101 - Paton Precision

We kick start the next century of episodes with the Varsity College head coach Wade Paton. The man who took the Slytherin to the double indoor and outdoor titles in 2021 and a USSA Final takes us through his adventure of indoor and outdoor. The Olympics, World Cups and a…

5 Oct 2021 56 min

Episode 100 - The Century

Hockey the Podcast, a collaboration between Rayder Media and Hockey the Magazine, has reached its 100th episode. The largest African Hockey Podcast hosted by Derek Alberts and Tyron Barnard used the episode to take a walk down memory lane in picking 10 iconic moments covered in the previous 99 episodes…

27 Sep 2021 35 min

Episode 99 - Lisa Calls It Quits

South Africa's triple-Olympian Lisa Deetlefs joined the boys in studio to discuss her decision to retire from International Hockey. Lisa ends her career as the fifth-highest capped South African player of all time with 271 caps, having represented the country in Beijing, London and Tokyo. Listen. Subscribe. Enjoy.

23 Aug 2021 43 min

Episode 98 - Golden Halkett

Fresh from a gold medal as the assistant coach of the Dutch Women's Hockey team, South African Legend Rhett Halkett joins Tyron in studio to talk about his incredible journey from early caps right through to Tokyo Gold!

19 Aug 2021 47 min

Episode 97 - Mighty Michelle Joubert

Fresh from her exploits in the Bronze-Medal Match in Tokyo, Michelle Joubert jumped into studio to share some incredible stories and some big news with the Hockey the Podcast boys. Dont miss it

18 Aug 2021 52 min

Episode 96 - Rostron & the Junior WC in Potchefstroom

In this week's first Hockey the Podcast episode (there will be more!) Sheldon Rostron joins the boys to talk about Potchefstroom hosting the Junior World Cup in December. What are the challenges? What are the expectations? How can sponsors get involved? All this and more in this episode.

15 Aug 2021 34 min

Episode 95 - Rassie Retires

Tokyo has come and gone but the talking points have only increased. Joining Tyron this week (Derek is on holiday) is the newly retired Rassie Pieterse as he sheds about the Tokyo experience, the victory over the Germany. The highs and lows of a superb career!

9 Aug 2021 1 hr 23 min

Episode 94 - Talking Tokyo ZA - Gold Medal Match

Tokyo has come and gone. Belgium Men and Netherlands Women are our champions, while India's bronze medal a major talking point! South African legends Justin Reid-Ross and Marsha Cox join us to talk through the tournament and specifically the gold medal matches!

6 Aug 2021 50 min