SEVENTEEN-year old Anna Teversham, captain of the Durban Girls’ College first XI hockey team, has hockey in her blood.
With her father, Charles, a former Springbok hockey player who represented South Africa in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and her older brother Max, who made it into the South African U18 A team in his matric year, it seems that the passion for hockey courses through her. The Grade 12 learner, who is based on the Berea, plays defender/link for her team that will be defending the Durban Centrals’ title of the SPAR Scholgirls’ Hockey Challenge at the 3 Schools Trust Astro on Sunday, 10 March.
With colours for hockey and half colours for academics, this dynamo on the astro said: “The thing I most enjoy about playing the game, is the opportunity for us to make friends for life while competing in an incredibly thought-provoking and challenging sport, and one that teaches you to be both a good sportsman as well as humble.” Anna, who started off at Riverside in Durban North in the junior leagues says that she has played hockey “ever since I could stand, as I was heavily influenced by my father’s love for the game.”
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A tad disappointed that her team did not make it into the final gold/silver game of the Challenge’s Grand Finals at St Mary’s last year, Anna says that she and the team are even more determined to alter that this year.Durban Girls’ College is the only team in the 9 year history of this KZN-wide tournament to have made it through the Grand Finals every time, so the bar is set really high for them when they go out onto the field next Sunday. “I’m excited for the SPAR tournament. It is always a challenging and exciting event and I am eager for the team to do well this year.”
With colours for hockey and half-colours for academics, Anna says that her favourite subject is geography. “Not because of the content but because of the supportive individuals I have in my class, as well as an understanding and insightful teacher who always makes us feel better. I always look forward to my geography lessons and more than often leave with a smile.”After matriculating, she wants to do international studies at ‘Stellies’ and eventually have a career that involves some kind of close interaction with people. “I would love to be in a position where I am able to change peoples life in a positive sense and can help those who can’t help themselves.”
Citing her father as her role model, Anna says that the best bit of advice she has been given is “the only thing that matters at the end of the day is if you have learnt something new and have had fun.” So it is no wonder that she says that the words she ‘lives by’ are “Try your hardest and have the most fun you can!”
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