{"id":5252,"date":"2026-02-12T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/?p=5252"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:29:13","slug":"sa-hockey-indoor-ipt-set-for-durban-with-spar-and-tops-at-spar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/sa-hockey-indoor-ipt-set-for-durban-with-spar-and-tops-at-spar\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Hockey Indoor IPT Set for Durban with SPAR and Tops at SPAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\">The South African Hockey Association is pleased to confirm that the SA Hockey Indoor Interprovincial Tournament (IPT) will take place from 25\u201328 February, in collaboration with KZN <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Coastals<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> Hockey, and with SPAR and Tops at SPAR proudly confirmed as Title Sponsors of the event<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> once again. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\">The tournament will be hosted across two venues, with the A Section contested at UKZN Westville, while the B Section will take place at Thomas More College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\">A total of eight teams will compete in each of the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s A Sections, while the B Sections will feature four teams apiece. The Indoor IPT remains a vital part of South Africa\u2019s national selection pathway, while also contributing significantly to the growth of indoor hockey and the long-term build-up toward the Indoor Hockey World Cup in 2029.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\">In the Women\u2019s tournament, Western Province return as defending champions, while Southern Gauteng will look to defend their title in the Men\u2019s competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\">Broadcast information for the tournament will be communicated in due course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s4\">Further tournament updates, including fixtures and event information, will be shared via SA Hockey\u2019s official platforms and mobile app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s6\"><em>Header Image: POREC &#8211; FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup Croatia 2025<\/em><br \/>\n<em>06 South Africa v Croatia (A)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Picture:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Hans Neethling\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Hockey Association is pleased to confirm that the SA Hockey Indoor Interprovincial Tournament (IPT) will take place from 25\u201328 February, in collaboration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/sa-hockey-indoor-ipt-set-for-durban-with-spar-and-tops-at-spar\/\" class=\"btn btn-link continue-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5253,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions\/5253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runridedive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}