Candice Forword (born 19 April 1979) is a field hockey forward from South Africa, who did not make it into the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The striker made her international debut in 2003. Forword comes from Pretoria, and is nicknamed Cands. She plays for a provincial team called Northern Gauteng. She announced her retirement from international hockey on 12 March 2007.[1]
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Medal record
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Education
editForword attended Stirling Primary[2] and Clarendon High School for Girls.[3] She studied marketing at Natal Technikon, and went on to the University of Pretoria.[4]
Personal
editCandice's mother, Beverly, played six times for the South Africa hockey team. Her sister, Danielle, was a member of the South African Junior World Cup team in 2005, and a member of the Under-18 team in 2005, and captain of it in 2006.[5]
International senior tournaments
edit- 2002 – Champions Challenge, Johannesburg (4th)
- 2005 – Champions Challenge, Virginia Beach (2nd)
References
edit- ^ Northern "Blues" Hockey Association News - News from 12 March 2007 Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 August 2007
- ^ Dispatch Online - Bright sporting future assured for hockey star written by Peter Martin, 22 September 2001. Retrieved 22 August 2007
- ^ Go and Express - An institution and a statement written by Rob Sampson, 4 December 2003 Archived 14 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 August 2007
- ^ University of Pretoria - Hockey Archived 10 September 2005 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 August 2007
- ^ Tar Heel Athletics - Profile of Danielle Forword. Retrieved 22 August 2007
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