The OP Republic 2015 2015

L ADI ES hoc k e y Andr eaSumar aj Onder s t epoor t Ladi es ’ Hoc k eys etoutt hi sy eart o def end t hel eaguet i t l ei n t he Pr emi er Women’ s Hoc k ey Di v i s i on af t er hav i ng had a s uc c es s f ul and undef eat ed s eas on l as ty ear .Wi t hnewpl ay er s c omi ngi nt odi s pl ayt hei r t al entands har et hei rex per i enc es ,onec anex pec t t o wi t nes s anot her r ewar di ngs eas on.Dr awni n at ough gr oup,t he OP Ladi eshav et he det er mi nat i onands k i l l t opr ogr es s t ot he k noc k out s t ages and r ev ealt ot he ot her r es i denc es j us twhy t hey ar eaf or c et ober ec k oned wi t hy etagai n.Thi sy ear hass eent heOPVSCt eam ex c eli nt hegr oup s t ages hav i ng t opped t hei rpool ast heyl ookt o wi nt hei r 19 l eague and be pr omot ed t ot he Women’ s Pr emi er Hoc k eyDi v i s i onnex ty ear . Thel adi eshav epr epar ed wel ldur i ngt heoﬀs eas on and pr ov i di ng t hem wi t h asmuc hs uppor tt hatOP c an gi v et hem,we c an ex pec tt owi t nes sanex c i t i ngs eas on s oc c e r Andr eaSumar aj Onder s t epoor t Ladi es ’ Soc c erwas s ett o mak e hi s t or yi n 2015 f orbei ng t heﬁr s tr es i denc et o wi n t he Res i denc e Soc c er League f or a t hi r dy ear r unni ng.Hav i ng been i n t heﬁnalf ort hepr ev i ous4 y ear s ,t he s oc c er l adi es wer e ai mi ng y etagai nt o f eat ur eont hemai ns t age att heABSASt adi um. Bei ngt hef av our i t est owi n t het our namenty etagai n i n 2015 done l i t t l e t o hi ndert hepl ay er s ’pr epar at i on and mot i v at i on f or t hei r upc omi ng endeav our . Mohammed Sac oor was been pl ac ed as t he new headc oac handwi t h hi s pr omi s i ng t ac t i c s an uni que t r ai ni ngdy nami c s , i tl ook ed c er t ai nt hat i t woul dbey etanot hers uc c es s f ul c ampai gn. Wi t ht he endofev er yc ampai gnwe s ay f ar ewel lt ot he ﬁnal y ear st hathav ebr oughti ns pi r at i on and ex per i enc e t ot het eam,butt hi sonl y l eav esagap t hatc an be ﬁl l edbypl ay er st hathav e beenbr oughtupt hr ough t he r ank s .The c omi ngof ageoft hes enew pl ay er s haspr ov en t o be v i t alt o t he s t r uc t ur e and c onﬁdenc eoft het eam. We l ook f or war dt ot he f ut ur es eas onsand hope t hatwe c an c ont i nue t o mak eOPpr oud. For t une f avour s t hebol d

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