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- ↑ "Field Hockey Canada names Giles Bonnet Head Coach of the Women's National Team". Field Hockey Canada. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ↑ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/coach/giles-bonnet_1965168 [ bare URL ]
- ↑ SA hockey women wary of Italy
- ↑ teamsa (17 May 2010). "Bonnet is new SA coach". TeamSA. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ↑ "Team South Africa Hockey teams named for the Paris Olympic Games". SA Hockey Association. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ↑ Lemke, Gary (19 June 2024). "Second group of Team SA athletes for Paris named". TeamSA. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
