FREE State and Border played a worthy curtain-raiser to Tuesday's A Section start of the SA Women's Interprovincial Hockey Tournament with a thrilling 4-4 draw in the B Section in East London Monday.

Tuesday's A Section derby between KZN teams Inland and 2009 silver medallists Coastal is usually a spirited affair and that match is joined by the other Pool B clash between Witwatersrand and Northerns Blues.