Author: Chesley Daniels

The second round Eastern Province Rugby Union Grand Challenge Shield B encounter between the Rosebuds and St Marks took place in front of a large crowd in Alicedale on Saturday 14 July. Both teams did not disappoint and entertained everyone with some brilliant and exciting running rugby. The game, as expected, was fast, hard, physical and very intense. Rosebuds played more of a fast and quick game and were running the ball from all corners. Rosebuds’ young and exciting back line were more effective with ball in hand and caused major headaches on attack. St Marks’ powerful and dominant forwards, who…

At the recent Annual Grahamstown Cricket Board’s (GCB) Awards Ceremony, Southwell First and Station Hill were crowned as First and Second league winners respectively. The Awards Evening took place at the Ski-Boat & River Club in Port Alfred on Friday 25 May.  The Prestigious Awards Evening was well attended by estimated 100 plus guests, which included players, supporters, club officials, GCB officials, former players and former officials of the game. Adding emotion to the occasion, the Station Hill Cricket Club presented blazers to three veteran players who recently retired – Andy Jones, Wayne Gaseba and Nathan Hilpert. They will stay…

At the recent Annual Grahamstown Cricket Board’s (GCB) Awards Ceremony, Southwell First and Station Hill were crowned as First and Second league winners respectively. The Awards Evening took place at the Ski-Boat & River Club in Port Alfred on Friday 25 May.  The Prestigious Awards Evening was well attended by estimated 100 plus guests, which included players, supporters, club officials, GCB officials, former players and former officials of the game. Adding emotion to the occasion, the Station Hill Cricket Club presented blazers to three veteran players who recently retired – Andy Jones, Wayne Gaseba and Nathan Hilpert. They will stay…

The South Eastern District Sub Union (Sedru) held a successful Human Rights Day Rugby Day at the Oval last week Wednesday. The local clubs and schools in Grahamstown took part on a beautiful sunny day. The event was well attended with an estimated crowd of 2000 celebrating National Human Rights Day and  supporting their respective teams. Mary Waters U15 trashed Nyaluza 35-0 in the opening fixture of the day. That game was followed by the U16s between the same two sides, which Mawas dominated from the outset. Mawas hammered Nyaluza 59-5, with talented speedster and EP U15 winger Blaine Jeggels scoring…

The 114th Annual Kenrich Motors Pineapple Cricket Tournament came to an epic close on Saturday, with Salem 1st and Cuylerville 2nds crowned as section winners. Salem 1st came out tops in the 1st Section, while Cuylerville 2nds won the 2nd Section. Station Hill won the Plate Section. The tournament took place in Port Alfred over the past week, including the the final between Salem and Southwell at the Port Alfred Country Club. Final – Salem vs Southwell (A-Section; 1sts) At the Country Club in Port Alfred on Saturday, Salem pulled out a surprise with a brave all round performance to snatch victory away…

The Annual Pineapple Cricket Tournament in Port Alfred kicked off last weekend, and will be running until next week Saturday with the finals that will take place. This year, the Kenrich Motors Pineapple Cricket Tournament consists of 30 teams, made up of at least 300 players, competing in a total of 42 matches. These matches will be played on 7 fields under the watchful eyes of 14 umpires. While they’ll be supported by an untold number of loyal spectators. The annual Port Alfred and Bathurst Cricket Tournament is an event familiar known as “The Pineapple Tournament” because of the number of pineapple…

The past weekend saw the end of another Grahamstown Cricket Board (GCB) league season. Southwell 1st and Station Hill 2nds were crowned the new Grahamstown Cricket Board (GCB) 1st and 2nd league Champs respectively. Southwell beat Cuylerville by 8 wickets & with a bonus point to clinch their second title of the season, along with the Bathurst 1st league they won last week. Station Hill also clinched a 3 wicket bonus point win over Shrews to be crowned as 2nd league Champs. Southwell were unbeaten in both the GCB 1st and Bathurst leagues this season and played outstanding cricket.  Southwell vs Cuylerville In the…

The Grahamstown Cricket Board’s (GCB) leagues are heating up towards final round of the season, with a number of teams vying for top spot in the 1st and 2nd leagues. By sharing points against St Andrews due to the rain, Southwell 1sts did enough to reach the top of the GCB Bathurst league, winning it at the same time.  Station Hill beat Salem 2nds to sneak into the top spot of the GCB 2nd league with 43 points. Station Hill has to beat Shrews next week to clinch the GCB 2nd league while Rainbows (40) has to beat Salem and hope…

The annual Fabian Juries Community Fun Day, hosted by the Grahamstown Brumbies Rugby Club, is set to be even bigger and better than before. The annual event will take place on Saturday 25 November at the Oval Sports Ground. The event is named after former Springbok Sevens player Fabian Juries, who lived in the Scotchfarm area and has played for team Cellotape. The Oval will once again be the place to be with spectators and players filling the grounds throughout the day. Apart from the 10-a-side rugby tournament, there are also netball games with teams from the various neighbourhoods in…

The Eastern Province Rural cricket team made it three in a row with a crashing 126-run win over Border Aloes in Alice on Saturday. This was round three of the Cricket South Africa Rural South section competition. Border won the toss and sent EP in to bat. Openers Mohammed Sonday (59) and Thando Ngcete (12), gave their side a solid start with a 51-run first wicket partnership. Sonday and captain Brandon Handley (67), continued to pile on the runs with a quickfire 70 (72 balls) partnership for the third wicket. All-rounder Francois van Rooyen also contributed a much needed 39…