By: JESSICA EVANS & TUMELO THAMAGA Despite finishing second in the B Division of the University Sports South Africa (USSA) Soccer tournament, 19th out of 29 teams, the Rhodes University women’s soccer team, the Trojans, has raised concerns about its treatment this year. The team managed to collect their silver medals, despite only having eleven players available for the tournament. Trojans captain, Nadene Kupemba expressed the team’s concerns that they were being treated unequally to the men’s team by Rhodes University Sports Administration, and that their fitness and skills have not improved owing to the consistent absence of their coach,…
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By LUTHO MAGASANA Friday 28 September 2018, the Hill Challengers took on the Platypuses in the final match of Rhodes Internal Premier League (RIPL) Cricket Tournament at the Great Field in Rhodes University. Despite the cold weather and a smaller number of supporters, the players put up a close game of cricket. The Hill Challengers lost the toss and the Platypuses elected to field. Hill Challengers had a good start, setting a solid target of 117, and looked to limit the Platypuses with their bowling attack. The Platypuses performed well with the bat to knock out the victory in the nineteenth over,…
By: TRISTAN COOKE The Inter-Sub Union quarter finals saw Thistles beat Old Collegians (OC) 10-3 to advance to the semi-final on Saturday 22 September. The closely fought, low scoring battle took place at the Grahamstown Oval. Thistles’ forward pack were dominant up front; they had a larger pack and made the most of this advantage. This physicality put OC on the back foot and allowed time and space on the ball for the backline, this resulted in a 7-3 half time lead for the Thistles. OC were only able to get on the board through the boot of flyhalf Siyabonga…
By: CHRIS TOTOBELA The Makana LFA concluded their Under Fifteen Soccer Tournament on Saturday 29 September. The tournament, which started on the heritage day as part of the heritage month celebrations, was designed to promote soccer in the young players around the town. Sophia Stars took on Golden Brothers in what was to be an exciting final at JD Dlepu Stadium. The game started well with, Brothers putting Stars under pressure from the word go. Brothers launched attacks one after another, but the Stars’ s defence stood firm. Neither team managed to pull ahead of one another, resulting in the halftime score remaining…
NguCHRIS TOTOBELA Imozulu ebizole nasebukhweni bezinja ivumele abalandeli bebhola ukuba baphume ngobuninzi babo bayokuxhasa itumente yebhola ebibanjelwe kwibala lase JD Dlepu eJoza kwimpelaveki edlulileyo. Le tumente ibiyinxalenye yemibhoyozo yalenyanga yamagugu, kwaye bisingathwe yiCity Pirates. Ngamaqela alishumi elinesine aqubisene kuletumente elwela ibhaso lokuqala. Letumente iqale ngoMgqibelo, yadlalwa kwade kwango Mvulo umhla wokubhiyozela amagugu. Aye akhiqana lamaqela kwade kwashiyeka amaqela amane okugqibela, nalapho athe angquzulana kwimidlalo eyandulela owamagqibela kankqoyi. Kumdlalo wokuqala ngoMvulo owandulela owamanqamu, iMaru ibethe iSantos kwiipenaliti emva kokuba ebambene ngeqanda macala. Kumdlalo wesibini iUnited Eleven yaseBhatisi ibethe iJacaranda Aces ngenqaku elinye eqandeni. Kumdlalo wokulwela indawo yesithathu iJacaranda Aces ibethe iSantos…
By: CHRIS TOTOBELA On Friday 21 September, the most successful local football side, with seven regional league titles, African Connection visited Rhodes Trojans football First team on Rhodes’ King field. This local derby was supposed to take place on the last weekend of August to mark the end of the Women’s month. The youthful African Connection, sponsored by Spar, started the game like a house on fire forcing the hosts to defend deep in their own half. The visitors created a lot scoring chances but the Trojans’ defence stood firm. It took a very brilliant strike from winger Nomveliso Zenani…
Local boxing superstar, Mzoxolo “Black Tiger” Ndwayana, has once again put Grahamstown (Makhanda) on the map. Ndwayana exchaged leather with Gauteng’s Sean Ness at the Portuguese Hall, just south of Johannesburg, Gauteng, to claim the South African Welterweight title with the knockout in the eighth round. Ndwayana admited that Ness was a very tough opponent who made it very difficult for him. “This fight was difficult and Sean is a strong fighter but I knew that if I kept on working hard he would eventually give in,” said Ndwayana. “I caught him with some very good punches and I saw that…
By CHANEEZ SIAS The Rhodes University Indoor Cycling Society hosted their sixth annual twelve-hour fund raising cyclathon on Saturday 15 September. The event took place at the Rhodes University Gymnasium and this year Rhodes chose the Enabled Society to be the recipients of the funds raised. A total of R25 000 was raised to donate to the society by the end of the event. The cyclathon started at 8am and finish by 8pm and throughout the day there were a variety of different instructors to lead the hourly sessions which included water breaks and stretches. Every instructor selected their own themes and songs…
By CHANEEZ SIAS It was a cold day on Saturday 8 September when one of the eight SEDRU sub union club leagues reached its finale. Kowie United travelled from port Alfred to face their rivals, the Old Collegians (OC) from Grahamstown on the Rhodes University Great Field. The opening 10 minutes placed OC in the lead after being awarded a penalty kick which was successfully converted by their left wing. OC secured possession and territory, and thanks to their eighth man, OC increased their lead by an additional five points through their first try. The conversion was missed, however OC enjoyed…
NguTolakele Silo Iqela elikhokhele abafundi kwiYunivesithi yaseRhodes (Student Representative Council-SRC) libambisene nenkampani yakwa-Assupol linikeze ngeelokhwe zeMatric Farewell kubantwana bebanga leshumi laseNtsika Secondary School eRhini ngoLwesine umhla we-16 kweyeThupha kulo nyaka wama-2018. Eli nyathelo likhokhelwa nguUnathi Mabukane weli qela okwisihlalo sokuthatha inxaxheba kuluntu. Lo kaMabukane wakuqala oku ngonyaka wama-2014 waze kulo nyaka waquka iqela lakhe le-SRC kwakunye nenkampani i-Assupol. “Sikubona kubalulekile ukuba la magqiyazana naziinkokheli zangomso azive ebalulekile kwaye enesithozela xa esiya kwiMatric dance yawo,” utshilo umongameli weli qela likhokhele abafundi kwiYunivesithi yaseRhodes, uNhlakanipho Mahlangu. UMahlangu ukuthethe oku evuyisana ekwancoma aba bafundi bebanga leshumi ngelithi kwiimeko abajongene nazo emva emakhaya kuluchulumanco…