The Southern Kings’ stay in Sun City this week ahead of crucial Vodacom Super Rugby clash with the Vodacom Bulls is providing the perfect opportunity for the side to re-focus on the two remaining matches of the season. Following the long and tiring trip from Buenos Aires, where the Southern Kings beat the Jaguares 31-30 last weekend, the Eastern Cape side returned to South Africa on Monday and set up camp in Sun City before heading to Pretoria on Friday for the match against the Bulls on Saturday (kick-off is at 5.15pm). “It’s a big privilege for us to be…
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Cricket South Africa (CSA) celebrates 35 years of one of the country’s most famous and prestigious sporting development programmes in the 2017/18 season – Mini-Cricket. An estimated 180 delegates assembled at the Champagne Sport Resort in the Central Drakensberg for the annual KFC Mini-Cricket national seminar from 3 to 5 July ahead of the celebratory season. KFC has been the driver of the initiative for the past seven years after taking over from biscuit brand, Bakers. “This year will be another year to rejoice as we look forward to the seventh year of a distinguished partnership with KFC,” CSA chief…
Tickets for the first Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test between the Springboks and Argentina have gone on sale, with prices starting from as low as R75 for a unique Test match experience. Tickets are available online from http://www.ticketpros.co.za, as well as TicketPro outlets at selected CNA, Edgars, Edgars Active, JetMart, PostNet, Caltex and Engen service stations. A full seating plan of the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium with the applicable prices is attached. SA Rugby cautioned members of the public who may be tempted to purchase from any unofficial agencies as tickets and hospitality cannot be guaranteed. SA Rugby CEO Jurie…
St Andrew’s College is currently in the United Kingdom for their cricket tour. This week they take part in the Tonbridge School Festival. During the first week of their tour, the St Andrew’s side played four games, winning three and losing one. First up they played Malvern College, a school headed up by former St Andrew’s headmaster, Anthony Clark. St Andrew’s XI got off to a terrific start with David Rushmere and Peter Jarvis setting up a really solid platform. David was eventually out for 92 and Peter went on to make a majestic 150 as St Andrew’s amassed 320…
Four St Andrew’s pupils, Henry Torr, Alex Holmes, Dane van Duren and Michael Thomas are part of the national junior coxless IV team. The pupils, along with St Andrew’s Director of Rowing Chris Holliday, have been preparing hard for their participation at the World Junior Championships in Trakai, Lithuania at the beginning of August. They will be continuing over half-term with their training. Meanwhile, Sheldon Nelson commenced an internship with St Andrew’s, supported by Rand Merchant Bank. Sheldon will be acting as head coach for Nemato Rowing Club based in Port Alfred. He will be mentored by Chris Holliday and…
The Southern Kings arrived back in Johannesburg from their trip to Argentina in good spirits on Monday (3 July) following a hard-fought 30-31 Vodacom Super Rugby victory over the Jaguares on Saturday. The team then travelled to Sun City, where they will camp for the rest of the week in preparation for their next assignment against the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Upon arrival in South Africa, team doctor Konrad von Hagen was pleased that the side returned with no major injury concerns following the gruelling encounter with the tough Jaguares. Von Hagen was pleased to announce that…
The popular SA Rugby Youth Weeks festival – one of the main attractions on the schools rugby calendar annually – kicked off on Monday (3 July) with the Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week and National Girls U18 Week in Durban and Welkom respectively. These tournaments mark the first two of six SA Rugby Youth Week tournaments, which also includes the U13 and U18 Coca-Cola Craven Weeks, the U16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week and the Coca-Cola Academy Week. The LSEN Week, which runs from Monday to Thursday, will be hosted at Glenwood High School in Durban, while the National…
One of world rugby’s biggest encounters will unfold in front of hundreds of thousands of fans on Saturday when the British and Irish Lions stage the ultimate scrap for survival on their tour of New Zealand. Having missed their chances last week in the first test, while the All Blacks ruthlessly seized their own opportunities, the character of the latest Lions squad will be laid bare on Saturday (SS1 8.30am). If they cannot answer the call, they could be condemned to a second consecutive whitewash by the world champions and the purgatory of a further 12 years to ponder emulating…
Yesterday in the Bhisho High Court in a case that is a first of its kind, the court granted an order to disestablish a senior traditional leadership over residents of Amahlathi. The Court set aside a decision of the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims, and of the Premier, that recognised the legitimacy of a chief over the Amahlathi, and disestablished the senior traditional leadership. The case was brought by the Amahlathi Crisis Committee, representing eight villages near King William’s Town. The Committee was represented by the Legal Resources Centre. The Committee asked that the court set aside this decision,…
Grahamstown is being draped in red, white and blue as it prepares to welcome thousands of visitors to this year’s National Arts Festival, which runs from 29 June to 9 July. This is the 43rd installment of the annual event, billed as Africa’s biggest and boldest celebration of the arts. Showcasing more than 700 shows, the programme features theatre, dance, music, visual and performance arts, film, illusion, cabaret and more. This year’s comedy is particularly strong, with the biggest names in South African comedy performing alongside visiting talents such as UK comedians Stephen K Amos and Louise Reay. “We are…