The Coca-Cola Craven Week is where South Africa’s heroes are made. The premier youth rugby tournament, which sees the U18 provincial rugby teams battle it out in an action-packed week, has seen over 260 Springbok players come through its ranks. This year, the tournament returns to Johannesburg for the first time in 11 years and will take place at St Stithians College from 17-22 July 2017. Coca-Cola Craven week is synonymous with showcasing the best of South African up-and-coming youth rugby talent, and is the platform for both national and provincial scouts to identify South Africa’s future rugby heroes. In…
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The draw for the Port Elizabeth leg of the 2017 Engen Knockout Challenge took place on Tuesday 27 June at the Glenville Celtic FC Clubhouse in Gelvandale. The eagerly anticipated tournament takes place from 7 to 9 July, 2017 at the Glenville Celtic Sports Complex. The Port Elizabeth football fraternity were out in force for the draw. In attendance were SAFA NMB President, Monde Mhletywa; NAFA President, Clive Killian; Engen Knockout Challenge Port Elizabeth Tournament Director, Victor Burton; and the 2017 Engen Knockout Challenge Port Elizabeth Ambassador, Denwin Farmer. Coaches of participating teams from as far afield as Umtata, as…
City Pirates soccer club’s U17 team will represent Makana in the 2017 Engen Knockout Challenge, taking place in Port Elizabeth. The tournament takes place at the Glenville Celtic Sports Complex, from 7 to 9 July. City Pirates booked their spot in the knockout challenge after winning the U17 2016 season of the Makana Local Football Association. The Makana side has been drawn in Group 3, together with Saints, Zwide Pirates and Shinning Stars. City Pirates face Shinning Stars in their opening match, today at 1pm. They then taken on Saints at 3pm (also today). Tomorrow will see Pirates take on…
The Valke on Thursday (6 July) took top honours in the Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week at Glenwood High School in Durban as they delivered an impressive performance to defeated Boland 25-12 in the final match of the tournament. The Valke built up an encouraging 20-7 halftime lead as they scored two tries and slotted over two penalty goals, while Boland were only able to score a converted try. The second half was tight with each team only adding a try to their tally, but the strong first half by the Kempton Park side was sufficient to secure…
Results from the Diski tournament which took place during the National Arts Festival from Monday 3 to Thursday 6 July. National Arts Festival Premier Cup Diski Tournament Day 1 (Monday 3 July): Josa Cosmos beat Super strikers 6-2 Grahamstown United #1 lost to Tigers 3-5 Attackers beat Sunrise 6-3 Sakulutsha drew with Badimo babolo 3-3 Future Stars beat Mayfield 7-0 Attackers beat Corronation 5-0 Sakulutsha beat Super Strikers 1-0 Tigers drew with Future Stars 3-3 Sunrise lost to Grahamstown United #2, 2-3 Josa Cosmos lost to Badimo Babolo 0-2 Corronation beat Grahamstown United #2, 5-0 Grahamstown United #1 lost to…
Team Badimo Babolo won the inaugural Premier’s Cup Diski Tournament which took place at Fiddler’s Green, as part of the National Arts Festival programme. Badimo Babolo, made up of Sakhulutsha Academy members, remained unbeaten throughout the tournament. Although they were 1-0 down against Attackers at half-time during the final, they came back to equalize during the second half. The match then went on to penalty kicks. While teams did not have dedicated goal-keepers, the player-keeper was not allowed to stop the ball with his hands. Thus making it difficult during the penalty kicks. However, the Badimo Babolo keeper made a…
The top eight sides will battle it out for a place in the final of the Premier’s Cup Diski Tournament, currently taking place at Fiddler’s Green. The tournament, which forms part of the National Arts Festival programme, is organised by the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture (DSRAC), Makana Local Football Association (MLFA) and Makana Municipality. The five-a-side tournament saw round robin matches played from Monday to Wednesday, with the knock-out matches taking place today (Thursday 6 July). The event aims to create an amateur tournament involving as many members of the community as possible and fostering a culture…
Online entries for this year’s Grahamstown to Sea (G2C) mountain bike race are open until midnight tonight (Wednesday 5 July) for anyone who would still like to enter. The fifth annual G2C takes place on the final day of the National Arts Festival, Sunday 9 July. Commencing at 8.30am, the race is organised by Albany Saints & Sinners Multi-Sport Club, and sponsored by the BUCO branches in Grahamstown and Port Alfred. Described on the event website as “track, dirt and serious fun,” the race often attracts over 350 entries from the Eastern Cape and beyond. Last year’s race had 385…
The Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) Week continued to dish up exciting matches at Glenwood High School in Durban on Tuesday as the tournament, which marks one of two SA Rugby Youth Week competitions this week, entered its second day. At the end of the day’s play the Leopards, Golden Lions, Valke and Boland remained the only unbeaten teams. The matches kicked off with Eastern Province registering a 12-12 draw with the Pumas after the Eastern Cape side built up a 12-0 lead in the first half, while, hosts KZN, delivered a fine second-half display on attack and defence…
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. The LSEN Week, which runs from Monday to Thursday, will be hosted at Glenwood High School in Durban, while the National Girls U18 Week will play out at the HT Pelatona Projects Stadium in Welkom. LSEN Week day three results (Thursday, 7 July): KZN 0-72 Pumas Blue Bulls EE 7-48 Griffons SWD 68-17 Free State…