Author: Stephen Kisbey-Green

The Makana Bodybuilding team travelled to Port Elizabeth on Sunday 17 June in order to participate in the Eastern Province Developmental competition. The Makana Bodybuilders were represented in the U17, U19 and Welterweight divisions throughout the day. Orren Jacobs brought the Welterweight title back to Grahamstown, as well as winning the Eastern Province Novice Overall title. Navan Daniels was also rewarded for his hard work, taking second place in the U19 division. Both Jacobs and Daniels will travel to Kimberley on 27 July to participate in the South African Developmental competition. They will be joined by Roy Francis, Makana team…

The independent investigation into the SuperSport walkout incident came to a close last week, stating that there was no racism in the incident. These findings are, however, controversial due to the fact that Ashwin Willemse refused to take part in the investigation. Phumzile Adam, a non-racial sport activist and former player who is now a rugby coach and administrator as part of the South-Eastern Rugby Union (Sedru), gives his views on the incident and subsequent findings. Willemse, a former Springbok and Lions wing and current SuperSport analyst, walked out of the SuperSport studio during a live discussion with Nick Mallett and Naas…

After a stellar performance for Kingswood’s Girls’ first hockey team at the annual K-Day derby, Zinathi Mbenyana was identified as the standout player in the first team hockey encounter between Kingswood and DSG. Despite neither team managing to outscore the other, Mbenyana was the difference between the sides on the day. The 17-year-old grade 11 at Kingswood College has been performing outstandingly on the hockey field for a number of years. Mbenyana has been a part of the Eastern Province hockey side since junior school, and was part of the U16 SA training squad in 2016. However it is not…

With eight weeks to go before the GBS Mutual Bank Mountain Drive Half Marathon, here is the fifth week of Grocott’s Mail’s twelve week training programme, created by Terri-Lynn Penney: Monday 40min easy Run Tuesday 15min warm up 6 x 200m hills Walk down for recovery 10min cool down Wednesday 40min easy recovery run Thursday 30min jog Friday rest Saturday 60min easy Run over a hilly course Sunday 45min Cross Train Terri-Lynn Penney is a local triathlete, having great success around the province, nationally and internationally. Having recently completed her 14th Two Oceans Ultra Marathon, Grocott’s Mail asked Penney for her…

After a gruelling half marathon race in Port Elizabeth on Saturday 26 May, local star runner and cross-triathlete Terri-Lynn Penney has been selected to represent the Eastern Province (EP) in the upcoming half marathon SA Championships. Penney’s is the only Grahamstown selection for this year’s team. Penney finished third in the women’s veteran group (runners between the ages of 40-49), securing the bronze medal for the group. “The vets in the Eastern Province is a very strong women’s group,” said Penney. “I usually look around at my competition, and when I saw who was there, I knew that I could…

There’s a day left to catch the discounted early bird registration for the GBS Mutual Bank Mountain Drive Half Marathon on 25 August. Organised by Rotary in partnership with Albany Saints & Sinners Multisport Club, the event’s first 200 entrants get a T-shirt. The first 400 get a goodie bag. Early birds who enter today or tomorrow also receive a Mugg & Bean voucher redeemable anywhere in South Africa. Early bird entrants will receive a discount on their registration fee, which is currently R90 (for Athletic SA licenced runners) – early birds R80. For unlicenced runners, a compulsory temporary licence…

On Wednesday 30 May, students from Syracuse University in New York State, America, descended upon Grahamstown’s Graham Hotel to host a meet and greet together with the Inkululeko programme. The event was the official start of the Syracuse students’ three-week trip in Grahamstown. While in town, the students will be working alongside volunteers from Inkululeko in an attempt to experience the Grahamstown culture. They will be stationed at the Graham Hotel, and a number of guest speakers will be coming to speak to the students from a number of local Non-Governmental Organization’s (NGOs). On their website, Inkululeko describe themselves as…

The cool winter air in Johannesburg welcomed visitors from across South Africa and England on Saturday 9 June, as the Springboks hosted the Roses at Emirates Airline Park. Rassie Erasmus, was in search of his first win as the new Springbok head coach, in this his first home test match in charge of the Springboks. Much had been made of selecting Siya Kolisi as the first black Springbok captain, and the largely inexperienced and youthful Springbok lineup had much to prove after losing to Wales in Washington a week earlier. Eddie Jones, head coach of England, equally had to get…

Update #20 The Springboks boot the ball out of play. Final Score 42-39. Thank you for joining us for our coverage of this game. Update #19 Daly slices through the South African defense to score under the posts. Farrell quickly converts. RSA 42-39 ENG Update #18 Pollard extends the lead again through a penalty, only five minutes let. RSA 42-32 ENG Update #17 Maro Itoje crashes over for the visitors. Farrell misses his first kick of the night. RSA 39-32 ENG Update #16 Yellow card for England’s Mako Vunipola for taking out a chaser off the…

With ten weeks to go before the GBS Mutual Bank Mountain Drive Half Marathon, here is the first week of Grocott’s Mail’s twelve week training programme, created by Terri-Lynn Penney: Monday 5km easy Tuesday 15min warm up 10 x 1min faster then normal pace 10 x 1min easy easy jog in between 10min cool down Wednesday Cross train Thursday 6km easy Friday rest Saturday 50min Easy run Sunday 20min jog Terri-Lynn Penney is a local triathlete, having great success around the province, nationally and internationally. Having recently completed her 14th Two Oceans Ultra Marathon, Grocott’s Mail asked Penney for her go-to…