Rhodes University Archery Club member, Yashin Naidoo has been selected to represent South Africa at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships being held in Rosario, Argentina from 2 to 8 October. “I am very excited to be going to the Youth World Championships, however, I see it as more of a stepping stone towards my ultimate goal, which is to compete in the Olympic Games,” said Yashin. The South African Team has nine members comprising six compound archers and three recurve archers. Yashin, along with Wiaan Roux and Johan Wilsenach will make up the recurve component of the SA team.…
Author: Stephen Penney
The 2017 Fish River Canoe Marathon takes place from Grassridge Dam to Cradock Sports Complex on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 October. The event also acts as the 2017 South Africa K2 Marathon Championships. Day One will see participants racing from Grassridge Dam to below Knutsford Bridge (48km). Day Two starts below Knutsford Bridge to Cradock Sports Complex (36km). Paddlers profile: Hungarian paddling star Adrián Boros has added his name to the growing list of top paddlers that have entered the Fish River Canoe Marathon on 6 and 7 October, as the former K2 World Champion sets his sights on…
With 21 500 entries received in just 21 days, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has officially closed the 2018 Comrades Marathon entry process. CMA Race Director, Rowyn James says, “This applies to both online and manual entries. We have reached the cap of 21 500 and cannot accept any more entries. All entries received up until 4.30pm at Comrades House on Thursday, 21 September will still be accepted and are currently being processed, including those postal entries that are postmarked 21 September 2017 or earlier. However, all other entries received after this time will be rejected.” James adds, “The fast…
SA Rugby will present its bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup to the World Rugby Council in London on Monday, September 25. The three countries in the running to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup are South Africa, Ireland and France. Each will present its bid to Council Monday after which each will host a media conference. South Africa’s presentation will take place at 11.30am to 12.20pm (UK time) followed by a media conference at 12.30pm to 1.15pm in the Palace Suite of the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, London. All three media conferences will be live streamed by…
The Southern Kings starting XV to face Italian club Zebre in a GUINNESSPRO14 championship match at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday shows just one change from the side that did duty against Leinster last weekend. At the official team announcement Thursday Kings Head Coach Deon Davids revealed that Pieter Steyn De Wet would start at flyhalf in place of Kurt Coleman who had suffered an injury to his quadriceps that was likely to keep him out of action for about 4 weeks. On the bench, a fit-again front-rower Rossouw De Klerk – having completed his compulsory concussion protocol…
Medicine Boy on nationwide Spring Tour Medicine Boy have been on their nationawide Spring Tour since 13 September. They will be performing in Grahamstown Friday 22 September. The tour began on 13 September in Bloemfontein before they travelled to Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban. They performed in East London this week and will be in Grahamstown tonight (Friday 22 September), at Slipstream in New Street. They will then perform at Music Kitchen in Port Elizabeth 23 September before heading off to Stellenbosch (27 September), Cape Town (30 September) and then the Oppikoppi Festival on 5 October. Dream Noise Duo, Medicine Boy,…
RUNNING Oldenburgia Trail Run 18km (downgraded from 30km due to extreme weather conditions) – 1. Leo Sorense 1.37.55 2. John Benjamin 1.48.52 3. Graeme Renard 1.51.56 4. Christo Muller 1.54.09 5. Gerhard Klopper 1.56.26 6. Cobus Van Dyk 1.56.27 7. Bernhard Kapp 2.01.43 8. Grant Wolff 2.01.52 9. Orin Snelgar 2.02.21 10. Nolan Berriman 2.03.08 11. Sarah Raubenheimer 2.04.47 12. Dustin Wynne 2.04.53 13. Stephen McCarthy 2.10.26 14. Dylan Weyer 2.10.45 15. Alistair Barker 2.12.00 16. Claire McConn 2.12.08 17. Terry-Lynne Penney 2.15.19 18. Kerry Currie 2.26.35 19. Dathyn Foster 2.30.25 20. Eugene Fourie 2.32.51 21. Migael Du Preez 2.32.52…
With the original entry cap of 20-thousand for the 2018 Comrades Marathon having been reached last night (20 September), due to unprecedented demand, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) Board has decided to increase the entry cap to 21 500. This applies to both online and manual entries. The decision is in line with the CMA’s Runners First initiative, aimed at being an all-inclusive sporting event and in order to cater to those athletes who were not expecting such an early closure of the entry process. The original entry process was intended to run from 1 September to 30 November up…
Just over one week remains before the Medihelp Nelson Mandela Bay Train Race roars into action from Port Elizabeth station at 9am next Sunday (1October) – and time is running out for companies to book their entries. No late entries will be accepted after 5pm Wednesday ahead of the race pack collection at Love Story on Thursday so interested parties are urged to go online and secure their sports. This unique biathlon-style relay race against a Metrorail train is open to teams comprising five runners and one mountain bike cyclist and is well supported by Bay companies and organisations, with…
The annual Albany Bowling Club and Pepper Grove Pick n Pay Family Supermarket Inter Company Night Bowls League 2017 takes place from 3 October to 17 November. The bowling club invites businesses, clubs and local organisations to enter their teams of four. An entry fee of R600 per team is payable and entries close on 25 September at 6pm. Entries will be taken on a first come first served basis for a maximum of 36 teams. Each team is allowed only 1 recognised bowler per team. The finals are scheduled for 17 November and will coincide with a steak evening.…