FIG Education drive across Africa A busy agenda of educational activities unfolded in Africa this June and July. Seven courses in six countries over a span of two months – this is one way of summing up a busy period of educational activities for the FIG in Africa. From Algeria in the north to South Africa at the bottom of the continent, FIG experts from five disciplines travelled far and wide in June and July, beginning with two Olympic Solidarity Coaches’ Courses. The first, for Men’s Artistic Gymnastics coaches, took place in Yaounde, Cameroon from 6-12 June. The second, for Rhythmic...

Unbeaten SA U18s win nail-biter against England   The South African Under-18 team maintained their status as the only unbeaten team in SA Rugby’s U18 International Series when they beat England by 44-41 (halftime 21-21) in a nail-biting final match of the campaign at Paarl Gimnasium on Saturday afternoon. In the first game of the day, played in more overcast and cool conditions, France snuck home against the SA U18 'A' team, winning their match by 20-15 as both sets of forwards tried to lay down their dominance. With the sun gradually winning the battle with the...

Potgieter & Premlall heading to Junior Presidents Cup GolfRSA National Squad members Aldrich Potgieter and Yurav Premlall will fly the flag for South Africa in the International Team at the 2022 Junior President Cup in the USA this September; credit GolfRSA. 26 August 2022 – Reigning British Amateur champion Aldrich Potgieter and GolfRSA No 1 Yurav Premlall will be teeing it up for the International Team in the 2022 Junior Presidents Cup in the United States this September. The Presidents Cup and American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) unveiled the top 10 Team Standings for the...

Top Guns: Regional dates confirmed 26Aug   The dates for the regional finals of the fifth edition of the Growthpoint Top Guns (national club event) have been announced. Free State are the first to hold their regional final - on the 22nd and 23rd October - with the majority of the events to be played from November onwards. Dates for Buffalo City, Northern Cape and Cape Town are yet to be confirmed. Entries are open. To enter, visit: https://forms.gle/n1LX5WyiukqpPTUD7    DISTRICT DATES ENTRY DEADLINE ORGANIZER CONTACT...

Good weekend for Bulls and Lions U21s The Vodacom Bulls have cemented their spot at the top of the log in the SA Rugby Under-21 Cup competition following a convincing 26-10 victory over DHL Western Province at Paarl Gimnasium on Saturday, while the Lions got their campaign off to a winning start in Potchefstroom. In the other match also played on Saturday morning, the Lions managed to edge the Leopards 27-25 in their game at Olen Park in Potchefstroom - the men from Joburg's first of the competition. The Leopards managed to outscore their Gauteng visitors by four tries to three,...

Good weekend for Bulls and Lions U21s The Vodacom Bulls have cemented their spot at the top of the log in the SA Rugby Under-21 Cup competition following a convincing 26-10 victory over DHL Western Province at Paarl Gimnasium on Saturday, while the Lions got their campaign off to a winning start in Potchefstroom. In the other match also played on Saturday morning, the Lions managed to edge the Leopards 27-25 in their game at Olen Park in Potchefstroom - the men from Joburg's first of the competition. The Leopards managed to outscore their Gauteng visitors by four tries to three,...

Good weekend for Bulls and Lions U21s The Vodacom Bulls have cemented their spot at the top of the log in the SA Rugby Under-21 Cup competition following a convincing 26-10 victory over DHL Western Province at Paarl Gimnasium on Saturday, while the Lions got their campaign off to a winning start in Potchefstroom. In the other match also played on Saturday morning, the Lions managed to edge the Leopards 27-25 in their game at Olen Park in Potchefstroom - the men from Joburg's first of the competition. The Leopards managed to outscore their Gauteng visitors by four tries to three,...

Record turnout for 2022 Rising Stars 30Aug   With entries having closed for the BNP Paribas RCS Rising Star Tennis series, the 2022 campaign is set to involve a record number of teams from over 1 000 schools around the country. The nationwide tennis development programme, which is being held for the third year, has attracted players and teams from 1 036 schools – a 29% increase in entries from last season. In the inaugural series, 361 schools had participated, with 14% of them coming from historically disadvantaged areas, and last year 797 schools took part,...

Mathews Kutumela inducted in the WBSC Softball Hall of Fame South African veteran softball administrator, Mathew’s “Bra Tebe” Kuktumela has been inducted into the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s (WBSC) Hall of Fame at the 4th Congress which was held from July 5 in Taipei, Taiwan. A total of 11 countries were represented in the Hall of Fame class. It is by no coincidence the Kutumela is mentioned in the same sentence with Nelson Mandela. Hence they played similar roles in bridging the racial gap in South Africa. While Mandela the political prisoner-turned statesman...

GELVANDALE HUB: STEEPED IN HISTORY AND SCRIPTING NEW CHAPTERS Gelvandale Cricket Club is steeped in history and has been at the heart of the game’s development in the Eastern Cape region for more than four decades. The Gqeberha-based association, now home to the Gelvandale Hub, has been in existence since 1977 and is regarded as one of the leading clubs when it comes to providing opportunities to players from previously disadvantaged communities. Situated north of the city, distinguished names such as Russell Domingo, Ashwell Prince, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Garnett Kruger and...

SIYO TO LEAD SA U19 WOMEN IN THE INAUGURAL ICC U19 WOMEN’S T20 WORLD CUP JOHANNESBURG: The Cricket South Africa (CSA) Women’s Selection Committee has announced the SA U19 Women’s squad for the inaugural ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup South Africa 2023. The 15-player squad and two non-travelling reserves will participate in CSA Women’s Super League and a five-match T20 series against India U19W leading up to the tournament. Oluhle Siyo, from Lions Cricket will lead the side with Easterns’ Madison Landman as vice-captain. All 15-players will be capped on Sunday, 11 December 2022...

Plenty positives despite narrow defeat for U17s By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe South Africa were denied the Region 5 Youth Games gold medal after they went down 1-0 to Zambia in the boys under-17 football final at a raucous Bingu National Stadium on Sunday night. Zambia had beaten South Africa 1-0 earlier in the week but just like France had rested nine players in their 1-0 World Cup upset to Tunisia, coach Duncan Crowie had also put out a virtual second-string team in the group stages. Here Team SA were back to full strength, although the pre-match predictions were that this final could go...

Lions claw their way to SA U19 IPT victory A jubilant Central Gauteng celebrate a hard-fought for A-Section victory in the South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial at Mbombela Golf Club; credit GolfRSA. 18 December 2022 – Led by talisman Jaden Deltel, who scored a perfect 12 points for his province, Central Gauteng clinched their first South African Under-19 Inter-Provincial title since 2016 with a narrow win at Mbombela Golf Club. Central got off to a wobbly start when they went down to North West (6.5 – 5.5) on the opening day, but bounced back with a comprehensive 9.5 – 2.5 win over...

Growthpoint Cape Town Super 8 Congratulations to the winners and runners-up of this past week's Growthpoint Cape Town Super 8, a Tennis South Africa junior and open ranking tournament.   Here are the Champions: Girls Open: Sari Stegmann (WC) Under-16: Donna Le Roux (FS) Under-14: Alicia Taylor (WC) Under-12: Megan van Vuuren (WC)   Boys Open: Willem de Waal (WC) Under-16: Pieter Kotzé (WC) Under-14: Ethan Pieber (WC) Under-12: Fourie Delport (WC)   Congrats; you have earned it through hard work and dedication!

  20 DEC CSA ANNOUNCES SQUADS FOR CUB WEEK TEAMS JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced the squads that will participate in this season’s annual Cubs Week to be played in Stellenbosch from 04 – 08 January 2023. The teams were finalised following the conclusion of the CSA Khaya Majola Week this past weekend where the best players were selected to be part of the six named squads. Western Province were the top performers at the Khaya Majola Week and their performance means that the Sothern Superstars squad is dominated by their players with nine of them picked...

20 DEC 2022 SA SCHOOLS TEAMS ANNOUNCED JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced the 2022 SA Schools teams for both Under-19 Boys and Girls sides at the conclusion of this year’s national weeks. The CSA Annual National Weeks, which take place in December each year form a huge part of CSA’s development structures. The best players from the Under 19 weeks go on to receive national colours in four of the teams, namely, SA Schools (Boys/Girls), SA Colts, and SA Fillies. Western Province’s Juan James has been named the South African Schools’ captain of 2022. James is...

Introducing GolfRSA Rising Star Kyra van Kan GolfRSA Rising Star Kyra van Kan December 2022 – Earlier this month, Kyra van Kan capped a watershed season with her fifth victory of the year in the KwaZulu-Natal Junior Championship. The 16-year-old teenage golf prodigy began 2022 with a sixth place finish in the SA Women’s Stroke Play Championship and a runner-up finish in the SA Women’s Amateur Championship and she never let up. Van Kan maintained this upward trajectory with no less than five wins and six runner-up finishes on the local circuit while also representing South...

DAY 1 WRAP – CSA CUBS WEEK 2023 STELLENBOSCH: The defending champions of Cricket South Africa (CSA) Cubs Week, the Coastal Conquerors, found themselves on the receiving end of Lhuandré Pretorius’ bat on the opening day of this year’s edition in Stellenbosch. Pretorius (126*), the opening batsman of the Central Gladiators, led his side’s charge with an unbeaten century. He got the Gladiators past the target with a thundering four with five wickets still in hand. He faced 156 deliveries in his innings of which he dispatched 14 for boundaries along the ground. Pretorius received some...

DAY 2 WRAP – CSA CUBS WEEK 2023 STELLENBOSCH: The Cricket South Africa (CSA) Cubs Week is without a doubt one of the toughest tournaments at Under-19 level. After only two days at this year’s edition of the tournament, only one side is left with their unbeaten record intact, the Central Gladiators. The tournament’s title could once again be settled during the final day of the week if one of the other teams ends the Gladiators’ unbeaten status within the next two days. The Gladiators defeated the Northern Champions by six wickets thanks to half-centuries by David Teeger (72) and...

DAY 3 WRAP – CSA CUBS WEEK 2023 STELLENBOSCH: The Southern Superstars ended the Central Gladiators unbeaten status on the third day of Cricket South Africa (CSA) Cubs Week 2023. This means that no team can boast with an unbeaten record at this year’s edition of the tournament and that the race for the title is still open. Superstars, which consist out of players from Western Province, Boland and Garden Route Badgers defeated the Gladiators by 144 runs. It was the batting performances of Cormey van der Watt (71) and Bongile Mfunelwa (44*) which help the Superstars reach 246 runs....