Vodacom Bulls director of rugby, Jake White, has committed for a long-term stay at Loftus Versfeld with a contract extension that will see him at the helm of the side until 2027. The 58-year-old 2007 World Cup-winning coach joined the Vodacom Bulls in 2020 where he took them to two back-to-back Carling Currie Cup titles…
The 2022 edition of the two day Dis-Chem Pete Marlin Surfski Race will take place in East London on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 November, with the added weight of hosting the Eastern Cape surfski title deciders this year. Started in its current format in 2010, the weekend of downwind surfski paddling off East London…
A high-powered management delegation from SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) has travelled from India to start preparing for the SA20 tournament, which includes a Nelson Mandela Bay-based team, the SunRisers Eastern Cape. “We are looking forward to bringing our style of high-energy T20 cricket to Nelson Mandela Bay in a format which has wide appeal,” says Mr….
After winning gold at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, Michaela Whitebooi has set herself the challenge: to be at her best every time she competes. This is why she opts not to compete at next month’s Judo World Championships in Uzbekistan. The past weekend the Tuks judoka competed at the Riccione European Open Tournament in Italy….
Cradock – Ahead of the much-anticipated Fish River Canoe Marathon at the beginning of October, the Cradock Canoe Club took the decision to re-route the water flow and change the angle of the Double Trouble chute. The Fish, which takes place on 7-8 October, remains one of South Africa’s premier canoe marathons because of the…
The Tuks netball team hopes to get going when the going gets tough during the Varsity Netball Tournament. But it is not going to be easy. If there is one phrase Jenny van Dyk (Tuks head coach) hates to use, it is that her team is in a rebuilding phase. Unfortunately, for now, it is…
Pahang, Malaysia – Veteran surfski champion Dawid Mocké this week showed he’s still got what it takes by taking overall victory in Malaysia’s inaugural Pahang Ocean Challenge, a new five day stage race for ocean paddling. Athletes all competed in exactly the same craft, a rotomoulded Nelo510 plastic surfski, adding a new dimension to the…
The Springbok Women’s Sevens – with a magnificent Nadine Roos leading the charge – broke their 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens duck in emphatic fashion when they outplayed Colombia by 27-0 to book their place in the Challenge 13th place playoff against China, at 14h37 on Sunday afternoon. Roos, who scored a try in their…
Junior Cameron Tripney opened Team South Africa’s account at the ICF Stand Up Paddling world championships in the Polish city of Gdynia in spectacular fashion, winning gold in the junior boys sprint race on Thursday. The schoolboy from Melkbosstrand in Cape Town shocked the SUP worlds with a stunning sprint final to secure South Africa’s…
The Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers Women’s team has recruited a few new acquisitions for the new season when they will enter the Top 6 competition of the Cricket South Africa provincial women’s competition. The Momentum Proteas National contracted player, Tazmin Brits, who represented the Proteas in twelve Limited over and 27 T20 matches…
