Guest on the line: My details Dr Alta Withers -Chairperson of Gauteng Transplant Sports Association

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My details Dr Alta Withers

Chairperson of Gauteng Transplant Sports Association,Also participated at the World Transplant Games in Perth in Cycling. Won Bronze in individual cycling Time trial and Silver in Team Time Trial. Placed 4th in Cycling road race event.

 

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Guest 1 on the line: Monwabisi Dlamini -founder of Soweto Basketball Academy.

With the growing popularity of basketball at school level, Sun International has stepped in to assist the Soweto Basketball Academy with a R200,000 sponsorship of 40 brand new sneakers, three Acer laptops and non-perishable food items to help the young players not only shoot the hoops, but shoot for the stars.

 

Founded in 2013, Soweto Basketball Academy has grown from seven children and one basketball to more than 350 players, across five different junior National Basketball Association (NBA) teams.

 

The Non-Profit Organisation provides a basketball programme to the children and youth of Soweto and surrounding areas, in form of recreation and life skill training. Inclusion is also a focus, with 45% of its players being female.

 

Speaking about the sponsorship, Sun International’s SED Manager Heidi Edson said, “One of our core Socio-Economic Development focuses is Education, Arts and Sports and with partners in our surrounding communities, we aim to nurture talent from a young age to foster education and community development. As Soweto Basketball Academy is doing just this, we are thrilled to play a role in them further developing young talent and uplifting communities.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest on the line: Richard Janse van Rensburg -Tournament Director

The Cross-Border U20 Club Competition fixtures have kicked off and a total of 64 round-robin matches is set to take place with the first round getting underway on 14 April. The competition features 21 teams from the Blue Bulls, Cheetahs, Pumas, Griquas, Valke, Leopards, and Western Province Rugby Unions, divided into three sections: North, South, and Central regions.

Last week, the Blue Bulls Rugby Union and UXi Sports International Rugby Institutes announced a newly formed partnership which created the Cross-Border U20 Club Competition.

According to Willem Strauss, President of the Blue Bulls Rugby Union, "We hope that this competition will encourage more school leavers to join their local clubs and academies and that it will provide a pathway to professional rugby for players and coaches involved. This tournament will grow the game at the community level and create exposure opportunities for late developers and non-contracted junior players in South Africa. The Cross-Border U20 Club Competition is an important addition to the rugby calendar."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is table cricket?

Guest on the line: Brad Bing - MD - Sporting Chance Foundation

Table cricket is an adapted version of cricket, played on a table tennis table and specially designed to give people with a disability the chance to play and compete in the sport we all love

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raising funds for Sisonke Zwane to participate at the School Rowing tour in the UK

Guest 1 on the line: Ntandoyethu Sisonke Zwane- from Jeppe high school for boys

Nthandoyethu Sisonke Zwane (South African ID number: 0706015473087) is currently a registered student at Jeppe High School for Boys. He is in his grade 10 year. We have been made aware of Sisonke’s invitation to join the SASRU 2023 tour squad for rowing, and are extremely proud of this achievement. The travel dates indicated are 25 April 2023 to 9 May 2023 - when Sisonke will be returning to school for the remainder of the 2nd school term. He will be taking part in 3 regattas and touring a few cities as well as attending rowing training whilst in the UK. We feel this opportunity will benefit Sisonke educationally and as an athlete. If you have any queries regarding the above, you can contact our school sports administrator at [email protected]

South Africa national teams test series

Guest in studio: Masedi Molosiwa -

polo.in.africa (to be renamed Africa Polo Network mid 2023) is a content aggregator of all the polo action across Africa. The polo.in.africa Season 2023-24 kicked off in March 2023 in Accra, Ghana with the Independence Cup and will traverse Africa ending in Lagos, Nigeria next year February 2024 with the NPA Lagos International Polo Tournament. Over 142 polo tournaments are played across Africa throughout the year. There is no doubt that polo has been gaining increasing coverage, visibility and awareness in Africa over the past 10 years. For instance, the Nedbank International Polo on Saturday, 22 April 2023 will be followed by three other national test matches that were not being played a decade ago; Midlands International Polo, Africa Polo Open and Ladies International. Please find attached hereto the polo.in.africa profile for your reference.

 

We have furthermore secured a broadcast partnership with SABC Sport and will be broadcasting the above-mentioned national teams matches between South Africa and India, Argentina in June, Morocco in October and Kenya in December 2023 on SABC Sport on Openview, SABC+ and SABC Sport.com. My request of you the sports news coverage and other related elements such as interviews of the national teams matches in Sport Trax on SAFM as well as the Sport Bulletins in the lead-up to the test matches. polo.in.africa will provide SAFM (Sports desk) with all the match results and other related details.

 

The schedule at this stage is as follows:

 

1. 22 April 2023 - Nedbank International Polo | India vs South Africa
2. 25 June 2023 - Midlands International Polo | Argentina vs South Africa
3. 29 October 2023 - Africa Polo Open | Morocco vs South Africa
4. 29 December 2023 - Ladies International | Kenya vs South Africa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adaptive Surfing South Africa reached out to share the happy news that South Africa had placed 5th overall at the 2022 Pismo Beach World Para Surfing Championships which took place from the 7th-11th of December. Not only did we place 5th, but three of our incredible surfers earned podium places during the event.

Several organisations representing South Africa were at the event including Made for More, the Roxy Davis Foundation and Adaptive Surfing South Africa. South Africans played a vital part in getting the team to the USA. Through fundraising efforts run by the various organisations, a few of the team members got to travel overseas for the first time and compete in their first-ever international championship.

Guest 2 on the line: A visually impaired surfer, Sabelo Ngema

Guest 1 on the line: Bluff para-surfer Tracy Mckay

 

Not all of them can see. In fact, barely can they see. Yet, that doesn’t act as an impediment to their vision of playing like one, akin to a unifying spirit. There are Cricket teams that win. There are cricket teams that lose. And then, there’s the Blind Cricket South Africa; a team that stays true to the spirit of the Madiba-land.

A team that upholds the unwavering spirit of what is meant by the Protea Fire, going all out in the pursuit of excellence and in the demonstration of passion.

They did just that in a cricket tournament that deserved to make more headlines than it did in 2022: the T20 World Cup for the Blind.

Something that was quite evident all December 2022 from the onset of the moment where I stood next to the South African dugout at the Saket Sports complex in New Delhi.

Truth be told, it became a place that while being in midst of a live cricket match seemed like a musical congregation.

A place where live singing- not rabble rousing- took place in midst of a World Cup cricket match.

It was akin to an enthralling saga, albeit one ensuing during the contest against the mighty Australians, where prior to the match and after it, one thing didn’t change.

It was the singing of the closely-knit members of the Blind Cricket South Africa team that in a tone apparently Afrikaner rejoiced and cheered on in an apparent display of team spirit.

 

Guest on the line: Isaac Bidla –President of Blind Cricket South Africa

North Riding-based professional, young, talented and fearless boxer Kaine Fourie continues to dedicate his life to the sport.

Fourie, well known as K9, was born in Kempton Park and his father, Kobus Fourie, was a professional boxer. K9 said that he fell in love with boxing at a very young age.

“Since I was very young boxing was all over the TV, because my dad was a professional fighter as well. We always liked boxing and it was the only sport we watched basically. I told my dad I wanted to fight when I was 10 years old but he refused and said I must wait till I’m 16 or 17.”

Fourie dropped out of school in Grade 10 to pursue his boxing career. “To be honest, I wanted to leave school early maybe in Grade 8. I didn’t know how to tell my parents so I waited. Two years later, when I was in Grade 10, I decided it was time to let them know what I want to do. It was hard to explain to my mother but my dad asked me to show him that I want to do this. I told him I will jog the whole year from school to the gym, 8km every day and I did.”

 

Guest 1 on the line: KAINE FOURIE – SOUTH AFRICAN PROFESSIONAL BOXER

Sailing really is for everyone. This is the message of Durban’s Sail Africa Youth Development Foundation and its “Equity, Education, Environment” (EEE) programme which has won the Hollard Sport Industry Social & Environmental Impact Award for 2022.

This initiative encourages equity and gender empowerment within the sport of sailing. As an agent for social cohesion and through their aggressive transformation programme, the Foundation has changed the racial and gender profiles of sailors at regattas in Durban by encouraging equity and gender empowerment. Their internationally-profiled “Girls in Sailing” Programme has seen more females participating in sailing and improving their podium positions, and in the process given these young sailors valuable opportunities.

The Hollard Sport Industry Awards took place on Thursday 24 November. Billed as South Africa’s most prestigious awards ceremony for sport and business, these awards acknowledge the leaders and trailblazers within the business of sport. The Social and Environmental Award is open to any professional organisation either within the sport industry, or which uses sport as a vehicle to drive community, environmental, diversity and inclusion or broader social and sustainability benefits.

Sail Africa, a Non-Profit Public Benefit Organisation with Section 18 A status, registered with the Department of Social Development in September 2008. It was started with the objective of growing sailors, specifically young female sailors, from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Operating out of Boatman Lane, Durban Marina, the majority of sailing is done within the Harbour precinct.

 

Guest on the line: Jackie De Fin- from SAIL Africa Youth Development Foundation