MISSES GREEN @ GOLD WITH 0.6 SECONDS

LANGEBAAN:- Master barefoot runner, Clive Cupido missing the Green and Gold  at the WP Masters Championships in Greenpoint stadium on May 28. 2002, with 0.6s of a second. The Western Province Masters have this annual event on their calendar, and Boland won 25 medals,  only Bellville Athletics club did better with 32 medals.  Also at … Read more

SA TEAM – BATTLE FOR SOUL OF AFRICAN SENIOR CHAMPS

Story – ASA Athletic:- The South African team will be looking to open their campaign with a bang, targeting multiple medals on the opening day of competition at the CAA African Senior Athletics Championships which gets underway in Mauritius from Wednesday 8 June 2022. SA Athletic team – photo provided Three South African athletes will … Read more

CROSS COUNTRIES TEMPORARILY EXTENDED

SALDANHA BAY:- All Cross-Country qualifying races have been halted for the time being, for the school exams and will resume in the next term. It was the third of six rallies held at the Saldanha Bay Military Academy on Saturday 28 May 2020. The next three meetings have been postponed for the time being, until … Read more

RUN OR WALK ALONG

MALMESBURY:- Swartland Athletics Club Malmesbury  has a jog every last Saturday morning of the month, and Saturday 28 May 2022 was no exception. From left to right:- Hercu Hofmeyer,  (in the back) Aphiwe,  Piet Smit en John Koopman – photo Christa Maruis The weather, however, played a role, as rain was forecast for that day. … Read more

COACH AND ATHLETE – SA CHAMPIONS 2022

LANGEBAAN:- Strandloper Athletic Coach Clive Cupido won three medals at the annual South African Masters Athletics Championships (SAMA) at Pilditch in Pretoria from 5 to 7 May 2022. Langebaan Strandlopers athlete Leander Pholman and coach and athlete Clive Cupido. While Cupido’s athlete, Leander Pholman became the U/17 Elsen South African Champion in the 400m and … Read more

DIAZVILLE ATHLETE IMPRESS – IDEAL WINTER WEATHER

SALDANHA BAY:- The ASA (Athletic South Africa) West Coast Cross Country athletics qualifying took place on Saturday 28 May 2022 in the Saldanha Bay Military Academy. With three races behind, Abigail Fortuin of Darling, who is a member of Swartland Athletics Club in Malmesbury, now had to take part in two west coast races.  On … Read more

DESPITE SETBACKS – ATHLETE STILL PERFORM

MALMESBURY:- Despite setbacks and adversity, the athlete performed surprisingly well at the Swartland High school sports grounds in the Swartland town,  for her first race of the 2022 year Picture above:- Here the two athletes, Leander Pholman (left) and Rywayden Willemse (with white cap) took the lead right at the start of the race. But … Read more

GOODIES FOR A SOCCER CLUB

Big companies and football clubs interested in helping us, we would like to establish a football club in our rural town, where recreation for young people is a luxury. I was born and bred here in Hopefield, and have been involved in my community for years as someone trying to help others. I’m the founder … Read more

SPAR WOMEN’S VIRTUAL CHALLENGE

CAPE TOWN:- The SPAR Women’s Challenge will be held virtually, and on a national basis, again this year. It is all happening on Saturday, 3 September. Entrants will once again be able to make South Africa’s ‘Most Beautiful’ race truly their own. SPAR have announced that this popular event will be virtual throughout the country, … Read more

THE VALUE OF CROSS COUNTRY

MALMESBURY:- Cross-country racing develops your body physically and mentally Often on the roads you see runners barely moving their arms, and they also do not lift their knees much because they do not develop much strength that way. But sometimes cross country running can be like running with a weight on your back. You really … Read more