Articles Posted in 2010
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Calypso Craze with Sporting Chance
More than 3000 children from disadvantaged communities will travel to the coast to take part in the 20th annual Sporting Chance Calypso Cricket Festival. Borne from a desire to introduce large numbers of kids to…
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Street Cred – Sporting Chance Street Cricket Final – 1 December
The streets of Nyanga were abuzz when 11 teams from disadvantaged communities throughout the Western Cape competed for the coveted Sporting Chance Street Cricket Champions’ Trophy on Wednesday 1 December. For the past five weeks…
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Sporting Chance is looking for a events/projects co-ordinator to join our dynamic team
Events/ Projects Co-ordinator (EE) Sporting Chance, one of the leading sports coaching and development organisations in South Africa, is looking for an Events and Projects Co-ordinator to join their dynamic team. The main purpose of…
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Sporting Chance activates the Bonitas SuperSport Sporting Challenge at ‘The Chosen’ MTN Business Leading CEO Council
Sporting Chance was proud to activate the Bonitas Supersport sporting challenge at the ‘The Chosen’ MTN Leading Business CEO Council at the Hyatt Regency Oubaai resort, outside George. ‘The Chosen’ 2010 MTN Business Leading CEO…
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Joburg gives our youth a Sporting Chance – Kellogg’s Health of the Nation
“Real transformation in South African sport will never take place whilst the three fundamental pillars to succeed are missing. Firstly there is a lack of adequate sporting facilities; secondly there is a lack of access to quality sporting equipment and finally there are not enough good and committed coaches.” So says Brad Bing of Sporting Chance, the youth sports development agency that co-ordinates the annual Kellogg’s® Health of the Nation 50-Hour Sports Challenge.
More than 3000 children from disadvantaged communities throughout Gauteng took part in the Challenge held at the Southern Suburbs Recreation Centre in Rosettenville from Friday 15 until Sunday 17 October. Participants ranging from 9 to 13 years of age, kept a ball in motion for an uninterrupted 50 hours to highlight the importance of physical activity in children’s lives.
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SAfm tackles Health of the Nation with Sporting Chance
SAfm, the SABC’s news and information radio station, has officially come on board as a media partner to support the Johannesburg leg of the fifth annual Kellogg’s® Health of the Nation 50-Hour Sports Challenge 2010.
More than 3000 children from disadvantaged communities throughout Gauteng will take part in the event, which takes place at the Southern Suburbs Recreation Centre in Rosettenville from Friday 15 until Sunday 17 October.
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Kids keep the ball rolling in 50 hour Kellogg’s Challenge
South African cricket opening bat Herschelle Gibbs and premier league Vasco da Gama soccer stars Roberto Santo and Joseph Kamwendo, together with chart-topper singer Auriol Hayes, joined 3000 school children as they kept a ball in motion for an uninterrupted 50 hours, during the fifth annual Kellogg’s® Health of the Nation 50-Hour Sports Challenge this weekend.
The aim of the event, which took place at the Western Province Cricket Club Sports Centre from 2pm Friday 17 until 4pm Sunday 19 September, was to highlight the importance of physical activity in children’s lives. The participants, who hailed from 32 schools throughout the Peninsula, played 15 different indoor and outdoor sports over the course of the weekend including soccer, cricket, hockey, table tennis, badminton, netball, basketball, squash and touch rugby.
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Healthy living road show gives youth a Sporting Chance
Rising levels of child obesity and physical inactivity as a result of modern lifestyles are currently high on the global education agenda. In a bid to tackle this situation a road show under the auspices of Sporting Chance, in association with Kellogg’s®, Virgin Active, Kia Charity and Care and the Western Cape Department of Health Promotions, will visit schools throughout the Western Cape from Monday 6 until Thursday 16 September.
According to Brad Bing of Sporting Chance, the youth sports development agency that conceived and co-ordinates the events, the aim of the road show is to highlight the importance of physical activity in children’s lives. “Sporting Chance will also visit various communities throughout the Western Cape, including Gugulethu, Nyanga, Khayelitsha, Masiphumelele, Langa and Manenberg to address social concerns such as nutrition, how to lead an active life; prevent obesity and principles of personal hygiene,” says Bing.
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Health of the Nation scores with Kelloggs
The Kellogg Company of South Africa has announced that it will continue its sponsorship of the annual Health of the Nation 50-Hour Sports Challenge for the (second) consecutive year. More than 6000 children will keep a ball in motion for 50 uninterrupted, hours to highlight the importance of physical activity in children’s lives.
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KIA TICKET FUND – 2010 DREAMS COMING TRUE… 10 DAYS IN!
The Sporting Chance team watched our ‘Bafana Boys’ become men at the opening match at Soccer City where ever sound of the vuvuzela gave you goose pumps of patriotism and pride. What a privilege to…
