Articles Tagged “south africa”
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KHAYELITSHA ARE CROWNED WESTERN CAPE KIA STREET SOCCER CHAMPIONS
After an anxious wait the Western Cape KIA Street Soccer finals were hosted in perfect weather yesterday. Postponed last month due to rain, the teams put in extra practice over the winter school holidays to…
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WEATHER PLAYS GAME FOR AN EXCELLENT 2ND WEEK OF SPORTING CHANCE COACHING CLINICS
Over 250 young Sporting Chancers joined the coaching team on the fields this week to perfect their skills and get in the extra practice in preparation for the remainder of the sports season. With five…
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SPORTING CHANCE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION COACHING CLINICS GIVE KHAYELITSHA CHILDREN AN ACTIVE HOLIDAY
School holidays can be a difficult time for the children in the communities, their parents and guardians are at work the whole day, and they are left to entertain themselves with little means. With this…
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SPORTING CHANCE BRINGS HOLIDAY JOY TO THE KIDS OF DURBANVILLE CHILDREN’S HOME
All South Africans can all make a difference in the lives of traumatised children. Many children are neglected and in great danger due to poverty, crime, violence, drug abuse and the general disintegration of moral…
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JUDGE MEMORIAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORT THE SPORTING CHANCE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Tuesday 5th July 2011, was a day, a group of 30 students and teachers from Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA will never forget as they spent the day with the…
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ICON HERSCHELLE GIBBS SHOWS HIS SKILLS AT A GREAT FIRST WEEK OF SPORTING CHANCE COACHING CLINICS
For the young Sporting Chancers it was an excellent way to start their school holidays as they joined us for the first week of coaching clinics. Some wet and wintery conditions certainly didn’t damper anyone spirits and…
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UITENHAGE WIN INAUGURAL EASTERN CAPE KIA STREET SOCCER FINALS
After months of KIA Street Soccer action, it all came to a close on Tuesday as the regional champions converged on the streets of New Brighton, Port Elizabeth to kick it out for the inaugural…
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14TH ANNUAL INTER MEDIA CRICKET CHALLENGE Presented by Sporting Chance & proudly sponsored by MTN
Debutants ‘Expresso Rebels’ are the 2011 Inter Media Cricket “World Cup” champions Unlike the Proteas in India the various teams from the Western Cape media got it right on the cricket pitch on Sunday, and…
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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.
