NOMADIK TENT A WINNER

Thank You to Nomadik Tents for sponsoring our media tent for this past weekend’s Kellogg’s Health of the Nation: 50 hour sports challenge. The red stretch canopy tent was the prefect venue to entertain our VIP’s and media personnel. Special thanks to Dawn Barrett and the Cape Town Nomadik Tents branch for their continued support!  

KELLOGGS HEALTH OF THE NATION IN CAPE TOWN

Sports celebrities including Proteas cricket coach Gary Kirsten and Cape Cobra cricket players Herschelle Gibbs, Dane Vilas and Johann Louw and SA hockey player Illse Davids, joined more than 3 000 schoolchildren from communities throughout the Western Cape for the sixth annual Kellogg’s® Health of the Nation 50-Hour Sports Challenge, which took place at the Western …

KELLOGGS HEALTH EDUCATION ROAD SHOW CONTINUES

The Health Education road show of the Kellogg’s Health of the Nation project has continued this week, visiting the various Cape Town communities that will participate in this weekend’s Kellogg’s Health of the Nation: 50 hour sports challenge. The interactive format of the road show sessions have been well received by the participants and the …

PHASE 1 OF KELLOGGS HEALTH OF THE NATION KICKS OFF

Day 1, The Ocean View community came alive with the arrival of the Kellogg’s Health of the Nation road show team on Monday. The Sporting Chance team together with Leanne Tee, a dietician from title sponsors Kellogg’s, began Phase 1: Health Education road show in wonderful weather and a warm welcome by the community. The …

KENRIDGE WIN THE ‘DOUBLE’ AT THE SPORTING CHANCE U13 DAY/NIGHT HOCKEY

Sporting Chance, together with Kenridge Primary hosted the annual Sporting Chance/Kenridge u13 Inter-Schools hockey tournament at the Stellenbosch University hockey complex on Friday 26th August 2011. Twenty four teams, involving over 300 boys and girls from primary schools throughout the Northern Suburbs and Helderberg participated in the tournament, which has become a prestigious event on …

KELLOGG’S HEALTH OF THE NATION PROJECT 2011 REVISITS RESEARCH TESTING

The Health of the Nation project was borne following the results of Sporting Chance’s Health of the Nation research tests, which were conducted from 2000 until 2004 in conjunction with the UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa.  The results of the research revealed that South Africa was …

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 ensure they were sharp and ready for the penultimate day. The top two teams from each of the ten Western …

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 venues running simultaneously with three sports codes: rugby, soccer and hockey and three age groups the Sporting Chance team have …

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 is mind the Sporting Chance Development Foundation aims to run sports coaching clinics to keep the children occupied, away from …

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 values and family life in many South African communities. Durbanville Children’s Home provides a safe haven for these children in …