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We’re often asked about the sustainability of our projects. There are instances when people need a one-day intervention. But there are times, too, when a more prolonged involvement is necessary. In visiting Mitchell’s Plain, we chose the community and the specific people because we had previously worked with them- during the Health of the Nation …
Every participant in this week’s Sporting Chance Calypso Cricket festival has received an OCTAVIA goes ‘out in’ Asia special edition cricket book. Written by Helen Nevin and Sarah Riordan as part of their planet Octavia series, the cricket book is interesting , informative, educational and entertaining and features 40 pages of bright, original illustrations as …
21 years ago when 200 pupils were bused in from Langa to show off their cricket skills on Muizenberg’s Sunrise Beach. Today, the Sporting Chance Calypso Cricket Festival hosts thousands of children every year Three of the 200 pupils who played that day in 1990 went on to play SA Schools cricket. Today, the Calypso …
Sunrise beach, Muizenberg aka the ‘home’ of Sporting Chance Calypso Cricket hosted the 2nd day of the week long road show. Slightly windy conditions didn’t deter the young children from the communities of Elsies River and Langa from having their Calypso fun. An oversubscription of children meant the sand pitches stretched far down the beach …
Main beach Strand and beautiful weather provided the perfect start to the 21st annual Sporting Chance Calypso Cricket festivals. This popular public beach was overtaken by bus loads of keen young cricketers from the communities of Khayelitsha, Nomzamo and Lwandle. Breakfast started the day and then the children headed out down the 2km stretch of …
Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport in the Western Cape has leant his support to Sporting Chance’s 21st annual Calypso Cricket festival which begins on Monday next week. The MEC will join thousands of Cape Town’s children on the beaches and stated as follows “Organisations like Sporting Chance are vital for the …
21st Calypso Beach Cricket Festival: 12 – 16 December 2011 With schools out and summer here, cricket is topping the recreational agenda for over 3000 children from different communities, who will take part in the 21st annual Sporting Chance Calypso Cricket Festival, to be held at local Cape Town beaches. This year, there’s even more …
The Sporting Chance Development Foundation received a welcome boost from I&J who donated funds raised at their recent charity golf day. CEO of I&J, Ron Fasol handed over the cheque and commended Sporting Chance for the incredible difference we are making in South African children’s lives. This donation will go towards the 21st annual Calypso …
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 cricket and bring the various communities and cultures of South Africa together, the festival runs every day from Monday 13 …
The 2008 Pick n Pay Calypso Beach Cricket Festival, in association with Virgin Active, Let’s Play and Sporting Chance, has kicked off on Addington Beach, Durban and is now making its way down the coast, before ending in Cape Town. The Festival, started by Brad Bing of youth sports development agency Sporting Chance in 1990, …