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It takes something special to be a world-class coach. It takes an even greater effort to be of that calibre to children, for at that age (4 – 13 years) it isn’t just about coaching what has already been discovered, but it is about identifying talent, shaping it well and nurturing it. Sporting Chance caps …
Partly cloudy skies and a strong south-easter greeted more than 500 hundred children who gathered at Strand’s Main Beach for some Calypso delight. The children, from Lwandle, Nomzamo, Mfuleni and Macassar were not troubled by the wind and took on the challenge presented by the elements and a swinging ball. Exciting shots and magnificent catches …
The words of Thomas Carlyle – He who has health has hope – echo loudly not only in the background, but front-and-centre as, in the same week, the 22nd Sporting Chance Calypso Cricket Festival and the summer coaching clinics are set to get underway. For with these words the Scotsman summed up what it means …
22nd annual Calypso Cricket Festival: 10 – 14 December 2012 More than 3000 children will take advantage of the sun and sand when Sporting Chance hosts the 22nd edition of the Sporting Chance Calypso Cricket Festival on some of Cape Town’s famous beaches. With the festive season holidays in full bloom, Sporting Chance in association …
The fight for fitness and against obesity has been stepped up a few, with Virgin Active South Africa’s presence at the 22nd annual Sporting Chance Calypso Cricket Festival as Virgin Active bring their personal trainers to Cape Town’s beaches for some Calypso fun with more than 3000 youngsters from Cape Town’s surrounding communities. This may …
Cricket fever, festive season cheer and all-year round efforts at living out those “67 minutes” have come together to put a smile on the faces of more than 3000 children from Cape Town’s surrounding communities this summer. Let’s take it from the top… To continue commemorating the Olympic year, to celebrate sport and to reach …
The team from Pick n Pay Western Cape will be living their mantra – ‘inspired by you’ – when they supply food and refreshments for the three thousand participants of the 22nd annual Sporting Chance Calypso Cricket festival this December. Pick n Pay Western Cape has rejoined the Calypso festival after a few years absence, …
The spirit of giving was on show on Friday when twelve players from the Masiphumelele KIA Street Soccer league received gifts from the Kidz2Kidz Trust. The Kidz2Kidz Santa Shoebox initiative “coordinates the donation, collection and distribution of personalised gifts at Christmas time…across South Africa and Namibia.” After seeing the Western Cape KIA Street Soccer provincial …
Sporting Chance is honoured to be working with the Maurits van Nierop Foundation on the 2012 edition of the Calypso Cricket Festival. The Maurits van Nierop Foundation was founded to commemorate the life of former Holland Cricket international van Nierop, who died tragically in Cape Town in September 2008. The Foundation believes sport plays an …
Sport captures the South African imagination like few things can. It extends from the excitement of the Soweto derby to the ‘gees’ of a North-South rugby clash to the euphoria of one of the greatest cricket games ever between The Proteas and Australia at The Wanderers. Yet even with that, many of South Africa’s children …