KIA STREET SOCCER REGIONAL FINALS

The KIA Street Soccer regional finals will take place this week in the 30 KIA Street Soccer regions around the 5 cities in South Africa. After months of intense and competitive KIA Street Soccer action and the accompanying Health eduactional sessions the regional finals will find the champions of each community. The regional champions will be …

SPORTING CHANCE/BISHOPS U12 DAY-NIGHT HOCKEY TOURNAMENT 2011

Bishops Prep under the guidance of former South African hockey Olympian and Bishops master, Murray Anderson is hosting the 5th annual Sporting Chance/Bishops u12 Inter-Schools hockey tournament at the acclaimed Bishops College astro-turf, today, Friday 3rd June 2011. Two hundred u12 boys and girls from 16 primary schools throughout greater Cape Town will participate in …

THE FIFA TICKET FUND LEGACY CONTINUES WITH LAUNCH OF KIA STREET SOCCER 2011

The final whistle of the FIFA 2010 World Cup has blown, but not for South Africa’s youth. As part of FIFA’s Ticket Fund legacy, “the beautiful game” plays on in the streets, with the launch of the annual Kia Street Soccer league programme in five major cities across the country.  On 15 April, Sporting Chance, …

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 more than 3000 young learners from 11 regions including Mitchell’s Plain, Manenberg, Gugulethu, Langa, Ocean View, Masipumelele, Elsies River, Khayelitsha …

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 the role is to execute project and event activities, ensuring all logistics are in place for the smooth running of …

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.

‘Nomli’ from Nyanga wins Western Cape Kia Street Soccer Provincial Final

After two months of healthy competitive street soccer, the curtain came down in Khayelitsha, Cape Town announcing ‘Nomli’ from Nyanga as Western Cape champions in the Kia Street Soccer Provincial final. With fourteen teams competing in the days play, it came down to the final which showed superior soccer skills seeing ‘Nomli’ from Nyanga beat …