STREETS TO SUCCESS- INAGURAL STREET CRICKET IN KZN!

The inaugural Street Cricket programme in KZN was a great success with the KZN communities thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to play this razzmatazz form of the game. The streets of Kwa Mashu, Chatsworth and Umlazi were abuzz each week as teams competed for the coveted titles from October to November 2018.   The Sporting Chance …

SUMMER HOLIDAYS = ACTIVE HOLIDAYS!

We finished off 2018 in style and started 2019 with a buzz at our Summer holiday coaching clinics… Despite the school closing and starting dates playing a bit of havoc with our schedule we were able to enjoy some excellent Summer holiday coaching clinics. The clinic participants came out in their numbers for that extra …

SPORTING CHANCE SPRING COACHING CLINICS

The sun is shining and Spring is upon us and what better way to spend your school holidays than to join the Sporting Chance team on the sports field. Get sharp and ready with pre season training at our cricket and soccer clinics, and enjoy refining those skills you have mastered this past season with …

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 …

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 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 …

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 the players and coaches alike were out on the field, learning new skills, perfecting technique and having loads on fun. …