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 …

JUDGE MEMORIAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORT THE SPORTING CHANCE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

Tuesday 5th July 2011, was a day, a group of 30 students and teachers from Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA will never forget as they spent the day with the Sporting Chance team in the townships around Cape Town. The Sporting Chance team met the group early in the morning and …

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. …

UITENHAGE WIN INAUGURAL EASTERN CAPE KIA STREET SOCCER FINALS

After months of KIA Street Soccer action, it all came to a close on Tuesday as the regional champions converged on the streets of New Brighton, Port Elizabeth to kick it out for the inaugural KIA Street Soccer Eastern Cape trophy. Each of the five KIA Street Soccer regions were represented by their top two …

14TH ANNUAL INTER MEDIA CRICKET CHALLENGE Presented by Sporting Chance & proudly sponsored by MTN

Debutants ‘Expresso Rebels’ are the 2011 Inter Media Cricket “World Cup” champions Unlike the Proteas in India the various teams from the Western Cape media got it right on the cricket pitch on Sunday, and it was newcomers to the challenge – SABC 3’s Expresso Rebels that claimed the 2011 title. [imageflow id=”4″] Click here …

SAfm tackles Health of the Nation with Sporting Chance

SAfm, the SABC’s news and information radio station, has officially come on board as a media partner to support the Johannesburg leg of the fifth annual Kellogg’s® Health of the Nation 50-Hour Sports Challenge 2010.

More than 3000 children from disadvantaged communities throughout Gauteng will take part in the event, which takes place at the Southern Suburbs Recreation Centre in Rosettenville from Friday 15 until Sunday 17 October.

Kids keep the ball rolling in 50 hour Kellogg’s Challenge

South African cricket opening bat Herschelle Gibbs and premier league Vasco da Gama soccer stars Roberto Santo and Joseph Kamwendo, together with chart-topper singer Auriol Hayes, joined 3000 school children as they kept a ball in motion for an uninterrupted 50 hours, during the fifth annual Kellogg’s® Health of the Nation 50-Hour Sports Challenge this weekend.

The aim of the event, which took place at the Western Province Cricket Club Sports Centre from 2pm Friday 17 until 4pm Sunday 19 September, was to highlight the importance of physical activity in children’s lives. The participants, who hailed from 32 schools throughout the Peninsula, played 15 different indoor and outdoor sports over the course of the weekend including soccer, cricket, hockey, table tennis, badminton, netball, basketball, squash and touch rugby.

eTV takes the title in a ‘super over’ at the 13th annual Sporting Chance Inter Media Cricket Challenge proudly sponsored by MTN

The ‘eTV Eternals’ name will make a welcome return to the Sporting Chance Inter Media Cricket Challenge trophy after they won the coveted title at Bellville Cricket Club on Sunday 21st March 2010. With MTN being the new title sponsor, the six-a-side tournament proved to be bigger and better as teams representing most of the Western Cape media groups battled it out.

STREET CRICKET WEEK 4

With Street cricket moving into week 5 the competition is certainly getting exciting. I was out in Macassar and Khayelitsha on Friday 6th November for week four of the Street Cricket League. Macassar only joined the league for the first time this year but there is certainly some great cricket talent and I give fair …