KICKING GANG VIOLENCE TO THE CURB IN OCEAN VIEW

Children must be encouraged to become members of the ‘Right Team’ and together with title sponsors Sportsmans Warehouse, stalwart co-ordinator Shirley Botes and the incredible community of Ocean View we decided to get together to make this happen! Promoting joining a sports team and not a gang was the pertinent message of our 2019 Street …

SPRING HOLIDAY COACHING CLINICS

What an awesome way to start the Summer sports season getting out on the fields during the Spring holidays with all the young Sporting Chancers. They all worked hard over the 3 day clinics with the sport codes of: soccer, hockey, cricket and multipsort (for the littlies) being on offer. The sun’s out, the fun’s …

FOUNDATION SCHOOLS u12 DERBY DAY

Together with African Impact we hosted the u12 Derby Day between our Foundation schools this past Wednesday and the day was a tremendous success. Netball and soccer teams from our four schools where we have full time placed Physical Education coaches converged on Constantia PS to battle it out for the prized trophies. Mokone PS …

21ST ANNUAL INTER MEDIA CRICKET CHALLENGE WITH RANDS4RUNS

The annual Inter Media Cricket Challenge has come of age and Sunday’s spectacle was another fantastic event. With the drought causing last year’s event not to be played the teams were eager to get out onto the field and enjoy a day of friendly cricket competition. There was action on and off the field with …

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 …

IT’S A KIND OF MAGIC! – STREET CRICKET AND SOCCER FINALS

The streets of Langa were abuzz when teams from disadvantaged communities around greater Cape Town competed for the coveted Sporting Chance Street Sports Champions’ Trophy on Friday 1st December. For the past seven weeks, hundreds of young learners from Masiphumelele, Khayelitsha and Langa have taken to the streets, to compete in matches covering two sports …

The Transformation Debate – Brad Bing opinion piece

Over the past weeks, since the recent decision by Sports minister Fikile Mbalula to ban sporting bodies from fielding international events until such times as transformation targets are met, there has been a deluge of differing opinions on the advisability, or not, of such a step and it is questionable as to whether a direct …

STAND UP WITH US – TAKE THE PLEDGE!

After 1992, The South African government went to great lengths to right the wrongs of apartheid in sport. While positive, these were usually once off initiatives with more PR value than long-term benefits. The sad reality is that once a talented individual completes school they are highly unlikely to realise their full potential on the …