Route and times for Bok party
2007-10-27 10:05
Cape Town - The route directions and times for the Springboks World Champions tour, starting this Friday in Pretoria and ending on Monday at the Newlands Rugby Stadium in Cape Town:
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Friday October 26
10:00 Springboks meet President Mbeki at the Union Buildings in Pretoria
11:00 Springboks depart the Union Buildings
11:10 Victory parade busses meet at Southern Sun Pretoria, corner of Beatrix & Church Streets; 11:20 Departure for ticker-tape parade in Pretoria; Exit down Leyds Street and turn right (west) into Church Street; Left (south) into Prinsloo Street; Right (west) into Pretorius Street; Left (south) in Schubart Street; Schubart flows into Ben Schoeman Highway (N14);
12:30 Proceed on the highway & take the M1 South.
Turn off for drive past Vodaworld in Midrand; Proceed back to highway (M1 South); Take the Glenhove Offramp right towards Rosebank over Oxford Road; Right into Sturdee Street.
13:15 Arrival at Sasol office complex; team lunch
14:00 Team departure from Sasol offices
14:15 Team heads for Johannesburg CBD, past Absa HQ in Rissik Street; Proceed through CBD towards M1 South; Takes the N12 (Bloemfontein) highway until the N3 (Pretoria) highway; Proceed in the direction of Pretoria until William Nicol off-ramp; Right into William Nicol and proceed for approx 2.5km; Right into Montecasino Boulevard.
16:30 Squad arrival at Montecasino
17:00 SuperSport Special Victory show start
18:00 SuperSport show ends
Saturday October 27
09:00 Team departs to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Houghton, Johannesburg 09:30 Arrival at the Mandela residence
10:00 Team meets former president and Nobel Peace winner Nelson Mandela 11:00 Team departs to the OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg 12:30 Team departure to Bloemfontein (BA chartered flight)
13:30 Arrival at the Bloemfontein airport; Mayor of Bloemfontein to deliver opening address; Q & A with Jake and John
15:30 Team departure to Vodacom Park
17:15 Halftime of Currie Cup Final; Team to perform lap of honour
19:30 Team departure to Durban
20:30 Arrival at Durban International Airport.
Sunday October 28
09:00 Team depart hotel to commence ticker-tape parade from City Hall
11:30 Team arrival at hotel, lunch
12:00 Depart for airport
14:00 Arrival at Port Elizabeth airport
14:15 Departs for Greenacres Shopping complex; Team appearance and entertainment
15:15 Depart Greenacres for PE airport
17:30 Departure to Cape Town
18:30 Arrival at the Cape Town International Airport
19:00 Depart for team hotel.
Monday October 29
06:15 Selected Springbok players to SABC
07:00 Morning Live interviews
10:45 Team departure to City Hall, Cape Town
11:15 Team arrival at City Hall
11:30 Players greet Capetonians from balcony of the City Hall Mayor to deliver speech
12:00 Players board bus, start of street parade; From Darling Street right into Adderley Street; Along Adderley, left turn into Strand Street; Up Strand Street and left into Long Street; Along Long Street, right into Buitensingel; Up Buitensingel and right turn into Loop Street; Along Loop Street and right into Hans Strijdom Avenue; Left turn into Heerengracht at the Fountain Circle, right turn into Hertzog Boulevard; Along Hertzog Boulevard, onto M3 to Woolsack Drive turnoff; 13:15 Woodsack Drive turnoff, down towards Main Road, turn right into Main Road; Along Main Road and left turn into Boundary Road, Newlands
13:45 Arrival at Newlands Rugby Stadium
Team enters the stadium, parades World Cup to Capetonians. Handing over of Webb Ellis Cup by John Smit to Saru president, Oregan Hoskins on the field Team enters the Function Room for brief function.
* Please note times are subject to change.
- SAPA