MOUNTAIN MAN: Warren Petterson heads down Chapman's Peak during the Old Fisherman's Trail run from Fish Hoek to Hout Bay. Photo: Actionography

Masters of the mountain
THE MISSION of moving between Hout Bay and Fish Hoek by foot was a necessity for local fisherman in the past.

Controversy dogs soccer again
THE newly-founded Safa-Cape Town is facing three contentious issues that could affect the smooth running of amateur soccer if solutions are not found.

Elections for soccer row?
THE Cape District FA and Southern Su?burbs FA are cautiously awaiting propo?sals from the SA Football Association (Safa) aimed at ending the conflict between the two associations over demarcation.

False Bay fencers shine
A SQUAD of 16 u/17 and u/20 South African fencers recently participated in the Cadet and Junior World Fencing Championships in Taebaek, South Korea.

Locals excel at SA Champs
THE 41st edition of the SA Surfing Championships took place on the Atlantic beaches of the South Peninsula from Thursday to Sunday. Once again Western Province proved invincible in their home surf, maintaining their record of never having lost the team event in Cape Town since the event started in 1966.

Soccer club rides on the wings of one man's dream
ONE man's dream and perseverance can change things for the better, as Juda Nkosi, a Masiphumelele resident and security supervisor for Lake Security, has proven through his work in setting up a soccer club in Masiphumelele.

Clovelly golfers shine
Clovelly Country Club junior golfers recently represented Western Province in different age group divisions.

Fish Hoek second in national champs
FISH HOEK came second to Durban in the Castle National Surf Lifesaving Championships, held from Thursday, 23 to Saturday, 25 March on Amanzimtoti beach on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal.

A hat trick for Gary Bruce
Gary Bruce, bowling superbly, took 5/12 in 10 overs, including a hat trick, for the Fish Hoek 3rd XI against United on Saturday.

Garth VD Merwe hits century
GARTH VAN DER MERWE was the star for the locals over a weekend during which rain played a part in all the matches.

Mixed results in 20/20 action
THE Fish Hoek 1st X1 played in the inaugural WPCA 20/20 competition at Edgemead on Saturday, losing one match and winning the next.

Matt Lever the star of the show
WITH the 1st X1 enjoying a rest, the 2nd had an excellent win in the main game at the club on Saturday against Ottomans.

Local fencers off to Korea
FOUR locals will be representing South Africa in the World Junior Fencing Championships in South Korea in April. And for some of the local fencers, the international arena is nothing new.

Catch that saved the match!
The Fish Hoek 1st X1 were involved in a-nother nailbiter when they drew with Police at the Police grounds on Saturday. In a match marred by controversy, a late start due to a mysteriously wet track and bad sportsmanship, Police needed 7 runs to win in the last over.

Ocean View victorious but Fish Hoek let it slip
Fish Hoek only managed to get 121 runs vs Police in their 1st division fixture, despite a fine 58 by Mark de Beer. This player was once again in the runs and proved to be invaluable to the team.

Time for the Red Hill classic
Fish Hoek Athletics Club will be hosting the Red Hill Classic and Marathon road races on Saturday, 28 January.

Lyons, Conway and Wynne lead the way
Before the break, some outstanding performances were posted by Fish Hoek cricketers.

View from the beach - By Paul Botha 06/12/2005
The last surfing contest of the year in the Western Province takes place in Kommetjie this weekend, when the third and final event in the Kahuna Surf Series sees the up-and-coming young surf stars on the Cape Peninsula compete for thousands of rands of surf industry products and services.

Lyons' century takes Fish Hoek to the top
A magnificent 138 not-out by Chris Lyons saw Fish Hoek post a big first innings total that was enough to beat Kuils River by an innings and 29 runs in their first division fixtures, played over the last two weekends.

Chris does it again!
THE inimitable Chris Jones, who last year set a Guinness World Record for playing badminton continuously for 50 hours, bettered this performance when he played for an unbelievable 52 hours this weekend.

Pedersen shines, but Fish Hoek suffers first defeat of season
THE home side lost by 95 runs to Glamorgan in their first division (1B) limited overs game on Saturday.

View from the beach - by Paul Botha 08/11/05
The first strong South-Easter of the summer, which is predicted to peak at near gale force tomorrow, bringing up waves in excess of three metres in False Bay before subsiding on Thursday, has broken a six week spell of outstanding surf on the Atlantic coast of the Peninsula.

Fish Hoek surges to second victory in a row
Another fine team effort saw Fish Hoek surge to a nine-wicket victory over Langa at the weekend. Some good bowling by Howells (2/19) and McClellan (2/6) - and Marc de Beer again showing his worth with 3/25.

View from the beach - by Paul Botha 25/10/05
Local junior surf stars Klee Strachan (Sun Valley) and Tarryn Chudleigh (Scarborough) were SA's top performers in their respective divisions at the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships at Huntington Beach, California, where the South African team finished a credible fifth out of 28 nations last weekend.

Nash's boys have done it again
The stars of the Nash Soccer Academy in Ocean View have shone again.

View from the beach - by Paul Botha
Wall-to-wall junior surfing events over the past couple of weeks have resulted in a host of the Far South's rising stars enhancing their reputations on the regional, national and even international surfing front.

Snowball skippers Fish Hoek
The South Easters are back, summer is on it's way and this of course means that it is the start of cricket season.

Local surfers make up bulk of WP junior team
JUNIOR surfers from the Far South continued their dominance of local surfing by providing three quarters of the 18 members in the WP junior surfing team that will be defending the Freedom Cup team trophy at the O?Neill SA Junior champs at the Strand from Thursday to Sunday this week.

Baseball set to flourish in the False Bay area
THE Fish Hoek Dolphins Baseball Club is back in False Bay. The club was accepted onto the Baseball Association Western Province (BAWP) committee as a fully fledged club on 25 July 2005.

Fare ye well, Chippy Wood!
THE PEOPLE'S POST this week bids a sad farewell to Chippy Wood, our top-class and dedicated sports journalist for the past year. Chippy has packed his shorts, fishing rod and a few good books to soak up the warm sunshine of Mozambique for an indefinite period.

The sporting life - by Chippy Wood 30 Aug '05
A NUMBER of interesting additional titbits to the stories in last week's column have come to hand. Researching the items provided another story in itself.

The sporting life - by Chippy Wood - 23 August '05
THE Far South has often come up with personalities who were, or are, rain or shine, a super-fit breed of recreational or competitive walkers.

The sporting life by Chippy Wood - 2 August '05
After being cooped up for more months than they would wish, the local cricketers seemed to have discerned the faint waft of raw linseed oil as the new season approaches - although still a good seven weeks away.

Hoekers' hockey shines again
FISH HOEK'S convincing 3-1 Grand Challenge hockey victory over WPCC B was 70 minutes of total commitment and a great team effort that takes the club a stride nearer to staving off relegation.

Hoekers are sagging
WITH some notable exceptions, the Fish Hoek Hockey Club's men's and ladies' teams are performing well below their usual levels, turning the current season into one of the worst for several years.

Clovelly to host championship
Clovelly Country Club is to host the 2006 Western Province Senior Amateur Golf Championship on 5 March next year. The event is for golfers over the age of 50 and played over 36 holes.

Santos ace joins rivals Ajax
THE composition of both the Ajax Cape Town and Santos squads are set for dramatic changes if the pre-season transfer wheeling and dealings are anything to go by.

City teen wins another gold
THE top-spins and backhand returns of a Grassy Park teenager is proving difficult for his table tennis rivals to counter.

Fish Hoek's own rugby club
PLANS to establish Fish Hoek's first-ever rugby club have drawn so much interest that within the space of two weeks, the Fish Hoek Rugby Club was born.

View from the beach - 21/2/2006
A STRONG contingent of Deep South surfers are heading for St Michaels-on-Sea on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast this week to compete in the first of five events in the Billabong Junior Series, the country's most popular series of surfing events for surfers 20 years of age and younger.

Fish Hoek trumps Milnerton
The Fish Hoek 1st X1 romped to a good win against Milnerton in their one day match at Silverglade on Saturday.

View from the Beach - 7 Feb '06
WITSANDS, between Kommetjie and Scarborough, was the venue for the first international team surfing event to be staged on the Cape Peninsula in a couple of decades ? since the International Surfabout in 1983 if my memory serves me correctly ? when the ISA Aloha Cup, supported by the National Lottery, was held there at the end of January.

Who will be named champion?
SURF LIFESAVING teams from across the Cape peninsula will be competing for top honours in the annual Baysider.com Pride of the Bay competition on Saturday, 4 February.

De Beer, Miller in the runs again
The Fish Hoek 1st X1 made a fighting comeback on the second day of their match against Edgemead.

View from the beach - by Paul Botha 10/01/2006
Surfers in the Deep South finally paddled out into some frigid juice on the weekend after the fortnight of gale-force South-Easters that turned the Atlantic coast into a lake and False Bay became a maelstrom of churning froth and bluebottles over the festive season.

View from the beach by Paul Botha - 22/11/2005
THE annual Western Province Surfing Championships were staged at Witsands and Noordhoek beaches over the past two weekends and while the results have been embargoed until the awards ceremony and AGM of the association on Wednesday evening at the Railway House in Muizenberg, most divisions were dominated by Deep South residents.

Another win for Fish Hoek
The town cricket side continued their winning ways with a fine away victory against Northerns/Goodwood cricket club on Saturday. A sizeable total of 244/8 in the allotted 50 overs saw Fish Hoek win by 128 runs in this one-day game.

Pedersen and Bekker star
Fish Hoek's CRICKETERS opened the season in grand style, with a comprehensive win over Rygersdal at Silverglade on the weekend.

Athletics comes to Simon's Town
The Thomas Mbiza Athletic Club will be launched for Simon's Town, with a day of sport on Saturday, 8 October. The club is intended to serve the youth of Da Gama Park, Simon's Town, Red Hill, Ocean View and Masiphumelele.

Fish Hoek AFC to host tournament
THE Fish Hoek AFC, currently in its 75th year, will play host to the CTTFA Junior Knock-Out Cup Final tournament on Saturday, 24 September at the Fish Hoek sports fields.

Sailing season heats up
THE sailing season is really heating up in the False Bay area and the next big event to look out for is the Pennypinchers Longbeach - Cape Point Race, which takes place on Sunday, 11 September.

Fish Hoek keeps Derby trophy
IN a game where emotions ran high, "controlled" by Cullen Johnson, Fish Hoek were once again victors of the Fish Hoek/Bergvliet derby.

Storms wipe out Winter League golf
Only four holes of golf were possible in the fourth round of the Bell's WPGU Winter league at De Zalze (formerly Spier) before play was suspended, then cancelled, because of the violent storm over the Western Cape on Sunday.

Much-loved cricketer passes away
ONE of the last of the Fish Hoek Cricket Club's re-grouped first team after WW II, Bernard (Bernie) Frieslaar, has died at the age of 95 following a stroke. He had been living in Plumstead.

Clovelly youngsters shape in Winter League
CLOVELLY Country Club's young golfers did well in the opening round of the WPGU Winter League series, played at the Steenberg course, to place the club in fifth position in the 21-club competition. Clovelly, on 224 gross, finished one point behind fourth-placed Royal Cape A (223) and one point ahead of neighbours Westlake (225). Simon's Town's team ended in 19th position with a gross score of 236.

View from the beach - By Paul Botha - 19 July
KOMMETJIE'S Damien Fahrenfort continued the list of surfers from the Far South making their mark on the world rankings by causing the major upset of the R1,8 million Billabong Pro in Jeffreys Bay last week.

Close encounter for Fish Hoek
Fish Hoek lost their WPSA 2nd league squash match to Western Province CC "C" in a close and hard fought encounter. Three of the four matches went to five games.

View from the beach by Paul Botha
SURFERS from the Far South made their mark in international surfing events in Durban on the weekend, with Kommetjie's Dave Richards putting on a stellar display to reach the last four in the Mr Price Pro Junior (u/20) event and becoming the only junior to qualify for the main event in the R800 000 Mr Price Pro.

Challenge ahead for soccer 16
THE countdown to the 2008 Engen Knockout Challenge has started with the announcement of the 16 teams invited to take part in this major under-17 soccer contest on the weekend of 26 and 27 July at Mitchell's Plain.

View from the beach - 24/01/06
Kommetjie-BASED big wave charger Andrew Marr found himself on the front page of the Honolulu Advertiser last week when he was photographed riding a three-metre wave at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of the island of Oahu in Hawaii.

The sporting life - by Chippy Wood - 9 August '05
This correspondent is confused. South Africa's most inquisitive and sedulous sleuth when it comes to exposing "dirty linen" or things untoward in corporate bodies is undoubtedly the magazine Noseweek.

Today's crunch time for Hoekers hockey
The outcome of today's Grand Challenge hockey match between Fish Hoek and WPCC B will decide if the Hoekers have moved out of the relegation danger zone or not.

View from the beach - 2 August
The country's top pro surfers took to the powerful waves of the Far South when the O'Neill Coldwater Classic began in booming surfboard- and leash-snapping two to three metre surf at 365's in Soetwater on Saturday and concluded in pristine two to 2,4 metre surf at the Outer Kom on Sunday.

The sporting life - by Chippy Wood - 26 July 2005
THE Fish Hoek Tennis Club was happy with the enthusiastic turnout for their open day. Most encouraging was the number of youngsters, among whom were many young girls who seem to have abandoned tennis nowadays.

The sporting life By Chippy Wood - 19 July
THE results of the Fish Hoek Hockey Club are way off their best for many years.

The sporting life - By Chippy Wood - 12 July 2005
FOR many years I had wondered what went on at the gymnasiums I've seen both locally and in Cape Town where I worked in my City days. I was fascinated by office workers coming and going at the oddest hours. I presumed they bunked work or were employed on a flexi-time schedule.

The view from the beach
THE Red Bull Big Wave Africa surfing event is in full swing with the highly focused group of invited local and international big wave chargers waiting for Dungeons, the open ocean reef under the cliffs of the Sentinel at Hout Bay, to produce the goods in the form of five metre or bigger waves for the seventh successive year.

Archers attack at Protea Sports Club
HUNDREDS of arrows flew through the skies at Protea Sports Club on Sunday as archers took out their targets with supreme accuracy.

Unicorn enjoying the hockey limelight again
THE 64-year-old Unicorn Hockey Club's effort to avoid extinction - a fate that has hit several other hockey clubs in the Athlone and Southern Suburbs areas - has reaped some rewards and recognition.

Locals jump for glory
SKILL and technique earned top positions for many local horse riders at the Noordhoek Riding Association Show Jumping event in Noordhoek over the weekend of 7 June.

Season set to explode
GRINDING performances from the slick southern suburbs Super League A rugby teams has them in a prime position at the end of the season's first round.

Six of the best for Beijing
WESTERN PROVINCE's hockey members dominate the Proteas squad chosen for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

City karateka on alert for foreign challenge
THE 17th annual Karate/Taekwondo Championships organised by Ashihara Karate has drawn a formidable list of entries from India, Seychelles and Swaziland to the College of Cape Town (formerly Hewat) Hall in Crawford on Saturday, 19 August.

No stopping fleet-footed Martha
FOR most people running continuously for 17 hours and 59 minutes might seem impossible. But not so for 36-year old, Martha Pretorius, of Athlone.

Soccer's Cup of Gold
THE Safa Cape Town is poised to launch the 2008 Coca-Cola Knockout Cup, renowned as one of the major competitions in amateur soccer for nearly two decades.

Big break for Stephanian teen
STEPHANIAN teenager Cody Meyer has joined the national academy for top flight table tennis players that is based at Pretoria University.

How car boots became beacons of hope during sports struggle
TIME will tell whether the Cape District FA was correct in its recent correspon?dence to accuse the Greater Wynberg LFA (alias Southern Suburbs FA) of delibe?rately attempting to derail the CDFA by means of "shoddy backyard in the car boot administration".

SA's best set for world champs
A FANTASTIC lifesaving season in South Africa will culminate in a tussle between 40 countries as the SA squad heads to the Lifesaving World Championships in Germany, 21 to 29 July.

Bailey acts to defuse demarcation row
SAFA-CAPE TOWN is engaged in a fine balancing act to broker a compromise between the Cape District FA and Sou?thern Suburbs FA on the demarcation issue.

Get Ashleigh to Inter-Provincials
FISH HOEK'S Ashleigh Freeman will be flying Western Province's flag high when she competes in the Action Cricket Inter-Provincial Tournament in Durban from 5 to 11 September.

Fierce finals favour WPCC
LOCAL clubs dominated the Premier Tennis League this season and victory in the women's division sees WPCC on the brink of claiming both titles.

Nathan bombshell
AJAX CAPE TOWN FC's leading goal scorer Nathan Paulse has left Cape Town for a hush hush trial with Hammarby FC, a Premier League side in Sweden.

Chelsea ready for her third world champs
KARATE queen Chelsea Dean, has been selected to represent South Africa for the third time in a world championship event ? she is 16 years old.

Meet the Ajax juggernaut
FRANKLYN CALE has at times taken a difficult road? filled with the rigours and risks of professional soccer.

Borman baffles Beckham
CALL him Dan, call him Little Dot ? he has shown what he's got.

Madge takes Super-Am title
FIGHTING skill and discipline in the ring helped Don Madge pummel his way over Sydney Moxolo to become the new SA Super-Am K1 Rules Junior Champion.

Locals shine at canoe champs
PADDLES chopped up the water at Zandvlei, with furious racing in the annual Western Cape Canoe Championships over the weekend.

Another soccer row brews
THE Safa Cape Town (Safa CT) is bracing itself for another niggling soccer headache.

A switch on for ambitious club
THE future looks bright for Salt River-Blackpool Soccer Club, after floodlights were installed at their Shelley Street headquarters in Salt River.

Stormers put one hand on semis
THUNDEROUS rugby from the Stormers over the past few weeks has put them in a perfect position to mark their place in a Super 14 semi-final.

Make-or-break
IF soccer games were books, this storyline would suggest a best seller: Ajax Cape Town versus Orlando Pirates (Part 3).

Rayana ready for round 2
"I HAVE never had 'easy' fights, which I think is a good thing: but yes, she was definitely the toughest opponent I've ever fought."

Molema conquers the Milkwood
FEELING unstoppable, Neo Molema breezed through the still, scenic route of the Milkwood 21.1km half marathon for victory.

A storm is brewing
FEROCIOUS rugby from the Vodacom Stormers down under has put them in a prime position to fight for a semi-final place in the Super 14.

Top soccer club changes base
THE Premier United Soccer Club from Hanover Park dropped a bombshell by going ahead with a switch in allegiance that could have far reaching repercussions in the amateur game.

In a Claas(en) of his own
AT age 18, Daylon Claasen is fast becoming a seasoned traveller whose soccer ambitions are taking him beyond the realms of Ajax Cape Town.

Team Chilli turn up the heat
TWENTY FIVE years have passed after the first game of Ultimate Frisbee was played in South Africa, but the sport is definitely not getting old.

View from the beach - 1 April08
THE passing of the Equinox and Easter has the surfers of the Far South viewing the ocean with increased anticipation...

Magnificent Mambo
EXHAUSTED, both mentally and physically, Marco Mambo of Zimbab?we fought against his screaming body as he was cheered over the finish line for his third Two Oceans Marathon win.

The Benni factor boosts Crusaders
A SUBSTANTIAL cash boost from Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League has revived the oft-forgotten connection between Benni McCarthy and the Crusaders amateur soccer club in Cape Town.

On a wing and a prayer
FORMER professional soccer player Jeremy Wyngaard has God at his side and the ball at his feet as he strives to keep the younger generation out of trouble.

A shot above the rest
A LONG line of men and women step to the line in silence, their outstretched figures still as they lock onto to their targets in the distance, and at the signal they fire.

Shoot-out looms
THE South African Football Association (Safa) has assigned a trouble-shooter to deal with the problems that has beset the amateur game in Cape Town.

Local fighters pack a punch
IT'S GLORY galore at Ray's Thai Boxing Academy in Wynberg, where founder, Rayana Ameeroedien, and her students are slamming onto the international kickboxing scene.

Top journalist awarded
BRIAN GAFFNEY, sports journalist with People' Post, won the print media category in the provincial Department of Sports and Culture's Western Province Sports Awards on Saturday night.

Roaring season for locals
WITH mud slinging out from the back of his 4x4, Sunnydale resident Mike van As not only left most of his competitors in his dust this season, he covered them in it.

Cup lures Ghanaians
THE Metropolitan Premier Cup soccer championship has been given new impetus with the inclusion of three foreign teams in the top youth event for u/19s in Cape Town over the Easter weekend in March.

UK soccer tour goes nowhere
A SCHOOL soccer tour to England went horribly wrong when it was aborted in Johannesburg during the December holidays.

Booysen flexes on the world stage
MR POWERHOUSE is an appropriate nickname for Sydney Booysen, a natural body-builder from Masipumelele who caused a stir at the World Championships in Spain.

Exquisite tennis at Veterans Open
HUFFING, puffing, rackets smashing, quiet whispers of self-motivation and the occasional scream of delight circled the WP Tennis headquarters in Rondebosch.

Red cards for officials
THE three big names at the centre of the acrimonious amateur soccer row have effectively been sidelined and silenced.

View from the beach - 29 Jan
THE Cape Doctor extends its house call until the weekend, blasting the swell flat and producing bone chilling water temperatures on the Atlantic coast while churning the tepid False Bay seas into a mass of mushy foam.

New Bok coach faces acid test
THE big debate surrounding the selection of the new Springbok coach, Peter de Villiers, is the biggest talking point since the Boks' post-apartheid return to international rugby in 1991.

America, here I come
ANOTHER McCarthy is poised to go overseas on a venture that promises to launch a soccer and academic career.

Globe-trotting with Mike Harker
LIFE today is made up of mainly two types of people: those who are a slave to it, scared to take risks and always doing what is expected; and the ones who live it, share it and conquer it.

Swimming with sharks
IT'S an intense rush; something that gets your body shaking, your stomach turning and your heart pumping. I never thought I would ever stare straight into the eyes of something that could eat me... 

Local ice queen off to France
ICE SKATING is an extremely rare sport for southern suburbs dwellers who need to travel quite a distance to ride on the giant indoor ice-cube, but that?s not the case for Kelly-Amber Jones.

Shun da Paul take the crown
VOLLEYBALL fever struck again when players from all around the peninsula gathered for the Volleyball Fiesta 4's tournament at Rhodes High School on Saturday.

View from the beach - 27 November
THE Far South surfing community is devastated to hear of the hit and run bicycle incident near Kommetjie on the weekend that claimed the life of Brian Crabb and left big wave pioneer and all round good guy Glenn Bee critically injured.

Boxer's anger tempered
CAPE TOWN heavyweight boxing sensation Miyan Solomons's intense anger following a controversial referee's decision in Germany was tempered when he was granted a number one ranking by Boxing South Africa (BSA).

Masters clash in Fish Hoek
MASTERS of the beach flooded to the shores on Fish Hoek beach recently for the Fish Hoek Surf Life-saving Masters Seven Man Relay Classic.

Paddlesnappers tame the dragon
THE LOUD, repetitive beat of drums ?echoed off the canal walls, growing louder and louder until the head of a dragon appeared from around the corner.

Iron men conquer peaks
IN 1897 Carl Wilhelm Schneeberger stood at the old Johannesbrug Hotel in Long Street with the idea of conquering the three giants surrounding Cape Town in one day.

Money talks in hushed deal
THE perception that soccer has become a ruthless money game is underscored by the pending take-over of the Western Province United franchise by Gauteng based millionaire Dumisane Ndlovu.

Clean sweep for Pens paddlers
PENINSULA CANOE CLUB'S Graeme Solomon paddles to perfection to claim his first victory in this summer's Discovery Men's Health Surf Ski Series at the Langebaan Lagoon Race.

Stampede in the vineyards
SEEMINGLY endless fields of rolling vineyards sitting calm in the sunrise hours set the backdrop for arguably one of the most beautiful races on the WP calendar.

Canoe polo slams Cape shores
THE overwhelming feeling of being alone in a small boat, conquering mother nature, is the regular perception of canoeing by most. But that will soon change.

View from the beach - 30 October
VARIABLE spring weather and flat seas on the Atlantic side of the Peninsula wreaked its toll on surfing events this past weekend...

WP softball wins world cup bid
THE 2011 International Softball Federation (ISF) Junior Women's World Cup will be staged in Cape Town...

Aussie-born Stormers recruit wants to be a Bok
THE 20-year-old Australian-born utility back has signed a contract with the Stormers for their campaign in the Super 14 competition in 2008.

WPCC declared squash masters
A SEASON of smashing, sweating, running and overall hard work paid off with numerous trophies for the members of WPCC Squash Section.

Another soccer legal eagle gets the boot
THE South African Football Association (Safa) Cape Town  ?faces massive legal costs as well as other expenses after the Safa national disciplinary committee got tough with their embattled regional affiliate at the weekend.

Rondebosch make a splash
SACS was invaded by u/13 waterpolo players from all around South Africa to take their shot at glory in the SACS u/13 Waterpolo Tournament.

View from the beach - 16 October
THE wintery conditions that brought single digit air temperatures, teeming rain and even hailstones to the Far South last weekend forced the organisers of the first of three events in the Kahuna Surf Series to postpone the finals.

Soccer Shocker
THE South African Football Association (Safa) Cape Town has slapped a five year suspension on the Local Football Association (LFA) Northern Suburbs and fined them R7 000 to be paid within 30 days.

Santos battle to avoid doldrums
STRUGGLING Santos are at the crossroads following their elimination from the Telkom Knockout Cup series ? a setback that has dented their image of being the knockout specialists of South African soccer.

Who will be king of the lake?
GUSTS of icy winds swept across the open water of Zeekoevlei, accompanied by occasional bouts of sharp rain, making things a little tougher for the group of windsurfers competing in the Super X King of the Lake series.

Smashing cricket in Fish Hoek
HARD hats, superb catches and flying wickets were not reserved for the ICC Twenty-20 World Cup alone as Fish Hoek also reported that cricket balls were raining down from the heavens.

View from the beach - 2 October
A COUPLE of days of the Cape Doctor have sent the sea temperatures plummeting and producing the anomaly that sees Far South surfers wearing thicker wet suits...

Soccer legal eagle has wings clipped
VERNON SEYMOUR'S presence as a legal representative to defend the South African Football Association (Safa) was rejected at a Safa Disciplinary Committee meeting in Johannesburg on Sunday.

Athletes flood the city
A RIGOROUS test of endurance saw athletes push themselves to the limits in a race that normally takes around 22 hours to complete.

Agliotti goes Dutch
SUPREME skill, accurate passing and an eye for goals earned Marilyn Agliotti (28) a spot on the Dutch national hockey squad ? one of the best in the world.

Let the show begin...
THE opening night has been delayed for six weeks and the cast has changed a bit, but regardless of the hitches positive lines still punctuate the script.

Out and about in the south:
THE sun was barely peeking over the light blue ocean on Sunday morning when I opened my eyes to start my day.

View from the beach
SPRING has sprung and most wave-riders in the Deep South are sporting contented grins thanks to consistent swell and great surf at the vast selection spots on both sides of the Peninsula ranging from triple overhead mountains of water at the big wave, Bomboras, to offshore waves at The Corner.

Rygate, District face expulsion
THE Rygate Football Association and its ally, Cape District FA, are walking the gang plank...

Benni beyond bungling Bafana
WHILE Benni McCarthy revealed that his broad experience of European soccer has elevated him to being Bafana Bafana's most talented competitor, his performance contrasted sharply with the mediocrity of some of his team mates at Newlands on Sunday.

WP body-boarders ready for SA champs
THE Western Province body-boarding team was announced at the WP Body-boarding Association (WPBA) prize-giving at the Italian Club in Milnerton and they are confident of leaving their mark at the South African Championship.

View from the beach - 4 September
THE South Peninsula retained its claim as the most proactive surfing community on the planet when 310 participants paddled out at Muizenberg Corner on Sunday to try and eclipse the Guinness World record for the "most surfers simultaneously riding one wave".

Gun shots send hundreds running
HUNDREDS of people were sent sprinting into the streets of Green Point after loud gun shots were heard coming from the Hamilton Rugby Club on Sunday.

How Crusaders groomed Benni for stardom
CRUSADERS strongly believe they've been forgotten amid the euphoria surrounding Benni McCarthy and his meteoric rise to soccer fame and fortune.

Local paddlers take on the world
PENINSULA CANOE CLUB (PCC) will see four of their members flying upstream to compete in the 15th World Canoe Marathon Championship in Hungary from 6 to 9 September.

Out and about in the south: Abseiling Table Mountain
HOW do you logically explain that you have just walked backwards over the side of the world-famous Table Mountain?

Life-savers hit the beach in Japan
SOUTH AFRICA's u.23 life-saving squad took off for Japan yesterday to compete in the Sanyo Bussan International Life-saving Challenge.

Goal ace Rodgers bucks up Santos
SANTOS FOOTBALL CLUB kept their best for last ? and so nearly paid the penalty when they drew 1-1 against AmaZulu in a Premier Soccer League clash.

Round one to Julies... now round two beckons
THE South African Football Association (Safa) in Cape Town, headed by Les Julies, secured the high ground in its ongoing battle with one of its disgruntled affiliates, the Northern Suburbs Local Football Association (LFA), albeit temporarily.

View from the beach
IT'S standard August fare on the sou?thern tip of the continent this week as yet another five to six metre swell rolls in from the Roaring Forties accompanied by stiff winds and some rain from Tuesday till the weekend.

Tension builds over Lipton Cup
THE Royal Cape Yacht Club (RCYC) will do everything in their power to snatch back the prize in the Lipton Cup Challenge starting on 26 August in Table Bay.

Pettersen shoots through Hout Bay
A GUN shot sounds. He speeds off into the darkness, legs pumping, heart rate increasing, he manoeuvring his way through the winding trails on the mountain side, trying to break away from the mob chasing up from behind him.

Cape surfers rip through Durbs
SURFERS from Cape Town's Southern Suburbs rocked their Durban rivals as they dominated the waves at the second event of the Billabong Junior Series in Durban recently.

Sergio skippers Sporting
ENTER Ikapa Sporting FC, courtesy of the soccer-wise Dos Santos clan...and exit Fidentia Rangers.

Top notch squash from WP youth
AN astounded crowd watched on as Western Provinces's top youth squash players smashed shot after shot in the WP Youth Closed Squash Tournament, at Western Province Cricket Club recently.

Cup showdowns an acid test for Safa-CT
THE Coca-Cola Cup, which carries a R320 000 sponsorship for the 2007 championship, will reflect whether Safa-Cape Town has the support of all its affiliates when the competition kicks off this weekend.

WP Trials reaching boiling point
WESTERN Province bodyboarders took no notice of the bad weather as they went head to head for the third leg of the WP Boarding Association (WPBA) Trials, at Witsands on Sunday.

Madiba celebration a boost for 2010
WHILE Sepp Blatter will next week reiterate Fifa's support for South Africa hosting the 2010 World Cup when he pays his first visit to SA since work began to build and upgrade stadia, including the new Green Point Stadium, he will bring along bigger news for ardent soccer followers in the Western Cape.

Soccer rejects bids for new LFAs
THE Safa-Cape Town has decided against increasing its total of 19 affiliates which has effectively given the boot to recent applications from the Greater Athlone LFA and the Cape District FA to change the status quo.

View from the Beach - 5 June
WHILE we shiver and shelter from rain showers as an extended Antarctic frontal system bares its fangs for the next week, 20-year-old Kommetjie surfers Damien Fahrenfort and Dave Ri?chards are basking in 28?C water and air temperatures plying their trade in the idyllic Maldives Atolls.

Brave Neptune's wrath to claim rewards
SOUTH Africa has some of the best big wave surfers in the world and they have been handed another excuse to brave the most monstrous parts of the ocean, with the launch of the O'Neill Big Wave Raw Courage Awards.

Progress wins clash of the centurions
WHILE the Sharks and the Bulls were headed for the first Super14 final between two South African sides, a little bit of history also unfolded at the City Park sportsfield in Crawford on Saturday.

A battle between the best
SQUEAKING takkies and rackets smashing against walls were all common sounds heard at the squash courts, at WPCC, last week as the best players in the Western Province took their chance at the WP Closed Squash Championships.

Lee-Ann claims a spot in the SA team
LEE-ANN de Wet (11), from Tokai, was recently selected for the South African u/15 Badminton team after finishing fourth overall at the South African Championships at John Tyres Hall, in Access Park.

Muizenberg gets its first soccer club
Muizenberg has finally been introduced to the soccer ball with the opening of the first ever soccer club in the area, Muizenberg United.

Nicole is swimming up the ranks
FISH HOEK'S Nicole Vrahimis (12) showed her aquatic abilities over the summer swimming season as she collected a bundle of medals for her performance in the water.

Déjà vu beckons for Ajax, Santos
WISHFUL thinking?... Maybe, but the Absa Cup knockout series could produce another all-Cape Town final.

So far so good for Shosholoza
TEAM Shosholoza sailed up from ninth to seventh place overall on the Louis Vuitton Challenger rankings despite a tough final day of racing in the Louis Vuitton Act 13 fleet racing off Valencia, Spain, on Saturday.

Ajax, Santos on track for Premier Cup
THE annual Metropolitan Premier Cup showpiece at Easter has, through no fault of the organisers, failed in achieving what it set out to do... promote u/19 soccer in all districts in the Western Cape.

Don saddened that his 70s team is being ignored
FORMER Cape Town Spurs FC and Clarewood AFC manager-coach Don Richards' eyes light up when he recalls how the crack clubs that were once closely linked dominated soccer in the Western Cape.

Life's a Beach - 6 January
THE waves continue to pulse onto the beaches, reefs and point breaks of the South Peninsula leading many of the area's long term surfers to call this the best summer for surf in recent memory.

Two that didn't get away
A recreational angler whose previous best catches were in the 1 kg range struck it lucky when he hooked two big ones at the Wolfgat Nature Reserve on the False Bay coast.

Soccer feud reaches critical point
THE battle lines in amateur soccer are drawn after six of the strongest affiliates belonging to the Safa-Cape Town broke their silence over going it alone and forming their own association outside the ranks of the embattled Safa-CT.

WPCC is aiming for the squash title
THE Western Province Cricket Club (WPCC) squash section's men's team has its sights set on the Western Province league and knockout cup this season, after ending as runner-up in both competitions last year.

Pengelly smashes four records
NEWLANDS swimming pool was a hive of activity as swimmers from all the provinces flooded into Cape Town to compete in the SA Schools National Swimming Championships on 2 and 3 March.

Club records tumble as Noordhoek wallop Oaks
THE Noordhoek Village Cricket Club (NVCC), now in its seventh season, recently celebrated a resounding win against the Somerset Oaks XI at Somerset College.

Sonn gets extra ICC batting time
CITY advocate Percy Sonn will serve an extended stint as president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) until 2009.

Another softball double for Yankees
DOMINANCE in softball such as that exhibited by Westridge Yankees' is unlikely to be bettered. Another league and knockout cup double achievement has underscored the champion club's efforts to remain No 1.

Molema charges through Constantia
FLEET-FOOTED Neo Molema tore through Constantia in the early hours of Saturday morning to claim first place in the annual Hohenort road race over 15 kilometres.

Forty three years of karate experience and counting
SHIHAN Bas van Stenis, from the Kyokushin Karate Club in Green Point, recently returned from Japan after being asked to be an official at the All Japan Open Karate Tournament.

American 'ball stars to dazzle city
TOP American softballers Natasha Watley and Jessica Mendoza, who starred in the 2006 World Series and 2004 Olympic Games championship successes of the USA, will be in action in Cape Town this week.

Life's a Beach
THE all-conquering Kommetjie Kids continued their conquest of the SA surf scene when the aptly named Volcom Baboonfish contest brought a host of the country's top surfers to the Cape Peninsula last weekend.

What's my age again?
IF YOU think breaking ten South African records, achieving six World Number One rankings in six different events and, more recently, shattering three world records in Spain ? all since January this year ? is impossible, then you must not have met Tim Shead.

Mayhem at the Fresh Air Camp
THE Fresh Air Camp in Simon's Town erupted into chaos when the African Wrestling Federation (AWF) wrestlers were let loose, much to the enjoyment of the spectators.

View From The Beach - 6 March
THE low pressure system that brushed the Southern tip of the continent over the weekend produced wintery conditions kept the swell generating machine operating at full bore.

Stalwarts on form as it goes to the wire
IT'S becoming more than a game whenever Westridge Yankees and Falcons-SAPS clash...particularly in league deciders.

VOB vs Athletics fight for runner-up spot is hotting up
THE long-awaited double-header showdowns between VOB and Athlone Athletics developed into contrasting tussles at the Chukker Road sportsfield in Kenwyn on Sunday.

Seven of WP's best off to Poland
SEVEN Western Province softballers will don the green and gold at the World Junior Women's u/19 Series in Poland in June.

Zola tears up the mountain side
THEMBELANI ZOLA, from Mr Price Western Province, tore his way around the mountains to take the crown in the Mallinicks Bay to Bay 30km road race on Saturday.

Wayne Holman just misses 3rd century
Fish Hoek Cricket Club 1st XI ope?ning batsman, Wayne Holman, scored two consecutive centuries (and very nearly a third) and he heads a list of century makers for the club in recent weeks.

Put up your dukes
CAPE TOWN is about to be hit in the head with the latest sporting craze preparing to grab the city.

The pride of Fish Hoek
LIFESAVERS from various beaches in Cape Town flocked to Fish Hoek beach for the 14th annual Pride of the Bay lifesaving tournament, on Saturday.

Falcons' trio of sisters keep it sharp
SISTERS are doing it for themselves...and the efforts of the latest sister trio in softball have added to the competitive vibe in the game.

Roger the Dodger vs Maestro Muhsin
THE only thing certain about the forthcoming Premier Soccer League derby between Santos FC and Ajax-Cape Town is that the respective coaches Roger da Sa and Muhsin Ertugral won't get the boot if they fail to secure a win at Athlone Stadium on Saturday night.

How the gravy train chugged along as the youth suffered
SEVERAL promising young softballers sat cramped in buses on a rainy yet humid Sunday morning, waiting for someone to open a UCT students residence where they were supposed to stay during the SA Schools Games in Cape Town last week.

Trafalgar aims for another touch of class
IT was a matter of touch and go for the Trafalgar High School in District Six, whose boys side will defend the World High School Touch Rugby champions title in Singapore this week.

Jardine leaves UCT in a spin
PRIMROSE spinner Fagmie Jardine spearheaded his side to their first outright win of the season when they thumped UCT by five wickets in the Western Province 1A League series.

The ultimate game of frisbee
THE word "frisbee" normally brings to mind images of your energetic pooch or showing off on the beach, but for Cape Town's Ultimate Frisbee players it is their passport to glory.

Saddler sets sails for the cup
TEAM Shosholoza skipper, Mark Saddler is hard at work as the team prepares for the Louis Vuitton Cup taking place later this year.

Something amiss as Yankees reach KO final
THE Western Province Softball Federation's reluctance to keep their best for last again threatens to impact on the Super League competition.

United pacemen make it happen
UNITED CC's pace attack spearheaded an emphatic nine-wicket win over Victoria in the Western Province 1A League cricket series.

High Court ruling tightens screws on embattled Safa-WP
THE old Safa-Western Province has landed itself in double troubl... first with the Cape High Court and now with the SA Football Association.

Deep South surfers take top prizes
DEEP SOUTH surfers dominated the awards at the prize-giving for the 2006 WP Surfing Championships last week...

Falcons swoop on Dutch 'baller
THERE'S a Kat among the Falcons... and it is certain to increase competitiveness in the Western Province Super League series.

Father Time can't catch up with Josephs
WHILE a group of paunchy wannabe golfers practise their chips and putts and the less active down their favourite beer at nearby clubhouses, a determined-looking figure pounds around the sports field at Chukker Road in Kenwyn.

Lions roar through Constantia
RUNNER Anthony Godongwana (Mr Price Celtic) took his place at the head of the pride as he roared through Constantia to victory in the Lion of Africa Half Marathon at the weekend.

International test looms for city umpire
A TOP Western Province softball umpire is headed for a certification clinic in the USA that could open the way for him to officiate at World Championship and Olympic level.

Blind bowlers, directors sought
BLIND bowlers are gearing up for the 44th National Blind Bowlers Tournament which is scheduled to be played at the Helderberg and Somerset West Bowls Clubs from 25-31 March.

Let the school Games begin...
AN inaugural national sport event in the shape of the SA Schools Games will draw over 5 000 youth to Cape Town from 3 to 6 December.

Boebie's at Wits end, thanks to Roger Da Sa
'TIS more than a soccer game. It will probably be an opportunity to settle old scores, prove contentious points and stake a claim for some of the glitz the Premier Soccer League has to offer.

Head blow takes out Yankees kingpin
WESTRIDGE Yankees softballers were dealt a blow when their South African catcher, Cindy Jeftha, was concussed and sustained a minor neck injury, during a Western Province Super League match at Turfhall Stadium in Crawford on Sunday.

Roger is the missing link
TWO out of three former Bafana Bafana players are predicting the PSL clash between Santos and Wits University will be drawn on Friday night.

Youth soccer to get a timeous boost
THE Imvusa Foundation and Chezmont Rovers AFC have teamed up to do their bit for youth soccer.

Yankees survive Falcons' late swoop
THE Westridge Yankees softballers opened a four-point lead over Falcons-SAPS, after edging their arch rivals 4-3 in the Western Province Super League competition.

It's the final countdown
THE South African America's Cup challengers, Team Shosholoza, are readying themselves for the final haul until the Louis Vuitton Cup, taking place later this year.

View From The Beach - 23 Jan
WE are just three weeks into 2007 and already there's been action aplenty in the Deep South surf zone.

Move on the cards for Santos ace
SANTOS FC's midfield maestro Muruwaan Bantom could be switching his soccer allegiance before the weekend.

Harris adds some spark to SA
SOUTH AFRICA'S newest spin wizard, Paul Harris, who seemed to appear from nowhere, has been in cracking form, most recently seen in his four-wicket onslaught against Pakistan at the weekend.

Clash of the Titans looms at Turfhall
LITTLE whets a keen softball follower's appetite more than those clashes between Westridge Yankees and Falcons-SAPS.

Another accolade for teen soccer fanatic
THE captain of the SA Schools u/19 soccer team attends a learning institute that is intently focused on academic progress and not sport.

Star Yankees player moves north
THE move of South African softballer Lynn Lekay to Johannesburg did little to affect Westridge Yankees' effort to secure two vital wins in the WP Super League competition at the weekend.

Ottomans head for 125-year milestone
THE Ottomans Cricket Club is batting steadily towards its 125th anniversary celebration next year.

Weekend cricket bogged down by rain
THE Western Province CC and Cape Town secured the only outright wins in the WP 1A League competition that was hard-hit by rain at the weekend.

Thistle minus SA pitcher
SOUTH African pitcher Lester Fortuin has caused a stir at Thistle, after failing to pitch-up to play in the WP Major League competition for three consecutive Saturdays.

Who's pooling who...since 2003?
THE young swimmers at Retreat Aquatics Club are still braving the cold and wind, despite an announcement in 2003 that the Retreat club had entered the fast lane for an indoor heated swimming pool.

Yankees' ballers in no mood to be upstaged
THE credentials of title-aspirants Glenthorn will come under severe scrutiny...

Fish Hoek cricket off to good start
All the Fish Hoek Cricket Club sides got off to a good start in their opening matches of the season...

View from the beach - 24 October
FALSE BAY surfers dominated the results in the first Kahuna Surf Series contest completed in small onshore waves at Muizenberg Corner last weekend.

WP schools captain heads for England
THINGS are happening unexpectedly and fast for Matthew Kleinveldt, the newly-elected captain of the Western Province under-17 cricket side.

Outright win on the cards at Kenwyn
WHAT expectedly turned out to be an ideal seamers wicket leaves either Victoria or Cape Town in with a chance to snatch an outright win when their Western Province 1A League match resumes at Kenwyn on Saturday.

SA long board champ off to the USA
LEGENDARY surfer Matthew Moir from Kirstenbosch, has departed from Cape Town to join the South African Surfing Team, and will be competing in the World Surfing Games which commenced at Huntington Beach in California on 14 October.

Kritzinger to lead WP schools team
ADRIAN Kritzenger is indeed a man for all seasons when it comes to sporting excellence.

Cape District FA stands at crossroads
THE Cape District FA has survived being given the boot by Safa-Cape Town, albeit temporarily.

Life's a Beach: Local surfers impress in foreign waters
CURRENT and former Deep South surfers continue to impress internationally...

A double triumph for lucky VOB
DEFEAT in the first match of a double-header has contrasting effects on clubs in the Baseball Association of Western Province (BAWP) Major League competition.

US college 'baller joins Crusaders
AN American college baseballer will enjoy a two-month stint with Crusaders in the Baseball Association of Western Province (BAWP) Major League competition.

Glenthorn silences the big guns
THE youthful Glenthorn softball side have sent out a clear warning to the perennial big guns Falcons-SAP and Westridge Yankees . . .

Euley's mean bat does the talking
ST AUGUSTINE big-hitter Wesley Euley was in a mean mood in the opening round of Western Province 1B League matches at the weekend.

Exciting coaching on the cards
Fish Hoek Cricket Club and local schools in the area will certainly benefit from new and exci?ting initiatives taking place this season.

Gloomy days for city clubs
IT was a black weekend for Ajax-Cape Town and Santos in the Premier Soccer League, while Vasca Da Gama suffered another embarrassing defeat in the Mvela Golden League.

Navies go head-to-head on rugby field
THE South African Navy will, for the first time in its history, host the third Commonwealth Navies Rugby tournament in Glencairn. The tournament starts today and will end on Friday, 13 October.

Another Falcons v Yankees final looms
FALCONS-SAP and Westridge Yankees softballers will renew their keen rivalry for honours at the Cape Town Classic tournament at Turfhall Stadium in Crawford this weekend, Friday, 6 until Sunday, 8 October.

Top paceman returns to Victoria
THE Cape Cobras' kingpin, Rory Kleinveldt, has returned to the Victoria Cricket Club after stints with the UCT and Primrose Clubs over the past two seasons.

Another African gold for Yolande
DARTS ace Yolande van Rooyen's penchant for gold served as the ideal motivation when she won the open singles title at the 2006 Africa Zone 6 championship in Blantyre, Malawi.

Sharpe boost for Ambassadors' mission
FORMER Manchester United and England soccer star Lee Sharpe will join hands with Ambassadors in Sport on its community projects across the Peninsula from Monday, 25 September until Thursday, 28 September.

Exhilaration follows Cape Point Race
OUR DIANNE, skippered by Billy Leisegang, took top honours in the annual Pennypinchers Cape Point Race last weekend, followed by Sunstone and Pennypinchers Beluga in second and third place respectively.

Fish Hoek runners conquer
ALL three of the Fish Hoek Athletic Club's entrants in the gruelling 160 km Tuffer PUFfeR race completed the event, held over the weekend of 25 and 26 August.

View from the Beach - 12 Sep
THIS Sunday's Guinness World Record attempt to have the "Most surfers standing on one wave", the debate on whether there is a shark problem around the Peninsula, and the fundraising efforts for the non-profit Shark Spotters programme are attracting unprecedented attention from participants and businesses in the Deep South, nationally and internationally.

New Chairperson for Fish Hoek Cricket Club
THE Fish Hoek Cricket Club elected a new chairperson at its AGM on 16 August.

Top soccer competition hard-hit by exclusions
SAFA-CAPE TOWN'S most lucrative competition is heading for an anti-climax following the exclusion of clubs from two of its biggest affiliates from the final knockout phase.

Stars take their chances to win
YOUNG Stars made better use of their scoring opportunities to edge Temperance 22-19 in a WP Third Division rugby clash at Green Point Track on Saturday.