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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 - 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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.