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LOCAL soccer team Mbekweni Sundowns were crowned the national amateur club champions when they won the Castle League play-offs in Phalaborwa on Saturday. The team's trip nearly ended in tragedy however, when their bus burst into flames late Sunday morning on their way back to Paarl. "The accelerator cable got stuck at Drie Susters. The driver informed us that he couldn't stop the bus as we were heading towards a stop street at a T-junction," Sundowns coach, Robert Meyer, said on Tuesday. "You could hear something was wrong as the engine was revving very high. "We drove straight over the stop street, down a small embankment and into the field of a farm. That's when the bus caught fire," says Meyer. No one was injured, but Meyer as well as his assistant coach, and the team captain, Siphelo Skafu, lost all their clothes. The biggest loss however was some of the players' medals and the big trophy they won in Phalaborwa. "We would have arrived in Mbekweni around 16:00 on Sunday and would have driven around the neighbourhood bragging with our trophy. But now all that is spoilt," Meyer said. The team however had better luck on the field. Sundowns, the SAFA Western Province winners from the Paarl Football District, beat Soweto United 2-0 in the finals of the Castle League. Luvuyo Jalamba and Jongikhaya Tekani scored in the 70th and 77th minute respectively for the newly crowned kings of the development league. Sundowns were unbeaten on their way to the finals, dominating Tiger Chiefs (3-1), KwaMashu All Stars (1-0) and Breidbach Sporting (4-0). The Paarl team now also ensured their promotion to the Vodacom league and will be campaigning in the second division next season. The success of Sundowns comes shortly after another Cape teams, Town Roses from Guguletu Football District, won the national Sanlam League Championship in Nelspruit when they beat Soweto All Stars 8-0. "With the elimination of corrupt referees through Operation Dribble, Western Province will begin to dominate national competitions like we did a few years ago," says Bienie Alexander, spokesperson for SAFA WP. "In 2000, we made a clean sweep and won every single competition at SAFA. "However, in the last few years, strange refereeing decisions have prevented our clubs and players from proving that SAFA Western Province is the best footballing region in the country." |
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DIE wisselvalligheid van Young Peoples Rugbyklub se eerste span het Saterdag 'n absolute laagtepunt bereik toe hulle met 52-19 deur Hands and Hearts verneder is. Dit is die Paarlse span se swakste vertoning in jare, met die Tiere wat teen rustyd reeds 38-0 agter was. Patetiese verdediging, geen dissipline, vrotsige stelskopwerk en by drie geleenthede bottervingers met 'n oop doellyn wat wink, het Peoples se treurmare gekenmerk. Peoples se drieë is deur Hugen Anderson, Cedric Williams en Ervin Martin gedruk. Ben Martin was in die kol met twee doelskoppe. "Iemand moet vir die fiasko verantwoording doen en dit sal interessant wees om te sien wie mans genoeg is om sy hand op te steek," sê Trevor Davy van Peoples. "Peoples het egter in die verlede gewys dat terugslae soos dié die span net hegter saamsnoer en dat hy gewoonlik met mening terugkom." |
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DIE manne van Young Gardens het Saterdag voor nagenoeg 600 toeskouers op Daljosafat Stadion weer op die wenpad gekom toe hulle vir Riverstones 18-13 geklop het. Die twee spanne het mekaar behoorlik aangevat in 'n wedstryd waar die humeure gereeld opgevlam het. Dit was egter Jeremy Kokom se twee mooi drieë en Chesley Theo se twee strafdoele en 'n doelskop wat die Rooi Rose die deurslag gegee het. Ander uitblinkers vir Riverstones was Louis Moses, Mark Uren en Tino Prins. Pat Solomons het sy hart uitgespeel vir Riverstones. Gardens speel Saterdag weg teen Hamediehs. Die bus vertrek om 12:00. |
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THE Boland Natural Bodybuilding Association plays host to the 2004 Junior and Senior National Development Championship in Paarl on Saturday. Pre-judging starts at 10:00 with the show at 19:00 at the SA Police College in Main Street. Teams from WP, Boland, EP, Northern Province and Gauteng will compete in classes from u.13 to Masters and from Bantam to Heavyweights. Entry is R20 (R10 for children). The Boland team who will compete, consists of Muneeb Bailey (u.13), Novellan Jacobs, Geraldo Manuel, Leshwin van Rooi, Laffeyette van der Ross (all u.15), Hiram Pietersen, Shaan Marthinus, Ethan Newman, Craig Ledimo, Winston Bailey, Mogammat Joshua (all u.17), Virgil Davids, Lucian Achilles, Jean-Pierre Samuels (all u.19), Walter October (u.21), Mario Arendse (senior). |
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DIE Boland Kavaliers het wel hul eerste wedstryd van die Curriebeker se eerste liga gewen deur die Griffons 31-22 te klop, maar dit was nie die begin wat die verdedigende kampioene sou wou gehad het nie. 'n Ongeïnspireerde Boland-span moes Saterdag op hul tuisveld hard baklei om die Griffons, wat hulle die afgelope jare maklik gewen het, te klop. Daarby is die span ook sy regtervleuel, Alshaun Bock, vir die res van die seisoen kwyt nadat hy laat in die tweede helfte met 'n gebreekte knieskyf van die veld gedra is. Ná 'n eerste helfte bevlek met hanteerfoute en gebrekkige dissipline was die Kavaliers rustyd 10-9 agter. Die tuisspan het egter beter begin lyk in die tweede helfte nadat hul afrigter, 'n duidelik omgekrapte Hawies Fourie, harde woorde laat val het. Die Griffons het hul voorsprong vroeg in die tweede helfte vergroot, met 'n drie deur Jacques Maritz (flank). Die Kavaliers het egter dadelik teruggeantwoord toe senter Piet van Zyl oor die lyn val en sy span weer binne een punt bring van die besoekers. Solly Goosen se vervanging van Patrick Petersen op losskakel met sowat 20 minute se speeltyd oor, het meer kalmte in die agterlyn gebring. Goosen het dan ook sy span laat voorloop toe hy onder die pale druk en verdoel om die telling 24-22 te maak. Dit was egter die toewyding van agsteman Henley du Plessis wat die Boland van 'n sege verseker het. Du Plessis het van agter 'n skrum 'n skepskoppoging deur die Griffons se losskakel, Ossie Damons, afgestorm, 'n voet bygekry en die bal meters veld-op geskop. Plaasvervanger-haker Gustav Rademeyer het op die bal geval, tweede fase besit verseker en 'n vinnige, lang aangee deur die agterlyn het verseker dat Bronwin Julies (linkervleuel) in die hoek kon druk. Goosen se suksesvolle doelskop van reg langs die kantlyn was die kersie op die koek. Heelagter Antonius Verhoeven het uitgeblink met sy goeie posisionele spel, veilige hande en soliede verdediging, terwyl Charl Blom op skrumskakel ook goeie diens verrig het. Du Plessis se harde plettervatte het ook menige Griffons-speler se tande laat klap. Die Kavaliers pak Saterdag die Luiperds op Potchefstroom. Die Boland-span is: Antonius Verhoeven, Rayno Benjamin, Piet van Zyl, Jacques Badenhorst, Bronwin Julies, Solly Goosen, Charl Blom, Henley du Plessis, Kobus le Roux, Chris Potgieter, Henk Eksteen, Nicky Smit, Tommy Dixon, Conrad Burke (k), Fabian Brandt. |
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DIE eerste rugbyspan van Wellington het Saterdag weer eens hul krag in die Boland Superliga A1 bevestig toe hulle vir Delicious van Ceres 'n loesing van 48-10 uitgedeel het. Dit was veral Wellington se pak voorspelers wat gesag afgedwing het in dié voorwedstryd vir die Kavaliers/Griffons Curriebekerstryd op Boland Stadion. Wellington was baas in die vaste fasette en het baie van Delicious se lynstaanballe en besit in die vaste los gesteel. Die besoekers kon eers in die laaste vyf minute van die eerste helfte punte aanteken, nadat Wellington reeds vier keer agter die doellyn gaan kuier het om rustyd 29-5 voor te loop. Die drie deur Delicious het gepaard gegaan met 'n elmboogbesering aan Wellington se losskakel, Mark Kotzé. Sowat 10 minute na die aanvang van die tweede helfte druk Wellington hul vyfde drie. Dit word egter deur skeidsregter Shaun Veldsman ongeldig verklaar nadat die lynregter 'n Wellington-speler uitwys vir ongedissiplineerde spel. Die tuisspan druk egter kort daarna hul volgende drie toe die agsteman, Paul Bester, oor die lyn val. Goeie samespel tussen voor- en agterspelers het gate geruk in Delicious se verdediging. Agsteman Reginald Nutt het in die doodsnikke vir Delicious gedruk. Wellington se ander drieë is gedruk deur Louw Schabort (2, heelagter), Gerhardus la Grange (2, slot), Frankie Horn (flank) en Morné Coetzee (plaasvervanger-agsteman). Kotzé (3) en Nickus Bergh (2) het met doelskoppe geslaag terwyl Kotzé ook 'n strafskop oorgesit het. |
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AMIDST a vicious attack on one of their players the first team of Paarl Soccer Club still managed to thrash Queenspark 5-0 at the Boy Louw fields on Saturday. Wade Anderson (26), midfielder of Paarl, was tripped by his Queenspark counterpart and then kicked in the head after falling to the ground. Anderson was immediately unconscious after suffering the blow, sustaining injuries to his neck, a concussion and a cut tongue. He was fitted with a neckbrace, helped off the field and taken to hospital. "I ran past him on my way to the right side of the field where their goalkeeper had kicked the ball. "I must have stepped on his toe by mistake because he tripped me and then apparently kicked my head," said Anderson on Monday. "According to people next to the field my head shook vigoroursly after the kick which explains the intense pain in my neck," Anderson said, adding that he will be out of action for at least four weeks. After receiving a red card and being sent off, the Queenspark player gave Anderson's stepping on his new boots as reason for the attack . "It was ghastly. Soccer is an aggressive and hard game but it is the first time I have seen a player outright attack another on the field," said Lindsay van der Bergh, coach of Paarl Soccer Club. "After the match the referee said to some of the players that he was specifically sent by the Union to adjudicate the match in Paarl due to previous occurences of dirty play by the Queenspark club," Anderson said. Paarl Soccer Club, the referee and the medic who treated Anderson on the field have filed reports with the Tygerberg Soccer Union. Although the match was played in a tense, aggressive atmosphere from the start, tempers calmed after the incident happened. The home team led by 2-0 at this stage and found the back of the net three more times to the dismay of the visitors. Paarl's goals were scored by striker Dwayne de Waal (2), midfielder James Philander (2) and right back Harvin Cupido. The second team also came away the winners after Kelvin McKenzie, Uyshin Baadjies and Randy Abrahams sought out the back of the net. Paarl, who finished at the top of the log in the second division of the Cape Town Tygerberg League, play their third match of the second round against Westend in Athlone on Saturday. |
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Albions het die naweek weer 'n belangrike wedstryd gewen toe hulle vir Paarl Rangers 15-8 geklop het. Die rugby wat gespeel is, het egter nie aan verwagtinge voldoen nie, met die spelers wat baie gespanne voorgekom het. Albions het in die eerste helfte die tempo aangegee en ook die eerste punte aangeteken nadat loskakel, John Stevens, met 'n 40m strafskop slaag. In die lynstane was Morné Goetham weer op sy beste en die Albions lostrio het die manne van Rangers laat kleitrap, met die flanke, Yulin Claasen en Jenovan Cornelissen wat die Rangers-agterlyn onder groot druk geplaas het. Ofskoon die vleuels min bal gekry het, het hulle goed vertoon wanneer hulle die bal in hand gehad het en 'n hele paar goeie lopies ingekry. Claasen druk Albions se eerste drie nadat 'n strafskop vyf meter van die Rangers doellyn aan hulle toegeken word. Stevens verdoel. Kort hierna het Rangers hul eerste punte op die telbord geplaas na hul heelagter, Melvin Hermanus, met 'n strafskop slaag. Dit word opgevolg met 'n drie deur die Rangers flank Jameël Ladouce. Die drie bly onverdoel en bring die rustydtelling op 10-8. In die tweede helfte het Albions meeste van die balbesit gehad en in Rangers se helfte geboer. In die laaste minute van die wedstryd word Cornelissen met 'n drie beloon en verseker só die wedstryd vir sy span. Jenovan Cornelissen is aangewys as speler van die wedstryd. Rangers II wen 22-7 en die Rangers III wen 6-5. |
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AS part of the Franschhoek Bastille Festival, the Groot Drakenstein Games Club will be holding their annual Seven a Side "Bastille Sevens" Rugby Tournament on Saturday. Play commences at 10:00 and continues through the day. Teams from Paarl, Groot Drakenstein, Franschhoek, Durbanville, Bellville and Cape Town will compete and it promises to be an excellent day's entertainment. Refreshments and snacks will be available. The club is situated on the R45 between Paarl and Franschhoek, just past the R310 turn-off to Pniel and Helshoogte. A fly fishing festival at the Dewdale trout farm will also be part of the festivities from tomorrow to Sunday from 07:30 to 18:00. The event will offer all fly fishing fanatics the opportunity to win great prizes which include a helicopter ride over the Franschhoek Valley and three weekends accommodation in Franschhoek. There will also be day prizes for tagged trout. Fly-tying and casting demonstrations will be held on Saturday and Sunday. Limited tickets are available either by booking or on the day. R100 per day or R70 per half day. Information: 876-3067. |
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