Sports

HUDSON Park High School’s first team have been excelling on the cricket field for the past few years, producing talented, disciplined and professional cricket...

STARTED by the Selborne College U16A rugby coach Jono Kruger, the Tries for Lives initiative has raised R15000 for the King's Children's Home and...

THE first Eastern Cape Majorette and Cheerleaders Association (ECMCA) Provincial competition in 17 years took place last weekend. Only two schools competed in Lilyfontein and...

FOR the first time in history 23 rugby players have been chosen from across the Border region to represent the Border province at the...

South Africa have been among the top rugby union nations in the world for 129 years, but if ever a survey was made to...

FOUR Carlos Soccer Youth Development Academy (CSYDA) young footballers travelled to Gauteng to join Bidvest Wits Football Club for a week’s training. Athenkosi Badi, Musa...

The 1969-70 Springbok rugby tour of Britain and Ireland became known as the “demo-tour,” with anti-apartheid activists using every opportunity to turn the playing...

SEA RESCUE – East London – Saturday, 12th May. 2 fatal drownings and a shark incident in separate incidents: Geoff McGregor, NSRI East London station...

Glitter, boots, star-studded uniforms and discipline is what the East London community have been exposed to as the South African Majorettes and Cheerleading Association...

THE Beacon Bay Country Club Squash team had the privilege of being coached by South Africa’s finest women squash players. South African women’s No1, Siyoli...

Four players get ticket to Sharks Academy BUFFALO City schools had mixed fortunes at the 10th Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival held over the...

Aphelele “Nqiza” Teto, who lives at Scenery Park Squatter Camp, is the latest graduate from the Carlos Soccer Youth Development Academy (CSYDA) who has...

Laerskool Kuswag in East London will be the venue this weekend for the under-12 Danone Nations Cup Eastern Cape provincial finals, kicking off at...

Stirling pupil wins three golds at Cana ULTIMATE Swim Club (USC) member Lesley Blignaut received three gold medals and broke two championship records at the...

Gonubie Primary School took part in the Grens Rugby Festival recently. It was a tournament aimed largely at preparing primary schools for the long...

It was a nail-biting match on Saturday when the Selborne College 1st XV rugby team went up against their Hudson Park counterparts in the...

Live Adventure, organisers of the Buffs Marathon and Half-marathon, have assured athletes that water supply issues will not affect their chances of qualifying for...

TWO pupils from Baysville School were recently awarded colours for their outstanding and sustained achievements in athletics. The young athletes, Tracey-Lee Swartbooi and Charl Schaup...

Pink Fairy Multi-Sport, run by Mike Webb (aka the Pink Fairy) and his wife Klara, is once again on a fundraising drive to help...

  Monstrous stock car racing machines BORDER Stock Car Association brought 2016 to a hot end with their final race of the year on December 30. The...

Racing enthusiasts gathered at the Summerpride Showgrounds Circuit for V8 King of the Ring and 1660 challenge on Saturday evening. East London was graced...

East Londoners have rallied together to raise more than R150,000 in just 72 hours to support George Randall High School matric pupil and Border...

ON Saturday (October 28) the Border Blacktips RASSPL (Rock and Surf Super Pro League (RASSPL) team will be hosting their fifth Rock ‘n Surf...

The Clarendon High School U16 rowing team had a chance to relax after their races to support their other teams at the Buffalo Regatta...

During the holidays, the George Randell U13 hockey team and their coaches Nadine Ranger, left, and Tammy Malan, travelled to Bloemfontein to attend the...

  DREAM TEAM: Cambridge High School's under-15 team proudly display their silver medals which they received at the recent Eastern Cape Netball Champions. They also...

LOCAL dirt oval stock car racing champion Jody van Zummeren, 22, is flying the South African flag high – especially after has flown the...

The wins keep adding up for Selborne College’s Ben Weber (14), who made history last week at the SA Amateur Championship and then went...

Outstanding Hudson Park High School rugby player Sibabalwe Mahashe, who captained the SA U18 rugby team in the international Test against France and England,...

TALENTED Kingswood College allrounder Dwayne Pharo’s dedication, discipline and determination to the sport of athletics has paid dividends after he scooped two gold medals...

Cindy Dredge is a crown jewel in South African women’s bodybuilding after coming first at the International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB) South African Championships...

THERE were muscles galore in King William's Town as the inaugural House of Legends bodybuilding competition took place at Dale College Boy's Primary School...

Clarendon rowers recently took a very exciting trip to Roodeplaat Dam in Pretoria to participate in the South African Schools Rowing Championships. The Clarendon...

  In the final match of this season’s pilot league for women’s football, the Mzomhle High School team won against BCMM Inner City High. These...

TANDO NKUNGWANA Grade 11 Stirling High school pupil Matthew Wiseman has made his school, East London, and the province at large proud after becoming the...

SA’s top drivers gear up for Showground challenge ON SATURDAY the second annual Border Stock Car Association 1660 Challenge will be held at the Summerpride...

There was much excitement at the Steve Biko Centre in Qonce (formally King William's Town) on Friday when the KWT Darts Association (KWTDA) accepted...

STIRLING High School pupil and Aquanova swimming club synchronised swimmer Tayla Jade van Huyssteen has once again made her family, school and club proud...

  FANTASY Indoor League hosted its first soccer challenge on Saturday on the rooftop of Hemingways Mall, with Stars crowned the champions and Kroos Kontrol...

This year’s Buffalo Regatta entrenched East London as the pulse behind the longest running sporting event in SA. Though the University of Pretoria made a...

Seventy years ago, sporting history was made in Queenstown when a schoolboy cricketer from Queen’s College created a world record which remains unbeaten to this...

The city’s chance to host the nationally renowned KC March Hockey Easter Tournament in 2025 is slipping away, as Buffalo Flats and Bunker’s Hill...

TWO young and talented boys have made the King community proud with top-quality performances on the cricket pitch. Dale Junior Grade 7 pupils Juan Jeggels...

TALENTED Phikolwethu Luke, 16, received the prestigious Mabel Ryan Award for his Grade Five ballet exam last year. Luke was among the many prize winners...

IN RECOGNITION for his performances in the MX circuit, Beaconhurst Primary School pupil, Jayden Bruce-Alexander has received a Yamaha YZ85 motocross motorcycle sponsored by...

ONE of the most popular and biggest angling competitions in the Border area was fought out at the Buffalo River recently. The Monster Angling Competition...

Beacon Bay Lions Club have partnered with main event sponsor CFAO Motors and sole print media sponsor GO! & Express for Survive the Race...

NICOLE Windell's Steps of Style Dance Studio performed well in the South African Championships of Performing Arts last week and many dancers were chosen...

After their excellent showing against the 1970 All Blacks, the Springboks rugby team showed a number of changes after the retirement of some of...