Hudson High star wins scholarship

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

Survive the Race returns to East London

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

‘Let’s play, gents’

Future cricket stars kick off Khaya Majola Week today Battling it out in Bloem WAY back in 1940, philanthropist Lord Nuffield provided funding to start an...

Joost van der Westhuizen has died

South African rugby legend and scrumhalf Joost van der Westhuizen has died in Johannesburg at the age of 45, the J9 Foundation confirmed on...

Hudson downs Selborne

Hudson Park won a nail-biting rugby match against Selborne 28-27 when the school’s first teams met on Saturday at Selborne Picture: SUPPLIED

The day cricket history was made

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...

Buffalo Regatta mania

Brittain brothers, Keeling big draws at iconic event ROWERS from all around the country, including Olympic silver medallists, will storm East London this weekend for...

Karting season off to good start

Full throttle ahead for young Van der Merwe THE 2017 Border Karting racing season got off to a great start recently with members igniting their racing...

World in their sights

•Stars who shone at SA champs now aiming for podium in Portugal Veterans, youngsters help balance team EAST London athletes arrived home loaded with medals after...

Entries open for the 17th Lilyfontein Adventure Race

ENTRIES for the 17th Lilyfontein Adventure Race have officially opened, inviting all adventurers to take part in this multi-disciplinary event. The race is scheduled to...

The Boks captain who never lost a series

After their excellent showing against the 1970 All Blacks, the Springboks rugby team showed a number of changes after the retirement of some of...
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New faces, same high-octane action

https://www.facebook.com/andre.oosthuizen.9615/videos/1395880553796982/   ROUND 1 of the Border Stock Car Association’s Regional Dirt Oval Championship took place on Saturday at the Summerpride showgrounds circuit in East London. The...

‘Pressure Cooker’ now doing what he loves for the kids

By Mesuli Zifo Jackie Gunguluza may hold the ignominy of being one the best boxers produced in the land never to win a world title. But the...

Unbeatable Dale young guns

  Dale Junior under-13 rugby was unbeaten this season, with only one draw out of 24 games played. Dale Junior marketing manager Luyanda Mpande said this...

Jegels comes back with a bang

By Mesuli Zifo East London golden girl Leighandre Jegels returned to the ring after completing her university degree to knock out Tanzanian Fatuma Yazidu in two...

Zangqa to coach Border U18s at Craven Week

It has been an exceptional year so far of championship-winning rugby for Lwazi Zangqa who will go on to lead the Border U18 Craven...

‘Seal training’ for six

SIX Selborne College pupils have been selected to take part in the South African Water Polo training squad in Port Elizabeth from December 8...

Hudsonian pride

Trio to fly SA flag in various disciplines THREE Hudson Park High School pupils, Sisipho Ndlabhu, Kwanda Mbalekwa and Rhys Poovan will be representing South...

GALA WINNERS

Selborne Primary took part in the top 10 Interschools gala, achieving outstanding results. The swimmers came first in various styles with Christo Van Loggerenberg...

Washie ‘monster’ stalks

Athletes set for 100-miler ‘Road to Hell’ WHEN the moon is at its brightest tomorrow, the ELB Washie 100 Miler will be well on its...

GALLERY: Dale College 5km Fun Run

Themebelihle Yekela, from Buffalo Runners Athletics Club, was the first male to cross the finish line in Dale College’s successful fun run last Friday,...

Kids hooked on hockey

THE Buffalo Flats astro turf is alive with screams of excitement and cheers when children begin playing hockey at 8am every Saturday. Successful development coaching...

Driveway run raises over R60,000

Morgan Bay resident Terry Gillham has not let the national lockdown get him down, and recently found a way to not only keep fit...

Reddam Constantia dominates Vides

There was plenty of excitement at the Selborne College pool last Sunday as the highly anticipated match of the 2020 Vides Water Polo Tournament...

Mzomhle High win Premier Star Bakeries pilot women’s league

  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...

Young bass angler hooks his Bok colours

LILYFONTEIN High School pupil, Nathan Lentz, 14, was recently capped with his South African Junior Protea bass angling colours at Witbank Dam during an...

Fencer Paola makes a move

Teen in EC team for the nationals AFTER only a year of fencing, Paola Signiorile is on her way to the top and will...

Big step for Tele

Hudson Park High School pupil learner Uzile Tele recovered from a serious injury sustained last year to earn a spot in the U18 South...

Selborne gets starring role for Craven

The Border Craven and Academy Week teams have entered their final week of preparation ahead of their respective national weeks, which get under way...

Shark bites surfer

•Teenager keen to return to water despite needing 300 stitches to right leg, shin, thigh SARAH KINGON YOUNG surfer Dylan Puttergill, 14, is surprisingly upbeat and...

Stirling swimmer chosen for SA squad

Jayden Sivai, 13, has eye on Olympics one day Stirling High School grade 8 pupil Jayden Sivai,13, has been chosen for the SA national swimming...

Border Blacktips reel in Challenge Shield again

Weather, fish ‘come to the party’ THE RASSPL Border Blacktips rock and surf angling team held their fourth competition of the season along the beautiful...

Hockey honchos

FIGHTING FOR POSSESSION: Africans Hockey Club centre forward Abigail Thompson (blue jersey) battles for ball possession with a Old Selbornians (Old Boys) third team opponent...

Upset as Woodridge top regional hockey tournament

Woodridge College caused an upset when they claimed the final spot in the provincial finals of the SPAR Eastern Cape Schoolgirls Hockey Challenge after...

Washie a ‘monster’ success

Washie double for good cause THE ELB Washie 100 Miler 2017 was a great success, despite the additional difficulty of the roadworks on route. A big...

Selborne pupil at top of his squash game

Worth ranked first in U16 SA Schools Squash SELBORNE College pupil Tristan Worth has been ranked first in South African Schools Squash in the U16...

Dale rugby fest success

Dale Junior hosted an U7 and U8 rugby festival on July 27, which saw them go up against Balasi Primary School, Breidbach Primary, De...
Stirling Primary pupils did exceptionally well at the Surfer’s Marathon recently. In fact, the first three boys’ positions and the first two girls’ positions in the Junior Surfers all went to Stirling pupils. From left are, Kiara Herman (first U13 girl), Amber Herman (second U13 girl), Sherwin Bauer (third U13 boy), Nathan Gallacher (first U13) and Asha Hoare (second U13 boy)

Stirling’s Surfers pride

Stirling Primary pupils did exceptionally well at the Surfer’s Marathon recently. In fact, the first three boys’ positions and the first two girls’ positions...

Pink Fairy raising money for animal welfare

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...

Recalling some of SA’s ‘forgotten’ cricketers

About 15 years ago this scribe had the privilege of interviewing Arthur Short who was in East London for a tennis tournament at Selborne...

Border U12s proud of WP victory

THE Border under-12 rugby team recently returned from participating at this year's Coastal Provincial U12 Tournament in Riversdale. Even though the team did not come...

Kingsridge win Border Inland tourney

KINGSRIDGE had another successful outing when they won the Border Inland tournament in the SPAR Eastern Cape Schoolgirls Hockey Challenge for the second time...
Members from the Shotokan Circle of Karate – East London dojo – won medals at the All-Shotokan karate championships held in Grahamstown last month. The medal winners are, from left, Ethan Chipps (bronze for kata), Sean O'Connell (gold for kata and gold for kumite), Jaco van der Merwe (gold for kata and gold for kumite) and Morné van der Merwe (silver for kata)

HARD FOUGHT

Members from the Shotokan Circle of Karate – East London dojo – won medals at the All-Shotokan karate championships held in Grahamstown last month....

Local koi owners show their finest

Entrants judged on size and variety SARAH KINGON A LARGE variety of colourful creatures were on display at the ninth annual Eastern Cape Koi Show at...

GALLERY – Discovery Surfers Challenge 2022

The Discovery Surfers Challenge was held on Saturday February 26th Runners and paddlers of all ages and sizes conquered the 17.5km, 10km, 5km races. Print media...

Athletes to take on the world

16 EL contenders to represent SA in US AN EXCITED group of 16 East London athletes have been selected to represent South Africa at the...

The fast and furious

Fine display of riding skills at club champs THE fourth round of the Border Motocross Club Championship was held on Sunday at the Gonubie track. A...

Border’s Zangqa picked as SA Schools A coach

Craven Week concluded its 59th run from July 3-8 in George with the selection of Border’s Lwazi Zangqa to position of head coach for...

Laser event eyes even bigger field this year

  THE second race on this year’s East London road running calendar will be the annual East London Hospital Laser Challenge, which will start and...