Author: Stephen Kisbey-Green

After a difficult couple of years for both clubs, the Albany Roadrunners and the Saints and Sinners Cycling club have amalgamated to become the Albany Saints and Sinners Multisport Club since 2015. With an entirely new committee in 2018, the Albany Saints and Sinners Multisport Club looks bring back the enthusiasm in the Grahamstown community around running, cycling and any other sports available to people in the town. Newly appointed chairperson of the club, Jaco van Dyk, is excited about the amalgamation and what it could mean for both sports. “What happened, is this used to be the Albany Roadrunners…

Rhodes University Archery Club hosted the Eastern Cape Target Championships on Sunday 11 March 2018. In addition to hosting a successful event, Rhodes Archery Club could celebrate a strong performance from all of their archers. However, it was Yashin Naidoo, Derryn Nel, and James McAlpine that really shone in the Grahamstown sun on the day. Naidoo, took home the gold in the Recurve Junior Men division, while Nel and McAlpine, both students at Rhodes, won gold in the Compound Women’s and Compound Men’s competitions respectfully. McAlpine and Nel have been competing on a national level since 2017, and racked up a…

Saturday 24 March saw the Southern Kings host Benetton Treviso in round 18 of the Pro14 at Nelson Mandela Bay stadium. The Kings were looking for their second win of their debut Pro14 season against their historically weaker Italian opponents. Both teams came out firing in the first half, as both teams crossed the whitewash early. Benetton scored two early tries, with Tomas Baravalle and Marco Lazzaroni crashing over in the first 7 minutes, only one of which was converted by Marty Banks. The Kings fought back, with Grahamstown’s own Luzuko Vulindlu crossing over for the home side on the…

The Rhodes University Ultimate Frisbee society will play host to this year’s South African Flying Disc Association (SAFDA) Mixed Nationals tournament in late April. This will be the first time that Grahamstown has hosted such an event. The Ultimate Frisbee Mixed Nationals is a team event which contains a mixture of both men and women in each team. Teams from across the country, including several university teams, will converge on Grahamstown on April 27, to take part in the tournament. Rhodes Ultimate has opted to make use of Albany Sports grounds for the event, as the Rhodes sports fields are…

The Sole Sisters comprises a group of 11 women who formed a running club that focuses on empowering women and children through running and the support of charity donations. With their first “journey” being the success it was in 2017, the Sole Sisters look to continue their positive journey in 2018, with a 107km run of the Baviaans River Conservancy (Eastern Cape) between Blanco and Bedford over three days in late April. This run will be in support of donations to Lukhanyiso, a village that set to be built in Grahamstown whose goal is to “to rescue a child, restore…

The Super 12 semi-final between Swallows and Gardens that took place in East London last week was surrounded in controversy after the match, when a supporter took to Facebook after the game to criticise the officiating of the referee. The Facebook post, which contained severe racist remarks including the use of the “K-word”, alleged that the referee was supporting the Swallows and failed to uphold the rules of the game in a fair manner. According to the Facebook post, the Grahamstown-born referee failed to blow the Swallows up for offsides on numerous occasions, which the Facebook user believed resulted in…

Recently, Rhodes students signed up for various societies as a way to make friends and try new activities. However, many societies root themselves in community engagement. These societies are always looking for new members, and are constantly working to encourage students to get involved with the community. Rhodes Mountain Club & St Mary’s DCC Cub Scout Pack Running in conjunction with the Rhodes Mountain Club (RMC), the St Mary’s DCC Cub Scout Pack was created in 2016 by Anna Talbot, a first year at the time who wanted to continue her scouting career. Talbot described the group as “an…

The 24th Pick n Pay Night Bowls tournament came to an end on Friday 2 March after Buco 46 continued their good knockout-stages form by defeating TAPS Inc in the final. Buco 46 beat 3/4 Black Videotronic, Bad Boys in the knockouts before facing TAPS Inc in a evenly-matched final. In the plate event, Knock Shop rose to the top, defeating Pam Golding Properties in the final, also on Friday. Their road to the final passed through St John’s First IV, Four Seasons and Pick n Pay. The final standings of the 2018 Night Bowls have Buco 46, TAPS Inc,…

It was confirmed on Thursday 1 March that Rassie Erasmus, former Springbok flanker and current Director of Rugby of the Springboks, will take over as the coach of the Springboks from Allister Coetzee. The interesting point in the announcement, however, was the length of time that Erasmus has been appointed for. It was originally speculated that Erasmus would take over until after the upcoming World Cup in 2019, with a new coach being appointed directly after the World Cup. The South African Rugby Union (SARU) announced on Thursday that Erasmus has been appointed until the end of the World Cup…