Category Archives: sport

Horses To Be Banned From Fashion Show “By 2014″

By 6000 | 6000 | January 26, 2012

Organisers of the J&B Met Fashion Parade today announced that horses were to be phased out of the event over the next two years. Horses have been an integral part of the glitzy annual show, held in Kenilworth, Cape Town since 1883, but management have now decreed that they are supplementary to requirements and will [...]

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Catch of the Day

By 6000 | 6000 | January 9, 2012

I actually spotted this on Sky News last night while looking out for the draw for the FA Cup 4th Round – something my boys like to toy with occasionally. And then I forgot about it while attempting to sleep in the heat and humidity of Cape Town. But then I was reminded of it by [...]

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Goodbye Gianluca

By 6000 | 6000 | December 9, 2011

Oh dear. A final appeal to be allowed to finally appeal is turned down:  A private company, which built the R2 million Gianluca Vialli Soccer Centre at Sea Point High School, has lost an application for leave to appeal a Western Cape High Court judgment ordering it to cease operating the facility. This means the [...]

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Club Statement

By 6000 | 6000 | November 29, 2011

  Gary Speed MBE 8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011 Having been away from all radio, internet and cellphone contact this weekend (try it, you might like it), I was hugely shocked and saddened (as I’m sure many others were) to hear of the apparent suicide of Gary Speed – footballer, Wales manager and – [...]

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So backward…

By 6000 | 6000 | November 15, 2011

Astounding news today that the Western Province Rugby Union (WPRU) have blocked the much anticipated “exhibition” Heineken Cup game between Saracens and Biarritz from being played at the Cape Town Stadium, stating: The WPRFU Executive Committee decided that the home of rugby, Newlands, would stage this historic match. According to the South African Rugby Union [...]

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