Port Alfred surfer Carl Wiersma and fellow South African Leah Lepront will compete at the 2026 Rip Curl GromSearch International Final covered by Sun Bum. The prestigious event will take place in Narrabeen, Australia, from 7 to 10…
ALROY TAAI KICKOFF AT 2pm and 3.50pm Wentzel Park sports ground in Alexandria is ready to welcome an anticipated 2500-plus spectators and fans as home side Trying Stars do battle with current EP League Champions, Gardens. Alroy Taai…
The BUCO G2C mountain bike race from Makhanda to Port Alfred is on June 28 2026. If you haven’t taken your bike into your local bike shop for a service, now’s the time. The six-week Zero to G2C Hero training programme starting on Monday…
CHRIS TOTOBELA It was a very good weekend for all Ndlambe teams in the Hollywood bets regional league as they enjoyed positive results in their respective encounters. Port Alfred based Arrows hosted Makhanda based City Pirates and…
The 122nd edition of the historic Pineapple Cricket tournament gears up for a spectacular showpiece when the event hits off with 32 teams participating at various Port Alfred venues, from March 7 to March 14. The marquee A final has been…
Former Port Alfred High school scrumhalf, Denilo Jordaan, – whose roots run deep in the Makhanda-Port Alfred region, has confirmed his growing reputation in his chosen sport after gaining selection to the SA U20 training camp. The camp…
Rugby is alive and well on the Sunshine Coast and while the area boasts several provincial stars, women’s rugby has taken a little longer to get off the ground in Ndlambe. That could soon change thanks to initiatives by a local club,…
Saturday’s biggest opponent was an uncooperative 25km/h easterly. On Sunday, it was the 35C heat that Freestone Stadium’s gladiators had to contend with in two friendly home-sides pre-season tournaments. Hosted by Bathurst City, eight…
A wonder goal from Liverpool FC talisman, Anele Matshotyana, in the dying embers of a pre-season tournament final against Bathurst City Tigers at Freestone stadium on Saturday, proved the catalyst for the triumph over their rivals.…
The Hospital Fields delivered a GCB league thriller when Station Hill CC edged Rainbows by a single run in an entertaining 50-over match on Saturday. Station Hill’s captain, Marvin Groep, decided to bat first after winning the toss under…
The challenging climbs in the Woody Cape section of the route worked in the favour of 17-year-old Erik van Zyl who broke away from the pack 10km from the finish to clinch a decisive win in the Boknes Woody Cape Cycle Challenge 54km event.…
The red carpet has been unfurled as Port Alfred welcomes the cream of the crop school rowers who will converge on the Kowie River for the 25th edition of the Standard Bank South African Schools’ Boat Race that starts tomorrow, Friday…
Normal operations have resumed at the Port Alfred Bowling & Croquet Club after its hosting of a highly successful national croquet tournament featuring the best players from SA, the Ndlambe region and a few from abroad. The UK’s Jim…
Klipfontein United RFC drew a line under their breakthrough 2025 season when they hosted a vibrant awards ceremony at Kenton Town Hall on Friday evening where players were acknowledged for their contribution to a successful season. Among…
The annual Buco Golf Day at Royal Port Alfred Golf Club on Friday drew 120 golfers to one of the biggest RPAGC events of the year. Golfers participating in the 4-Ball Alliance competition, with proceeds going to Palcare, had to endure…
Local fans packed in the Station Hill fields to witness an action-packed Kowie United Tens Rugby tournament on Saturday. In the end it was The Rebels – from Station Hill – who thanks to a scintillating try by Melligan Frantz, won a…
“It’s going to be a totally different track by the end of the day,” Quentin Lessing observed as a lowering sky fulfilled its promise and rain came bucketing down at the pits behind Summer Pine Ranch in Bathurst last Saturday. This was the…
GREG WILMOT Scores of runners set off from the PJ Olivier High School, Makhanda, start for 50km, 30km, 15km, 8km and 3km distances in the 2025 Oldenburgia Trail Run hosted by the Rotary Club of Grahamstown Sunset on Saturday November 1.…
St Benedict’s College maintained their stranglehold on the Standard Bank SA Schools Boat Race after claiming their seventh consecutive victory on the Kowie River in a pulsating and drama-filled finals day on Saturday. In the junior…
Bowling teams from across the region participated in a successful Edge Finance-sponsored Harry Owsley Mixed Bowling Classic held at PA Bowling & Croquet Club this past weekend. Grumpy Enslin, organiser-in-chief, had put weeks of hard work…
