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Port Alfred surfer for international final

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…

PA Royal St Andrews Hotel to sponsor Groms’ trip abroad

Royal St Andrews Hotel has been announced as a co-sponsor of the initiative to send the series winners in the premier Boys U16 and Girls U16 divisions of the 2024 Rip Curl Grom Search Series to the GromSearch International Finals in…

Bands on the Beach’s very big thank you for NSRI

Organisation made sure participants in the Port ALfred Easter Festival were safe in the water Port Alfred NSRi’s Station 11 received a R100-thousand shot-in-the-arm after the recent Bands at the Beach (BOB) Concert drummed up support for…

Explosive performances for final day of the Rip Curl Gromsearch presented by Royal St Andrews Hotel and Sea Harvest

All the winners All the winners © Louis Wulff While the Groms were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed on Sunday morning for day three of the Rip Curl GromSearch, some parents were less bright-eyed after the massive Bands At The Beach music…

Bands at the Beach music festival rocks Port Alfred

Arno Carstens thrilled the crowd at Bands at the Beach at the Port ALfred Easter Festival. Picture: Cally Taylor The Bands At The Beach Music Festival at Guido’s car park stage was an all-time party for Port Alfred. From Georgetown’s…

Exciting second day at Rip Curl GromSearch Port Alfred presented by Royal St Andrews Hotel

Josh Malherbe © Louis Wulff It was an exciting day of surfing for contestants in the Rip Curl GromSearch Port Alfred, presented by Royal St Andrews Hotel and supported by Sea Harvest, with two to three-foot onshore conditions proving…