The Spar South African netball team got off to a good start in the two-Test series against Samoa on Thursday when they won the first Test by 54 goals to 46. Samoa are ranked eighth in the world, two places below South Africa. The Proteas had been in New Zealand for two weeks, as part [...]
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Pro20 Super 4s Kicks Off
The country’s top women cricketers will once again descend on Kimberly for the Women’s Super 4 Competition starting on Saturday, with the main focus being Pro20 cricket. The second edition of the tournament has been formatted to coincide with the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 in May and will give some of the prospects an opportunity [...]
Major Coup for Pro Cycling
In a major coup for professional women’s cycling, Konica Minolta has announced that it has contracted a squad of nine top national and international riders for an all-female team known as Team Bizhub for the 2010 season, and will ride on Specialized equipment. “We will be focusing on both the road and mountain biking disciplines [...]
SA Fairs Well at Texting WC
South Africa’s first all-girl team to qualify for the 2010 LG Mobile World Cup, Tuks University students Natalie Witoslawski and Kgothatso Moerane, performed well for an overall fifth place, with Witoslawski placing overall in the numeric competition division. The South Korean team eventually claimed after a hard struggle where 26 contestants from 13 countries battled [...]
Jessica Claims Sea Swim
Collegiate scholar Jessica Roux led the way this weekend to win the 5km open water swim at the second round of the Eastern Cape Swim Series, recording a fast time of just short of 1hr and 5 minutes. Held at the picturesque Marina Martinique, Roux placed fourth overall in a strong field to win the [...]
Western Province Destroy Boland
Defending champions of the women’s provincial cricket league Western Province enjoyed a spectacular 96 runs win over a totally-outclassed Boland in Paarl on Saturday 21st November. Province batted first on a slow wicket and an even slower outfield, and after losing the early wicket of Alexis Le Breton to an Alicia Smith snorter, put together [...]
Robyn Wins Free State Classic
Robyn de Groot claimed the Free State’s biggest road cycling race when she won the women’s title at the MTN OFM Classic on Sunday, but it was Jennie Stenerhag who left Bloemfontein with the green jersey on her back as leader of the 2009 Alpha Pharm Seeding Series. In the women’s race, the ongoing duel [...]
Crash Ruins African Champs Quest
One of South Africa’s top female cyclists, Ashleigh Moolman, will miss the upcoming African Championships, after she crashed and broke her left collarbone on Wednesday. The 24-year-old, Moolman, who races for the Toyota Supercycling professional team, crashed heavily when she took evasive action to avoid being hit by an oncoming a car that was overtaking a [...]
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