5 Mins with Carol Joyce
Carol Joyce has always been a water baby and very competitive, too. So, its no wonder she’s found success in a sport like sprint canoeing. Carol is part of the SA Women’s K4 team, also including Michele Eray, Nikki Mocke and Jen Hodson, that has qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Star Search: Splash! Swimming Academy
gsport often receives correspondence from our readers wanting to know more about initiatives that are dedicated to teaching children and adults to swim. So, this month, we are delighted to introduce you to the Splash! Swimming Academy which aims to educate children and adults about the importance of learning how to swim as a […]
Synchronised Swimming: Poetry in Motion
Beautiful female bodies gliding effortlessly through the water in time to music gives the impression that synchronised swimming is an easy aquatic sport. Don’t be fooled. It is fun, it is feminine, but it requires strength, flexibility, endurance and exceptional breath control.
Anja van Aswegen: Loving Sport!
For as long as I can remember, sport has always played an important and fun role in my life. When I was three years old, my father placed a tennis racket in my hand and began playing tennis with me in our passage at home.
Dorah Nkgage: My gsport Attraction!
My name is Dorah Nkgage and I am a lover of sports and a loyal reader of gsport … for Girls! My passion for sports, although sometimes dormant in the past, is what attracted me to gsport. So far the articles and personal accounts I have read have inspired me and boosted my confidence in […]
The Penny Heyns Series: Action (Part III)
Over the past three months we have discussed Passion and two of the three components to Action, namely Goal setting and Planning, and secondly, the art of Visualization. This month we will look at what I consider to be the most vital component of action, that being the combination between attitude and execution. In a […]
2007 December Woman: Carina Bruwer
Introducing gsport’s December Woman, celebrated, multi-award winning flautist and champion marathon open water swimmer, 27-year-old Capetonian Carina Bruwer!
2007 December Woman in Media: Hendrien Grové
Hendrien Grové has been with pay channel SuperSport since 2001 and it’s her passion for sport that has seen her move up the ranks in the male dominated environment of sports broadcasting. Her many roles at SuperSport include being an insert producer/presenter for local tennis events, a behind-the-scenes presenter for the popular cricket show, Inside […]
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Sport is a great de-stresser for busy music agency owner and multi-award winning flautist, Carina Bruwer, who often feels invigorated and refreshed after a swim. But she is no ordinary swimmer; Carina is a champion marathon open water swimmer whose achievements include holding the female record for the fastest Gibraltar Straits crossing, and to date, […]