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[OomStruisbaai]

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[OomStruisbaai]

My niece grandson


This kid grow up in Aggeneys, mine town in Namaqualand and went to Namaqualand High School in Springbok.

This will be the perfect example of how important the Varsity Cup is for young players.

Pretty sure Jake White watched this and will invest in the Tukkie players.

The 2021 Varsity Cup final is tonight. Lets see if he can score two tries again.

[Blake]

You do realize that not a single person has argued that Varsity Cup DOESN’T add value, right?

Just that some of us think more value can be added by casting a wider net not just limited to university students.

Oh well, comprehension has never really been your strong suite, in any language it seems.

[OomStruisbaai]

Zander du Plessis, Tuks 15, been signed by Griquas.

Ikeys 10-14 Tuks after 18 mins

[Sandstorm]

He seems to swing before the ball arrives with the lighter bat

Your son is Andile Phekalukyo?

[Sards]

He seems to swing before the ball arrives with the lighter bat

Your son is Andile Phekalukyo?

My word but our cricket is kak.....the kids don't even bother watching the Proteas anymore...



So my youngest got his new bat....yoh....the heavier bat is working wonders. And its a bigger bat...he is a big kid.
His stance is better and he is hitting everything....I gave him a cheap heavier bat when he was playing KFC cricket.
Its all very close around the batsman and he hit a kid with it so took it away....Cant wait to see him with more space
in hardball cricket,,,,,,,a new chapter....another son to mentor through the highs and lows of proper cricket....lots of
heartbreak , soul searching and the odd .... " I am giving up..".....to contend with....but if they stick it out there is always
reward at the end of the day.....new friends to make....and a team to build around. Cant wait

[OomStruisbaai]

Sards if your son really like cricket. Get him to a proper private coach as soon as possible.

[Sards]

Sards if your son really like cricket. Get him to a proper private coach as soon as possible.

Did that with him when the kids were still playing KFC...Same as the older brother....Its more about the effort atm....when they show that its important to them and not just another outing with friends we will get him back. He did wonders with the older brothers bowling...not so much the batting....but the older one doesn't know yet that I have a new bat for him too....also a heavier and bigger bat....cant wait to see how it affects his batting. The older boy is a slogger....when he connects it goes...focuses more on his bowling. Maybe with the heavier bat he will do a bit better...he too swings too early.

[OomStruisbaai]

Sards if your son really like cricket. Get him to a proper private coach as soon as possible.

Did that with him when the kids were still playing KFC...Same as the older brother....Its more about the effort atm....when they show that its important to them and not just another outing with friends we will get him back. He did wonders with the older brothers bowling...not so much the batting....but the older one doesn't know yet that I have a new bat for him too....also a heavier and bigger bat....cant wait to see how it affects his batting. The older boy is a slogger....when he connects it goes...focuses more on his bowling. Maybe with the heavier bat he will do a bit better...he too swings too early.

Suppose they play a lot of backyard cricket. That's where sport stars are develop most.

[Sards]

Sards if your son really like cricket. Get him to a proper private coach as soon as possible.

Did that with him when the kids were still playing KFC...Same as the older brother....Its more about the effort atm....when they show that its important to them and not just another outing with friends we will get him back. He did wonders with the older brothers bowling...not so much the batting....but the older one doesn't know yet that I have a new bat for him too....also a heavier and bigger bat....cant wait to see how it affects his batting. The older boy is a slogger....when he connects it goes...focuses more on his bowling. Maybe with the heavier bat he will do a bit better...he too swings too early.

Suppose they play a lot of backyard cricket. That's where sport stars are develop most.

I am tired of buying new balls..



you can take a kid to proffessionals to coach them, Unless they are determined and want to do better its a waste of time. The older one only showed determination in the last 2 years. Thats when he realized that its a team sport and unless you contribute you are out of the side...

[Sandstorm]

Maybe with the heavier bat he will do a bit better...he too swings too early.

Teach them about timing. AB De Villiers never slogs.

[Sards]

Maybe with the heavier bat he will do a bit better...he too swings too early.

Teach them about timing. AB De Villiers never slogs.

Its a lot to do with the bat...too light and they swing through too early....remember from the time that ball leaves the hand till it arrives is a very short space in time. My eldest cant resist having a slog if its not straight. Its just built into his DNA.....Luckily his bowling keeps him in the side . So he bats at 9 or 10. He is very accurate with his bowling and has a great economy and frustrates most of the batsmen....but when he goes into bat noone expects too much from him.....hopefully it can change.....

[Sandstorm]

Maybe with the heavier bat he will do a bit better...he too swings too early.

Teach them about timing. AB De Villiers never slogs.

Its a lot to do with the bat...too light and they swing through too early....remember from the time that ball leaves the hand till it arrives is a very short space in time. My eldest cant resist having a slog if its not straight. Its just built into his DNA.....Luckily his bowling keeps him in the side . So he bats at 9 or 10. He is very accurate with his bowling and has a great economy and frustrates most of the batsmen....but when he goes into bat noone expects too much from him.....hopefully it can change.....

If he's the next Allan Donald, no-one will give a toss how well he can bat.

[Sards]

More a Jacques Kallis in stature, look and bowling style. Not in batting....but who knows with the new bat

[Sards]

Thats my boy in his last match when he played in the final in a tournament in DURBANVILLE.

This pic from the highlights reel on Youtube
Tell me he doesnt look like a young Kallis

[average joe]

Is that you in the background with the fat arse and skinny jeans?

[Sards]

Is that you in the background with the fat arse and skinny jeans?

Tracksuit pants you mean.


Nah...got a skinny ass and small belly

[average joe]

I thought you might have put out a bit since eati.. I mean testing all your wife's burgers.

[Sards]

I thought you might have put out a bit since eati.. I mean testing all your wife's burgers.

All of us...

[OomStruisbaai]

UWC

The University of the Western Cape (UWC) rugby team’s stellar performance in the 2021 Varsity Cup campaign has yielded more dividends after three players signed professional contracts to play rugby at higher levels.

Star loose-forward Tinotenda Mavesere has penned a two-year deal with the KwaZulu-Natal-based Sharks; scrumhalf Branden de Kock (pictured, below) is moving to Bloemfontein to join the Cheetahs on a 12-month contract; and centre André Manuel will be on the books of the Boland provincial side.

The three will join a growing list of current and former UWC rugby players who are plying their trade at professional level. They include 2021 squad members Lyle Hendricks and Jason Alexander who are with the Western Province, as well as Stormers and Springbok scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies.

UWC head coach Paul Treu congratulated the three players, and said their promotions gel what the University rugby team has been trying to achieve.

“This is great news for us and it recognises our programme and what we are trying to achieve. And obviously their studies are going to be important and we will see how they are going to accommodate that. Those players, together with a few others, really deserve to get call-ups to play in the Currie Cup or to be part of provincial teams. And we are excited to see them play at those levels this year.”

Mavesere, de Kock and Manuel were key members of UWC’s successful Varsity Cup season, which saw them finishing in a respectable sixth position on the log, and took many people by surprise with an exciting and attacking brand of rugby.

Cape Town-born De Kock, who is also doing his BA on campus, was central in the Udubs team, as was Manuel from Paarl, who is doing his Bachelor's Degree in Education.

And Mavesere, the Zimbabwean international who is doing his Bachelor of Arts, truly stood out - and was even voted the 2021 Varsity Cup Forward that Rocks and runner-up in the Overall Player that Rocks.

Mavesere started in seven of UWC’s nine matches in the Varsity Cup - scoring seven tries and taking home a couple of Player that Rocks awards.

De Kock, who also started seven matches, was UWC's leading points-scorer courtesy of his dual role as scrumhalf and placekicker. His 71 points came via 20 conversions, eight penalties and a try against FNB CUT.

Manuel (pictured, right), meanwhile, started six matches (half as a rightwinger), and dotted down three times in total - two against FNB UJ and another in the Chester Williams Memorial Trophy clash against FNB UCT Ikeys.

[Blake]

Some great finds there. Players that were completely overlooked by the system, getting some exposure in a national tournament that is well funded and televised.

I wonder how many other players are out there that might be worthy of pro contracts but couldn't afford to attend a University to get noticed by scouts

[OomStruisbaai]

SS

The bubble situation means all the local franchises are going to have their resources stretched in the phases of the Currie Cup that coincide with their bubble period. However, because of the strength in depth created by their university teams that participate in the Varsity Cup, WP probably don’t face the same challenges as the Sharks will and should still be equipped to wing it in the period when both their Boks and the players involved in the Lions tour game won’t be available to them.
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Advantage Varsity Cup and WP with 3 teams init.

[assfly]

I have a question for your Oom. My wife asked me this the other day and I couldn't answer.

Why is Paarl a Gimnasium and not a high school or hoerskool? What's the history behind that. I know there are lots of Gimnasiums in Europe.

[OomStruisbaai]

I have a question for your Oom. My wife asked me this the other day and I couldn't answer.

Why is Paarl a Gimnasium and not a high school or hoerskool? What's the history behind that. I know there are lots of Gimnasiums in Europe.

Very good question. They do call it Paarl HS Gimnasium. Afrikaans has been written in Paarl Gymnasium. Paul Roos a few years there after and maybe the Afrikaans those year named the schools that way. Paarl Boys who is a few years younger is calle Hoer Jongens Skool or HJS as it is called today. Thats because its a boys school only in Paarl

[assfly]

Very good question. They do call it Paarl HS Gimnasium. Afrikaans has been written in Paarl Gymnasium. Paul Roos a few years there after and maybe the Afrikaans those year named the schools that way. Paarl Boys who is a few years younger is calle Hoer Jongens Skool or HJS as it is called today. Thats because its a boys school only in Paarl

So what makes a Gimnasium a Gimnasium?

[OomStruisbaai]

Very good question. They do call it Paarl HS Gimnasium. Afrikaans has been written in Paarl Gymnasium. Paul Roos a few years there after and maybe the Afrikaans those year named the schools that way. Paarl Boys who is a few years younger is calle Hoer Jongens Skool or HJS as it is called today. Thats because its a boys school only in Paarl

So what makes a Gimnasium a Gimnasium?

Maybe the afrikaans word for high school 163 years ago was Gimnasium.

[Blake]

Very good question. They do call it Paarl HS Gimnasium. Afrikaans has been written in Paarl Gymnasium. Paul Roos a few years there after and maybe the Afrikaans those year named the schools that way. Paarl Boys who is a few years younger is calle Hoer Jongens Skool or HJS as it is called today. Thats because its a boys school only in Paarl

So what makes a Gimnasium a Gimnasium?

Could be wrong here, but my understanding is that when many of these schools were established there was a hierarchy in terms of prestige, exclusivity and academic excellence before there were national educational bodies dictating the curriculum.

Gymnasiums and Colleges were considered better than a high schools.
High schools / secondary schools was the base standard.

There is also a linguistic characteristic related to whether they was established by British (College) or Dutch/German (Gymnasium) founders.

[FalseBayFC]

Very good question. They do call it Paarl HS Gimnasium. Afrikaans has been written in Paarl Gymnasium. Paul Roos a few years there after and maybe the Afrikaans those year named the schools that way. Paarl Boys who is a few years younger is calle Hoer Jongens Skool or HJS as it is called today. Thats because its a boys school only in Paarl

So what makes a Gimnasium a Gimnasium?

Could be wrong here, but my understanding is that when many of these schools were established there was a hierarchy in terms of prestige, exclusivity and academic excellence before there were national educational bodies dictating the curriculum.

Gymnasiums and Colleges were considered better than a high schools.
High schools / secondary schools was the base standard.

There is also a linguistic characteristic related to whether they was established by British (College) or Dutch/German (Gymnasium) founders.

In Poland, kids go to a Gimnasium from 13-16 and then Lyceum 17-19. Like junior and senior high.

[FalseBayFC]

In Germany though it's a secondary school where kids are in a higher academic stream. Similar to the Grammar vs Comprehensive system in the UK. The ancient Greeks had Gymnasiums so it it's supposed to have a cachet if academic excellence.

[average joe]

Gymnasiums was sport training facilities in ancient Greece but the geeks used the buildings for "social activities" and also arguing over philosophy or "learning". On the "social activities" thing though, The word is actually derived from the word "naked" and only men were allowed.

[OomStruisbaai]

Connacht sign Shimla Varsity Cup player
SRM

Shimlas centre Bolton signs for Connacht
Shimlas centre Shayne BoltonShimlas centre Bolton signs for Connacht
Published on June 10, 2021
Shimlas and Cheetahs U21 centre Shayne Bolton, who is Irish-qualified, has signed for Connacht Rugby ahead of the 2021-22 season.

Kriel: Lions series has special significance to me

Bolton, whose grandmother is from Dublin, will arrive at the Irish club with a reputation as one of the brightest young prospects in South African rugby. The 20-year-old represented the University of Free State in the Varsity Cup and was also impressive in the SA Rugby U21 Championship last year.

A powerful and skilful ball-carrier, his ability to play centre and anywhere across the back three will be a major boost to Andy Friend’s side heading into next season. Bolton scored a try and fired for the Invitational team that recently beat the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.

‘After we learned of Shayne’s availability and his Irish ancestry, we kept an eye on his progression and did some further work to confirm his playing ability,’ said Friend.

‘It quickly became apparent that he was the type of player that could add real value to our squad. He has been turning heads in South Africa with his recent performances and, while he’s still only 20 years of age, he has all the attributes to become a top-class professional player.

Jones stacks England squad with uncapped players

‘Players with versatility are a key component we look for in our squad mix, and Shayne fits that category perfectly. He started off at fullback and on the wing before moving to centre in the last year or two, so we’re looking forward to his arrival and seeing how best to integrate him into the squad.’

Bolton, who also represented the Blue Bulls Country Districts at the U18 Academy Week in 2018, says Connacht is the perfect place to begin his pro career.

‘After numerous chats with Andy and Tim [Allnutt] I knew this was an opportunity I had to take. They spoke about how they pride themselves in developing players and I immediately felt that Connacht was the right place to take my game to the next level. I can’t wait to reconnect with my Irish roots and get ready for the season ahead.’

[handyman]

Connacht sign Shimla Varsity Cup player
SRM

Shimlas centre Bolton signs for Connacht
Shimlas centre Shayne BoltonShimlas centre Bolton signs for Connacht
Published on June 10, 2021
Shimlas and Cheetahs U21 centre Shayne Bolton, who is Irish-qualified, has signed for Connacht Rugby ahead of the 2021-22 season.

Kriel: Lions series has special significance to me

Bolton, whose grandmother is from Dublin, will arrive at the Irish club with a reputation as one of the brightest young prospects in South African rugby. The 20-year-old represented the University of Free State in the Varsity Cup and was also impressive in the SA Rugby U21 Championship last year.

A powerful and skilful ball-carrier, his ability to play centre and anywhere across the back three will be a major boost to Andy Friend’s side heading into next season. Bolton scored a try and fired for the Invitational team that recently beat the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.

‘After we learned of Shayne’s availability and his Irish ancestry, we kept an eye on his progression and did some further work to confirm his playing ability,’ said Friend.

‘It quickly became apparent that he was the type of player that could add real value to our squad. He has been turning heads in South Africa with his recent performances and, while he’s still only 20 years of age, he has all the attributes to become a top-class professional player.

Jones stacks England squad with uncapped players

‘Players with versatility are a key component we look for in our squad mix, and Shayne fits that category perfectly. He started off at fullback and on the wing before moving to centre in the last year or two, so we’re looking forward to his arrival and seeing how best to integrate him into the squad.’

Bolton, who also represented the Blue Bulls Country Districts at the U18 Academy Week in 2018, says Connacht is the perfect place to begin his pro career.

‘After numerous chats with Andy and Tim [Allnutt] I knew this was an opportunity I had to take. They spoke about how they pride themselves in developing players and I immediately felt that Connacht was the right place to take my game to the next level. I can’t wait to reconnect with my Irish roots and get ready for the season ahead.’

Shayne.



Really?

[assfly]

Shayne.
Really?

Irish way of spelling Shane.

[handyman]

Shayne.
Really?

Irish way of spelling Shane.

Whenever I hear that name, I think of that drol Shane Watson. Unfortunate name.

[assfly]

Very working class name. Same with Wayne.

[OomStruisbaai]

Shayne.
Really?

Irish way of spelling Shane.

Whenever I hear that name, I think of that drol Shane Watson. Unfortunate name.

or Shane Warne.

[OomStruisbaai]

Maties sport has halted all sport related activities to help curb the spread of Covid.

[OomStruisbaai]

SARugby

SA Rugby commended its 14 member unions for proactively halting all forms of club and amateur rugby in the wake of the current third wave of the COVID pandemic that has gripped South Africa.
Jurie Roux, CEO of SA Rugby, praised the unions, clubs and associations for the manner in which they united to help stop the spread of the virus.
“Even though the Government Gazette allows for club rugby to continue, all provincial unions have halted club and amateur rugby proactively and we are very grateful of this approach of safety first,” said Roux.
“I want to compliment all the role players – including the administrators, coaches and players – for taking responsibility to halt club and amateur rugby due to the resurgence of COVID-19 in recent weeks.
“Ultimately, the health, safety and wellbeing of our players, coaches, officials and others comes first. We will reassess the situation after 11 July, even though most of the club leagues have already been halted beyond that date.”
SA Rugby advised that provincial competitions such as the Carling Currie Cup (Premier and First Divisions), as well as the Women’s Premier and First Divisions, as well as the Under-20 International Series will continue, with strict adherence to all relevant protocols, and that changes to the schedule will be made if necessary.

[FalseBayFC]

If anyone needs a link for the Junior Boks v Argies game ...

https://rugbystreams.me/south-africa-u2 ... e/stream-1

[OomStruisbaai]

African qualifiees
Rugbyworld

Shock results in African Rugby World Cup qualifying
RW Staff July 3, 2021
Favourites Namibia and Kenya beaten in opening matches

Shock results in African Rugby World Cup qualifying

The opening round of the Rugby Africa Cup, which is part of the Rugby World Cup 2023 qualifying process, produced two big upsets on Saturday.

Namibia, who have competed in every World Cup since 1999, lost 24-13 to the Ivory Coast while Senegal pipped Kenya 20-19 – a team more than 20 places higher in the World Rugby Rankings – with a late converted try.


It means both teams must win their second fixture to keep alive their hopes of making it to France 2023. Namibia play Madagascar on Wednesday while Kenya next play on Sunday, 11 July, against Zambia.

Both teams should win their matches comfortably – Madagascar are ranked 51st in the world and Zambia 66th. Then again, both would have been strong favourites in their opening fixtures as the highest ranked teams in the competition and they were on the wrong end of the scoreboard.

Namibia have not been helped by being without so many key players.


It certainly makes the competition interesting. This year’s Rugby Africa Cup sees 12 teams split into four pools:

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Pool A – Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Namibia.

Pool B – Kenya, Senegal, Zambia.

Pool C – Algeria, Ghana, Uganda.

Pool D – Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Zimbabwe.

The Pool A and B matches are being played between 3 and 11 July while it’s 9-18 July for Pools C and D.

The top two sides in each pool will move into next year’s tournament, hence why a win in their second game is so crucial for Namibia and Kenya.

Rugby Africa Cup 2022 has a knockout format – quarter-finals, semi-finals and final – and will determine the Africa qualifier for the next World Cup.

The winner of that final in 2022 will go through to RWC 2023 as Africa One and join Pool A with New Zealand, France, Italy and Americas One. The runner-up will move into the Final Qualification Tournament.