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Winelands Basketball League Inaugural Season 2011

March 2, 2011 in News, Other

Winelands Basketball League kicks off in 2011 with the support of the Delta Trust to try and revive basketball in a forgotten but beautiful part of the Western Cape. With kyle Ray working closely with Aggrey Ofula to generate, educate and elevate the game of basketball in the area we are bound to see growth.

The Delta Trust was established in 2007 to focus on development projects in the wider Franschhoek Valley and Cape Winelands District. The aim of the Trust is to contribute to nation building by protecting and stimulating our local culture and heritage in a socially inclusive way. Obviously, education plays an important role in this..

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TuksBasketball Pre-season Training

February 17, 2011 in News

The University of Pretoria, TuksBasketball club is currently hosting a PRE-SEASON COACHING PROGRAMME.

The purpose of the coaching programme is to assist schools in particular with preparations for the Schools’ Basketball season by learning from some of the top coaches in Gauteng.

Mr Neo Mothiba, the current South Africa Senior Men National Team Captain and Tuks Men 1 Coach for 2011 will lead the course and Ms Nicky de Villiers, erstwhile Captain of the South African Senior Women National Team Captain and Tuks Women 1 coach. Read the rest of this entry →

CBL SA Pre-season friendlies 2011

February 15, 2011 in News, Other

Try growing a brand new pair of legs, and then having to learn to walk all over again. Personally, having not played for over two months and having been forced to keep away from the courts all together (because temptations when around the courts are far too great), everything just seemed slow when getting back on the court. It was a bit of a struggle! I had to learn to put one foot in front of the other…before I could jump and make a decent lay up. I thought I was the only one experiencing this momentary regression until I overheard some of the fellas commenting about the very same thing! But because the very reason why we as the League host pre-season friendlies is to encourage people to get back to basketball shape, it served as both an indicator (of the current skill and fitness level) and reminder (for teams to start working toward a certain level of competition). Hopefully these games will encourage teams to improve on certain areas of their game in which they lack. Read the rest of this entry →

New strategy for Ekurhuleni Basketball

February 10, 2011 in News, Other

In a general meeting held on 06 February 2010 at the Katlehong stadium a new strategy was adopted to take Ekurhuleni basketball forward. The meeting was organised in the background of the positive developments at the national (BSA) level through hosting of the Zone VI games in January, as well as the Gauteng Basketball Association (GBA) meeting in December 2010. Read the rest of this entry →

RBL: Pretoria Boys High School vs. St Albans

February 10, 2011 in Gauteng

ST Alban’s were left seething at the weekend when visiting Pretoria Boys’ High staged a famous come-from-behind victory in one of the fiercest basketball battles between the two schools in a long time.

Boys’ High, who had looked lethargic in the first three quarters, clinched the match 46-43 in the five minutes of overtime.

They were trailing behind when the host blew a six-point third-quarter lead in a match in which seven players – four from Boys’ High and three from St Alban’s – were ejected from the game.

The visitors’ point guard, Kutlwano Mafuluko, and shooting guard, Siphumle Qanya, each scored 10 points to hand their school victory, while St Alban’s skipper and forward Theo Ledwaba scored 12 in the home side’s losing effort.

The two teams had enjoyed contrasting fortunes in the league going into this match. Read the rest of this entry →