July 8, 2009 in MASTERS
This event is hosted by BETHUSILE SALES
The first of the annual Masters’ Tourney in Johannesburg!
From Friday Evening 18H30 @Mandeville (2 games)
Sunday from 09H00 till the FINAL
March 20, 2009 in GBL
During the second game of the evening, Alumni underestimated the Blues in the first period of the game. With Tshiamo Ngakane’s experience and Nathi’s young blood, there was definitely nothing to underestimate causing Alumni to start playing the game of basketball. Maieane Nkhahle “The Go To Guy” who was unstoppable back in the day when he use to play for Wits, was back wearing the jersey number 10 for Alumni. Though he wasn’t much of an asset this past Sunday, word is he will soon get his “A Game” up and this includes “Black Mountain” Steve Oseghale who could be the Shaq of GBL this season if coach Maepa works on him… A WHOLE LOT!
Mboshi Ronunu, well what more can we say about the brother. He never disappoints. Mboshi has been consistent since day one and is still going strong. 21 points! Can he go bigger than that? It’s still early days. We’ll be watching…
It was very evident that the Blues were still getting use to playing together so we won’t write them off just yet. It will be interesting to see how these teams do against the University ones. We asked Tsakane Ngobeni if he thinks the University teams will be a problem and according to him, “the University teams are just warm up games leading to the Championship rounds…”
March 7, 2009 in GBL
The newly formed Gauteng Basketball League (GBL) is getting 2009 off to a flying start, with a jam-packed calendar of fixtures starting on 8 March.
This inaugural season promises thrills and action galore, with several clubs signing up to thrash it out for supremacy on the courts. Men’s and women’s teams will be playing their games at Wits University, the University of Pretoria, the Grace Bible Church and the Vaal.
Fixtures are scheduled for Thursdays to Sundays between March and May, with a month-long winter break in June before the competition ramps up again between July and October.
March 7, 2009 in Other
AND1 is back in South Africa and the brand has been entrusted to DarkChild Productions. “We are very excited to have a brand that has been a part of basketball for years back in South Africa” says Cabby Magongwa (owner of DarkChild Productions). Magongwa says that this business is something that he looked to be a part of since he started DarkChild Productions in 2004 and finally the dream has come true. “Perhaps it was for a good course that it had to take this long for us to acquire the rights to distribute this magnificent brand, and this is thanks to Mike Merafe for introducing to me the opportunity through his American Sporting Goods contacts” says Magongwa.
February 16, 2009 in Basketball Diaries
Despite the extremely warm weather and scorching heat, we managed to survive a few weeks in Potchefstroom, where the University of the North West played hospitality to all the teams and officials needs.
There were six codes of sport featured at the event including football, netball, tennis, swimming, athletics and basketball. Ten Southern African countries competed in the event, which was last held two years ago in Namibia, these are South Africa (host), Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Angola and Malawi.
I was in Potch with Fresh and Tsitso, two regular referees in the LOP and GBL leagues, that were technical officials at the games. The whole tournament was organised quite well with accommodation, meals and transport being a breeze. The basketball camp of Volunteers and Officials consisted mainly of the North West basketball team, men and women. Thabo Letsebe and Clive (North West men coach), were also among the residents at Kom en Gaan. Read the rest of this entry →
