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Claassen big winner at Harmony Sportacdemy's prize giving

The Harmony Sportacademy held their annual prize giving at Diggers Inn in Welkom last night. The chairman of the board of the Sportacademy, Danie Bosman, described the 2007 season as the best in the short history of the Harmony Sportacademy. The Sportacademy was started in 2003.

“I believe that the Harmony Sportacademy is one of the best kept secrets in South African school sports. We have 22 guys contracted to eight of the fourteen South African unions at this moment. Of which nine is senior and 13 is junior contracts,” said Bosman. The Harmony Sportacademy does some ground breaking work for rugby development. SA Rugby could come and learn quite a few things from the guys running the academy. They also learn the...

Pietersen Coca Cola Cravenweek Player of the Year

Wilton Pietersen, fullback of the Konica Minolta Free State team, to the 44 th Coca Cola Cravenweek in Stellenbosch has been named Coca Cola Cravenweek Player of the Year at SA Rugby’s Annual Awards ceremony.

Pietersen whom represented SWD in last year’s week didn’t make the SA School’s or SA Academy side after this year’s Coca Cola Cravenweek. He was however selected for the SA Academy after the completion of last year’s week. His exclusion from the...

Vorster re-elected as chairman of Free State school's rugby

Johan Vorster has been re-elected as chairman of the Free State High Schools association during the general meeting at Sentraal in Bloemfontein. Jimmy Jimlongwe and Gonval Store will be the vice-presidents for the term. Deon van Wyk is also re-elected as game secretary.

Vorster mentioned is his overview of the 2007-season that it's a huge privilege to read it to the meeting.

This season was one of the best yet in the history of Free State school's rugby. The Coca Cola Cravenweek team were...

Grey College five old-scholars in victorious Bok-squad

Grey College in Bloemfontein became the first school in the world to have five players in a World Cup winning side when the South Africa won the William Webb Ellis trophy for the second time this year. This year’s tournament was held in France.

South Africa defeated England 15-6 in the final of the tournament played at St. Denis. They would have equaled the record held by Auckland Grammer of New Zealand who had four players taking part in the 1987 tournament. The All Blacks won...

@lantic 7's moves to Western Cape

The nineth tournament of the @lantic 7's series moves to HS Outeniqua in George on Saturday, 20 October. The player of the tournament will be invited to attend a training camp with the national 7's team at the end of the year and will also be part of a youth team to tour Dubai at the end of November. Saturday's first match starts at 08:30 with the Cup final being played at 16:30. According to sportpromoter, Willem Strauss the quality...

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Claassen big winner at Harmony Sportacdemy's prize giving

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Vorster re-elected as chairman of Free State school's rugby

Grey College five old-scholars in victorious Bok-squad

@lantic 7's moves to Western Cape

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