Yellow tail out there…
Celia Alberts, a Limpopo visitor to St Francis, recently enjoyed a day of deep sea fishing with St Francis Safaris on the boat Look Sharp. Read more
Local riders excelled at 5th endurance ride
The fifth annual ERASA Endurance Ride held at Lombardini on May 25 was a huge success with a record turnout of 76 participating horses. Local riders did very well, which included a second place in the 82,6km distance (junior division) and top three of the 30km ride. Read more
Local paddlers in Eastern Cape Canoe Marathon Team
Wonderful news for the local paddling club is that two of their members, great Grand Master Danie Coetzer and Junior Roeltin Louw qualified and were elected for the Eastern Cape Marathon Team last weekend. They have to be in KwaZulu Natal on 1 and 2 June where the SA Marathon Championships will take place on the Ntshongweni Dam. Read more
Sponsors for the Sea Vista football club please!
Extreme sports festival during winter holiday
Billabong South Africa and JBU are proud to announce The Jeffreys Bay Open Of Surfing, a Specialty Surfing Event set to take place at Supertubes from 9th – 13th July. The surfing contest, hosted by the JBU Surf Club will anchor an extreme sports festival that will run in Jeffreys Bay and environs for a week during the winter school holidays. Read more
Record field for King of the Kromme
The annual Pam Golding King of the Kromme River Challenge took place on 1 April, Easter Monday. A record field of 65 paddlers participated in the short 12km or long 20km course respectively in favourable conditions. Read more
EC surfers made World Surfing Games team
Two Eastern Cape surfers have been named in a six member team to compete in the 2013 ISA World Surfing Games in Santa Catalina, Panama next month. Port Elizabeth star female surfer Faye Zoetmulder is joined by St Francis Bay legend Dale Staples in the team with Etienne Venter of Jeffreys Bay selected as the Manager/Coach. Read more
Bowls news
The St Francis Bay Mixed Pairs bowling competition was held over a couple of days, and culminated in a very hot Sunday’s play on 17 March 2013. The winners were Jo and Graham Allison, a husband and wife team, who are the first ‘swallows’ to win this competition. Read more
RVCA Junior Surf Series crowns champions in classic waves
The final day, Sunday 24 March of the inaugural RVCA Junior Series enjoyed classic one metre waves peeling all the way down the legendary Lower Point and providing the perfect canvas on for the cream of South Africa’s aged 20-and-under surfers to express their creative talent as they duelled for titles in seven age divisions, over R100 000 in cash and prizes along with points on the Pro Surf Tour rankings. Read more
Ladies Golf Champs – well done!
The 2013 St Francis Bay Golf Club Ladies Strokeplay Championships were
held over two weekends in March - Saturday 3 and 9 respectively. The day was sponsored by Five Elements Restaurant. Read more
Annual tournament a celebration of ten year’s doubles squash
A year filled with milestones and change at the St Francis Bay Squash Club was superbly celebrated with the tenth St Francis Santam Doubles Tournament over the weekend 1 – 3 March. This Invitational Tournament is packed with three days of brilliant squash and festivities every evening, all resulting in lots of fun, on and off the court. Read more
Volunteers needed for Talhado learn-to-swim program
Thanks to a group of wonderfully dedicated volunteers, Talhado Children’s Haven pre-schoolers are being given the opportunity to learn to swim! The Haven trustees and staff were so appalled to hear of the drowning of one of their former pupils last year that they set about finding the ways and means to make swimming lessons a reality. The response they received from parents was almost overwhelming – over 50 children were signed up by their parents to take the classes! Read more
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