And those are just rotten to the core problems that if there were people serious enough to make a difference need to whistleblow on this. But the thing is, if there was a super star out there that person who finds them becomes famous too and their name is in lights so the cream should still rise. So it does make me wonder about coaching of talent in teenage years and what we do wrong if we have the raw talent that we should have.
This requires long term thinking... that rotten core does not think like that. They are generally worried about their bread being buttered today...
The guy I spoke to about this is from this area and he just explained how the lack of recognition for the local clubs and players, is terrible. If you look at it, all the clubs are based in the money areas. Can easily see how an internal nepotism structure can take root.
Can we claim Roger Federer? Apparently he holds dual Swiss and South African citizenship.
he can speak a bit of Afrikaans i thinkCan we claim Roger Federer? Apparently he holds dual Swiss and South African citizenship.
I take back what I said... I had no idea those guys were all so young!Just my opinion. Stone , Bezuidenhout , Porteous and Lombard are the first group from the modern shake-up of amateur/junior golf in SA.
Not only were we winning majors and competing regularly in them with the well-known names guys like Tim Clarke , Rory Sabbatini, Trevor Immelman etc were getting into the top 10/20 in the world.
The new guys on the block : https://www.sport24.co.za/Golf/Suns...-schaper-ready-to-chase-more-records-20200112
https://www.amateurgolf.com/golf-to...under--Jarvis-takes-South-African-Stroke-Play
Garrick Higgo is 20 and rookie of the year on Sunshine Tour and already in the top 200 in the world.
Even someone like Wilco Nienaber who isn't in these 3's category has been playing on the European Tour on invitations and is climbing the rankings - Now about 500. He should be more on the European Challenge Tour to qualify but they keep inviting him to these events.
They are on completely different ends of the spectrum. But what I am trying to highlight is that SA golf has never rested on it's laurels and with Rupert's smart investment are looking to push excellence boundaries some of our other sports could learn from. I mean Safa and CSA have been getting 100s of millions (if not more) to try improve situations.
But we probably should return to the cricket for this thread
I don't follow much in terms of SA football either but we actually probably should be able to compete (somewhat) with the European guys. We do it in rugby and cricket - I know football is a much "wealthier" sport but between the passion and our ability to create elite sportsteams in those sports, we should at least be able to be as good as the second-tier teams in Europe.
Stage 4 is nonsense. Had no power from 4 until 8:30 yesterday! The joys of being a direct customer of Eskom rather than via a municipality.
I'm from EL too. Didn't really get involved in the club scene much while I lived there but I certainly know that there were a few teams that seemed to target lower-income areas (particularly Buffalo Flats and similar areas, if I recall correctly).
Umtata Bush Bucks !! Remember them.
That's interesting if true. I had assumed that almost all English speaking schools (save, perhaps, smaller ones that don't focus on rugby and sports in general) didn't offer it.
A lot of the English-speaking schools used to offer soccer. The problem I heard it stopped in Cape Town is schedules weren't kept to.
If I am not mistaken , the top English speaking schools in KZN and Gauteng carried on offering soccer though.
Still no transmission cases which is a small blessing.
Isn't Albie a bit young to be participating in this? And Mclaren these guys have just barely retired!
Not sure on the qualifications but it does seem fine looking at other squads. Probably just have to be retired. Sri Lanka have the real TPC for example.
so much change a few months into announcement. So Amla, Philander and Steyn are no more. vd Dussen , D.Pretorius and Nortje probably replaced those.