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Grocott’s Mail Friday, 8 October 2010 23sport NewsNew leagueunderwayStephen penneyCity Pirates are off to the perfect start in the South AfricanFootball Association, SAB Cacadu 2010/2011 soccerleague.The new Cacadu season kicked off on Saturday and the newside in the league, City Pirates of Grahamstown showed offtheir talent as they went on to beat everton Football Club sevengoals to two.City Pirates were promoted to the Cacadu league afterfinishing top of the Makana Local Football Association (LFA)League. Phoenix Pioneers, who were part of the Cacadu leaguelast season, finished bottom of the log and were dropped back tothe Makana (LFA) league. According to Buyisile Jonas of SafaCacadu, Pioneers were automatically relegated after finishingbottom of the log.Grocott’s Mail eleven Attackers were not affected with thepromotion and relegations after the last season and will enjoyanother season in the Cacadu league. They will however be hopingto finish better than their fifth spot in their stream after thecurrent season.City Pirates top the stream A league after their first match,with three points. eleven Attackers, who also won their firstleague match, are in third spot, also on three points. eleven Attackerswon their match against Young Chiefs 3-2.The Cacadu region is split into two Cacadu league streams,stream A and stream B.City Pirates and eleven Attackers are in stream A, togetherwith Mighty Forest (Port Alfred), Tigers (Alexandria), YoungChiefs (Marselle), Teenagers (Kenton-on-Sea), Friendly City(Alicedale) and everton (Aberdeen).This week sees City Pirates coming up against Teenagersat Kenton-on-Sea at 1pm. eleven Attackers travel to Aberdeenwhere they face everton.The new Safa Cacadu leadership for the period 2010 to 2014sees Mziwanele Wopa from Ndlambe as the presidents. Firstdeputy president is Anthea Saaiman (Camdeboo), second deputypresident is Mfundiso Ntabeni (Ndlambe), secretary is LuvuyoBayeni (Blue Crane Route) and the treasurer is BuyisileJonas (Makana).Swallows losequarterfinalsStaff RepoRteRIN a must win game for the Swallows Rugby Club fromGrahamstown, the side were unable to win their match againstLoerie Blues rugby club.The match was an eastern Province Rugby Union Wellmanharmse Super League quarter final match which Swallowswere hoping to win to make it through to the semi-finals.however, they were unable to match their opponents as theywent down 22-15 against Loerie Blues at Adcock Field in Portelizabeth.First to score was Loerie Blues who added a penalty kick afew minutes later. Swallows flyhalf Luvane Daniels succeededwith a penalty kick just before halftime, with Loerie Blues goinginto the break with an 8-3 lead.The second half started with Loerie Blues succeeding withanother penalty kick before Swallows centre hilton Fillis divedover for his side’s first try of the match, narrowing the gap to8-11 in favour of Loerie Blues.Shortly after another penalty kick from the Loeries, SwallowsJacko Buys went over for his sides second try for BrianGoliath to convert and put Swallows in the lead for the first timein the match with 15-14. Loerie Blues felt the urgency and putover a drop goal to reclaim the lead. With minutes left on theclock, a handling error by the Swallows players resulted in aLoerie Blues player kicking the ball forward to score. Swallowslost 15-22.Swallows coach, Phillip Oerson said he was happy with theteam as they showed “a good performance throughout the seasonby maintaining the top positions in the 1st, 1st reserve and2nd team leagues.” This was a great improvement from lastyear where they finished fourth. Oerson believes the side can“do much better next year because we’ve got talent, speed andexperience in our club”.HAVING A BALL... A number of Mass Participation Programme co-ordinators from DSRAC were involved in a four dayhandball coaching course held at the Indoor Sports Centre recently. Here the group of over 40 participants are photographedwith German handball coaches Jürgen Warnholtz (left, back row) and Linda Wein (front right). Photo: Andile NayikaHaving a (hand) ball at Indoor Sport Centreandile nayikaOVeR 40 Mass Participation Programmeco-ordinators from the districtDepartment of Sport, Recreation, Artsand Culture (DSRAC) took part in ahandball coaching course at the IndoorSports Centre in Joza this week.The coaching course is one of theinitiatives to stem from a business dealbetween the eastern Cape governmentand Lower Saxony, a region in Germanyto fund and support recreational, sports,arts and cultural developments in theprovince.Staff RepoRteRThe Rhodes University environmentalCommittee is organising a Green FundRun to coincide with the 10/10/10 WorldWork Party being organised by 350.org togalvanise action around climate change.The run/walk takes the form of a relay –five members per team, each completinga leg of only 1km. “everyone is encouragedto participate in such a globally importantinitiative that should be loads ofThe co-ordinators were engaged inintensive exercises on and off the handballin the event which started on Mondayand finished yesterday.The course started in 2007 as anannual programme and this year, unlikeprevious years, the duration ofthe course has stretched from one tofive days.German handball coaches, LindaWein and Jurgen Warnholtz were sentby the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbundto present the course. “handballis not well known, so we aim to teachthe teachers of handball the rules onfun,” said organiser harriet Knight.The goal of the Vice Chancellor’sGreen Fund is to make Rhodes the leadinghigher education institution nationallyin terms of its ecological footprint.Teams are expected to provide theirown batons as there will be a prize for themost novel baton.There will also be a prize for the bestdressedperson symbolising the lack ofprogress by world leaders in not payingdue attention to the important issue ofhow to play and the technicality in thesport. We aim to have the programmelonger so we can build structures for thesports, like active clubs and leagues,”said Wein. In Germany, handball closelyfollows after soccer as the second mostpopular sport, with established clubsplaying in professional leagues of differentages and gender categories.Wein said that the lack of popularityin the sport follows the country’s racialbackground. She concluded, “It’s greatto see that the participants are interestedand engaged and we are impressedand confident in them.”Go green at the Green Fund Runclimate change.entries (teams or individuals) willbe accepted on Friday 8 October outsideeden Grove (off Lucas Avenue), Saturday9 October outside Pick n Pay and halfan hour before the start on Sunday, 10October.The run starts at 8.30am at the bicyclesculpture in front of Makana BotanicalGardens in Lucas Avenue. ContactNikki Köhly on 046 603 7205 for more information.Send all sports news and results tosport@grocotts.co.za