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Rio victory a dream come true for Jordy South African Jordy Smith was delighted after picking up his first victory of the season on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Tour.

Bay Stars keep up winning streak

BAY Stars maintained their winning streak when they beat OR Tambo DC 3-0 in an SA Football Association Eastern Cape Second Division clash at the Westbourne Oval athletic stadium on Saturday.

Real Crusaders clinch Mofa Premier League title REAL Crusaders became the Mofa Build It Premier League champions at the weekend after collecting maximum points from their double-header.

Union High prevail

UNION High recovered from a slow start to beat Westering 18-10 in a hard-fought schools rugby match at Westering High on Saturday. Trailing 10-6 at half time, two second-half tries secured an impressive victory on the road for the Graaff-Reinet side.

Club results The results of club fixtures over the weekend

Port Elizabeth to host third leg of sevens series South Africa will again host the third leg of the Sevens World Series in Port Elizabeth in December, the International Rugby Board (IRB) confirmed on Friday (17/05/2013).

Ntini loses Warriors contract MAKHAYA Ntini found himself out of a contract for the first time in his 18-year career yesterday when he was omitted from the Chevrolet Warriors squad for next season.

NMMU honour cricketer Dolley

CORBYN Dolley was named NMMU Cricket Club's cricketer of the year at their annual prize-giving last week.

Surfers come home with world trophy

THERE was reason for Eastern Cape surfing to celebrate this week when three local members formed part of the South African team who won gold medals and the Fernando Aguerre World Surfing Team Champion trophy at the ISA championships in Santa Catalina, Panama, at the weekend.

Top jockey Striker in town again IT is back to "normal" today at Arlington after a spectacular weekend of racing at Fairview, which saw the running of the Recall East Cape Derby.

Club fixtures Club competitions scheduled to take place over the weekend.

League glory for Chiefs

KAIZER Chiefs' season culminated in a clumsy performance against SuperSport United last night. But the 1-1 draw will not bother Amakhosi much, as it was enough to bring the glory days back. They celebrated their first league title in eight years.

Challenge for log title nears climax THE race for the finish line in the Zwifa Marina Sea Salt Premier League begins at the Zwide Stadium this evening, with the leading contenders playing the first of their final three matches.

Striker places bets on Stars taking league BAY Stars' leading goal-scorer Farouk Abrahams believes the Port Elizabeth team are still firmly in the race for the SA Football Association Eastern Cape Second Division championship title.

Grey stem late Graeme surge to snatch victory

IT was never easy, but Grey High did enough to contain a spirited effort from visitors Graeme College to win an entertaining schools rugby encounter 33-26 at the Philip field yesterday.

Favourites set for showdown IT is down to the wire in the Safa- NMB SAB soccer league after both title contenders won their double-headers at the weekend.

700 Future Kings train at Bay stadium

WHILE the Southern Kings are strutting their stuff at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, the next generation of stars is being moulded before each Super Rugby game on the neighbouring B field.

Bowls briefs WEDNESDAY morning mixed bowls will be played at Park Drive, tabs in 9am. Other Park Drive playing sessions are: Tuesday 2pm, Saturday 2pm, Sunday 9.15am, public holidays 9am. Boerewors rolls will be on sale at Park Drive from 7pm on Friday.

Petersen called up to replace Smith Alviro Petersen will replace the injured Graeme Smith in the Proteas squad for the ICC Champions Trophy tournament to be played in England and Wales from June 6 to 23, Cricket SA (CSA) announced on Tuesday (14/05/2013).

Bay teen hopes Greece trip will kick off overseas career

GELVANDALE teenager Darryn Bamboo left Port Elizabeth bound for Greece last night on a dream trip which will see him take part in a two-week academy trial with well-known professional soccer side Panathinaikos.

Anriette has new mountain to climb

MULTIPLE champion Anriette Schoeman will make her first foray into serious mountain biking at the world's largest fully serviced stage race, the 251km Nedbank sani2c, in KwaZulu-Natal from Thursday.

Win gives Kings a major lift

SOUTHERN Kings director of rugby Alan Solomons says his team's "bounce back" win over the Highlanders was a huge morale-booster ahead of their crunch Super Rugby showdown against the Cheetahs.

Bay boys pip Namibians

PORT Elizabeth's David Livingstone High fought back ferociously in the closing stages to pip Dr Lemmer High from Rehoboth in Namibia 22-15 in their rugby clash in Schauderville at the weekend.

VP girls kick off season on winning note THE Victoria Park (VP) girls' soccer team finally got their season under way after a 2-0 win against Linkside at the weekend.

Alexander Road set up win with four first half goals ALEXANDER Road High notched four goals in the first half to score a notable win over Pearson in their schoolboys' hockey encounter at Alex at the weekend.

Grey overcome pressure to beat Queen's in hockey clash THE Grey High hockey team recorded a 3-0 win over Queen's College in their clash at Grey at the weekend.

DSG enjoy keen sporting contest against EL rivals DSG enjoyed their annual sporting clash with Cambridge in Grahamstown at the weekend, competing in hockey and netball games in a successful morning of sport.

Collegiate celebrate 139th birthday in winning style COLLEGIATE celebrated their 139th anniversary with a derby day on Saturday against teams from Queenstown Girls' High School.

Ukhanyo soothe supporters' agony THE Ukhanyo High first team defeated Kingswood College 4th 17-7 in their schools rugby match in Alexandria at the weekend.

St Andrew's, happy to be playing at home, thrash Cambridge 59-10 BACK at home after a run of five away games, St Andrew's reveled in the conditions to run out comprehensive 59-10 winners over East London school Cambridge in their schools rugby encounter in Grahamstown at the weekend.

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