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Catrakilis over the moon about Bok camp call-up

"THIS is probably the best news I have received in my life," an excited Southern Kings flyhalf Demetri Catrakilis said after he was called up to attend a Springbok rugby training camp in Durban next week.

'Battle of the young bulls' in crucial clash SOUTHERN Kings head coach Matt Sexton says it will be the "battle of the young bulls" when his hungry loose forwards face the Cheetahs in a Super Rugby showdown at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.

Bay team defies odds to get to provincial finals

PORT Elizabeth's Jarvis Gqamlana Primary School has vowed to fly the Nelson Mandela Bay flag at the 2013 Danone u-12 provincial soccer finals to be held at Mdantsane's Sisa Dukashe Stadium in East London on Saturday.

Clash of township titans

THE battle lines have been drawn and all that is left now is for Ithembelihle and Ndzondelelo to show who rules township schools rugby when their FNB Classic Clash takes place at Dan Qeqe Stadium tomorrow (3.30pm).

Londt Park dominate women's squash THE two Londt Park women's teams remain deadlocked at the top of the EP first squash league after another close round of matches this week.

Real City win league champs in thrilling finish REAL City wrapped up the Safa-NMB SAB League championship on Saturday with a close 1-0 win over Subs.

Highbury game in EL postponed THE semi-professional SA Football Association Eastern Cape Second Division league clash between Port Elizabeth outfit Highbury and East London side OR Tambo DC scheduled to be played at the Jan Smuts Stadium yesterday was postponed.

Kings will be firing on all cylinders EXTRA firepower has been added to the Southern Kings line-up for their “make or break” Super Rugby showdown against the Cheetahs at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.

Cheetahs eye spot in playoffs as confidence grows CHEETAHS captain Adriaan Strauss believes that better decision-making is the major factor behind the team’s improvement in this year’s Super 15 rugby competition.

Velleman, Manjezi to lead Craven Week sides ST ANDREW’S lock Sintu Manjezi and Grey High flank CJ Velleman are delighted after being appointed to lead the respective Eastern Province schools rugby teams at the 50th CravenWeek to be held in Polokwane from July 8-13.

Escape magic required

THE Southern Kings are planning to stage rugby's equivalent of the epic World War Two movie The Great Escape when they fight to avoid the wooden spoon in Super Rugby's South African conference.

Keen battles as VP take honours over Linkside

VICTORIA Park had some mixed soccer results when they took on Linkside in their annual sports derby at the weekend.

G'town netball, hockey triumphs for Pearson PEARSON enjoyed a successful trip to Grahamstown at the weekend when they competed against Kingswood in netball and girls' hockey matches.

Alex defence stands firm

IN a scrappy schools rugby encounter, Alexander Road did enough to defeat Woodridge 14-0 in their clash at Woodridge at the weekend.

Swift burst of scoring seals win for Queen's A BURST of three tries in quick succession in the second half enabled Queen's to score a hard-earned 40-21 victory over Kingswood in their schools rugby encounter in Grahamstown at the weekend.

St Andrew's work hard for victory AFTER a tightly contested first half, St Andrew's took control to register a fine 55-26 win over Muir in an entertaining schools rugby encounter in Uitenhage on Saturday. The match started at a furious pace, with both sides showing clear intent to run the ball.

Cillie in rampant form CILLIE played some delightful running rugby to beat Hillside 57-0 in their schools rugby clash at the weekend at Cillie.

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.

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