Below are two videos of the new Cape Town stadium. Greenpoint stadium has been demolished and rebuilt into a world class soccer stadium! We were fortunate enough to attend two events last week at the stadium. The first was a live taping of the popular rugby magazine show – Boots n All. The second event was a Super 14 warm up match between the Stormers and Boland. The Cape Town Stadium has great atmosphere and the facilities are also top notch. Press play below
February 9, 2010
September 2, 2009
Cape Argus Cycle Tour 2010
Entries for the Cape Town Argus Cycle Tour are now open. Enter here to get your entry in before it’s too late. Here’s to hoping the weather Gods are kinder to the participants than this years event.
April 8, 2009
Two Oceans Marathon 2009
This coming Saturday the 11th of April welcomes the 2009 edition of the Two Oceans Marathon.
The Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon has earned a reputation as the world’s most beautiful marathon. The first race was held in 1970 and saw 26 runners line up to face the unknown challenge. Since then, the race has become a national institution and a firm favourite with local, upcountry, and international athletes. The event attracts close to 26 000 participants across the ultra, half marathon and the fun runs and provides them with a mixture of breathtaking scenery, a gruelling test of fitness for both the elite and recreational runner, and an unrivalled race organisation and atmosphere.
Participants consistently vote it as one of the best in South Africa and it continues to attract strong fields and an increasing number of international entrants. The event has become synonymous with the Easter Weekend in Cape Town, with the pre-race activities at the expo, family day, and fun runs on Easter Friday. En-route entertainment on the race day provides fun, excitement, and a unique experience to runners, family, friends, and spectators alike.
Old Mutual is proud to continue its association with this great event, which is the premier event in their road-running portfolio. Participants can choose from various distances – the scenic 56km ultra-marathon or popular 21km half-marathon and the 5km or 2.5km fun runs.
(www.twooceansmarathon.org.za)
March 9, 2009
Cape Town Argus 2009
“Wind plays havoc at Argus – Sport24.co.za
Cape Town – Winds of up to 60km/h wreaked havoc at the Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour on Sunday, collapsing tents and scaffolding.
A woman broke her arm when the breakfast tent at the start of the race collapsed with her inside, said joint operations manager for the event Brad Geyser. She had since been taken to hospital to have the broken limb set.
Geyser said: “The wind did a lot of damage. We didn’t expect it to be this strong.”
The start of the race itself was delayed 54 minutes because of the wind, with wind speeds of 40km/h measured at Chapman’s Peak and 60km/h elsewhere on the route, he said.
Scaffolding erected at the Allan Gray building, near the finish line, collapsed, crushing three cars, but injuring no-one. A tent at the finish line also came down.
Most of the structures erected for the race at the start and finish lines had to be taken down because the wind was so severe, said Geyser.
The Greenpoint stadium construction site, where most of the hospitality tents were erected in sandy ground, became a “dust bowl” which the fire department had to water down, he said.
Geyser said heat was not a problem during this year’s race, because the wind had a “cooling effect”.
In some areas there was such a wind chill factor that cyclists had to be warned not to stop.
In one of the nastier incidents, a woman cyclist hit the tar face first in the Perdeberg, breaking both collar bones and sustaining scratches on her face.
Another cyclist’s ribs were crushed when he came off down Chapman’s Peak. A doctor on a motorcycle immediately attended to him and he was taken to hospital right away.
Although 35 000 cyclists entered this year, only 25 600 started the race, said the organisers. The wind had resulted in much slower times than usual, they said.”
I too took part in this years Argus Epic. I was meant to start at 08.42 but due to the delays only got going closer to 10.00. I’m sitting here at my PC with very sore legs and odd sun tans but a generally satisfying feeling that I completed what is going down as the toughest Argus ever. The excessive wind as well as the addition of Boys Drive to the route certainly made for different prospect compared to the past 3 tours that I’ve taken part in. Well done to all those that completed the race… Next event on the calendar is the Two Oceans half marathon.
For a good overview of the race have a look at the following link: photo slide it includes pics of Matt Damon who also completed the race.
February 26, 2009
Cape Argus Cycle Tour 2009
The 2009 edition of the Cape Argus cycle tour is around the corner. For the riders there is no more time for training, the next 10 days will be spent on watching the diet, making sure your equipment is in order and getting nervous.
Whether you’re a rider, a spectator or a resident in Cape Town, the following information will be interesting to you:
Click here if you would like to see a birds eye view of the route
Click here if you need more info on starting times
Click on the following link for information on road closures
May 25, 2007
Great White Shark Festival 2007
Great White Shark Festival – Gansbaai 16 June 2007
The Festival of the Great White Shark is a celebration of this change and will create the opportunity for the world to come together, to Gansbaai to the Great White Shark Capital of the World.
The White Shark Festival will be dedicated to educating the public about sharks and the importance of shark conservation, through interactive and hands on programs aimed especially at our youth.
May 24, 2007
Festival of Golf 2007
The 1st National Festival of Golf will again take place in the Southern Cape from 04-10 June 2007.
The festival provides golf enthusiasts from around the country and the world the opportunity to play on some of the finest courses in Africa and to participate in the biggest event of its kind in Africa. The venue is Africa�s Golf Capital, the spectacular Garden Route.
The festival is aimed at amateur golfers who appreciate spending quality time on the course with friends, colleagues and clients. The festival is ideally suited for companies to entertain their clients while having fun.
April 9, 2007
Spur Adventure 2007
Launched in 2006, Spur Adventure is an adrenaline-fuelled day of adventure and fun for the whole family. According to Spur Steak Ranches MD Pierre van Tonder, the event was a celebration of all things South African: �This is an event for the whole family that takes us into the great outdoors, combining adventure and community celebration�.
April 5, 2007
Canalwalk Motorshow 2007
The Canal Walk Motor Show will set your heart racing from Friday the 27th of April to Tuesday the 1st of May. See all the latest cars, motorbikes, 4X4s and more throughout Canal Walk Shopping Centre.
Date: 27 April to 01 May
Time: 9am – 9pm daily
Venue : Throughout the center
Entry: Free
The Canal Walk Motor Show brings you the best motor vehicles and the roar of spectacular motor related footage on the big screen and an exciting event line-up consisting of Classic Car Displays, X-Box Challenge, Brian Capper Shows and much more.
Up for grabs is a brand new Honda CBR600RR7 Superbike sponsored by Honda Cape Town. The competition is brought to you in association with Cape Times. Entries are only available in Cape Times from Monday 16th April – Tuesday 1st May 2007. Entry forms can be dropped into the entry boxes located at the competition display in the Central Promotions area and at Canal Walk entrances.
Check Carblog.co.za for more on the latests Automotive development on local and international level.
April 4, 2007
Two Oceans Marathon Expo 2007
The Old Mutual Marathon Expo boasts over 90 exhibitors with interactive displays with a traffic flow ensuring maximum coverage for all exhibits.
The Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon presented by Nike, is the world’s most beautiful marathon and one of the largest timed races in South Africa, attracting more than 20 000 participants each year to South Africa’s most beautiful city, Cape Town. 2006 sees the move of Registration and the Expo to the NEW venue at the Good Hope Centre in Cape Town at the corner of Sir Lowry Road and Oswald Pirow Street.