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Makhanda tournament
showcases young boxers
Mfuzo club’s
event a success
SUE MACLENNAN
Eyethu Young Champs
Boxing Club from
Motherwell were the
overall tournament winners of
the Mfuzo Boxing Club
tournament at the Hlalani
Indoor Sport Centre in
Makhanda on Saturday 15
O c t o b e r.
More than 11 clubs sent
young boxers to participate in
the annual event from as far
afield as Komani and even
Welkom in the Free State, as
well as Gqeberha, Kirkwood,
Cathcart, Seymour, Qonce,
Dikeni and Alicedale.
Makhanda’s Mfuzo Boxing
Club was second overall and
third was Sisonke Boxing Club
from Mdantsane, East London.
Girls and boys fought in the
Cadet, Junior and Elite
categories in the tournament
marking Mfuzo Boxing Club’s
27th anniversary.
Andile Mofu, former South
African National Boxing
Organisation (Sanabo) president
and owner of the newly
TRUE FIGHTERS: Port Alfred Cadet Owethu Mxuma faces
Lizole Dyantyi, from Alice, in a hard-fought bout at the Hlalani
Indoor Sport Centre in Makhanda on Saturday October 15
Picture: SUE MACLENNAN
established Ace Mates Academy
of Sports based in Qonce, was
full of praise for the event.
“I would like to congratulate
Mfuzo Boxing Camp on their
27th Anniversary!” Mofu said.
“Th a t ’s how long they have been
contributing to the wellbeing of
Makhanda. They have been a
beacon of hope for these boxers
and Mfuzo as the president has
brought a tremendous change in
their lives, judging from the
champions he has produced.
“This tournament gave Ace
Mates Academy of Sports
boxers a true test of their ability,”
he said. “I am also proud that
girl boxers came in numbers
because recruiting female
boxers is still a challenge.”
Mofu said if it weren’t for the
challenging economic times,
clubs should have rotating
tournaments of this nature.
Andile Gege from Nelson
Mandela Bay brought four
boxers from Wells Open Boxing
Club. Two won and two lost.
“The tournament was
wonderful. The standard was
high and the level of officiating
was good,” Gege said. “Th e r e
were no complaints of unfair
results despite the fact that 80%
of the referees were officiating at
this level for the first time.”
Gege’s highlight was the
performance by Wells Elite
boxer Luyolo “The Killer
Queen” Nketsheni.
“This girl put up a great fight
against national 48kg champion
Andrea Plaatjies, whom we
thought was going to score an
easy win against her.”
Owner of the winning club
Th a n d o “Inja” Twenani Jnr
brought 17 boxers to the event.
“This tournament is great for
uniting young boxers across the
categories and improving the
standard of boxing,” he said.
“We would love Mfuzo BC
to get more support from their
local municipality and district.”
Tournament organiser Mfuzo
Dyira said the best bout was
between their club’s Asanele
“Lights Out” Macwili and
Imitha Mkhala of Mdantsane
club, Sisonke. “As a club we
were very happy with the
t o u r n a m e n t ,” he said. “We are
encouraged to plan for 2023.”
TOTT REPORTER
More than 150 enthusiastic
karate practitioners attended
seminars by Pascal Lecourt
Sensei recently. The 7th Dan
Black Belt from France visited
Gauteng and the Eastern Cape.
The local event was held at
the 1820 Settlers Monument in
Makhanda and was facilitated
by United Shotokan-Ryu chair
and local karate instructor Gary
Grapentin. Shotokan karate
practitioners twelve years and
older, orange belt and above,
irrespective of karate affiliation
or association were welcomed.
Lecourt Sensei was a senior
student of the legendary
Japanese karate master Taiji
Kase Sensei (1929-2004) and is
currently one of the world’s
leading authorities on his
unique form of Shotokan karate.
The style, which is fondly
known as Kase-Ha, not only
encompasses Shotokan karate,
VISITING
E X P E RT:
United
Shotokan-Ryu
instructors
Gary Grapentin
and Maureen
de Jager with
Pascal Lecourt
Sensei at a
karate seminar
in Makhanda
last weekend
P i c t u re :
SUPPLIED
Top teaching for local karatekas
but also elements of Kase
Sensei’s personal experience
and research into karate.
Unlike many modern-day
styles of karate, there is no
sporting aspect to Kase-Ha: it is
practiced as a pure form of
Japanese Budo. As the first
Japanese Shotokan Master from
the JKA to visit SA in 1964, Kase
Sensei has had a profound and
significant influence on
Shotokan Karate in this country.
Lecourt Sensei’s visit to SA is
part of an ongoing initiative by
United Shotokan-Ryu (USR) to
bring some of the world’s best
Shotokan karate masters and
instructors to SA.
Grapentin expressed his
gratitude to Lecourt Sensei for
making the long journey to SA
and alluded to a return visit in
the not-too-distant future. For
info about karate classes in Port
Alfred, Kenton or Makhanda
email gar yg@geenet.co.za or
call 073-346-0059 (WhatsApp).
Zero to G2C Hero training programme
Week 6 (24-30 October 2022)
6-hour week aimed at building
speed and tapering. You may
switch days around to suit you, but
make sure you have adequate
recovery between each session. If
you have been following the
programme, you should have
some good miles in your legs and
some muscle tension after the
efforts. After this week, there is
one week to taper and take it easy
before the race day.
TIPS
● Keep the momentum going and
use your motivation to pay more
attention to your diet.
● Eating healthily will aid your
r e c ove r y.
● Remember to warm up before
and cool down after your rides to
reduce the chance of injury.
M o n d ay
Rest
Tuesday (ride time 1 hour)
On a steep hill – plan to repeat
this hill five times. Choose a hill
(or section of one) that takes you
less than two minutes to climb.
Take 5-10minutes recovery
between each effort (ie easy
pedalling on a level section).
On the hill you should be in Zone
4 (max).
Wednesday (1 hour)
Easy ride, light gears - Zone 1-2
Thursday (1 hour)
Warm up well for 15 minutes and
then:
Get in 2x10 minutes in Zone 3.
Recover between each interval for
10 minutes.
Fr i d ay
Rest
Saturday (2.5 hours)
Last long ride before the event:
Zone 2 over a varied terrain. If you
can, simulate (or ride on) the race
route.
Sunday (2 hours)
Easy ride using light gears: Keep in
Zone 2 most of the time. Get in 4 x
hill efforts in Zone 3.
Kenton Bowling Club
The last few months of the year are
always packed with bowls while
we’re getting ready to welcome
family and friends for the
December holidays or go away
o u r s e l ve s .
Some of us started the week in
recovery mode after playing in the
enjoyable Kowie Classic last
weekend.
Wednesday was time for the
next round of the Dias Insurance
competition.
The winners this time were Mo
Marsay and her team of Jerry Catto
and Ian Edwards who annihilated
their opponents. Our thanks go to
Dias for their sponsorship of this
competition, with one more round
to go and a number of players
vying for the top spot.
Thursday had four men’s teams
and three women’s teams travel to
Kowie for the penultimate round
of the Kenton/Kowie and the Bess
Tweedie competition. We played
on their lovely B green.
The day started off in the 30s
but by the end of play we were all
looking for our jerseys. Kowie
were the winners, securing all the
ladies’ m a t ch e s .
B
WLS
BANTER
The Kenton men shared the
men’s matches 2-all, but Kowie
had the higher shot profit. Thanks
to Kowie for the lovely eats after
the matches and as always for the
great friendship that we share.
Inclement weather kept us off
our greens for the rest of the week
but some diehards gathered at the
club on Friday afternoon during
load-shedding (will it ever end)
and the PT Meat Draw was won
by Wendy Cloete. Congratulations
Wendy, your voucher is waiting at
Kenton Butchery.
In closing this week, I ask you
all to keep Bill Bedford and Rina
Maree in your thoughts and wish
them a speedy return to better
health. – Peter Levey
Kowie Bowling Club
After last week’s bumper Men’s
Kowie Classic, there was some
sort of normality at the club this
week as players spent time with
their spouses and friends.
Those that chose to play tabs
in on Tuesday did so in cool,
overcast weather where the
bragging rights for the day went to
Dave Tyrrell and his team of Rob
Turner and Gavin Muir.
Thursday afternoon saw the
fifth round of the ladies Bess
Tweedie cup being played against
Kenton. With some outstanding
bowling, our ladies made a clean
sweep of the afternoon by
winning all three of their matches.
This means that with just one
round to go, the Kowie ladies still
have a chance to clinch the
trophy. The leaderboard changed
dramatically after the fifth round
and reads as follows.
Kenton are (still) leading on 16
points with a shot difference of
+4. Kowie now stand on 14 points
with a shot difference of -4 points.
The final round will be played
at the Kowie BC on November 24
and promises to be a humdinger
of note with everything to play for
on the day.
The fifth round of the men’s
Kowie vs Kenton competition was
also played. Kowie won two of
their games convincingly, and lost
two narrowly. The leaderboard
shows that Kowie are on 24 points
with a shot difference of +71, and
Kenton are on 16 points with a
shot difference of -71.
Intermittent rain on Friday and
Saturday put a stop to any further
bowling at the club, but did not
stop three teams from Kowie
traveling up to Tarkastad to play in
the annual Tarkastad classic.
Pieter Stegmann’s team of
Robbie Muzzell, Dave Tyrrell and
Peter May did rather well by
winning three of their five games,
ending in sixth place out of 14
teams. Jonty Alexander and his
team of Andrew Meyer, Dave
Thomas and Jacques Moolman
also won three of their five games,
and came in at seventh spot, due
to shot difference.
All three teams reportedly had
a wonderful weekend, rekindling
old friendships and making new
ones. As usual, the hospitality was
outstanding and the food terrific.
The club is very proud to
announce that four members have
been selected to represent EP.
Jackie Kriel has been picked to
skip the senior ladies side, and
Megan Kriel was chosen as lead
for the EP A side. Stephen Minnaar
will be skipping the men’s B side,
with Jason Prince as his second.
Well done chaps. – Mike Ryan
Port Alfred Bowling Club
The first round of the mixed drawn
fours was played last Tuesday
afternoon with just a handful of
players turning out for tabs.
In the drawn fours, Trevor,
Louise, Bill and Sheila went down
to Ron, Noeline, Christo and
Anna, while Hein, Joan, Joanne
and Gail lost to Jenny, Peter, Julie
and Ilse. Jen and her team now
play Ron and his side in the final.
Due to the consistent drizzle
over the past couple of days, no
bounce game took place last
Friday nor tabs-in on Saturday.
However, birthday night still
went ahead with newly married
Chris Avis (October 7), Shar
Coleman (October 8), Ron Orford
(October 9) and Helen Cowie
(October 26), all wished well.
Today (Thursday), four Port
Alfred men’s teams and two
ladies’ sides travel to Kenton to
compete in the last leg of the Les
Clarke and Doris Ford
competition. All teams are hoping
for a good performance against
their coastal opponents.
Yesterday (Wednesday), the
Kowie Bowling Club hosted the
annual SPCA day with several
teams from Port Alfred having
entered. The funds raised all go to
the SPCA, so please be generous.
The Kenton GBS day is set for
Saturday October 29 so once
again, support is needed. Talk
about a lot of bowls.
The B green at the club has
been well worked on by Neil
McCullam and so far is looking
good. Great stuff Neil.
On the entertainment front, a
turnabout party coupled with a
build-a-burger evening is set for
this Saturday night involving both
bowlers and croquet players.
On the turnabout front, even if
you don’t want to wear a false
moustache or a women’s bra filled
with tennis balls, just come as you
are and support. It should be a fun
e ve n i n g .
Lastly, we wish Yvonne
Surtees well when she flies to
Egypt soon to spend time with her
daughter who lives in the US. —
Port Alfred Bowling Club news by
Brian Mclean