How do you transition from a school athlete to a professional athlete?

With the Olympics about a month away and the deadline to qualify for the Olympics coming up on the 29th June we take a look at athletics and what it means to athletes and schools. We are privileged to have three time Olympian and TUKS lecturer, LJ van Zyl talking to us about Athletics and opportunities that school kids have at getting recognized, transitioning from school to professional athletics and being able to participate at the Olympics. Together with LJ we have content creator and ex journalist Manfred Seidler who has over 30 years of experience working in Athletics and reporting on sports events including the Olympics over those 30 years. LJ de Villiers did his masters on the difficulties that athletes have transitioning from a school athlete to a professional athlete and here, LJ together with Manfred, identifies these problems and then goes on to talk about other issues that athletes face.

 

Cricket South Africa, SA Schools Rugby and Sporting talk about how schools can return to sport

 

Schools have been told that they can return to sport but what does that mean?

Can you return to sport? 

What does it mean that schools sport has returned?

Are there limits in the way that you can return to sport?

What happens if you break the rules in returning to sport?

We have asked Cricket South Africa, SA Schools Rugby Association and Sporting Lisbon in South Africa to answer these questions for us. There are some clearly defined rules of what schools and clubs can do and come that are not that clear. These rules are common amongst all sports. It will be interesting to see what the take is of governing bodies that deal with both contact and non contact sport.

School Sport and Where Is It Going Webinar 11 July 2020

This is the first of our series of school sport and where is it going.

School sport is unlikely to resume before 2021. But where does this leave our school sports coaches!

Intune Communications, together with a host of scientists, nutritionists, psychologists and coaches, will be putting together a series of webinars on SCHOOL SPORTS AND WHERE IT IS GOING over the next few months and we invite you to join us in these FREE sessions.

Shawn Belluigi talks about the roles and responsibilities of a coach.

Greg Hurvitz talks about the Art to the Science of Sport Coaching

Kassey Belluigi talks about Interview strategies and the importance of media in sport

Talk to our coaches here and links to the books that we have spoken about. https://pages.services/pr.intunecom.co.za/webinar-series-special-offers/

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Interview about the entertainment industry during the Coronavirus Lockdown with Timothy Moloi

Born and raised in Orlando, Soweto, Timothy grew up in a home filled with song. It was this love for music and his natural flair for infusing familiar and beloved standards with a new freshness that has made him a favourite with audiences throughout South Africa. With his smooth-as-velvet voice and masterful range, Timothy is truly one of South Africa’s most extraordinary talents. The artist has performed with the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, the Eastern Cape Philharmonic, the Electric Pops Orchestra, the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra and the Soweto Gospel Choir. And that’s not even the half of it. Timothy Moloi performed the song ‘Hope’ at the opening ceremony of the FIFA 2010 World Cup at Soccer City to an estimated global audience of 500 million viewers! His double SAM- nominated debut album LOVE THAT MUSIC received critical acclaim and is available on iTunes. Television performances have included the MTN South African Music Awards, Miss South Africa, SABC3 JOBURG POPS, The SABC2/Sowetan Community Builder Of The Year Awards, the SA Rugby Awards and the MNET ‘Heroes Against Crime’ Awards, as well as several guest appearances on popular programs such as Morning Live, Expresso, Top Billing, Afro Cafe, Spirit Sundae, World Today, TML, E.tv Sunrise, Afternoon Express, Musiek Roulette And Noot Vir Noot.

Western Province star goes from SAU19 disappointment to Khaya Majola Hero

Western Province bowler Siyabulela Plaaitjie set aside his disappointment at not making the SA 19 team for the ICC U19 World Cup by playing a match-winning role in Western Province's first win against Gauteng since Potchefstroom in 2012.

When he wasn’t picked he was disappointed and looked for guidance from his mentor at Western Province Cricket, Graham October.

Graham told him that he had two options, the first was to feel sorry for himself and to curl up in bed and cry and the second was to go to the Khaya Majola Week and play the best cricket he can play.

Graham left the decision to Siya because it’s one of his policies is to let the boys in his care make their own decisions.

“Graham is like a father figure to me and he always directs me in the right direction, being left out of the world cup side is a real disappointment. He explained my options and I chose to focus on my game and to make sure that I do well and, hopefully,  make the SA Schools team,’ said Siya.

His earlier performances at the Khaya Majola Week had not been up to his high standards until he faced Gauteng in the traditional clash of the titans at the tournament.

Western Province had not beaten Gauteng at the Khaya Majola Week since the ‘main game’ of 2012. Since then they have lost five finals against Gauteng and it was looking as if they were going to lose again at Michaelhouse on Thursday, until Siya bowled an inspired spell that broke the back of the Gauteng run chase.

Siya has always been a fighter, he comes from a very poor single-parent family in Langa, Cape Town, where his mother tries her very best to give him the opportunities that most boys in that area are not able to get.

Through his cricketing ability, Siya created his own opportunities and was spotted at an early age by Western Province Cricket. He has had many mentors at the union including the current Gauteng coach Siyabonga Sibiya who, even though his team lost to Western Province, was one of the first people to congratulate him for his brilliant effort. He was clearly emotional because he knew what Siya had been through to get this far in life.

Graham October was the most emotional. He ran up to embrace the boy that he knows so well and brought tears to the eyes of many of the spectators on the field.

‘Coach Graham helps me out emotionally, financially and with my cricket. It is awesome to have someone like him in my life, along with the other mentors at Western Province cricket who help me,’ said Siya.

Siya is at Wynberg Boys’ High on a bursary, supported by the Western Province Cricket Union and he is part of a truly South African Western Province team in which privileged kids from schools like Bishops can play as equals with a boy like himself, from Langa and they can be friends.

it’s a story is that Khaya Majola would have loved playing. A testament to his vision for the tournament has been named after him.

Siya and Graeme

2019/2020 Khaya Majola Cricket Week Fixtures

The fixtures and format for the 2019/20 Khaya Majola Cricket Week

Day 1 & Day 2: Time Cricket

Day 3: 2 rounds of 20/20 over games

Day 4 & Day 5: 50 Overs will only be decided after the end of the previous days play. The teams will be matched up like for like

Day 1 – 16 December Time Cricket

TEAM 1		TEAM 2	VENUE
Gauteng	vs	Free State	Hart-Davis Oval (Hilton)
KwaZulu-Natal	vs	Western Province	St Charles College Oval
Northerns	vs	KZN Inland	Pietermaritzburg Oval
Eastern Province	vs	Boland	Gaythorne Oval (MHS)
Easterns	vs	Mpumalanga	Patterson Oval (Weston)
SWD	vs	Northern Cape	Weightman Smith (Hilton)
Border	vs	Limpopo	Hannahs (MHS)
Namibia	vs	North West	Meadows (MHS)

Day 2 – 17 December Time Cricket

TEAM 1		TEAM 2	VENUE
Gauteng	vs	KZN Inland	Gaythorne Oval (MHS)
KwaZulu-Natal	vs	Boland	Pietermaritzburg Oval
Northerns	vs	Western Province	St Charles College Oval
Free State	vs	Eastern Province	Hart-Davis Oval (Hilton)
Easterns	vs	Northern Cape	Meadows (MHS)
SDW	vs	Limpopo	Patterson Oval (Weston)
Border	vs	North West	Hannahs (MHS)
Namibia	vs	Mpumalanga	Weightman Smith (Hilton)

Day 3 – 18 December T20 Round 1

TEAM 1		TEAM 2	VENUE
Gauteng	vs	Easterns	Meadows (MHS)
KwaZulu-Natal	vs	SWD	Gaythorne Oval (MHS)
Free State	vs	Mpumalanga	Patterson Oval (Weston)
KZN Inland	vs	Northern Cape	Hannahs (MHS)
Northerns	vs	Border	Pietermaritzburg Oval
Eastern Province	vs	Namibia	Hart-Davis Oval (Hilton)
Western Province	vs	Limpopo	St Charles College Oval
Boland	vs	North West	Weightman Smith (Hilton)

Day 3 – 18 December T20 Round 2

TEAM 1		TEAM 2	VENUE
Gauteng	vs	Mpumalanga	Patterson Oval (Weston)
KwaZulu-Natal	vs	Northern Cape	Hannahs (MHS)
Free State	vs	Easterns	Meadows Oval (MHS)
KZN Inland	vs	SWD	Gaythorne Oval (MHS)
Northerns	vs	Limpopo	St Charles College Oval
Eastern Province	vs	North West	Hart-Davis Oval (Hilton)
Western Province	vs	Border	Pietermaritzburg Oval
Boland	vs	Namibia	Weightman Smith (Hilton)