The finals of the 2010 School Adventure project, of which SRSA was a major funded was held in Johannesburg recently. The project saw schools across the country pair up with participating 2010 FIFA Football World Cup nations to hold a schools soccer competition to promote goodwill and understanding among young people about the countries playing in the World Cup.
You can view photos from the event in the Photo Gallery.
Sumaya Khan, recently appointed Chief Operating Officer of SRSA attended the event and had the following to say:
A team of sixty young South African track and field athletes are participating in the COSSASA Games in Gaberone, Botswana this weekend.
As Rohini Naidoo, Director for School Sport at SRSA explains:
Judging from the dozen-plus records that were broken during the National High Schools Athletics Champs a few weeks ago, they should return with more than a few medals in hand. Watch this space for an update!
In a show of support for schools athletics, Athletics South Africa’s Ray Mali attended the Primary Schools National Athletics Championships in East London recently as a guest of honor.
March is school sport month at SRSA with no less than four national championships being held nationwide with the help of SRSA’s funding and practical support. The primary and secondary schools aquatics championships have already taken place, with the athletics championships scheduled for later in the month.
A very hot Cape Town played host to the primary schools event, with participants appreciating the cool waters of the competition pools at Newlands. More than 700 youngsters participated in the two-day inter-provincial event.
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