Need to polish up on the latest sport research in South Africa? Then SasReCon 2010 is the place to be!
There’s no doubt tht SasReCon will carry even more value for delegates this year than it did in the past. Judging by the last two editions of this important sport science event, more than 350 delegates are expected to attend.
The theme of this year’s event is Sport, Recreation and Physical Education – An Essential Triad” and will highlight the important triangular relationship between sport science, recreation and physical education.
SasReCon is SRSA’s initiative to bring together sport practitioners and sport science academics to foster an atmosphere where the former can learn about the latest research in sport and hopefully implement it on the field.
It’s most probably that the event will once again be opened by the Deputy Minister of Sport, Mr Gert Oosthuizen, who takes a keen interest in the event and the impact it can have on the sporting community.
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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!
The much-anticipated Boxing Convention is scheduled to take place at St George’s Hotel outside Pretoria on 23-24 April.
The Convention is expected to plan a future for the sport that will ensure its continued growth and well-being. It is expected to be attended by a who’s who of South African boxing, with the Minister of Sport and Recreation, Rev. Makhenkesi Stofile attending as well.
Everyone’s still focused on South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but there’s an event bound for Durban that features large in the organising of another major international mega-event – the Olympic Games.
The city will play host to the 123rd edition of the bi-annual IOC Session, an event of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) where the winning bids for upcoming editions of the Olympic Games are announced.
SRSA together with SASCOC and the city of Durban are playing central roles in the organising of the event, which attracts literally hundreds of world and state leaders. About 3000 people are expected to attend the event.
SRSA, at the state organ responsible for sport will be playing a pivotal role to ensure that the red carpet is rolled out for the attending world leaders. It’s role is typically to manage government-to-government relations, manage protocol, and work with other state departments to make such high pofile events successful.
It’s not secret that Durban has high hopes of hosting an Olympic Games in the medium-term, and there’s little doubt the city will be putting its best foot forward to impress during the IOC members’ visit.
Durban has more than proved it’s ability to host high profile international events, so they’re bound to rise to the challenge.
South Africa’s bid to host the IOC Session was successful after it beat Hong Kong with 66 votes against 32.
Three months before last year’s Confederations Cup there were much criticisms about the lack of visibility the event had on the streets, with almost a total lack of posters and billboards announcing the event.
The country has taken the criticism to heart, and this time round it’s impossible not to drive any major road in metroplitan areas without seeing signs announcing the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
As part of its World Cup mobilisation program SRSA has sponsored a number of large billboards on the city’s major highways that promote the slogal ‘Ke Nako’ – It’s Time.
The billboards will be displayed up to the start of the World Cup, and will ensure that the tens of thousands of motorists using the higways – including those traelling to and from OR Tambo International Airport – has an image of an African World Cup in their minds.
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