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Knife-wielding robbers are on the loosein Wynberg and commuters arewarned to be vigilant.
According to a report by Wynberg policestation robberies near the Wynberg Trans-port Interchange are on the rise.According to police spokesperson War-
rant Officer Silvino Davids there has beena sharp increase in the number of robberieseach week.The robberies, which occur during the
peak commuting periods, are focused nearthe tunnels on either side of the railway line.
Davids says police are on the hunt for twomen alleged to be behind the robberieswhere the victims are held up at knifepoint.The robbers allegedly work in pairs; one
of the men hold the commuter up at knife-point while an accomplice waits in a car.“So far we have the description of two ve-
hicles being used. One is a blue VolkswagenGolf and the second awhite Toyota Corolla,”he explains.And in the CBD there have been reports
of men on bicycles either using knives tothreaten their victims or snatch handbagsas they ride past.Davids explains the various subways at
the interchange make for an easy get-away
for criminals.He warns commuters to be extra vigilant
and to ensure they do not walk alone.“We need people to be aware of suspicious
men hanging around the subways. If theyspot the vehicles or see suspicious activity,they should call us immediately,” he says.Wynberg resident and commuter Jeanette
Stoffels says walking through a subway is afrightening experience.She explains that, as commuters make
their way to work, there are often “scary”men seen lurking in the dark subways.“As women we feel very unsafe as these
men hang around and stare at us.“It is also very dark and quiet; we are at
risk,” she explains.Stoffels says while she has not been
robbed shehasheardof bag snatching in andaround the subways.Davids says no arrests have been made
and police are continuing their investiga-tions.“In all the reports we find a trend of two
men operating together,” he says.“First there is the scenario with the men
using the cars and then the twomen on bicy-cles.”Police will be stepping up patrols in the
hope of making a break-through.V If you have seen these men and these vehicles contact the Wynberg Police Station on (021) 799 1300.
RRobbersobbersonon thethe runrun
PROCEED WITH CAUTION: Police have issued a warning aboutknifewielding robbers in the subways. This photo does not imply anyone pictured is involved in any crime. PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL
PEOPLE'S POST | CONSTANTIA | WYNBERGThursday, 3 July 20142 NEWS
The City of Cape Town’s Subcouncil 20 is in the process of identifying deserving individualsand organisations to receive a civic award in accordance with the Conferment of HonoursPolicy approved by Council on 3 December 2008 and amended by Council on 25 July 2012.
Subcouncil 20 incorporates Wards 58, 59, 62, 71, 72 and 73 (Bergvliet, Bishopscourt,Claremont, Constantia, Harfield Village, Heathfield, Kenilworth, Meadowridge,Diep River, Elfindale, Kirstenhof, Lakeview, Mowbray, Newlands, Plumstead, Punts Estate,part of Retreat, Rondebosch, Rosebank, Steenberg, Steurhof, Tokai, Westlake, Wynberg).
Members of the public are invited to nominate individuals or organisations for an award.A certificate of recognition for outstanding achievements and service to individuals ororganisations that have made a significant contribution to civil society within their areas ofjurisdiction may be awarded to a living person or in memory of a deceased person.All nominations must be in writing, and include adequate motivation.
Please submit your nomination and supporting motivation to the Acting SubcouncilManager, Alesia Bosman (E-mail [email protected]; fax021 794 7692) on or before 31 July 2014.
ACHMAT EBRAHIMCITY MANAGER126/2014
CONFERMENT OF SUBCOUNCILCIVIC AWARDS: SUBCOUNCIL 20
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MUNICIPALITY: CLAIM OF ‘HUGE DELAYS’ IN SCHEDULE
Ironing out glitches in new systemDESIREÉ RORKE
@dezzierorke
“Teething problems” with a new sy-stem implemented at the planningand building development offices of
the City of Cape Townhave caused a backlogthat has local developers hot under the col-lar.Not denying this, theCityhowever is fullof praise for this new system, which was in-
troduced onTuesday 1April, saying operati-onal “glitches” are being seen to currentlyand as the systembecomesmore refined, theprocess will become more efficient.A People’s Post source who wishes to re-
main anonymous, says his work schedulesare months behind as he awaits buildingplans to be approved.“I am aware of this new system that has
been in operation since March, but sincethen we have experienced huge delays,” hesays, adding that small new regulationssuch as being able to hand in only threeplans at a time, have cost them many manhours.But Johan van der Merwe, Mayoral Com-
mittee member for Economic, Environmen-tal and Spatial Planning, this week thankedindustry roleplayers for their patience withthe assurance that this new system, once ful-ly operational, will result in substantial be-nefits for applicants.“Whenever a new system is implemented,
it inevitably affects theprocessuntil thenewsystem stabilises. This is required in theshort-term in order to streamline the pro-cess in the long-term and to effectively im-
plement an improved system,” he says.He admits therehavebeenminimal delays
but addedmost of the applications are beingprocessed. “Applicants are welcome to sub-mit more than three plans. However, as ameasure to ensure that submissions are de-alt with more speedily, applicants submit-ting more than three plans are requested tosubmit their plans at a different counter,”he added.Van der Merwe describes the new Deve-
lopment Application Management System(DAMS) as pioneering.The is an integrated system that links to
the City’s PropertyValue Chain and accoun-ting system (SAP).It also makes provision for standardised
processing of development applications.Another feature of the new system is that
applicants can now also submit plans andapplications electronically to the City andobtain approvals electronically.“The City of Cape Town is the only metro
who has implemented such a system.“TheDAMSdevelopment team isworking
very hard to ‘de-bug’ the system of any glit-ches and is also looking at other initiatives
to support the operating districts to overco-me any operational challenges.Departmental staff are refining the system
and speedily addressing any glitches so thatthe applicants can experience the benefits ofthis system, which is unique to the City ofCape Town,” he says.Van Der Merwe adds that, although there
has been an inevitable impact on turn-around times for the processing of applicati-ons, it is important to note that the initialrecords show themajority of finalised appli-cations still fall within the statutory requi-red timelines.Measures to address delays have already
been put into place. “This includes the esta-blishment of a support centre to speedily ad-dress issues raised and to assist users wheretheyhave experienced problemswhenusingthe system,” he says.Furthermore, clients experiencing servi-
ce delivery problems can also contact the re-levant districtmanagers if they feel their ap-plications are not processed as expected.V The public can submit any feedback or queries toEmil Schnackenberg at emil.schnackenberg@capetown.gov.za.
POISED FOR EXCELLENCE: Cape Town Ballet dancers held a performance at UCT School of Dance on Saturday, when visitors got a taste ofBallet Beautiful which opens at the Artscape on Friday (4 July). It will run until Saturday 12 July. PHOTO: LULAMA ZENZILE/FOTO24
Invitation to be the differencePeople’s Post will this year assist a girls’home to establish a library – and we needyour help.This initiative will be this newspaper’s
Mandela Day event and we, together withour valued readers and advertisers, hope tomake a tremendous impact upon the livesof the girls in the care of the Home in Wyn-berg.Called the People’s Post Book and Board
GameDrive, the needs list is short. Readersand advertisers, together withPeople’s Postjournalists and advertising staff, are invit-ed to contribute towards this event by do-nating age-appropriate fiction and non-fic-tion books.These can be in English and Afrikaans
and to include reference books, encyclopae-dias, dictionaries and Atlases. Colouring-in, sticker and activity books are also wel-come.In line with the title of the initiative, Peo-
ple’s Post is also appealing for board games.If your children are too old to play with theboard games which are just gathering duston a shelf, why not contribute these to thisworthy cause? These include Monopoly,snakes and ladders, checkers, chess, back-gammon, Cluedo, 30 Seconds and Scrabble.Other games like Sudoku, puzzles and
Jenga are also welcome.You can personalise your donation by
writing a short message of encouragementon the inside cover of the book(s) or dropyour note together with your board gamedonations.The girls range in age from four to 20
years.The books and board games do not have
to be new, but must be in a good condition.V Call People’s Post at (021) 910 6500 for more information or email [email protected] with thewords “Books and Board Games Drive” in the subjectfield.
Retired persons to meetThe South African Association of Re-tired Persons (Saarp) will hold its nextmeeting at theMusgrave Park hall in Di-
ep River at 10:00 on Tuesday 22 July.For more information phone Ruth on
(021) 715 0417.
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POLICE HUNT: SEARCH STILL ON FOR FUEL BILKER
Petrol thief ‘steals car’MONIQUE DUVAL
@monique_duval
Police are on the hunt for an alleged pet-rol thief who is now also being soughtin connection with the theft of a Wyn-
berg woman’s car.Following a report in the Retreat edition
of People’s Post about a man who allegedlystole petrol at a station in Capricorn, aWyn-berg woman came forward to say it was thesame man who stole her car.The woman, who asks not to be identified,
says shewas driving alongRosmeadAvenueonSaturday 14 June just after 14:30whenhercar broke down.“There is an alarmon the petrol capwhich
switches the car off if it is not on properly,but the alarm was faulty and I didn’t hearit go off,” she explains.Thewoman says aman in a Red Ford Sier-
ra stopped to help her.The car’s battery died and he helped to
push her vehicle to a nearby parking lot.He introduced himself as Alfonso Adams
and said he lived in Tokai. The man had totake his son who was present at the time to
a nearby shopping mall to buy shoes.In a separate incident later that day it is
alleged the man’s son was also present dur-ing the petrol theft.“I called my aunt to assist and she helped
tow me home. The man offered to help mefix my car and kept pointing out variousproblems,” she says.She offered to pay him R100 towards his
petrol to thank him. She says she noticedthere was no petrol cap and pointed it out.He came to the woman’s Wynberg home
and looked at the car. He told her he workedat a Goodwood service station and gave heradvice as he fixed the car.He took the car for a test drive and the
woman says she was frightened by his driv-ing. “Hewasdriving so fast and I kept askinghim not to,” she explains.He told thewomanandher familyhe could
fix her car “on the side” at a nominal price.At 17:45 she received a call from the man
indicating she should bring her car to aworkshop in Goodwood. “I understood heneeded to do so as he did not have the toolsat home,” she says.Along with a relative the woman drove to
N1 City and called the number he had con-tacted her on. The man later appeared andsaid she should drive the car to the work-shop.She wasn’t comfortable waiting at the
workshop as he told her to lie and say shewas a relative of his. She agreed to wait atN1 City while he serviced her car.“We were told it would take about 90 min-
utes but at 22:30 we started to get anxiousand called the number but were informed itwas not Adams’ number,” she explains.The man on the phone said he knew Ad-
ams but had not seen him since earlier thatday.Realising the car had been stolen, the
woman and her relative reported the case attheGoodwoodPoliceStation.As theydidnothave any paperwork for the car, they weretold to return the next day. She reported theincident at Wynberg Police Station.Wynberg police spokespersonWarrantOf-
ficer Silvino Davids confirms the case andexplains it was transferred to Goodwood forfurther investigation.V If you have any information about this man phonethe Goodwood Police Station on (021) 592 4430.
WANTED: Police is looking for this man who allegedly stole a Wynberg woman’s car. PHOTO: SUPPLIED
City scraps connecting feesAs of 1 June, the City of CapeTownno longer raises deposits forconnecting to municipal servicessuch as electricity, water andrefuse removal from residentialusers.“This shift is intended to im-
prove on the City’s efficiency andto reduce the administrative bur-den. This is in line with our com-mitment to building a well-runcity that maintains a productiveadministration which prioritisesservice delivery to all its resi-dents,” says City mayco memberfor utility services Ernest Son-nenberg.Homeowners will be credited
with the original deposit amountthey paid at the time of applyingfor the service connection. This
will be reflected on their munici-pal accounts in July or Augustand, if the deposit is greater thanthe account, the remaining creditwill roll over until it is exhausted.The City does not intend to
make cash repayments. Onlyhomeowners’municipal accounts– not those of tenants – will becredited as they have an immova-ble asset the City can attach in theevent of unpaid municipal debts.“The City’s pronouncement
that residential users no longerhave to pay a connection depositof R600 and R800 respectively forwater and electricity will go along way towards easing the costof living for our residents. It is im-portant to note that large powerusers and commercial customers
will still have to pay a deposit tothe City to secure a connection tothese services,” says Sonnenberg.In addition, pensioners andpeo-
plewith disabilitieswill no longerhave to apply for a municipal re-bate annually.Council has resolved that these
applications for rebateshave to besubmitted only once every threeyears. This will significantly less-en the administrative burden onboth the applicants – about 26 000each year – and the City.However, applicants who expe-
rience a significant change (de-crease or increase) in their house-hold income are still required tore-apply for a rebate on their mu-nicipal accounts in the applicablefinancial year.
Bus tourThe Cape NaturalHistory Club willhost a guided bustour of Goedge-dacht Olive Farmin Hopefield andthe Simply Beesfarm on Sunday 13July. The groupwill stop at Goedge-dacht for lunch anda walk.The cost of R250
includes travelling,morning tea andlunch. Pick-uppoints are in Plum-stead, Cape Townand Table View.To book your
place phone Sheilaon (021) 782 1620 orvisit www.capenat-uralhistory-club.co.za.
PEOPLE'S POST | CONSTANTIA | WYNBERGThursday, 3 July 20144 NEWS
Friday 4 July
V Newlands: The Cape Natural History Clubwill host a talk by Mal Taylor at the Athenaeum, Newlands at 20:00. Mal describes their23 000km overland journey to Singaporethrough Iran. Entry is R20. Phone Sheila on(021) 782 1620 or visit www.capenaturalhistoryclub.co.za.
Saturday 5 July
V Meadowridge: The Friends of MeadowridgeLibrary will hold a Winter Book Sale at thelibrary hall in Howard Drive from 09:00 to11:30. Refreshments will be on sale. Phone(021) 712 9360.
Sunday 6 July
V Sandy Bay: The Friends of Hout BayMuseum will host a circular hike along RocketRoad, down to Oudeskip and back throughSandy Bay. Meet at Sandy Bay boom gate onHelgarda Road at 09:00. Phone 072 490 1813.
Monday 7 to Friday 11 July
V Bergvliet: A holiday club for children agedbetween six and 13 years old will be held atSt Martin’s Church from 08:00 to noon daily.Entry is free. Phone Keenan Farquhar on084 816 0220 or email Keenanfarqu[email protected].
Wednesday 9 July
V Diep River: Musgrave Park in Old KendalRoad will hold a mini market every Wednesdayfrom 08:00 to 12:00. Phone Citty PetersenLawless 084 723 2203 for more information.
Saturday 12 July
V Diep River: Musgrave Park Service Centre inOld Kendal Road will host a dance at 19:30.The dress code is smart casual and entry isR30. Take own platters and drinks. PhoneCitty PetersenLawless on (021) 712 9737 or084 723 2203 for more information.
Tuesday 15 July
V Plumstead: The Prostate Cancer SupportAction Group will meet at MediClinic Constantiaberg in Burnham Road at 17:45 for 18:00. DrRaoul Goldberg will speak on An integrativeapproach to cancer. Men and their spouses orcarers welcome. Phone 073 560 3067.
Wednesday 16 July
V Kirstenbosch: Gold Fields EnvironmentalEducation Centre will host a BiodiversityWaste art workshop for children aged 10 to 12years from 09:00 to 13:00 at R60 per child.Prebooking and prepayment essential. CallBasheerah Jassiem or Michelle September on(021) 799 8670/8680.
Thursday 17 July
V Kirstenbosch: Gold Fields EnvironmentalEducation Centre will host a Nature’s TreasureBox art workshop at Kirstenbosch Garden forchildren aged six to nine years from 09:00 to13:00. Children will create and decorate a“treasure box” and will put their treasures intheir unique box to take home with them. Theworkshop costs R60 per child. Prebooking andprepayment essential. For more informationcontact Nazeerah van Niekerk or MichelleSeptember on (021) 799 8670/8740 or [email protected] or visit websitewww.sanbi.org.za.
Tuesday 22 July
V Diep River: The South African Association ofRetired Persons will hold its next meeting atthe Musgrave Park hall at 10:00. Phone Ruthon (021) 715 0417 for more details.
DONATIONS: RUNNERS REACH OUT
Medals for a causeAre you a runner, cyclist or athlete
with many medals and not too surewhat to do with them?
Of course, you have those which are ex-tra special medals – the ones for the first10km or half marathon – that you’ll keepforever, but what to do with all those oth-ers?Recently Hout Bay Harriers running
club decided to collect all their medals fora good cause.The Childhood Cancer Foundation
(Choc) has an initiative in the WesternCape through which they give a medal toeach child who has completed their ses-sions of chemotherapy.Choc divisional manager Vanessa Ver-
maak says the medals donated by HoutBay Harriers will ro1l this initiative outto the rest of the country as well.“We are incredibly thankful for all the
medals we’ve received from Hout BayHarriers.“We appreciate that the runners have
trained and worked really hard for these
medals,” she says.“The joy these medals give to the chil-
dren after their sessions is so heart warm-ing.”Hout Bay Harriers have so far collected
over 200 medals.Nomawethu Nika, dedicated Hout Bay
Harrier, donated just over 50 medals forthe cause.“It’s quite difficult to let go of thesemed-
als that I have worked so hard for, but itis going towards a very good cause,” Nikasays.“I can’t imagine what these children go
through, and these medals are my contri-bution towards their bravery.”Anyone wanting to donate their medals
can contact the club on [email protected] or drop them off everyTuesday at 18:00 or 19:00 at the Hout BayYacht Club, where the Hout Bay Harriersmeet.V For more information about Choc, or other waysyou could assist them, please contact their WesternCape office on 086 110 6441 or [email protected].
Go on, take a hikeThe Meridian Hiking Club invites all avidhikers to hikes across the peninsula thisweekend.A hike of Constantia Corner will be held
on Saturday 5 July. The group will walk upConstantiaCorner toBelOmbre andDeVil-liers Dam, down Cecilia Ridge and backalong top contour path to cars. Thehikewillbe moderate in pace. Hikers can take eats,water and rain gear. Book your place bycontacting hike leader Colin Blake on
082 532 3124 or email him at [email protected] club will host a beginner’s hike
around Lion’s Head the same day. Take wa-ter, an umbrella if it rains and extra clothesfor after the hike. The group will havedrinks at Cocoa Oola in Kloof Street afterthe hike. For further details phone hikeleader Sam Greyvenstein on 082 498 0361.All visitors pay R20 per hike. For more
information visit www.meridian.org.za.
RELIGIOUS SIGHTING: Muslims from across the peninsula gathered at Three Anchor Bay on Saturdayto see whether they could spot the moon, which indicated the start Ramadan. It is the holiestmonth on the Islamic calendar, as the Quran was revealed during this period. The period sees Muslimsfast from sunrise to sunset. Here, from left, are Sheikh Sieraaj Hendricks (the Hakeem of the lunarsightings association),Hadji Omar Gabier (association president), Mogamat Adams and Omar Hartley. PHOTO: YUNUS MOHAMED/FOTO24
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CRIME: SPIKE IN THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLES
Thieves on the prowlMONIQUE DUVAL
@monique_duval
Vehicles in Wynberg and Ke-nilworth are being targetedby thieves.
According to a report by Wyn-berg Police Station, thefts out ofmotor vehicles have spiked in thelast month.Police spokespersonWarrantOf-
ficer SilvinoDavids sayswhilemo-torists are often warned not toleave valuables in their vehicles,they often fail to take extra care.In Wynberg, the affected areas
are Wolfe Street, as well as off-street parking areas and shoppingmalls.“According to reports bags, lap-
tops and cellphones are the mainitems stolen,” he says.Davids explains Kenilworth has
also been hit by thieves with manycases being reported of thefts inWargrave and Bathurst roads.There has been one arrest where
a security guard noticed a suspi-cious man and arrested him.“We later found he had broken
into cars in the area,” Davids says.He stresses the importance of not
leaving valuables in vehicles. “Itcreates the opportunity for thieveswhen they see something of valueon the backseat. We ask people toplease exercise caution at alltimes,” he adds.Pete Linnegar, chairperson of
theKenilworthResidents’Associa-tion, says since the formation of a
street watch the area surroundedby Bathurst Road has seen a reduc-tion in crime.He explains security guards
working in the area had a goodworking relationship with policeand often called for assistance.Linnegar explains regular safety
tips are sent to residents remind-ing them not to leave valuables in
the car. “We continually warn thecommunity because leaving itemsin your car creates an opportunityfor the criminals,” he adds.Paging through reports, Davids
says, the spike in theft out ofmotorvehicles is having a big impact onKenilworth.Asked whether or not motorists
could be reporting fake cases to
make insurance claims, Davidssays it doesn’t matter.“If someone reports a crime, our
responsibility is to investigate. Ifwe find that people have reportedfalse cases, they will be chargedwith defeating the ends of justice,”he says.V To report crime phone the Wynberg Police Station on (021) 799 1300.
BE ALERT: Police have warned about an increase in theft out of motor vehicles in Wynberg and Kenilworth, cautioningresidents against leaving valuable items in their cars. This photo is an illustration. PHOTO: MONIQUE DUVAL
WomanbeatenA 94-year-old woman fromKirstenhof was beaten anddragged through her houseduring a robbery on Satur-day 28 June at 07:30.Captain Edgar Jones,
spokesperson for Kirstenhofpolice, says the woman’s at-tacker gained accessthrough the gate of her Pop-lar Avenue home.“The victim opens the gate
for her gardener a few min-utes before he arrives. Wesuspect the attacker hasseen her doing this and, asshe walked away, he at-tacked her from behind,” hesays.Jones confirmed the wom-
an was dragged into andthrough the house while be-ing beaten and kicked.“When her gardener ar-
rived and rang the bell, theattacker fled the house andwalked out through the gate,past the gardener.”The attacker is short, of
mediumbuild andwaswear-ing dark clothing.He stole the woman’s wal-
let, ID and access remotes.Noarrestshavebeenmade
and the investigation contin-ues.Anyone with information
on the incident is urged tocontact investigating officerDetective Alex Matthews on(021) 701 2426.
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Waterpolo stars to take on the worldLIAM MOSES
@LiamCPT
Southern Suburbs players are set to playan integral part of theSouthAfricanun-der-19 waterpolo team which will com-
pete at the FinaMen’s YouthWorld Champi-onships next month.Players from Cape Town make up majori-
ty of the 12-man squad, with Bishops, Sacsand Reddam House all represented.The six local players are Andrew During,
Kimon Haralambous, Liam Neill (Bishops),DavidRom (ReddamHouse), JordanRumbe-low and Luke Schooling (Sacs).Brad Rowe, Swimming South Africa head
waterpolo coach, says the national coacheshave been scouting these players for twoyears.“Haralambous is one of three left-handed
players in the team – unusual in waterpolo
– which gives us an attack up the right sideof the pool,” he says.“Neill is one of the two first-choice centre
forwards, while Schooling is another left-hander. We base our defence around JordanRumbelow and the rest are good all-roundplayers; they are all the top players in thecountry.”Team selection was based on performance
at school tournaments, inter-provincialcompetitions, quarterly training camps andmonthly swim tests conducted over the lasttwo years.The process is ongoing and programme to
select the 2016 squad has just commenced.“It’s a very balanced team.KwaZulu-Natal
beatWesternProvince on penalties at the in-ter-provincial tournament, so when theymix into one team they become a lot strong-er. We also have players with nice flair fromEastern Province.”
Rowe’s side qualified for theWorld Cham-pionships after beating Zimbabwe and los-ing to Egypt in play-off matches in March.SA have been drawn in Group C of the
tournament along with Brazil, Italy, Turkeyand Russia.Egypt, the other African side at the tour-
nament, have been drawn in Group A withSpain, Hungary, USA and Kazakhstan.Rowe believes his side received the easier
draw of the two African nations.To qualify for the final 16, his charges will
need to secure enough points to finish in thetop three of the group.Rowe says it’s an achievable but difficult
goal. Should SA finish outside the top four,they will advance to the losers’ section withthe other seven sides who placed last andsecond last in the groups.The squad assembled in Durban for a five-
day training camp at the end of last month.
However, they will leave for the tourna-ment at the end of this month without play-ing any warm-up matches.Rowe believes this will hamper their
chances of reaching the next round.“We play Turkey first, which doesn’t suite
us. It would be better if we played them last,after we’ve had some match practice,” hesays.“At that stage, we wouldn’t have played a
game together. The other teams will havebeen playing warm-up matches in Europe,but we can’t because each player is payingR30 000 to go to the tournament. There isn’tanyone they can play locally, because theyare the best here.”The Fina World Men’s Youth Waterpolo
Championships will take place in Istanbul,Turkey from Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 Au-gust. The SA men’s team will depart on ei-ther Wednesday 30 or Thursday 31 July.
Badgers net trophy in DurbanTheWestern Province Cricket Club (WPCC)Badgers beat three of South Africa’s bestclubs to win the Greenfields Riverside EliteClub Challenge on Sunday.The annual tournament was hosted by
Riverside Hockey Club in Durban from Fri-day 27 to Sunday 29 June.As the country’s only national, non-uni-
versity inter-club hockey tournament, theevent attracts someof the country’s top play-ers who regularly compete on the nationaland international hockey circuit.Of the 69 players in this year’s four squads,
23 were fully capped South African interna-tionals.Gowan Jones and Matt Botha are just two
of the well-known players who participated.Apart from the eventual winners and the
hosts, the tournament also featured KwaZu-
lu-Natal’s Kearsney Hockey Club and Gau-teng’s Wanderers HC.Bagders were in devastating form
throughout the tournament, remaining un-beaten and racking up bonus points for scor-ing more than four goals per game in two oftheir three matches.The Rondebosch club finished at the top
of the table on 11 points, the hosts were sec-ond on five points, Kearsney came thirdwith three points and Wanderers finishedfourth with two points.Apart from the trophy, glory and bragging
rights, WPCC also returned home withR8000. Lloyd Norris-Jones and Wade Pattoneach bagged an additional R1000 as the tour-nament’s top goalscorer and player of thetournament – as voted by all the players inv-oled – respectively.
CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS: The Western Province Cricket Club Badgers won the GreenfieldsRiverside Elite Club Challenge in Durban on Sunday. PHOTO: GREG LABUSCAGNE
Local teams vie for Coke Cup gloryLIAM MOSES@LiamCPT
The battle for Cape Town’smost coveted am-ateur football title reaches a critical stagewith the Coca-Cola Cup round of 64 on Sun-day.The tournament is a highlight on the Cape
football calendar and pits the best sides fromaround the city against one another. Hun-dreds of teams fromevery local football asso-ciation (LFA) affiliated to Safa Cape Townkicked-off the tournament over two monthsago.They are now set to be trimmed to just the
32 winners from this round of matches.With almost half of the remaining 64 sen-
ior sides from the Southern Suburbs, a
strong contingent should be expected to ad-vance to the next round.In total 31 teams from the south will be in
action, representing the Mitchell’s Plain,Cape Town Tygerberg, Cape District,Manenberg, Rygate, Athlone Heideveld andSouth Peninsula LFAs.Many of those sides should be favoured to
win.National First Division (NFD) club Santos
will face off againstPhantomOrionatBonte-heuwel Sports Complex at 15:30 and shouldemerge victorious even though their firstteam players will not take the field.The same can be expected for their NFD
rivalsMilanoUnited,who should get thebet-ter of Island Rovers at Blue Downs SportsComplex at the same time.Three of Cape Town’s top ABC Motsepe
League (Safa Second Division) clubs will al-so vie to reach the next round.Glendene United will battle Rising Stars
at Site C Stadium in Lingelethu at 13:30,while RC Athletico must beat fellow South-ern Suburbs locals Junction Rovers at TheGreens inManenberg at 13:30 andCrusadersface Royal Priesthood FC at 15:30The tournament’s last two winners are al-
so still in the running to take the title.Hanover Park won the tournament in
2012. They were, however, knocked out inthe quarter-finals by a youthful Milano sidelast year.Jordan Callies shocked local football fans
when they knocked out Milano in the semi-finals and went on to beat Sporting United4-3 in the final to take the spoils last year.The round of 64will seeHanover Park face
Maitland’s Saxon Rovers in Blue Downs at15:30, while Callies take on FC Mimosas atThe Greens simultaneously.The under-17 round of 64 will also take
place on Saturday and Southern Suburbsteams will again do battle inmany of the fix-tures.V The under17 fixtures will kick off at 10:30 and 12:00,while the senior games start at 13:30 and 15:30 at theabovementioned venues.
LEG DRIVE: TemperanceCities RFC playerLlewellyn Mentoor istackled by Busy Beesplayer Yanga Bakejane during a WP ClubRugby City Leaguematch at City Park onSaturday. Busy Beeswon 2317. PHOTO:RASHIED ISAACS
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Mocké still on a winning streakMulti-discipline paddling superstar
Jasper Mocké has added another ti-tle to his ever growing list of
achievements.The Peninsula Canoe Club member won
theWesternCapeCanoeUnion (WCCU)K1(single canoe) long-distance river champi-onships onSaturday, beating several otherbignames andBergRiverCanoeMarathoncontenders to the finish line.The race was held on the 33km section
of the Berg River between the Hermon andGouda bridges for the 41st time in icy-coldconditions.A leading bunch of seven paddlers got
away in the A-batch and consisted ofMocké, LanceKing andPeninsula stalwartGraeme Solomon, as well as Luke Stow-man, Louw and Ernest van Riet, and IvanKruger.Mocké, King and Solomon dominated to
the extent that they formed a breakawaygroup within five kilometres of the start.Stowman was in sight of the leaders.It continued this way down to Zonquas-
drift low-level bridge where it was neces-sary to portage, with King leading MockéandSolomon. Stowmanmadeup ground asthe leaders jumped out of their K1s and leg-ged it over the portage area.The quartet stayed together until the
26kmmark, where Stowman dropped off ata very narrow section, following an ex-tremely sharp right-angled turn in the infa-mous forest area of the Berg River.From this point until the end, Mocké,
King and Solomon took turns in pulling,bringing it down to the wire for a final flat-out sprint for the line at the Gouda Bridge.
Mocké crossed the line in 2:08:51, King in2:08:53 and Solomon in 2:08:54.Alex Adie, also of Peninsula, easily won
the senior women’s section of the event,leading from start to finish.Starting at the front of the B-batch, she
powered all the way to the finish line in anexcellent 19th position overall and as the
first woman home. Bianca Beavitt madea welcome return to river racing andshowed her class to finish in 2:32:15, whileRobyn Henderson was third in 2:36:37.Stowman won the under-23 division in
2:10:40 to stamphis authority on the catego-ry. Peninsula’s Dom Notten finished sec-ond in 2:16:19 to hold-off a charging Ant
Lake of UCT, who was third in 2:45:26.The junior division (under-18 and under-
16) saw anew face on the river. Peninsula’sMark Keeling dominated to finish 24thoverall with a time of 2:32:06.Marco Marsch was second in 2:40:07 and
Theo Moses finished in third place with atime of 2:24:26.
GOLDEN: Peninsula Canoe Club’s Jasper Mocké won the Western Cape Canoe Union K1 longdistance river championships on the Berg Riveron Saturday. PHOTO: JOHN HISHIN
Hammies continue derby dominanceLIAM MOSES
@LiamCPT
Hamiltons stormed to a heavy victoryagainst Villagers in the 139th edition ofSouth Africa oldest club rugby derby inClaremont on Saturday.The clubs were founded in 1875 and 1876
respectively, and clash in one of the Cape’sbiggest rugby matches each year.As expected, the fixture was physical and
intense from the firstwhistlewithboth sideseager to get one over their arch rivals atBrookside.The Sea Point side has won the last nine
derbys– and continued their winning runover the counterparts on Saturday.Villagers edged Hammies the possession
and territory stakes for most of the firstquarter, but lacked the invention and powerneeded to make any real headway.They wasted an opportunity to open the
scores in the 10th minute, when flyhalf Dan-iel Clarke missed a penalty. The tide beganto turn soon after.Hammies pace, power, dynamism and di-
rectness soon lead them to the opposition 22and, after several minutes of relentless at-tack, flank Nieuwoudt Gresse crossed overclose to the left touchline in the 20thminute.Janno van Zyl missed the conversion at-
tempt but made up for it soon after.Van Zyl burst down the right wing in the
30th minute and was stopped centimetresfromthe try-line, but flung theball to outsidecentre JandreduPlessis to gather and touch-down.Van Zyl converted to take Hammies to a
12-0 lead.They resumed their dominancewhen play
resumed and were back in the red zone justfive minutes later, creating space for flyhalfMonty Dumond to jog over for the third try.Van Zyl’s successful conversion elevated
the score to 19-0.
Hammies scored their fourth try just be-fore half-time, when lock Tian Fick brokethe line, leapt over the last defender’s tackle,tumbled to the ground and popped a pass tosupporting fullback Pierre Cronje, whocrossed untouched.Villagers showed bags of tenacity to claim
a healthy share of territory and possessionin the first 10 minutes of the second half, butwere again forced to resort to kicking whenconfronted by the staunch Hammies de-fence.The visitors fifth try came directly from
one of these kicks in the 11th minute, withDumond finishing off a sublime 40m coun-ter-attack before Van Zyl goaled the conver-sion.Villagers looked dead and buried but re-
fused to give up.The hosts scored their first points of the
game in the 55th minute, when hooker Scot-ty Pitcher crossed in an overlap on the right
wing.However, the fight-back started and ended
there as Clarke could not convert and threemore tries were scored against them in theremaining minutes.Hammies left wing Craig Pheiffer showed
abundant pace to beat the cover defence andscore in the 29th minute.Dumond converted the score, then scored
another try fiveminutes later – racing to thetry-line after he was put through a gap – andconverted his own try to hand Hammies a40-point lead with six minutes remaining.Hammies eighth and final try came in the
79th minute, when Gresse stepped throughthe exhaustedDirtyWhites defence to touch-down.Replacement centre Morgan Newman
converted the try with a drop goal – to savetime – and the final whistle sounded withHammies leading 52-5, but still chasing an-other try.
Pedal festivalEntries have opened for a brand newcycling festival in Cape Town in Octo-ber.The Engen Cycle in the City will see
riders of all age groups and abilitiescompete in a criterium at Cape TownStadium precinct in Green Point.Criterium racing is a short course
cycling format, designed to bringhard-hitting action to spectators.However, the focus of these eventswillnot only be on the fast and furious eliteracing categories but also on fun andfamily participation.The event, the first of its kind in
South Africa, is based on a cycling fes-tival style which originated in USA.It aims to blend the excitement of
short-circuit racing with festival en-tertainment, while promoting roadsafety. Taking place frommidday intothe evenings, spectators can expectsome fun at spectacular settings.The race will have elite, junior, vet-
eran and vintage men’s and women’scategories.Each race will last between 20 and
40 minutes, with the elite race lastingan hour and taking place under thestreet lights.Cycle in the City will also feature a
Suit and Tie Corporate Relay whichwill raise funds for the RedCross Chil-dren’s Hospital, a Fam Glam dress-upevent aimed at families and a chil-dren’s dash for young riders aged be-tween five and 10.The Cape Town edition of the Engen
Cycle in theCitywill take place onSat-urday 25 October.V Applications can be completed at www.cycleevents.co.za. Entries close on Monday 20 October.
LOW AND HARD: Villagers inside centre David Radloff is tackled by hisHamiltons’ Calvin Kotze during the139’h annual derby match betweenthe two sides on Saturday. Hammieswere convincing 525 victors.