Category: Dirk’s Corner

I’ve done four warriors this year and each one has been as much fun as the last! We only have one more locally in Gauteng this year and we’ll definitely be doing it without a doubt! We’ve stuck with →

September saw myself and Taryn do our first night trail run at Jackal Creek Golf estate. They do a monthly night run, they have a 4km and an 8km. We did the 4km race as our starter – first night run →

Pretoria – Sunday the 13th of September 2015 will see 12 karts racing for a good cause at the Zwartkops International kart circuit. Twelve corporate teams will compete to help raise funds for the Ann →

I was fortunate enough to be invited by event sponsor Anthonij Rupert Wyn as their guest to this year’s running of the L’Ormarins Queens Plate – one of the world’s greatest horse races. I decided →

After everything has settled on quite a frantic transfer window, I thought I'd put together my thoughts on the 10 best transfers that happened in the English Premier League. Hard choices as there were →

Since we’ve been doing League Karting at Xtreme Indoor in Sunninghill for a while, we decided to step up a notch and rent a kart to compete in the F400 Enduro Karting Series! The F400 Series is an endurance →

One of the most exciting visual sports is Gymnastics, and the gymnasts that perform in this support are truly amazing athletes. We were lucky enough to meet South Africa’s best, Michael Makings, and →

  Jaco Taute is part of the exciting future of the Springbok team. This year, his season was cut short due to injury. As he has now formally signed for the Stormers, he will have a chance to deliver →

Corne Krige was capped 39 times for the Springboks and captained the side through a turbulent time in the country’s rugby history. Western Provice and Stormers fans will remember him and his side →

Wit’s new Goalkeeping acquisition has had an interesting career thus far, having travelled quite extensively. Started his career as a school boy at Sheffield United and played at Swansea City, Wrexham, →

Watching Bafana Bafana go out against Mali in the AFCON, and looking at the squad we have together, I started wondering why so many of our players are locally based, more so why so many of them have →

Now that 2013 has really got going and Jabu has let his lists out into the public spectrum, I've been thinking on what made 2012 a great sporting year. I decided I’d put together and package my highlights →

Rugby Union in South Africa seems to be at a cross road. Not just in the Springbok team but also in the local game with the Lions/Spears Super Rugby fiasco dominating headlines, rather than on-field →

August 24th saw the second instalment of the racing season with Angry Birds, Raees and Gerhardt putting the pedal to the metal for the first time. As the air of qualifying grew thicker with anticipation, →

Thursday the 26th of July saw the debut of the Angry Birds karting team. The karting team was made up of one current racing driver, Clare Vale, one ex racer, Shaun Sweet along with three newbies – →