Tag: London 2012

You may remember recently that we had Rhett Halkett writing for us with an inside view from the SA Hockey Mens camp. Another thing Rhett did for us was organise an opportunity for us to chat to Margot →

In 2012 the world was set alight by the brilliance of the London Olympics. As a result we have a review post just for the 10 moments that set the London Olympics ablaze for us. So here are my ten favourite →

Bridgitte Hartley captured the attention of South Africans all over the World, when on Womens day this year she romped home in an incredible race to snatch a bronze medal and South Africa’s 5th medal →

Susannah Townsend first sprung to my attention through her interaction with South African Hockey players on social networking tool Twitter. I then did a bit of research into her and found her to be →

Lance Louw represented South Africa for the first time in International Hockey on the 18 March 2007. He has since gone on to surpass his 50 Caps for South Africa and featured at major tournaments like →

Tiffany Kruger had a chat to us before she headed off to the Olympics as well as featured in our reasons to watch the Olympic Games. We asked her to share some thoughts on the Games now that she is →

Rene Kalmer ventured to the Beijing Olympics to compete in the 1500 metres and complete a dream of competing in the Olympic Games. In 2012 she was part of a South African trio to compete in the Marathon. →

Kate Woods has played somewhere near 170 times for South Africa in Womens Field Hockey netting on 33 occassions. Her CV is one that many wish they could have a small part of and include 3 Olympic Games, →

How does one begin to describe one of the best experiences of their life? It simply cannot be described in one word or one sentence, but the experience & memories taken from my trip to the London →

  Fresh from the golden feeling and our best return of Olympic Medals at London 2012, South Africa will embark on the Paralympic Games in London starting tomorrow. And it is in the Paralympics that →

The Olympics have come and gone in a blaze of glory. The festivities were incredible and South Africa performed admirably in our quest towards the ridiculous 12 in '12. As we look back at the games →

I must admit, I know very little about Kayaking as a sport, let alone South African participation in the sport. But in doing my research for the Olympic Games I came across this awesome nugget of information. →

The Olympics Games highlights and brings to the fore, sports that do not usually see much television time. The thing about these sports is that quite often there is much more to it than meets the eye! →

Swimming is high up in the minds of South Africans after the incredible Gold winning, record breaking performance of Cameron van der Burgh last night. Of course 4 men were there in Athens when we last →

As we close in on the opening ceremony of the London Games and our previews of the Games has been carrying on a pace (Check out our Olympics page here), we now turn our mind to the cycling contingent →