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Hallo Almal daar by die huis in geliefde Suid-Afrika.

 

Na ‘n baie lang vlug het ons gister uiteindelik veilig hier in Fukuoka aangekom. Dit is lekker Matige weer en die son skyn.

 

Ons het gister die heeldag in Singapore spandeer en was by onder andere China Town, Sentosa Island en ook Universal Studios op Sentosa. Dit was ongelooflik en ek het my eerste 4-D movie gekyk. Die see water by Sentosa is baie warm, maar die seuns het baie lekker geswem en so paar manne het soos meisies geshop.

 

Ons vlug van Singapore na Fukuoka was redelik vinnig verby alhoewel dit 7 ure was. Ons was poot-uit en almal het soos baba’s geslaap. Met aankoms het ons ‘n kort orientasie toer van die verblyf en arena gehad waarna ons gaan eet het en na ons kamers toe geneem is. Die seuns het bietjie gaan rus, maar is vinnig wakker gemaak vir ‘n ligte oefen sessie om die “jet lag” af te skud.

 

Ons het vroeg gaan slaap gisteraand want dit was belangrik om so vinnig as moontlik by die nuwe Tyd-zone aan te pas.

 

Ons het vanoggend 5h45 opgestaan en bietjie gaan draf en saam Bybelstudie gedoen. Dit was ongelooflik.

 

Ons oefen tans hier op ‘n sintetiese blad tussen die berge in die Global Arena van Fukuoka en die seuns lyk baie positief en lus vir die dinge. Die ander lande se spanne kyk ons met verwondering aan. Ons speel more ons eerste wedstryd teen ‘n skool van Japan. Daar is ‘n baie lekker gevoel in ons span. Almal neem lekker deel aan die span aangeleenthede.

 

Die toer slogan is NO EXCUSES.

 

Die kos hier by die eetsaal is beter as wat ons verwag het. Ons het vanoggend spek, eiers, rys, koolslaai, cornflakes en broodjies gehad. Wynand trek nog so effens sy neus op vir die kos, maar hy sal gou gewoond raak.

 

Ons gaan na ete vanmiddag bietjie rustig wees en so bietjie swem.

 

‘n Volgende toer verslag sal volg na die wedstryd more.

 

Groete uit Fukuoka.

 

Michael Beyneveldt

Our 2011 raffle winner was announced in June of last year. Sandra Swartz from Polokwane was the lucky winner. Her son is in Curro Heuwelkruin and she completed a few raffle forms to help pay for his rugby tour to the UK. The prize was a choice of one of the following:

1. Trip for two to the Hong Kong Sevens
2. Egyptian Nile cruise trip for two
3. Trip for two to an English Premier League match

Sandra decided on an Egyptian Nile cruise and invited her friend Lynette van Niekerk.

The two ladies departed to Egypt via Dubai on 30 March and returned to South Africa on 9 April. On arrival our friend in Egypt, Mohammed Gad, greeted the two and was their guide for a section of the tour. Mohammed from Hello Egypt Tours has been dealing with the Travel and Sport groups for a few years and the two ladies – as all our groups – just loved him! Later, Marwa joined the ladies for the rest of their tour. Their programme included:

 

Day 1(March 31/2012): Cairo-Arrival-The Egyptian Museum

Arrive Cairo International Airport Meet & Assist Then Start Our Tour in Cairo Visiting the Egyptian Museum which contains over 120000 pieces of the Pharaonic antiquities, including the Tutankhamen collection. After lunch check in our hotel in Cairo and overnight.

Day 2 (April 01/2012): Cairo- Old Cairo – Pyramids- sleeper train

After breakfast meet & start day tour visiting Old Cairo which is a Coptic area contains the oldest churches in Egypt dates from 3rd, 4th and 5th centuries, Lunch at a nice restaurant then visit Giza Pyramids which have been considered one of the great wonders of the world and the valley temple. After that head to the perfumery palace and cotton place. Later transfer to Giza rail station and overnight in sleeper train to Aswan

Day 3 (April 02/2012): Aswan Sightseeing-Check In Nile Cruise Ship

Breakfast in the train, arrive Aswan then start your tour with the guide visiting the High Dam – finished in 1971; it has ensured up to three harvests a year. The unfinished obelisk – still rooted to the bedrock of granite, embarkation in your vessel cruise and lunch on board. In the afternoon Relax and enjoy a trip in traditional felucca around Elephantine Island which will lead you to the Botanical Gardens on general Kitchener Island. Visitors there enjoy the beautiful flowers imported from Africa, India and the Far East

This Evening take a walk around this quaint city with its market street where odours of peanuts and spices greet you.

Day 4 (April 03/2012): Nile cruise- Kom Ombo- Edfu

Enjoy the beautiful sun rise in Aswan. Lunch on board and set sail down to Kom Ombo, upon arrival visit depart with your guide for the Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, after the visit continue sailing, overnight on board at Edfu.

Day 5 (April 04/2012): Nile cruise-Edfu -Luxor

Today depart early by bus to visit the Temple Horus the mythical son of Isis Osiris. Here according to myth, Horus avenges the murderer of his father Osiris by defeating his father’s brother Seth in combat. Sailing to Esna and continue to Luxor. Dinner and overnight on board.

Day 6 (April 05/2012): Luxor- West Bank
Today After breakfast disembark the Nile Cruise visit King’s Valley, the Temple of Hatshepsut of el Deir El Bahary, and Colossi of the Memnon, Then check in our hotel in Luxor.

Day 7 (April 06/2012): Luxor-East bank-Hurghada

The East Bank Luxor Temple originally joined to Karnak temples by an avenue of sphinxes, visit Karnack temple which covers huge area and includes several temples, the largest being the temple of Amon. Lunch at a Nile view restaurant transfer To Hurghada by private Air condition bus, arrive Hurghada and check in our hotel. Time of leisure. Dinner at the hotel.  

Day 8 (April 07/2012): Hurghada

Breakfast and dinner at hotel, today you will have a full day at leisure to enjoy the sights and sounds of Sharm El Sheikh. You can enjoy snorkelling and other water sports at your own account.

Day 9 (April 08/2012): Cairo-Home
Half day at leisure and afternoon transfer to Cairo by Air condition bus (5 hours driving) and 2 hours free at a nice shopping mall nearby the airport or Khan El Khalili bazaars where many kinds of food are available. Transfer to airport and final departure with your wonderful memories.

 

Sandra had the following to say about the tour:

We just loved the Bella Vista Hotel. We would have liked to stay a little longer.

Cairo was interesting but we were shocked to see the level of pollution and the mistreated animals.

The food was amazing! We couldn’t believe how many pastries and breads were available.

Our guides were amazing and we would recommend them any time.

We would also recommend this tour to our friends and family – the coastal areas especially.

 

 

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Die eerste rugbyspan van Curro Heuwelkruin het pas seëvierend teruggekeer van ‘n rugbytoer na Skotland en Ierland. Die span het op 31 Maart vertrek van OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe en het via Frankfurt na Edinburgh, Skotland gereis.

In die eerste wedstryd op Sondag, 1 April kom die Kruinies in Larnarkshire te staan teen die kampioenspan van Wes-Skotland, Hamilton Rugby Football Club. Die wedstryd lewer klipharde voorspelerspel deur beide spanne op. Drieë word vir die Kruinies gedruk deur Pieter Swartz, Donovan Wiggill, Tyler Botha, Righardt Kachellhoffer en Johann Smit. Kachelhoffer verdoel drie drieë. Hamilton kuier drie maal agter die doellyn, maar dit is die Suid-Afrikaners wat die wedstryd 31-20 wen.

Op Dinsdag, 3 April begroet ysige sneeuweer die spelers vir hul tweede wedstryd teen Dalziel RFC in Motherwell. Hierdie klub was die naaswenners van die Wes-Skotse rugbyliga en speel eweneens klipharde rugby. Met die aantree van die spanne voor die wedstryd sak die sneeu weer uit en die temperatuur daal tot -9 grade Celsius. Dit word gou duidelik dat ‘n mens maar eerder die bal hou in sulke weer en nie onnodig kanse vat met agterspelerspel nie, want as gevolg van die koue is dit haas onmoontlik vir die spelers om die bal te hanteer. Dit pas Curro Heuwelkruin se haker, Donovan Wiggill, se genadelose inklimspel soos ‘n handskoen en hy teken ‘n driekuns aan. Senter Johann Smit kuier ook agter die doellyn terwyl Righardt Kachelhoffer met ‘n doelskop slaag. Dalziel druk ook drie drieë en slaag met een doelskop om die eindtelling op 22-17 in die Kruinies se guns te staan te bring. Wiggill word tydens die onthaal aangewys as speler van die wedstryd.

Benewens die rugby besoek die spelers talle besienswaardighede, waarvan die Edinburgh Castle, die wêrelbekende Old Course op St. Andrews en natuurlik Murrayfield definitief hoogtepunte was. Die spelers maak ook op die amptelike onthale kennis met tradisionele Skotse geregte soos Haggis, terwyl hulle vergas word op doedelsakmusiek.

Na afloop van die Skotse been van die toer vertrek die spelers met die baie indrukwekkende Stena Line Ferry na Noord-Ierland. Die drie uur lange bootreis is vir al die spelers iets besonders. Die boot het 10 dekke waarin letterlik honderde vragmotors, busse en motors kan parkeer met die boonste drie dekke waar passasiers kan ontspan in restaurante, ‘n casino, kinderkamers met vermaak, haarsalonne, winkels, ens. Aangeland in Belfast word die reis voortgesit na Dublin, die hoofstad van die Republiek van Ierland.

Die laaste wedstryd van die toer word gespeel teen Malahide RFC aan die buitewyke van Dublin. Alhoewel afskop om 19:00 is, skyn die son vir die eerste keer tydens die toer en kan die Kruinies die hardloopspel lewer waaraan hulle gewoond is. Hierdie keer is dit senter Johann Smit se beurt om ‘n driekuns aan te teken, terwyl Timmy Kenmuir, Donovan Wiggill, Vianne Kleingeld, Pieter Swartz en Tyler Botha ook almal druk. Kachelhoffer slaag met vier doelskoppe en die Kruinies wen die wedstryd 48 – 31.

‘n Absolute bonus vir al die seuns is toe hulle die geleentheid kry om die kwarteind van die Heyneken Cup tussen Leinster en die Cardiff Blues te kan gaan bywoon op Saterdag, 7 April. Die wedstryd is gespeel in die pragtige Aviva Stadium (voorheen Landsdowne Road en tuiste van die Ierse rugbyspan.) Die wyse waarop ‘n skare van 60 000 mense hul span met sang en krete aanmoedig, is iets wat almal vir altyd sal bybly.

‘n Baie moeë maar uiters tevrede eerste rugbyspan land op Dinsdag, 10 April in Johannesburg.

 

Eben Lingenfelder

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On the 30^th March, Leon and I set off to rainy Mossel Bay to attend the Arthur Johnson Sports week, organized by Punt High School. The turnout was great with many schools joining, some as far away as Lesotho. The Friday night was an orientation where everyone had a chance to meet the other coaches and organizers and get settled in.

Saturday morning started off with a bang and the rugby was in full swing. The weather suddenly cleared up and it turned out to be a beautiful day. Training for netball and hockey took up the morning with matches in the afternoon. The support was incredible and spirits were high as the schools battled it out on the fields.

After a restful Sunday everyone was refreshed and strong for the matches on Monday along with the training. Some amazing rugby was played in the morning and there was a lot of running in between the hockey and netball games in the afternoon. Tuesday was yet another day of action packed sport by the students and support was overwhelming.

The students showed amazing sportsmanship and talent and over all it was an incredibly successful week where friendships were made, knowledge was gained and all round fun was had.

Congratulations to the organizers and we look forward to seeing you again next year.

 

Janice

Die jaarlikse Tony Stoops rugbyweek is tans aan die gang by President Hoerskool. Die 40 spanne se mekaar goed die stryd aan en uitstekende rugby is al opgedis. Baie geluk aan die organiseerders, Afrigters en spellers wat sal hard saamwerk om hierdie een van die grootste toernooie in die land te maak. Op die foto is n die spanne besig om op te warm vir die wedstryd wat volg.

 

 

Leon Hattingh