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Tough tests for SA’s Champions Cup sides, Forest manager under pressure and more!
A GRADE ONE IS A GRADE ONE… There are some cynics suggesting that because the Gauteng three-year-old champions Main Defender and Sandringham Summit didn’t make the trip to Cape Town, the R2 million...
A storm in a tea cup (yawn)
There were so many good stories around the Ryder Cup, that it’s disappointing the one that attracted the most attention was Patrick Cantlay not wearing a cap. He was capless, Sky Sports golf...
SIX weekend talking points
Gary Lemke highlights some of the biggest talking points following an action packed sporting weekend. ANOTHER GRADE ONE FOR DRAKENSTEIN STUD A year after Drakenstein Stud won the Hollywoodbets Cape...
The farce of men’s golf rankings
We’ve now arrived at the point where the men’s Official World Golf Ranking means absolutely nothing. Zilch. However, it’s still being used as a springboard for players to enter the Majors, while...
Thanks for the memories, Michelle
Back in 2004, Ernie Els played a practice round with Michelle Wie and after 18 holes he gushed, ‘To be honest with you, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a lady golfer swing the club as good as Michelle...
Beating the Handicap
In 2021 I had the privilege of being in the Covid-19 ‘bubble’ at the Tokyo Paralympics, coming less than a fortnight after spending three weeks inside that same 4km perimeter zone for the Tokyo...
Life in the Olympic village bubble
Ever seen The Truman Show? On the second day of waking up in the Olympic village in Tokyo it dawned on me. Through the fog of jetlag and a near 30-hour journey across seven time zones I felt a bit...
Laughter lights up Paralympic village
On the third day of staying in the Paralympic village bubble “it” finally dawned on me. “It” wasn’t the sheer visual aspect of the 4 000-plus Paralympians with disabilities all in the same...