‘Martial arts mom’ now ready to punt your brand across the globe

Sedgefield single mother Jeanne-Mari Scholtz has for the second consecutive year been raking in gold and a silver medals during several NMA-ISKA events, and she is currently gearing up to compete against the world’s best kick-boxers in the US of A

JEANNE-MARI Scholtz was at a personal low a couple of years ago when stumbling upon the sport of kickboxing.
“After losing nearly everything, I was looking for a sport to help me bully-proof my boy, Danny,” says Jeanne-Mari, who also has a teenaged daughter, El-Zané. “I started kickboxing and it was like a duck to water, I was a natural!”
After some strenuous effort, she was still taken by surprise when winning five gold medals and a silver at last year’s SA National Martial Arts/International Sports Karate Association (NMA-ISKA) champs.
“Things escalated quickly and by November last year, I was selected as part of the Protea team - yes, me, a...

- Read More

Young Knysna sailors aim for UK glory

UNTIL recently Knysna teenagers Wanga Mbabe and Bhekumuzi Hani did not even know what sailing was, but now they will be competing with the world’s best.
The two will be representing South Africa at the RS Tera World Championships in the Tera Pro class in Weymouth, England next month after proving they have what it takes to sail competitively. 
Wanga and Bhekumuzi are junior development sailors trained by the Knysna Yacht Club sailing academy and were shown the ropes by coach Mike Pogodin, who will accompany them to the UK.
“While I was growing up sailing never crossed my mind. I didn’t even know what sailing was until Mike came to our school about two years ago and told us about the sport,” Bhekumuzi said. The two youngsters were also only recently taught how to swim and have never travelled before.
Pogodin said they had only been sailing for two seasons, but had done consistently well at every regatta entered and soon qualified for...

- Read More

Author: Yolandé Stander

Plett 10s dominate national tournament

THE SWD Sportscentre Mini 1 Tennis Tournament took place in Hartenbos recently - a Tennis SA event that counts towards national rankings.
The 10 years and younger age group was totally dominated by Plett players (out of the last eight competitors, five was from Plett and one from Knysna). The tournament was won by Ben Dugmore with Luke Schultz second.
Liam Schultz and Jason Fogle of Knysna made the semi-finals, while Tieg Schultz and Jean du Plessis made the quarters.
There is great excitement about tennis in Plett and those involved are working hard to lift the game to its next level locally. Kudos go to all coaches training these players through the years, and to current mentors Monica Neethling, Dave Olsen, Debra Hyde, and the coaches from Gr8 Tennis Academy in George.
Triplets Liam, Tieg and Luke are the proud property of Richard and Jane Schultz - both SWD players, who spend a lot of time on the court with their sons. We wish all these youngsters luck fo...

- Read More