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Heat is on after heads set the bar for Universities Boat Race

The 2024 Rand Merchant Bank Universities Boat Race is producing waves of excitement after Thursday’s head races (time trials) on the Kowie determined the...

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All the fun of the Fête

By MAGGY CLARKE On Saturday morning, December the 2nd, St Paul’s Anglican Church will be holding their annual Fête, and everyone is invited! So what is a Fête? It’s a fair, a bazaar, an occasion for good fun and finding bargains. It will take place in the Church Hall, right behind St Paul’s Church, the A-shaped church on the hill at 15 Ferndale Road. It starts at 9am, and you can come hungry, as breakfast rolls will be on sale. That’s just the start of all the good things to eat that will be available. Some of the Ladies Guild wanted to make so many biscuits that they got together one morning and held a bake-a-thon! If you are at loss for...

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Border clinch U21 derby bragging rights

GEORGE BYRON Border’s newest generation of exciting young stars claimed precious log points and derby bragging rights when they beat arch-rivals EP 34-24 in an SA Rugby U21 Shield rugby clash in Klipfontein on Saturday. This had been a must-win game for both teams who desperately needed a win to bolster their hopes of bringing pride to their region by reaching the national Shield playoffs. It was payback time for the formidable Border outfit who avenged a first-round defeat to EP at the NU1 Grounds in Mdantsane in September. In that game, an interception in the dying minutes by Schalk Cannon allowed EP to snatch a late victory. In the return clash at the Harmony Sports Field on Saturday, it...