I'm currently on a gap year gaining
experience to become a physical education teacher in England. South Africa was
a place that was on my heart and especially to run sports events. I tried many
options to try to come out to South Africa but none of them came together. I
knew that Steve Bollon, a friend from Southampton had been going out there many
times before so I spoke to him about what he does there. This is when I came
across Mdumbi and TransCape and found out he has running soccer tournaments for
over 7 years and also ran a league for a whole year when the FIFA World Cup was
in South Africa in 2010. I loved the sound of the whole idea providing
opportunity to people in a rural village and being part of sports development
in South Africa.
Before I knew it the trip was planned and was just counting down the days to leave. Eventually after seeing many beautiful places in South Africa we arrived in Mdumbi. There was such a lovely vibe about the place, the locals being so welcoming, a lovely chilled out backpackers with the most beautiful beach (which most of the time seemed private).
The Super Strikers getting a pep talk before the game |
The Young Chicos under 14 champions |
Player of the Tournament |
The Mdumbi Sports Team are now building up
for the girls netball tournament this coming Saturday 15th March
with the new netball field that has been made this last week. Then the weekend
of the 22nd and 23rd of March is going to be the big
under 17's soccer tournament which I'm sure are both going to be a great
spectacle. So if your anywhere near the Transkei around these next two weeks,
please do come and drop by!
The Mdumbi Sports Team |