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Kearsney College acted decisively against a Grade 11 learner this month that was tested positive for the steroid Sustanon, by expelling the boy. The learner...

We have all heard it and even said it before, phrases of encouragement directed towards young athletes with phrases like, “dig a little deeper” or “you have to want it more than they do” or, ideally, “be mentally tough.”  

Doping in sport and especially in school sports has become an ever growing trend. As young adults and aspiring athletes it is important to protect yourself and prevent your career from ending before it even starts. Doping at a young age can bring an end to any aspirations you may have to compete on the biggest stages and excel at the sport you love.

One Michael Brian Bechet needs no introduction in SA schoolboy sporting circles. On and off the hockey Astro there is little that the man, universally know quite simply as “Bech” has not done.

You just have to watch the athletics on TV to see what I am talking about, as the camera pans across the sprinters in...

  We were interested at trying to find out which boy school’s are amongst the top “all-rounders” in South Africa when it came to school...

For a parent and a young player it could be the most frustrating aspect of school sport when it appears that a coach has his “special” players which he tends to favour.

We can divide the benefits into three basic categories; Physical health, Academic and Psychological. Physical Health Playing sport has the obvious effects of helping to control...

There was a tremendous response to last year’s poll to find which school sports field was the best. The REC at Queen’s College took...

Dear Parents of talented athletes