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Category: Sport

Waistband shrunk? Beat the festive season excess

Posted on January 2, 2020September 25, 2020 by liz

Has the festive season taken its toll on the waist-line and fitness levels?  Liz at Lancaster is spoilt for choice as far as gyms, exercise studios and outdoor activities are concerned.  Oh dear …  I wish writing about exercise counted towards fitness levels!  Full Gyms with range of activities PLANET FITNESS IN CRAIGHALL PARK WAS […]

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The longest, the first and the best – take that The Donald!

Posted on May 7, 2019May 10, 2019 by liz

Cycling along the Braamfontein Spruit Did you know how many “firsts” the Braamfontein Spruit can claim …. At 32 Kms, the Spruit is the longest municipal park in the world (according to the James Clarke of The Star StoepTalk fame).  When proclaimed as such it was done through the first metropolitan act involving all 3 […]

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Bunnies, matzos and rugby … 2019 Schools Rugby Festival

Posted on April 9, 2019July 1, 2019 by liz

Easter Sports Festival 2019 There are lots of chocolate bunnies in the supermarkets and the shelves are filled with Matzos … so that means that the schools rugby festival is coming up.  One of, if not, the most important sporting event in the South African schools’ calendar, this Easter sports festival is hosted at 3 […]

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#JoziWalks 2018: Mooki Street, Orlando East, so rich in Heritage

Posted on May 25, 2018October 26, 2018 by liz

There are more places in Soweto than Vilakazi Street   Which name is more famous when it comes to tourist and outsider awareness of Soweto: Vilakazi Street or Mooki Street?  Have tourists even heard of  James Mpanza? Do they know of Soweto’s early beginnings?  Or are they simply aware of the ‘only street in the world […]

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Easter Rugby Festival time is here again

Posted on March 2, 2018October 26, 2018 by liz

Pass the ball … backwards??? South Africans are rugby mad and this is no exception when it comes to school boy rugby.  I’m a philistine as far as this game is concerned, and I horrified my sons when I said, after 2 years of watching them play rugby, that I had only just realized that […]

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Cricket fixtures at the Wanderers Club – 10 minutes from Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse

Posted on January 18, 2018October 26, 2018 by liz

International cricket matches at Wanderers If cricket is your game then you are in for a treat this January and February.  The Indian cricket team who have arrived for a two month tour of South Africa are playing the Proteas in three Test matches, six One Day Internationals and three T20 matches during the tour. […]

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