News

T-shirt Donation

Our weekly coaching sessions in Somerset West are going really well and every week we are growing in numbers. Last week we had a donation of T-shirts which were given out to the young people and they were over the moon with them. Thank you so much for this donation. If you have old sports equipment or clothes that you would like to donate to the young people at the Helderberg Academy, please do not hesitate to contact me (my details...

Most improved character award

Every month at the Somerset West weekly training sessions, we give out a most improved character award. This award is for the player that has shown not only good commitment to training during that month but also taken on the life skills that have been taught and has shown that they have started to implement them in their own life. The winner receives a prize. September’s ‘Most Improved Character award’ went to Nasiphi from Lwandle...

Ubabalo Level One Training

Last weekend we hosted nine coaches on a training course in not only the ‘Ubabalo’ method of teaching life skills through sport, but also some helpful tips in planning and delivering coaching sessions. We had a variety of soccer, netball, rugby and dance specialists. From all over the Helderberg basin; Strand, Somerset west, Lwandle and Gordon’s Bay. Who all enjoyed the course and are eager to try out their new skills at the Monday...

Matches on the beach

Yesterday we had a great time at strand beach as we played four matches against a team from Stellenbosch. Before the game there was great excitement from the Helderberg Academy players. Also a good turn out as 17 young people came from a mixture of Lwandle, Macassar and Sir Lowrys Pass, aged between 9-16 years old. We put three mixed ability teams together and played 5 aside soccer against Solid Rock from Stellenbosch. We lost three...