Part of the work we do at The Academy is running sports programs in local schools. This is a fantastic networking opportunity but also helps us to fund more of the work we do in the townships. We currently run sports programs at 2 local schools: Bizweni School and Hope and Light School. We have been coaching a wide variety of sports at Bizweni, coaching the grade Rs, 1s and 2s. Whilst at Hope and Light, we consistently coach Netball...
Read MoreRowan Hendricks Rowan has been coming to the Academy for two years now. When he first came to the Academy he was very nervous, only wanting to play at the back off the team, afraid to catch the ball and was very shy. In less than a year Rowan grown so much in confidence and trust in his ability’s. He started to play along with the team and now he will go in for tackles and receiving the ball like he owns it. It is incredible to...
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In July we ran our usual 2 day holiday club for the Academy children and young people, this timefocusing on Awareness. After weeks and weeks of planning – games, sports, story and more – everything finally came together in 2 days of joy, fun and learning. We focused on the importance of awareness and watchfulness in the 4 games we played: table tennis, hockey, obstacle course (including Golf) and extreme dodgeball. Each station...
Read MoreIt has been an exciting and important week of networking at the Academy this week. With Newspaper articles, radio interviews and international touring side visits. Looking in the District mail last week showed a large article on the Academy, giving more detail about what we do and why we do it (click the above photo to read through the article). It was such a fantastic opportunity for more exposure in the local area and it...
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As usual, the last week of the month is Match week at The Academy. After a month of looking at Confidence in our coaching sessions it was time to draw together all they had learnt and put it into practice. Monday we had Lwandle Seniors v Young Bafana and an intern-house match in Macassar for our Netball girls. On Wednesday our Lwandle Juniors played soccer against Hope and Light school in Sir Lowry’s Pass, whilst our Sir Lowrys...
Read MoreThe Academy has trained over 35 coaches over the 5 years it has been running, and has had volunteers from all over – so far from Egypt, Holland and the UK. We have had long term and short term volunteers, serving at the Academy from anything between 2 weeks to 3 years. Right now we are blessed with 2 full time volunteers form England on top of our other 2 staff, which has been invaluable to the Academy in how we have been able...
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