The New Zealand 18 day tour worked

ERNEST MABASA

The New Zealand tour experience could have been the reason why St Alban's College hockey team smashed Hoerskool Menlopark and claim top position in the Northerns Pretoria Boys Hockey A league.

In  the beginning of the year, the team was hard at training and during the school recess in April, Saint Albans took on an 18-days tour to New Zealand capital and played nine games.They played three games against Christ church, Christchurch Boys’ High Invitation, Shirley Boys’ High School and Christchurch Boys’ High 1st XI, two against Dunedin Otago Boys’ High School and John McGlashan College.

After 3 days in Dunedin they flew into Wellington and drove up to Palmerston North. Here we will be hosted by Palmerston North Boys’ High School. Palmerston North Boys’ High 1st XI and Palmerston North Boys’ High 2nd XI. The other game was hosted in Wanganui Collegiate against Wanganui Collegiate 1st XI. They had managed to win eight out of the nine games. College coach Ryan Anderson, who was over the moon after they beat Menlo Park four goals to two, said: “I am very grateful that we are at the top of table log. It is great feeling and means we are doing the right things. We train hard. It creates good brand in our college because hockey is very good.

Ryan Anderson still remembers the heartfelt happiness that they had in 2012 when they won the title, but even sorrow that they had to go through last year when they were dethroned. Pretoria High School for Boys, who are in position two with 18 points, won the title in 2013.”We have 21 points and defending champions have 18 points. We have three points ahead them. We never lost and that counts. We are looking forward to winning this year. We want to be consistent. We can dethrone them as well.” coach Anderson said. With Saint Albans and PHSB have being enjoying the creature comforts of top positions, centurion based Zwartkop High School and Hoerskool Garsfontein are struggling, the latter with only one point. Zwartkop has nine points having won only two games.

Garsies Stewart Dunbar has not given up for this but believes that his may do well next year.he says his youngest club is not performing and that this will come to an end soon. The problemis that he has all young players with the oldest at 19 years and “we are building this  team for next year. You can even see that we do not lose matches with big matches. We have young stars but next it will be difficult for all these schools,” he said.

Thumbs up for Friday league

ERNEST MABASA

TEN games have been played so far
in the newly formed Atteridgeville
Friday Schools League and there is
great excitement among the participating
schools and community.
The schools are judged not by
how they start, but how they will finish.
This will be after they complete
their allotted 24 games.
Dr WF Nkomo Secondary School
are top of the table with seven
points, closely followed by Bokgoni
Technical High School, whom they
beat 1-0 last Friday to lead the log by
a point.
This league was launched by
SuperSport last month and it has
gained much popularity in the community.
The league’s main aim is to
revive school sports in
Atteridgeville.
The success of it is showing and
Dr Nkomo coach Saki Mogola is
motivated and grateful to the initiators
of the programme.
Mogola believes the initiative
gives coaches and players an opportunity
to participate in something
worthwhile.
“It gives us the power to play. We
were not very happy because we did
not have much to do before they
introduced it. It is for the first time
in this league but the feeling is good.
“It is working because if you look
at last Friday’s match, players were
all happy to be participating in the
match,” said Mogola, who was once
himself a soccer player for the
school.
“We used to have strong squads
in these (Atteridgeville) schools. We
want those to come back so that
these young players can be fit.
Maybe one day they will play for
SuperSport United.”
Hofmeyr Secondary School is
struggling but they believe the initiative
has been a success.
Although the school are second
last on the log, their coach Simon
Tsotesti is confident the team will
feature in time.
“The league is very professional
and it is run well. It is fair. It is also
successful as they know that our
school has the greatest and largest
fan base.
“We keep them (pupils) busy on
Fridays. They stay away from
nyaope and other drugs. It is very
good,” He said.
However, co-ordinator Itu Moloto
feels a need for more suppoters.
The last game had more than 150
supporters from Bokgoni High and
a few from WF Nkomo.
“The league is going well. We
only need to make sure that supporters
come in numbers to support
their respective schools. We will
deal with it after June because now
it’s cold,” he said.
SuperSport manager Coltrane
Munyai is happy with the response
from the Pelindaba community and
says it feels good to see the schools
respond positively.
“We are feeling good because
they are responding well to our initiative.
In the last game we had lot of
supporters. It shows that they
wanted it ( the league) for a long
time,” said Munyai.

                                                           Lambley does it for team

ERNEST MABASA

Saint Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls Hockey left forward Madeleine Lambley walked tall and received compliments, hugs, big smiles and cheek kisses from her mates for her first and winning goal she scored.

Lambley debuted her Hockey Second Division season just a game away from the end of it for her side. She went in as substitute in the second half of the game. The game that showed no hunger for goals went to half time zero at both sides but at the second half the game changer Lambley scored a goal that saw the home side lead Hoërskool Overkruin three minutes before the game ended.

Saint Mary has only one game left and probably the second game for Lambley who was top notch at her last game against Overkruin on Friday. Her school put pressure to the visitors until they managed to score. “I am very delighted but credit should be to the whole team. As a team, everyone wanted to win this game it very important to us to win matches.  We train very hard. I was in for 30 minutes of this game and it feels great,” she said.

Saint Mary’s coach Mathew Pickening was speechless to see his school win the match at the eleventh hour and he trusts that his school was much better and deserved to come out victorious. “We put ourselves under pressure and doing so was putting the opponents under pressure from us as well. We utilised that short corner eventually. We finished off well and we decided to win and a win is a win,” said coach Pickening who was also preparing for the next and last game in the 2014 Hockey second division season.

“in the next game which is the last one we are going to prepare ourselves mentally so that we can stay focused through out the game. We have all the skills to win every game we play,” he said.

Overkruin has finished off their season with a lose and will wait until next year to play in the league. Coach Nadine dames picked the points which she saw her school leaked and led to the goal. “We leaked a bit at the back. We did not use our opportunities that we had and we lost the game in the last three minutes. It is our last game and to end this way is not fun, “she said

But coach promises that next season will be much better since she will have some players from her under sixteen hockey squad to first team “for next year we have seven players coming from grade eleven players who will replace the current grade twelve students,” she said.

                                      my dream comes true

Ernest Mabasa

When Prestige College shooting guard Masedi Madisha went into the field against Pretoria High School for Girls, her only intention was to step-in for her absent teammate, Amukelani Sarila.

Sarila, who was recently selected for the Gauteng Basketball Team was unavailable for the game and Madisha made sure she delivers a performance that reflects her teammate as she is regarded as one of the best in the team.

Madisha, 16, finished the game as the leading basket scorer with 26 points as her Prestige side won 29-19 against Pretoria High School for Girls last Friday.The grade 10 hopes that her great performance continues in the coming matches.

“I feel great that we have won the game and my wish has come true. I wanted to step in for Sarila and score more baskets because she is our main player. And I am glad I did it for her, the team and for myself and I want to do well going to our next matches. The opponents took us for granted as they thought we were going to lose because we did not have Amukelani. This game was challenging and our start was bad that we could not score in the first quarter and they were scoring which depresses sometimes,” she said.

Prestige College coach Shadrack Moyo says there are a few elements that a team cannot win without, more especially for teams such as his team.  

He said, motivation is among the elements that any good coach should have and having a dedicated team that would listen to the coach.

“I believe every coach should motivate his/her players. That is where it starts. Players cannot play well without motivation. When they play they must be free so that they can showcase their talent. This team’s performance is promising because players like Amukelani, are in grade 12 and that means next year they will be at tertiary level,” he said.

Girls’ High coach Mapitso Makena has described the match which they lost as a “mental switch” that needed players to use their minds in order to elude opponents and score. “We played according to our plan. We dominated the first quarters. It was unfortunate to our side. The match was a mental switch.” 

                                     Affies keep winning run

Ernest Mabasa

As the umpire blew the final whistle last Tuesday, on home soil, Afrikaanse Hoer Meisieskool (Affies) celebrated their 92^nd consecutive win in two years.

Affies beat Hoerskool Garsfontein 23-18 in the Tshwane Jubilee League to keep their unbeaten run alive. The National Schools Netball Championship title holders have so far played 34 games and won all and are hoping to keep the momentum going through hard work and determination.

It seems their tour to Australia and New Zealand brought some positive results for the team as their team manager, Bertus de Klerk says they learnt a lot from it. De Klerk said they got some valuable advice from former Silver Ferns (New Zealand netball team) player and Coach Yvonne Willering which they still use to ensure their competitiveness.

“As part of our celebration for our championship title, we undertook a tour to Australia and New Zeeland from 3 April to 13 April this year as well. It was very great. Now we are leading in the log. It shows consistence in our team. We are confident that our club is going to win again this year. We are very happy,” said de Klerk.

Even though they have been doing well, Coach Rene de Klerk was not very pleased with the girls’ performance against Hoerskool Garsfontein, which was a game in which at the third quarter; Affies were leading 15-10. De Klerk said: “23-18 win against Garsfontein was not enough. I do not think we have played like we could have played. These players know what to do when we want to win but a win is a win. I wanted more goals.”

Coach De Klerk added that apart from Affies vs Garsfontein game, she has no reason to be fuming as her team has been making sure that she is happy. “This club makes me happy we have never lost a game in two years that is very important. They all listen when I talk to them. We have good Captain. Our defense is very strong. Goal defender and goalkeeper are very good. We have good goal shooters. I have no complaints about the team, they are doing well,” she said.

Captain Roelien Pienaar agreed with her coach: “Winning matches mean a lot me as captain. It means we are listening to the coach. We have passion, commitment and dedication to what we do in order to win matches. We are toppers in the log. Everything is pushed by passion we have for Netball,” she said

As Affies celebrated their unstoppable win run, Garsfontein coach Carin Strauss said she is proud of her team despite the loss, because Affies are a tough team. “This team is difficult to play against and we did not have a good start in our first quarter of the game. The rest of the game was 50-50. We managed to score at least 18 goals,” she said.

Garsfontein’s captain, Esther Van Nieuwkoop did not complain about the game but stressed the need to up their game, she said that first quarter was bit difficult for her team. “We played well only that our start was not on point."

                                Supersport United FC changes focus

Ernest Mabasa

When the going got tough in the 2004/5 season, the tough got going. This was the spirit  shown by Supersport United FC at the Lucas Moripe Stadium when the Atteridgeville Friday Schools League was launched.

Things have changed in the school league and management is here to manage this it successfully. Matsatsantsa manager Coltrane Munyai is at the fore front to identifying future stars of the premier soccer league and Bafana Bafana squad: "This is not for the first time we do it. We tried in 2004/5 season but faced technical problems. Now we believe and hope that it is going to be a very successful league and other teams should do so as well."

 With two games played at the newly formed schools league, now it is deemed to be in line with sport and recreation minister's call, Fikile Mbalula,  to revive school sport. "The club has taken heed of the sport minister's call to support high school sport events and we have taken that lead in the (PSL)," said Munyai.

The long term plan of the initiative for Matsatsantsa is to revive school sport and give back to the community.

Munyai says the league will show appreciation to the community of Phelindaba that has been behind Matsatsantsa a Pitori from day one. "This is home of Supersport United."

This league will give opportunities to young players to be scouted by Supersport and some could have the chance of being selected  by the club's academy. "Head and academy coaches will be going to the stadium to assess players' performance and advice them. You may see them playing at the professional level one day.  We are building a brand for the Atteridgeville community," he said.

 Friday schools league that consists of twenty four teams will have eight teams for soccer, eight for netball and eight teams for rugby; these games will be played at Mbolekwa Sports Complex. "This football, netball and rugby coded league will run for sixteen weeks until twelve September. At the end of the league the first four teams will then play knock outs for prizes," Munyai said.

 Program co-ordinator Itu Moloto was very happy that finally the league had been reintroduced and now all the challenges have gone, saying Superport has helped them very much. "This has been our passion and was faced with so many challenges. Supersport company has helped us a lot," he said.

Football legend Lucas "Masterpieces" Moripe said what Supersport is doing for Atteridgeville community is very good and special and is encouraged; "They are helping them (players). They must be kept busy so that they can stay away from drugs. PSL teams will benefit from these young players," he said.

Talk radio 501

We report as it is

What is program manager?

A program manager is a behind-the-scenes boss at a radio station. In the broadcast business, the program manager is the boss. He or she oversees every facet of daily broadcasts and handles details that no other staff member handles.

First and foremost, the program manager is responsible for the entire on-air experience of the station. This means, that the program manager sets the tone for the station. The overall sound or theme of any station is created by the program manager. A successful program manager gains ratings and accolades; a program manager who fails to grab enough audience shares is often replaced by someone with new ideas and better vision.

This is a person responsible for all planning of station’s programs. The programming of station programs is done in order to grab attention of listeners, so that at the end they can participate sufficiently and effectively to the programs. Program management is the process of managing several related projects, often with the intention of improving an organization's performance. The program manager oversees all production at the radio station.

NB: this theme would run for a month period from World Cancer Day (4 February)

 Lets eliminate shattering Cancer deaths

#week one

Role of station

The station will start with providing information; e.g. defining, giving symptoms, causes and types the concept “Cancer.” The “did you know” style of broadcasting information may work very well for the station on this concept. This is because most people know the common types, causes and symptoms of cancer. This will be done hand in hand with recorded jingles and teasers. People when listen to recorded sound bites, think and want to analyze what they are listening on the radio. They sometimes debate about it with friends. Through this we can teach many people. The station will broadcast one or two types of cancer per day so that in the second week invited visitors can come to help and suggest medication to cure to these cancers.

At this stage, participation of listeners may be done through letters, emails, twitter and facebook. For the letter senders, they will have to send them to our station so we could read out to the public. This is because one letter may expose many listeners who do not understand what they might be suffering from. As the letters are read, they will have to evaluate their sufferings with those read on air. This also applies to electronic mailing as well.

Twitter is an online social networking and micro blogging service that enables users to send and read short 140-character text messages, called "tweets." Here station has twitter account in which it can tweet anything relating to “Cancer” concept. This is usually done using hash tag e.g. “#breastcancer is a type of cancer originating from breast tissue @talkradio 501.” Listeners who are following the station on twitter will tweet comments and questions and will be helped.

Facebook is an online social networking service where people add one another and socialise. The station will post status about cancer so that people can see, read and comment. Through this Facebook account, information about cancer will be disseminated fast and very cheap. Facebook has millions of people who have accounts; these people can make comments and help one another through creating groups in which they chat or communicate.

The following is the gist of the information that will be disseminated within the period of a month.

What is cancer?

It is known medically as malignant neoplasia, is a broad group of diseases involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, which may invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the body through the lymphatic system or bloodstream.

The causes of cancer are diverse, complex, and only partially understood. Many things are known to increase the risk of cancer, including tobacco use, dietary factors, certain infections, exposure to radiation, lack of physical activity, obesity, and environmental pollutants. These factors can directly damage genes or combine with existing genetic faults within cells to cause cancerous mutations.

Types of Cancer

1 Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize (spread) from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly the bones and lymph nodes. Prostate cancer may cause pain, difficulty in urinating, problems during sexual intercourse, erectile dysfunction, or death. Other symptoms can potentially develop during later stages of the disease.

Early prostate cancer usually causes no symptoms. Sometimes, however, prostate cancer does cause symptoms, often similar to those of diseases such as benign prostatic hyperplasia. These include frequent urination, nocturia (increased urination at night), difficulty starting and maintaining a steady stream of urine, hematuria (blood in the urine), and dysuria (painful urination).

2 Breast cancer is a type of cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas, while those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas. Breast cancer occurs in humans and other mammals.

3 Ovarian cancer is a cancerous growth arising from the ovary. Symptoms are frequently very subtle early on and may include: bloating, pelvic pain, difficulty eating and frequent urination, and are easily confused with other illnesses

4 Stomach cancer, or gastric cancer, refers to cancer arising from any part of the stomach. Stomach cancer causes over 700,000 deaths worldwide per year. Prognosis is poor with a 5-year survival rate of <5 to 15%, largely because most patients present with advanced disease

Stage 1 (Early)

• Indigestion or a burning sensation (heartburn). Less than 1 in every 50 people going to a doctor with indigestion has cancer.
• Loss of appetite, especially for meat
• Abdominal discomfort or irritation

Stage 2 (Middle)

• Weakness and fatigue
• Bloating of the stomach, usually after meals

Stage 3 (Late)

• Abdominal pain in the upper abdomen
• Nausea and occasional vomiting
• Diarrhea or constipation
• Weight loss
• Bleeding (vomiting blood or having blood in the stool) which will appear as black (melena) this can lead to anemia.
• Dysphagia

Helicobacter pylori infection is the main risk factor in 65–80% of gastric cancers, but in only 2% of such infections. The mechanism by which H. pylori induces stomach cancer potentially involves chronic inflammation, or the action of H

5 Pancreatic cancer is a malignant neoplasm originating from transformed cells arising in tissues forming the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer, accounting for 95% of these tumors, is adenocarcinoma (tumors exhibiting glandular architecture on light microscopy) arising within the exocrine component of the pancreas

These are most common symptoms

• Pain in the upper abdomen that typically radiates to the back (seen in carcinoma of the body or tail of the pancreas)
• Heartburn - acid stomach
• Poor appetite or nausea and vomiting
• Diarrhea, loose stools.

6 Liver cancer or hepatic cancer is a cancer that originates in the liver. Primary liver cancer is the fifth most frequently diagnosed cancer globally and the second leading cause of cancer death. Liver cancer is an umbrella term for many types of cancer, the signs and symptoms depend on what type of cancer is present. Cholangiocarcinoma is associated with sweating, jaundice, abdominal pain, weight loss and hepatomegaly. Hepatocellular carcinoma is associated with abdominal mass, abdominal pain, emesis, anemia, back pain, jaundice, itching, weight loss and fever

7 Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system. It is the most common cancer in males aged 20–39 years, the period of peak incidence, and is rarely seen before the age of 15 years.

Symptoms may also include one or more of the following:

• a lump in one testis which may or may not be painful
• sharp pain or a dull ache in the lower abdomen or scrotum
• a feeling often described as "heaviness" in the scrotum

8 Kidney cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the cells in the kidney.

The two most common types of kidney cancer are renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC) of the renal pelvis. These names reflect the type of cell from which the cancer developed.

The different types of kidney cancer (such as RCC and UCC) develop in different ways, meaning that the diseases have different outlooks

9 Lung cancer (also known as carcinoma of the lung) is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung by process of metastasis into nearby tissue or other parts of the body. The most common cause of lung cancer is long-term exposure to tobacco smoke, which causes 80–90% of lung cancers.

Nonsmokers account for 10–15% of lung cancer cases, and these cases are often attributed to a combination of genetic factors, and exposure to; radon gas, asbestos, and air pollution including second-hand smoke. Lung cancer may be seen on chest radiographs and computed tomography (CT) scans. Common treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. NSCLC is sometimes treated with surgery, whereas SCLC usually responds better to chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

10 Colorectal cancer, also known as colon cancer, rectal cancer, or bowel cancer, is a cancer from uncontrolled cell growth in the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine), or in the appendix. Genetic analysis shows that essentially colon and rectal tumours are genetically the same cancer. Symptoms of colorectal cancer typically include rectal bleeding and anemia which are sometimes associated with weight loss and changes in bowel habits.

11 Skin cancers (skin neoplasms) are named after the type of skin cell from which they arise. Basal cell cancer originates from the lowest layer of the epidermis, and is the most common but least dangerous skin cancer. Squamous cell cancer originates from the middle layer, and is less common but more likely to spread and, if untreated, become fatal. Melanoma, which originates in the pigment-producing cells (melanocytes), is the least common, but most aggressive, most likely to spread and, if untreated, become fatal.

Less common skin cancers include: Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, Merkel cell carcinoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, keratoacanthoma, spindle cell tumors, sebaceous carcinomas, microcystic adnexal carcinoma, Pagets's disease of the breast, atypical fibroxanthoma, leimyosarcoma, and angiosarcoma.

#week two

Visitors

After a weeklong of station playing the role of information provider about cancer, now it should be time to invite chemotherapists, surgeons and others who have knowledge about this disease to talk and discuss it with program host and listeners about the cure of it. Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with one or more cytotoxic anti-neoplastic drugs (chemotherapeutic agents) as part of a standardized regimen. Here these professional people/visitors will explain in full details what the diagnosed people should do to cure it. They will recommend hospitals and clinics in which patients can go for consultation.

Listeners will be calling and tweeting questions to the host of the program so that he/ she can ask visitors. They can also post questions on facebook account of program host’s wall. Through these triangle conversations listeners will feel participation at the highest degree. When listeners participate in different things they tend to feel happy and this is indirect treatment to this disease.

Each day of the week two there will a chemotherapist who specializes in one of above mentioned types of cancers. This will educate listeners very much and let them feel participation. 

#week three and four

Road Shows

This is taking radio to the people so that they will communicate with easy to presenters.The roadshows will be hosted in the third and fourth week.

In the third week, the station is going to host three events. These events will be in different villages or communities. In the first day of the three days in the third week, presenters will be wearing pink colour clothes which promote breast cancer awareness. This is because we are going to first discuss about breast cancer. This is usually done in October month but this does not deter us from doing it.

The station will take morning drive and midday report and afternoon drive shows to the people because at  daybreak and noon people will be driving going to work and returning home and will stop at the place where the afternoons drive show will be hosted in a mobile car and learn.

#week four

We now take radio to the location of our listeners. This should also include form of entertainment. This is where we, as station should invite music artists and famous cancer diagnosed people to accompany us to different communities such as  cancer-stricken Inkatha Freedom Party MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini and radio personality Beka Ntsnwisi. These celebrities will project that cancer does not mean death but a disease that can be cured. These people will help in the fight against cancer. Listeners will have opportunity to ask questions to these people as to how they are managing this disease.

The roadshows should be conducted at a centre of many villages so that they can come in large numbers. The music artists will then perform just to palliate listeners who have sacrifice they time to come and learn about this killing disease. We should go to many villages as we can because villagers do not have information about different diseases that are killing many people in the world.

Listeners love and want to see radio presenters to whom they talk when they call on the station, so when roadshows are conducted listeners attend in masses precise to see these presenters

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