Rugby warm-ups lead to injury cool-offs
Bruce Fordyce questions the wisdom of coaches and trainers insisting on playing warm-up games before the major competitions. Inevitably, key players pick up injuries ...
Runners also deserve recognition
Hidden in among the Super 12 rugby, cricket and football headlines last week was a superb South African sporting result. Hendrick Ramaala finished second in the ...
Time ripe to start Comrades training
The 20 000-25 000 runners who are planning to run the Comrades this year will obviously have been training for many months now, indeed, some for many years. But ...
Argus boys poking fun at manhole bruises
Bruce Fordyce finds that cycling the Argus with a group of men with hair as thin as their waistlines is the ultimate Tour experience - even when they offer encouragements ...
Proteas team prove they're only human
There have been several explanations offered for South Africa's disappointing loss against India at Cochin, writes Bruce Fordyce.
One-day-dusi redefines human endurance
Just when you thought you'd conquered every endurance challenge they come up with another extreme event: the Dusi-in-one-day challenge is the latest and it's redefining ...
Fathers and Old Boys matches must end
For the sake of Fathers and Old Boys everywhere, the concept of the school old boys or Father's match is one that should be carefully considered. Personal experience ...
Techno-ref to reduce the lottery
With the adoption of video-referee technology, the fear that the role of the referee or umpire will be made redundant or that they will become less important is ...
Nocsa could drink from Australia's cup
At the moment the much publicised war between National Olympic Committee of South Africa and Athletics South Africa must be most disconcerting for our athletes - ...
Old Mutual Same Ocean Twice marathon
The climb up Chapman's Peak is one of the most beautiful sections of the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon. But with the road definitely closed, some runners have suggested ...
It's time for Dusi to get TV coverage
With over 2 000 entries and nearly 1 500 canoes, the Powerade Dusi marathon has now come of age, writes Bruce Fordyce.
Sometimes it's better not know the enemy
Sometimes in sport it pays not to know the true quality of your opposition. Ignorance can, in some circumstances, in fact be bliss. It can psyche you out completely ...
The engines that power the famous faces
There is a secret to many of the celebrity Dusi successes of the last few years: most of stars had leading paddlers as partners.
3 of the greatest Comrades performances
As long-distance runners start the build-up to the 75th Comrades Marathon on June 16, Bruce Fordyce remembers the greatest runs ever in the history of the race. ...
The art of timing the Comrades build-up
Every year at this time experienced Comrades Marathon runners issue the same warning. It concerns timing a Comrades build-up correctly. The art of getting it right ...
Comrades 2000 will be a run to remember
More than anything the 2000 Comrades promises to be a celebration, a party and a reunion, and many older runners are returning to the race to walk down memory lane ...
Millennium challenge for the macho
You'll need a paddle, bicycle and water wings for this new challenge, writes Bruce Fordyce.
Tough challenges lie ahead for rugby
The Rugby World Cup ran into some serious problems, writes Bruce Fordyce - a complete lack of running rugby.
Predictably, the 'experts' got it wrong
Lots of lessons will have been learnt from the Rugby World Cup, but perhaps the most significant lesson of all has been that making predictions appears to have made ...