South Africa’s top young surfers will be flocking to Jeffreys Bay next month to compete for prestigious team and individual national titles in the annual Hurley SA Junior Champs. And some of Eastern Province’s top surfers will be there, including 2011 finalists Tahra Uhren, Kai Woolf, Matt McGillivray (U15 boys) and Jose Faulkner (U13 boys),…
Day: September 18, 2012
SABC crew tour flood areas today
Following the recent disaster in Santareme, municipal authorities requested Nigel Aitken of the St Francis Bay Residents Association to take the camera team of SABC on a tour of the affected areas as well as viewing the large ‘dam’ which is causing a certain amount of concern. This news clip will appear on SABC 2…
Have a great long weekend participating in Forthcoming Events: 22-24 September
Compiled and written by: Bev Mortimer With a long weekend coming up this weekend there are a wide variety of events, from social to sports, for all those wanting to have fun on St Francis’ shores. We hope the weather will play ball. 22 September: Save the rhinos at Kariega by getting Shipwrecked at Legends…
St Francis photographer a victim of the flash flood
Photographer Simon Edwards of St Francis Bay became a victim of the flash flood that almost wiped out lower Santareme on Saturday morning. He was busy snapping photos and stepped backwards into a deep hole in the road. In trying to save his camera he quickly stretched out his arm and dislocated his shoulder. He…