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Peacock’s boat

Zimbabwean navy at sea

Monday, 29th January 2007 at 9:31 pm

It’s a catch-22 situation. Landlubber Zimbabwean with no sailing experience and minimal swimming skills wants to join a crew sailing a yacht from Cape Town to South America, and needs to find a boat willing to take him. But by …

Herschelle Gibbs

I have a cunning plan…

Thursday, 25th January 2007 at 3:10 pm

Why is Herschelle celebrating in the accompanying picture, when he’s just had Richie Benaud uphold his ban? Quite simple: an act of genius has played out perfectly. Make sure the stump microphone is on, make some inflammatory comments, and ensure …

Array

Happy birthday Johnno

Wednesday, 24th January 2007 at 8:55 am

A few of the more dedicated cricketing anoraks out there may recall a moderately successful cricketer by the name of Neil Johnson - KwaZulu-Natal all-rounder, Zimbabwean superstar, and finally the elder statesman at Western Province. Johnno is best remembered by …

Shosholoza sailing

Up close and personal

Saturday, 23rd December 2006 at 9:04 pm

As corporate hospitality goes, this might just be as good as it’s ever got in sport. 2007 might be the year of two World Cups, but it’s also the year of the America’s Cup come March and April - and …