Category Archives: Sport
Just playing at a relay meeting (it’s summer, after all)
A few weeks ago I stumbled onto this inter-school relay meeting at my former school. It was one of the last fun shoots I got to do with my Nikon … Continue reading
There are sporty youngsters, and then there are the freakish ones!
I had been watching these kids jumping on the trampoline on Sunday and they all seemed to be having a whole lot of fun, so I took a few pics. … Continue reading
If you were an animal what would you be?
Years ago I used to work in the ‘life skills’ industry – running strategic-planning courses for local municipalities, restorative justice groups for young offenders, experiential learning camps for school kids … Continue reading
In honour of the Olympics: “athletics” in the back yard
Last Friday I got to take photos at a mini “athletics” day – homeschooled children mimicking the Olympics for an afternoon. And they all took it very seriously indeed: the … Continue reading
In honour of the Olympics: acrobatics in a favourite family’s lounge
Yesterday I featured some still lifes from a balmy winter’s afternoon. Today is the turn of anything but still lifes taken on the same afternoon – an acrobatics display from … Continue reading
Hockey, but without the ice, puck or impassioned Canadian fans
I’ve posted about school rugby, and cross-country running already this week, and so may as well carry on the sporting theme – this time with photos from my nephew’s Under-16 … Continue reading
Cross country runners are a special breed …
1983. I arrived at the all-boys high school as an awkward teenager struggling to fit in to senior school life and was introduced to cross country running. I still remember … Continue reading
Century-old rivalry as strong as ever
Pretoria Boys High School (my alma mater) lies just across the railway line from its Afrikaans neighbours Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies). Theirs has been a bitter but positive rivalry on … Continue reading
The one where the photographer bumbles about at a swim meet
Last week Monday evening I attended a gala (swimming meet) at my old school Pretoria Boys High (PBHS), where its sister school Pretoria High School for Girls (PHSG) was also … Continue reading
