{"id":220010,"date":"2022-03-22T13:26:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T11:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=114120"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:26:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T11:26:06","slug":"young-sports-stars-ready-to-fire-at-all-girls-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/young-sports-stars-ready-to-fire-at-all-girls-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Young sports stars ready to fire at All Girls Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/young-sports-stars-ready-to-fire-at-all-girls-festival.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/young-sports-stars-ready-to-fire-at-all-girls-festival.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114121\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=114121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"174\" class=\"wp-image-114121 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/young-sports-stars-ready-to-fire-at-all-girls-festival.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-114121 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/young-sports-stars-ready-to-fire-at-all-girls-festival.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"174\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hockey will be one of six sports on the menu when the All Girls Schools Festival, sponsored by SPAR Eastern Cape, takes place in East London this weekend. Photo: Full Stop Communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The SPAR All Girls Festival is poised to roar back into life this weekend when about 400 pupils and coaches travel to East London for another sporting extravaganza.<\/p>\n<p>The annual festival, which this year will cater for primary schools, has been on an enforced hiatus due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Festival organiser Bev Forword said Clarendon Primary were delighted to be able to host this year\u2019s action from Friday to Sunday (March 25 to 27).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is amazing that it has been two years since we had to call off the All Girls Sports Festival,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we are ready to get back onto the field of play and we are naturally hoping everything goes according to plan this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Forword said there was an air of anticipation among the young sportswomen as they prepared for the festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is great excitement as our girls get ready to once again experience the joy of being able to participate, something they have sorely missed,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Ten schools from around the country will take part in the event, which was last hosted by Eunice in Bloemfontein in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The schools are Clarendon, Collegiate, Balmoral, DSG, Herschel, Eunice, St Michael\u2019s, St Peter\u2019s, St Stithians and Springfield.<\/p>\n<p>They will compete in tournaments across six different codes, comprising hockey, netball, squash, tennis, water polo and chess.<\/p>\n<p>While there will be keen competition, Forword said the emphasis was on camaraderie, spirit and sportsmanship.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the staging of the festival would not have been possible without the backing of their sponsors, including title sponsor SPAR Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for their support as we look forward to a weekend of friendship, fun and loads of healthy competition,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSPAR, as a brand with their values of passion and family, fit superbly with this national event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SPAR EC sponsorships and events manager Alan Stapleton said they were thrilled to support another schools event following the successful staging of the recent SPAR Eastern Cape Schoolgirls Hockey Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is really special to be back on board with sporting events such as these and to be able to welcome a spectrum of schools from around South Africa to East London,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great chance to compete on the sports fields, but also to have fun and to make friends with some of the schools against whom they don\u2019t often play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stapleton said the retailer\u2019s involvement confirmed its commitment to supporting women\u2019s sport, while also being able to interact with the youth in a competitive but fun-based environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/young-sports-stars-ready-to-fire-at-all-girls-festival\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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