I’m glad to see Western Province have finally sorted out the Newlands issues.
For a long time, it looked as if the union was going to lose their rights to the grand old rugby stadium.
We saw how the mismanagement of the last decade left WP Rugby on its knees financially and close to bankruptcy.
Their only hope for survival seemed to be to sell off Newlands to pay off all their skuld- which has been reported to be a moerse R110m.
The historic ground would be lost to WP and they would become main tenant at Cape Town Stadium.
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It would have been a shame if they did lose the capacity to earn some sort of income from an asset such as this.
As of this week, the WP Rugby Football Union also confirmed plans to use their Brookside property to create some more income for the organisation. It’s another great move by the current WP management, as they look to make themselves less dependent on their creditors and loans.
And best outcome of all of this is their commitment to the struggling club rugby scene.
Now this can’t be lip service, because so often the clubs are often the life blood of their communities.
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It creates bonds locally, gives people a sense of pride and purpose, and the best club players still get a shot at making the step up to provincial rugby.
Dis mos die droom.
And in these Covid-19 times, we all need something to look forward to and strife for - a goal to aim even if those goalposts are on the move all the time.
Talking of goalposts moving, with WP moving to Cape Town Stadium, it puts the Mother City’s soccer fraternity out.
With Stellenbosch FC relocating to their new Winelands home at the Danie Craven Stadium, it’s the local boys who must make a plan.
Cape Town City look set to be joined by Ajax Cape Town in the PSL next season.
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And with three teams housed at Green Point looking unlikely, it looks like football will be pushed out to Athlone Stadium for the foreseeable future.
City chairman John Comitis has been keen on building his club their own stadium, but how soon that plan will be actioned in the current economic climate is anyone’s guess.
Athlone, though, has always been a big part of Cape football.
No travelling side likes coming to the windswept ground, when the Cape Doctor is in town.