SoPlett! | Plettenberg Bay News and Info

Congratulations to Wihanne Kotze for taking the Fox Surfer X title in challenging conditions in Umhlanga.

FONDLY known as ‘The Brave Heart’ to his supporters, 22-year-old Bitou local Sibusiso Twani was born in the tiny town of Whittlesea close to Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. It is here that he started boxing as an amateur, following in the footsteps of his professional boxer brothers and cousins.

ABOUT 1700 people took part in the sixth annual two-day Sabrina Love Ocean Challenge in Plettenberg Bay yesterday and Sunday, when international sports stars swam, paddled, cycled, ran and walked alongside holidaymakers.

FOREST Archery is the recently established home of Plett’s new bow-hunting and archery club, the Scruffy Hunters.

THE latest round of the FNB Business League was successfully concluded on December 1 at Plett Bowling Club – the 15th session of this popular event, which started in 2002. The weather was perfect, unlike the last session in 2008 that was plagued by rain.

WHEN Mary-Grace and Vic Fitzmaurice relocated to Plettenberg Bay in November last year, they had to leave their daughter Danica’s beloved gymnastics coach behind in Pretoria.

THE Africa Goju Ryu Karate Federation tournament was held in Kuilsriver, Cape Town, last month, and two students from the Plett Goju Ryu Karate Club came home with well-deserved medals.

THE founders of the Iron Man for Kidz initiative in Port Elizabeth, Garth Wright and Gary Stevenson, along with Plettenberg Bay’s Beacon Isle Spar owner Duncan Brown, yesterday handed over R22000 to the Sabrina Love Foundation, which aims to take care of children with disabilities in Plett.