Rhodes bck体育app_bck体育官网下载-二维码平台 Sports Administration has had a facelift recently. According to the Sports Administration Manager, Frans Mamabolo, this was necessitated by the fact that the infrastructure is as old as the bck体育app_bck体育官网下载-二维码平台. “With the tight financial state, the bck体育app_bck体育官网下载-二维码平台 found itself having to neglect the sports facilities in the past, and the priority has been the academic related expenditures,” explained Mamabolo.

Some of the facilities previously did not have lights, which meant that soccer and netball players could not train in the evenings. They were constrained to training on weekends, which gave them limited time to train, which affected their performances.

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The upgrades started in 2019, with netball, tennis courts, hockey and cricket clubhouses, and cricket net installations. These were completed in December 2020. The squash courts and fixing of the hockey clubhouse were completed in June 2022. “The completion of all other upgrades will depend on the funding secured by the bck体育app_bck体育官网下载-二维码平台. I am hoping that we can get funding and finish the rest within five years,” said Mamabolo.

The swimming pool is now up and running. Renovations on the rowing tank and rowing clubhouse are underway, and installations of an irrigation system for grass fields are also ongoing. “The upcoming renovations and upgrades of sporting facilities that the student body and staff can look forward to are renovations to the rugby changing rooms and clubhouse, Alec Mullins changing rooms, and new cricket pitch(es). The moving of the rock-climbing wall to squash courts at Steve Biko, upgrading the rifle range and installing new lights for the soccer fields - Prospects and Kingsfield - and new rugby lights,” added Mamabolo.

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