Cape Town Marathon Reflection – sisters

Cape Town Marathon

Cape Town Marathon Reflection Sisters Web Site: www.ChaeliSports.co.za Instagram: @ChaeliSports Email: info@ChaeliSports.co.za To promote and provide sports and recreational opportunities for people with disabilities in an inclusive social and sporting environment. Contact Tel:  021 7623835 Email:  info@chaelisports.co.za Physical address: 16 Culm Road,PlumsteadCape Town7800 Bank Details The Chaeli Sports & Recreation Club First National Bank Plumstead […]

Comrades 2022: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

Comrades 2022

Comrades 2022: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! By Nikki Kemp Team Beastie (Chaeli, Chantal, Daleen, Gerhard) finish Comrades 2022 in 11:10:57 Chaeli is not afraid to challenge perceptions and go against the perceived norm; she is also no stranger to finding herself in the history books. In 2016, she became the first wheelchair athlete to finish the Comrades […]

2022 Cape Town Marathon Reflection: Team Kudzai

2022 Cape Town Marathon

2022 Cape Town Marathon Reflection: Team Kudzai By Earl Siadie We’re not here to Compete, but Complete: Team Kudzai’s 1st marathon! Team Kudzai could not wait for this day to come and finally D-day was here.  Our build up towards this day had its challenges with Kudzai being admitted to hospital the week before and […]

Pacific Mbela: Cape Town Festival of Running 2022

Pacific Mbela

Pacific Mbela: Cape Town Festival of Running 2022 By Nikki Kemp Team Beastie: Pacific, Chantal, Chaeli having fun at 2022 Cape Town Festival of Running Mandela Day is a day sanctioned by the United Nations and is commemorated on the 18th of July each year on former President Nelson Mandela’s birthday to honour him by making […]

Anita Engelbrecht and inclusion in the Comrades

Anita Engelbrecht

Inclusion in the Comrades By Kirsten Steenkamp June 2021 Known as the Ultimate Human Race, the gruelling Comrades Marathon has taken place every year since 1921, taking its only break during World War 2. Now, as the Covid-19 pandemic causes disruption of the in-person race for the second year in a row, The Chaeli Campaign […]

Mpumelelo Mhlongo on embracing diversity

Mpumelelo Mhlongo

Mpumelelo Mhlongo on embracing diversity The Driving Ideology Behind an Ordinary World Champion Kirsten Steenkamp December 2020 “Are you judged by people?” I ask Mpumi bluntly. “Possibly. Aren’t we all?” The lens with which we view the world colours the perceptions of our experiences. These perceptions filter down to the very way we think about, […]

CSRC Making History with Inclusive Sports

CSRC Making History

CSRC Making History with Inclusive Sports CSRC Making History with Inclusive Sports Kirsten Steenkamp March 2021 On 12 February the Chaeli Sports and Recreation Club commemorated it’s 11th birthday! Though the Covid-19 pandemic severely restricted sports activities this past year, our adaptive athletes are gearing up for a more active 2021! Join us in honouring […]