Western Cape Sport Academy

14/09/2026

ACADEMY ATHLETES SHINE ON THE AFRICAN STAGE! 🇿🇦

Congratulations to our WECSA WC Karate athletes who represented South Africa at the UFAK African Karate Championships in Algeria and returned with medals! 🇿🇦

🥈 Rio Cruz — Silver, Junior Male +76kg Kumite
🥉 Danica Van Boom — Bronze, Senior Female Kata
🥉 Kyle Corbellari — Bronze, Under 21 Kumite

A fantastic achievement on the African stage. Congratulations, Rio, Danica and Kyle! We are incredibly proud of you! 💙💛🇿🇦

And congratulations to the rest of Team SA who represented our country with pride and passion in Algiers. You carried the flag high and made South Africa proud!

Africa's best. South Africa proud. 🇿🇦

11/09/2026

FRIDAYS ARE FOR WECSA WC KARATE — RIO CRUZ! 🇿🇦_

Our WECSA WC Karate star is in the _Junior Kumite Final_ at the UFAK African Champs in Algeria! 🌍

_FINAL:_ Rio Cruz (RSA) vs Ihsane Adjanonhoun (Benin)
📍 10-13 Sept 2026 | Algeria

Send your good luck below! 👊💙💛

📸 Pictures credit: LANK RAD Live

10/09/2026

A PROUD COSSASA PERFORMANCE! 🇿🇦

Our WECSA Boland Athletics athletes represented South Africa at the COSSASA Games in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, earning two gold medals and a silver. 🥇🥇🥈

Outstanding results:
🥇 Micah Africa — U18 100m Gold, clocking an impressive 10.16
🥈 Micah Africa — Silver in the 4 x 100m relay
🥇 Skyler van Dyk — U18 Triple Jump Gold
🏅 Skyler van Dyk — 6th in the Long Jump

Congratulations to Micah and Skyler on these outstanding achievements! We are incredibly proud of you and excited to see what comes next. 💙💛🇿🇦

09/09/2026

BUILDING THE FOUNDATION. 🥋🔥

Our WECSA Cape Winelands Judo athletes recently completed their base testing at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport!

A focused session with great effort across every station and another important step in their high-performance journey.

Thank you to the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport for hosting our judokas.

Proud of this team and the commitment they continue to show. 💙💛🇿🇦

02/09/2026

🏑🔥 PUTTING IN THE WORK!

WECSA Western Province Hockey putting in the work at another focused training session.

Discipline. Intensity. Teamwork.

Every session is another step forward. 💙💛

ATHLETE CENTERED. COACH DRIVEN. ACADEMY SUPPORTED.

🎥 Videos: Damian Knott

01/09/2026

🥊 BUILT IN THE WORK! 💥🔥

No shortcuts. No easy days. Just work.

Our WECSA West Coast Kickboxing athletes turned up and put their strength, conditioning and mindset to the test in a high-intensity S&C session with Heyno Kraft, our West Coast Biokineticist.

Every rep. Every push. Every drop of sweat.
It all counts. 💪🥊

This is the work behind the performance.
This is where champions are built. 🔥

A big shoutout to Heyno for pushing the team beyond their comfort zone and raising the standard!

📍 West Coast Kickboxing | Vredenburg

31/08/2026

RESILIENCE HAS NO LIMITS. 🧡

Strength is a mindset.
Discipline. Consistency. Grind.

Every rep, every set, every day.
That's where it's built.

No shortcuts, just work. 💪🔥

Athlete: WECSA Western Cape Para Surfing
WECSA - Athlete Centered, Coach Driven and Academy Supported

31/08/2026

28/08/2026

PROTEA PROUD! 🇿🇦🥋

Our WECSA Western Cape Karate Proteas were honoured at the Evening of Excellence, where they were officially capped by the Western Cape Karate Federation ahead of their international campaign.

They are set to represent South Africa at the UFAK Africa Championship, Algeria 2026 — 6–13 September in Algiers.

We are so proud of you! All roads lead to Algeria! 🇿🇦➡️🇩🇿

27/08/2026

🔙 THROWBACK THURSDAY | WORLD STAGE, SILVER MEDAL 🇿🇦🥈

Throwback to when our WECSA Boland Athletics star _Abelines Schoeman_ represented South Africa at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon and brought home SILVER in the Men's 4x400m Relay — setting a new African U20 Record of 3:02.76.

We are so proud of this incredible achievement with his teammates, bringing home silver for Team SA.

Thanks for inspiring us, Abelines. We wish you many more medals.

Coached by Coach Marinda at Dogsquad Running.

📸 Photo credit: Maties Athletics