Adventure Boot Camp (ABC) is every woman's answer to getting fit and losing weight the fun way. This exciting four week programme offers women of all ages, shapes, sizes and fitness levels the chance to surround themselves with other likeminded women and experience the exhilaration of exercising outdoors in beautiful, natural surroundings. While each camp encourages ladies to advance at their own pace, they are taught how to perform the exercises correctly to achieve the best possible results.
Ladies can choose to attend camp 3 or 5 days/week, for one hour a day, in the morning or late afternoon. ABC is differentiated from your regular gym because we make use of the natural obstacles found in the immediate environment to ensure you get a diverse, full body workout. All routines are performed under the watchful eye of a qualified personal trainer who provides a stimulating variation in every session to alleviate the monotony of doing the same workout every day. The regular workout rotation also serves to target and strengthen muscles, which are often missed in a “regular gym” workout.
Exercises are specifically designed to target the areas women want to improve on most and these activities include short distance running, rope skipping, abs and core training, Pilates, obstacle courses, circuit training, weights, mat work, games and hiking.
Join us and enjoy the great outdoors, network with other women and make new friends. Progress can be tracked and free personalized eating plans can be downloaded to help you start your journey to health and wellness.
Ripples For Good - Modern day explorers and adventurers
There are many ways in which we can get technical about the how's, when's and why's the Ripples For Good team started their journey, but their's is a story, and there's only one thing to do with a story, you tell it. They are a team consisting of 2 ladies and 2 dogs who are unique in their adventures and passion for life. Giving up a life of security and stability, they set off on a Sabbatical that turned into a life of modern day exploring and adventures in aid of raising awareness towards the fundamental role we as humans play in how we value our water, and motivating change amongst individuals, societies and nations.
Since they started they have cycled 18000+ km on bicycles weighing 80kg's plus a dog in a basket in the front, canoeing of 2 Major rivers, walking of 2 major mountain ranges, walking the Eastern Cape Coastline of South Africa three times and currently preparing to leave on a 40 000km expedition through Southern Africa again unaided and without back-up vehicles and support crews.
They have been proudly sponsored by Garmin for the past 5 years and will be using Garmin for the next expedition again to keep plotting their routes where there are no roads and to plot fundamental water information for other Garmin adventure lovers.
Voetspore is an adventure documentary television series. Over the past 11 years the team, consisting of six guys travelling in 3 4x4 vehicles, have covered approximately 140 000 km's on the African continent. Voetspore have travelled extensively in Southern Africa and also embarked on journeys from the Cape to Cairo and from Casablanca to the Cape. The next adventure will commence in August 2011 when Voetspore plan to leave Alexandria in Egypt and travel through Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somaliland, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa. The plan is to complete the journey in less than 100 days.
Navigating in Africa can be a challenge, especially off the beaten track. This is where Voetspore rely on the Gamin GPS. On the next journey the Gamin Zumo will be fitted to each of the three vehicles to ensure the Voetspore team don't get lost in the African jungle.
Natalie Du Toit - Olympian and Gold Medallist Paralympian Swimmer
Natalie broke all boundaries when she qualified for the Beijing 10km Open Water able bodied event.
Last year she was awarded the Gold Order of Ikamanga by the President of South Africa, and she was further recognised for her achievements by receiving the Laureus World Person of the year with disabilities award.
Natalie is humble humanitarian who helps children in need. Together with Garmin who knows no boundaries she reaches the poorest of the poor.
Barry Lewin is a professional surfski paddler from Durban and is a brand ambassador for Garmin, Jeep Apparel and Varsity College in South Africa. Barry currently uses the Garmin Forerunner 310xt for training and racing.
“The 310xt gives my training structure with HR and Speed and in a race it gives me the edge on navigation”, says Barry. I go everywhere with my Garmin and would be lost without it. Barry’s goals for 2011 are to get his ranking on the world circuit up to the top 5 and win the Varsity College Marine Surfski Series in Durban. He is also runs the Durban Surfskischool.
Toni Jardine will be attempting the Roof of Africa this year at 19 years of age, she will be the youngest lady ever and the first South African Lady rider to attempt the new Enduro format that was introduced in 2007.
Currently Toni is one of the top South African lady riders in Enduro racing. Her passion for the sport sees her competing in the National Enduro series, The Enduroworld Series and the Northern Regions Harescrambles. She is also currently competing in the WIM series which is being hosted for the first time by MSA. Her long term goal is to go abroad and participate in the Ladies World Enduro Championship in Europe in 2012.
For The Roof of Africa, she will make use of the Foretrex 401 Garmin to navigate the route. The route is set in virgin territory by the organizers and although the route is marked it is vital for her to have her Garmin on her bike so she can have an idea in advance of where the set route is and therefore won't overshoot or go off route. Toni says that ; “Knowing where you have to go a few meters before you get there makes racing alot easier and safer. With my Garmin Foretrex 401 there is no ways I will get lost in the Maluti Mountains.”
Coming from a commercial fishing background its no surprise that fishing is my passion and in my blood! In 2000 a simple experiment with a borrowed jetski and rod and reel in hand led me to where we are today – jetski fishing….. an exciting and unique new sport that is captivating a large number of interest—young and old!
I have entered numerous competitions, locally and in Mozambique – achieving excellent results. The one that is most memorable was the Umhlanga Festival in 2001 – which was my first attempt at competition fishing. It was also the first time a jet-ski had attempted entering such an event – needless to say there was much speculation!! The end result was that a single jetski fisherman caught the most fish for an individual and landed first prize in this category.
I have also hosted jetski fishing competitions in Mozambique in which Garmin has always played an important role, not only in helping me find fish, but also by sponsoring fantastic product and with out Garmin, the competitions would never be a success.
At present I host jetski fishing adventures in Mozambique. I cater for the beginner, novice and experienced jetski fisherman covering all aspects of jetski fishing. From beach driving and launching, rigging your jetski for fishing, the correct fishing tackle, different fishing techniques to catching the BIG one and most importantly using your Garmin to its full potential.
My Garmin 720s definitely keeps my reels “screaming” and my rods “bent” !
Lance Klusener (born 4 September 1971 in Durban, South Africa) is a cricketer, more specifically an all-rounder. He is known for his aggressive batting and his fast-medium swing bowling. He is nicknamed "Zulu" because of his fluency in that language. Following his exploits at the 1999 World Cup, he topped the ICC ODI Batting rankings. His peak rating put him 28th on the ICC all-time ODI Batting rankings, and his career ODI batting average of 41.10 placed him among the ranks of South Africa's most accomplished one-day batsmen.
Lance Klusener is now an avid fisherman. Fishing has been great. Summer rains has brought the rivers down bringing food and cover for bait fish which in turn attract the game fish which we target. My Garmin 525s is invaluable in finding the baitfish and as you know find the food find the fish.
Locating reefs to jig for Amberjack and Kingfish is a breeze using the GPS echosounder combo. Punch in the coordinates of your secret spot and the GPS put me rite on it and the fish finder allows me to see exactly who is home.
Team Goya Ruff Thumb
Garth and I have been creating memories on the water for the past 15 years. We compete in the KZN Bass Equalizer Tournament Trail as well as any other bass tournaments in our vicinity. In the past 4 seasons we have notched up more than 15 tournament victories including the 2008 ESA team win at Goudetrouw Dam.
Garmin electronics are not a fashion accessory to our success. We spend every day on the lake relying on and trusting Garmin electronics. My boat is fitted with a Garmin 720S GPS and Finder combo on the bow as well as a Garmin 526S GPS and Finder combo on the console. GPS is a critical part of our approach as most of the fishing we do is off-shore. Without GPS to re-locate our fishing spots, what we do would be impossible!! The high frequency sonar that these units possess is also imperative. We need to differentiate between bottom composition and the type of cover we are targeting. These colour screen models make this job a breeze!
The bottom line is, we do not hunt bass without Garmin electronics!!
Boat: 17ft Rogue Boat, built by Predator Bass Boats. Engine: Evinrude 225hp High Output.
Garmin is a proud sponsor to the multiple South African Xterra Champion Dan Hugo. Dan has been involved with multisports since the age of 10. Locally Dan is the seven time winner of the Totalsports Challenge which cover 7 disciplines.
Garmin's Forerunner and Egde are vital to Dan's training and racing whether in a lake, on foot or and mounted on one of his bikes. According to Dan, Garmin is a corner stone in his training performance.
He relies on Garmin's satellite enabled technology to quantify and log numerous sporting parameters previously beyond reach for multisport athletes.
An adventurer at heart, I race across the disciplines of triathlon, Xterra, Ironman, Multisport and Mountain biking in the pursuit of a balanced life filled with moments that take my breath away.
I use Garmin products because they take the guesswork out of training. They also make it incredibly easy for me to work with my coach whether I am in Cape Town or Stockholm and integrate perfectly with other Ant+ devices like power meters and body scales.
"I currently use the Forerunner 310XT for running and all racing and the Edge 705 for all my cycling training. The Edge is also particularly helpful when getting lost on epic mountain bike adventures in South Africa and has saved me on numerous occasions"
Run/Walk For Life is South Africa's largest running and walking program, with over 32 000 members.
The program caters for both runners and walkers, of all fitness levels. While the program certainly does cater for elite athletes (in 2011, over 300 members participated in the Comrades marathon, and 403 participated in the Two Oceans marathon), the prime focus of the program is on entry level athletes and sedentary people. Our target market can typically be described as follows.
- Overweight people;
- Sedentary and/or relatively unfit people;
- Persons with chronic conditions, such as high cholesterol, diabetes, etc
- Persons who need rehabilitation from surgery;
- Pregnant ladies.
By way of example, the following are the success documented and recorded in our South African business for the period January 2010 to December 2010:
- 32 401 kilograms of weight lost;
- 908 members reduced cholesterol levels;
- 829 members reduced their levels of insulin dependence;
-623 members reduced their dependence on blood pressure medication.
The program
Members are prescribed exercise by RWFL in accordance with scientifically researched criteria (as opposed to them being free to decide what they would like to do). Dependant on their fitness level and medical status, every member will be prescribed BOTH an exercise duration, as well as a heart rate zone in which to exercise.
The Run/Walk For Life programme is a three-times-a-week exercise plan, with sessions taking place at set times, on alternate days. This allows muscles enough time to recover and reduces risk of injury. All of the walking and running programs suit any age or fitness level and ability, and promote weight loss, stress relief and many other medical benefits.
On joining, fitness levels are assessed and members are placed in a group according to their ability. Members will thus exercise in supervised groups of people of similar ability and fitness levels. For this reason, the Run / Walk For Life programme is suitable for people of all ages and fitness levels, as well as for pregnant women.
For those who are already fit, Run / Walk For Life is able to offer advanced fitness training too.
As one of SA's top ultra-distance trail runner, Linda has a span of endurance trail challenges under her belt, including local races like the Puffer (80km), Tuffer Puffer (160km) and Sky Run (100km), amongst others, and international races like the Himalayan 100 Miler, the Mont Blanc Marathon and the Trans-Alpine 310km 8-day stage race
Linda never leaves home without her Garmin Forerunner 305 to keep her pace on track during training and racing, and will be relying on the Foretrex 401 for trail races that require self-navigation, like Sky Run.
Garmin sponsor one of the country’s most iconic wilderness multi sports events the Garmin Wartrail. If you have completed the Garmin Wartrail you have achieved the ultimate respect of every endurance athlete out there. This endurance event tests the athlete’s body mind and soul. Completing and conquering the Garmin Wartrail is the ultimate reward to a gruelling event.
GARMIN Wartrail Challenge consists of a 265 km route starting with:
Stage 1 - 65km Skyrun: (Adventure Mountain Wilderness Run) from the Lady Grey City Centre and ending at Balloch via the Witteberge / Drakensberg mountain ridge-line, following the Herschel border fence.
Stage 2 - 135km mountain bike:through Wartrail, over Lundeans Nek, down the Telle River on the Lesotho Border. Turning at the Telle Junction turn off, through Sterkspruit to Herschel then follow the road passing the Witteberge Mission station and birth place of Olive Schreiner, to Mdlokovana and the Orange River.
Stage 3 – 65km canoe paddle:rapids depending on the strength of the river for first 10 km, otherwise a long flat hard paddle to the Riverside Lodge. The finish is at the Hertzog Bridge in Aliwal North.
Diamantveld was founded in 1935 as a Afrikaans medium school in a predominantly English city. It had to fight the prejudice of society, but emerged triumphantly. We like to believe that that is why our netball players even today do not budge when challenged.
In 1937 the first netball team started competing and in 1958 Violet Krieg became our first Springbok Netball player and Diamantveld's first Springbok. Since then Dirkie Badenhorst, Francine Kuit, Letetia Vorster and Christine Markgraaff followed suit.
The school also boasts two SA u/21 players, 6 SA Schools players and 3 SA u/16 players.
In the past 26 years, DHS first netball team won the league 24 times.
Since the commencement of the SA Schools' Challenge in 1998, DHS reached the final tournament 10 times.
They were medal winners in:
- 1998 (silver)
- 1999 (bronze)
- 2009 (bronze)
DHS also played semi-finals in 2004 and 2007.
In the SA Schools' Club Championships which preceded the Challenge, DHS were medal winners in:
- 1990 (gold)
- 1991 (bronze)
-1992 (silver)
Between 1992 and 1998 there was no national competition.
Diamantveld has a very proud netball tradition and we are very thankful to Garmin, because we could raise the bar as far as scientific approach to sports coaching goes, with their generous assistance. The platteland has a lot of challenges for school coaches, because they do not have access to high performance sport centres, but now Garmin breaches the gap and we feel that we at least have a sporting chance to be competitive.
Grey College
Grey College 1st Team played its first competitive football match on 4 June 1881 against St Andrews, Bloemfontein. It was at about this time that rugby, as we know it today, became popular.
Grey has traditional derbies against Selborne College, Paarl Boys’ High, Affies, Paul Roos, Grey High (P.E.) and Glenwood, annually.
Grey has thus far produced 39 Springbok rugby players in total, since its first Springbok rugby player in 1896, as well as 11 Sevens’ Springboks and 87 South African Schools’ players.
On the recent 2010 European Springbok rugby tour, as many as 8 former Grey pupils represented South Africa.
Grey has established itself as one of the best rugby schools in South Africa, over the last 100 years. The first team was unbeaten in 78 matches between 1986 and 1990.
The legacies of previous generations are treasured and built upon by dedicated coaches and players who have their feet firmly planted while endeavouring to achieve greater heights for their Alma Mater.
Oranje's first netball team has joined hands with Garmin to increase their performance. All the players were sponsored with GarminFR60 devices and trained by the capable Michelle how to use them. The two coaches were sponsored with Garmin FR110 GPS fitness devices. Michelle also visited the school at All Girl's School Tournament where we ended up winning the gold. We are looking forward to July when Michelle is going to visit the school and assist us during our training sessions to get even better usage of the devices. We have done extremely well this season and are competing in the Director's Trophy on July 23. Two of our players were chosen for the Motheo (Old Southern Free State) u/19 team, and three for the u/16 Motheo team.
The devices are currently used to track the players' performance during matches, but the devices are going to be worth their weight in gold when we start with our new training session from August. With Garmin we know that we are only going to become a better and stronger netball team.
Paarl Boys' High School
Good conduct – good scholarship – good sportsmanship reflects the school's proud tradition which spans more than 143 years. Throughout Southern Africa, Paarl Boys' High has always been regarded as a school with and unblemished record when it comes to producing men as well as leaders who have excelled in all walks of life.
Na 'n klein begin waar die skool se deure op 15 Julie 1868 in 'n pakhuis langs Zeederbergplein geopen het, is die skool op sy huidige perseel, die plaas Berlyn, in 1900 voltooi, met Monte Bello wat in 1901 begin funksioneer het as die eerste koshuis op hierdie terrein. Vandag is daar nog 3 koshuise, t.w. Werda vir die graad agts, en Imhoff en Bellevue as die ander twee senior huise.
At Paarl Boys' High we pride ourselves in having a balanced approach to academics, culture and sport. Prominent people who attended the school were Mannetjies Roux, Ryk van Schoor, Boy and Fanie Louw, former state president Jim Fouche, former finance minister Owen Horwood and many more.
To date, Paarl Boys' High has produced 19 Rugby Springboks, including Corné Krige and Gurthrö Steenkamp, as well as many provincial rugby players and other sportsmen.
As each matric who finishes at Paarl Boys' High makes his way to the gate, he rings the old bell (which has also been hanging there since 1900) signifying his conviction as a Boishaaier, to make a positive difference in a negative world. Hence the schools' motto: "Tandem Fit Arbor Surculus" – Eventually the twig becomes a tree.
PinkDrive is an initiative of Cause Marketing Fundraisers – a non-profit organisation (company formed in terms of Section 21 of the Companies Act – PBO Number 930025326) specialising in the early detection and awareness of breast cancer. With the PinkDrive's two trucks, the mobile mammography and mobile educational units, we do breast health education and mammograms – free of charge to women without medical insurance. We are also active in the Private Sector where we offer comprehensive corporate wellness days. This ensures sustainability and longevity of the project. Fast becoming one of South Africa's best-loved community initiatives, The PinkDrive is an indispensable, tangible breast cancer non-profit organisation powering mobile mammography and an educational unit through our country with the message that Early Detection Saves Lives.
PinkDrive currently runs two "Pink" mobile breast check units. The educational unit travels to corporate and semi-urban areas around South Africa with the aim of enabling various disadvantaged communities to have accessible mammography education and potential screenings, while the mobile screening unit operates through local clinics, community health centres and hospitals.
Keeping the trucks on the road signifies the importance of tangibility, community support and corporate social responsibility making a significant impact on the health of our nation.
With Garmin’s assistance, our medical and truck staff will now be able to find their way with ease! We know that this will cut down on travelling time as they will no longer have to struggle to either find the clinics and/or hospitals.
Braam Malherbe has many titles, but conservationist and eco-warrior might just sit easiest with him. He is a familiar face presenting on 50/50, broke a world record when he ran the Great Wall of China (4218km) in 98 days and raised R500 000 for Operation Smile in 2006.
In 2008, after serious knee surgery and his doctors saying he'd never run again, Braam Malherbe and partner David Grier headed yet another campaign : "Miles for Smiles" and ran around the entire coastline from Namibia to Mozambique (3278km). He raised in excess of R2 million for Operation Smile.
Recently he was awarded the 2010 Men's Health 'Unsung Hero' award for the work he does and the person he is; and currently he is working closely with those fighting to end the scourge of Rhino poaching threatening our natural heritage.
But take five minutes to talk to the man and you quickly learn his mantra: 'Nothing is impossible'. These words permeate his being and leave you ready to leap up and do something good for this planet yourself. And that is exactly what he wants to encourage with his Do-One-Thing (DOT) campaign. He believes if each of us could Do-One-Thing per week to better life on this planet, then nothing really is impossible!
As a motivational speaker Braam places great emphasis on embracing change as a tool to reaching one's full potential as a key component to personal growth, and challenging mediocrity, by sharing these world-record adventures and spreading his message that "nothing is impossible".
Braam also works extensively as a youth educator through hosting outdoor leadership camps teaching children about nature conservation and survival skills. Through his guidance Braam encourages their personal growth empowering them to make a difference in their lives and the environment.
Braam is someone who not only has incredible energy but is also extremely driven. Combine these two elements with a deep connection with nature and an equally deep sense of the urgency to conserve our natural world, together with life-changing personal experiences to draw on, as well as an ability to impart his feelings with passion and conviction, and you have a person who can not only inspire a live audience as a motivational speaker but who can hold viewers' attention and even persuade them on a course of action. This is a powerful gift!
Year in the Wild is a multi-media adventure to South Africa's most special wilderness and wildlife areas. Scott Ramsay, a photographer and writer focusing on conservation in Southern Africa, is travelling for a year to document the famous wild places, including Kruger Park, Kgalagadi, iSimangaliso, Imfolozi, Drakensberg, Richtersveld, Cederberg, Mkambathi - and ten others. Garmin is supplying two Oregon 550 units to Year in the Wild's expedition.
The goal is to promote the conservation of our natural heritage, and to raise awareness about why wilderness is important to South Africa - and the world.
As we go, I'll be interviewing many of the rangers, community leaders, environmental activists, ecologists, scientists and researchers who work hard to make sure these places remain wild and pristine - yet accessible to people. A variety of content will be published via social media, magazines, TV and a book. To follow Year in the Wild, go to www.yearinthewild.com
