GRIDIRON GIANTS RETURN TO FORM R IN GIFT CARDS. Meet South Africa s big-wave legend. Conte transforms Chelsea s fortunes.

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1 ISSUE R IN GIFT CARDS UP FOR GRABS! Meet South Africa s big-wave legend GRIDIRON GIANTS RETURN TO FORM Conte transforms Chelsea s fortunes JOIN SPORTSCLUB GOLD and donate to The Sports Trust! Details on page 7

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3 issue 104 what s inside? FeATuRes awakening the giants The Cowboys are on the road to recovery rousing return SA rugby needs Pollard back to his best up and running Conte has Chelsea purring again supreme talent De Kock stamps his authority with Proteas chairman of the board Twiggy takes on the world s biggest waves rise of a champion Stone on a roll at the Alfred Dunhill Champs natural progression Age is no barrier for Mahlangu RegulARs SportsClub News 4 SportsClub Benefits 6 Letters 8 Sports Shots 12 Numbers 18 How To 30 Extreme Sport 36 Poster 38 Mind Games 45 Action Stations 50 Sports Calendar 57 Time Capsule 64 Catalogue 67 don t miss your chance to win! One of two R5 000 Game shopping experiences on page 6 Samsung Galaxy J1 and power bank, Lenovo G4030 laptop, Shoprite gift cards on page 11 One of four Foschini Group gift cards worth R2 500 on pages 28, 34, 40, 46

4 YOUR NEWS Welcome to SPORTSCLUB, where you can get your hands on a host of amazing prizes as well as some great sports stories! Thanks for all the feedback and comments about your monthly sports magazine. We read each and every contribution, while we pick out the best and publish them. Keep them coming! FROM THE EDITOR Forbes magazine, the authority when it comes to money in sport, have declared the Super Bowl the world s most valuable sporting event. That s right... the one-day event, which takes place in February, is more valuable than the Olympics or the Fifa World Cup, which involve an international field and weeks of action. To celebrate, SportsClub have put the Dallas Cowboys on our cover for this edition. Many will remember names like Troy Aikman and Emmit Smith, who made the Cowboys America s team of the 90s, and two new talents could take the Dallas franchise all the way this year. February 2017 CONGRATULATIONS! ISSUE 101 WINNERS Shopping spree gift cards A Juman, Northdale; MC Khumalo, Emalahleni; E Mdlankomo, Pimville; A Greyling, Odendaalrus Winning streak competitions Samsung J1: MA Matlala, Groothoek Lenovo laptop: DR Ntlahane, Sheshego Shoprite gift cards: AB Matshika, Ackerville; DD Bokaba, Mamelodi PLAY IT FORWARD Who: Nora Mork When and where: 11 December, Helsingborg, Sweden What happened: Norway s Mork passes under pressure during their clash with Denmark at the Women s European Handball Championship

5 EXCLUSIVE ACCESS SPORTSCLUB subscribers now have access to unique content on our website! To access, visit click on the link and insert this month s unique code SC104 Download our exclusive How To guide your insight into how the world s best sportsmen do what they do HOW TO Master the basics of sport with advice from some of South Africa s top sportsmen and women, in SportsClub s How To series CLUBNEWS CLIVE BRUNSKILL/KYODO NEWS/PETRI OESCHGER/JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES/GALLO IMAGES TOP OF THE TABLE Who: Tomokazu Harimoto When and where: 7 December, Cape Town What happened: Japan s Harimoto, at 13 years old, became the youngest winner of the boys singles category at the World Junior Table Tennis Championships PURE DELIGHT Who: Ashley Williams When and where: 13 December, Liverpool, England What happened: Williams celebrates after his goal for Everton proved the ultimate sucker punch in their 2-1 win at home over Arsenal HOMETOWN HERO Who: Rosco Speckman When and where: 11 December, Cape Town What happened: Speckman heads for the tryline to put the Blitzboks on level terms during their loss to England in the Cape Town Sevens final 5