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Message from fund chairman, Morné Du Plessis

The 2007 South African rugby season will never be forgotten as long as the game is played in South Africa. The Springboks’ Rugby World Cup victory was a triumph for rugby and it once again proved the staggering ability of sport to make us see our similarities rather than our differences.


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  Fund News  
 
A record R700,000.00 raised -  19-Aug-2008

A record R700,000.00 raised at the 11th annual Bell's Night of the Stars rugby extravaganza fundraising banquet with the Springbok Squad on 12th August 2008

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The Capey is launched in Stellenbosch -  5-Feb-2008 Wentzel barnard and Shlevyn Alberts

The launch of The Capey, a weekly publication distributed in the Boland area

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Dark nights filled with doubt plagued the Scougal family after 19-year-old Wesley was badly injured in a rugby match in Uruguay -  20-Dec-2007 Wesley Scougal

Since he was young, Wes has always loved sport. He attended Selcourt Primary School and matriculated from Springs Boys’ High School in 2006, where he excelled in various sports. “He’s a very keen sportsman and he represented the school in seven different sports. He was named Sportsman of the Year for 2006,” says his dad Marc.

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SA’S MOST EXPENSIVE TV AD GOES TO CHARITY -  12-Dec-2007 Mike Gerhardy (Supa Quick National Council Chairman) & Morné du Plessis (Chairman of the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Fund)

The most expensive 30-second ad in South Africa’s television history was auctioned last week with the highest bid going to Supa Quick and their partner advertising agency, TinFish CLM Advertising.

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QUADS 4 QUADS 2007 – DUST, SWEAT AND TEARS FOR A GREAT CAUSE -  6-Oct-2007

To describe this event in the true sense and to make a reality of it..

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WP SUPPORTER DONATES JERSEY TO THE PLAYERS' FUND -  1-Oct-2007 Yvonne de Lange hands jersey to Morne du Plessis

Yvonne de Lange, a keen WP and Stormers rugby supporter from Fishoek..

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MBEKI HONOURS GREAT SOUTH AFRICANS -  27-Sep-2007

President Thabo Mbeki honoured 20 South Africans at this year’s National Orders ceremony..

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THE SHEBEENBOYS DONATE TO CHRIS BURGER/PETRO JACKSON FUND -  20-Sep-2007 Photo L to R: Mark Kritzinger (Vice-chairperson), Warren Taylor (treasurer), Morné du Plessis (Chariman of the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund), and Gary Fouché (Shebeen Boys chairperson).

Social sport at university is usually a hedonistic affair..

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THE PERFECT RUGBY PLAYER -  7-Sep-2007

Only the best will be good enough to lift the William Webb Ellis trophy

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QUADS 4 QUADS 2007  -  29-Aug-2007 Ari Seirlis, National Director of Quadriplegic Association of South Africa at the finish of the gruelling 2006 race.

2000km of dust, dirt, endurance and fun for Quadriplegics & Paraplegics in South Africa

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THE CAPTAINS TABLE DONATES A MASSIVE R50 000.00 -  14-Aug-2007 L-R Morne du Plessis, Carlos dos Santos and Wynand Classen.

At the recent “Bell’s Night of the Stars” ...

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NEW RUGBY TEAM FORMED ON RHODES, GREECE -  2-Aug-2007

Thank you so much for the coaches logbooks..

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KEARSNEY TOUCH RUGBY & “OLD CROCKS” FUND RAISING TOURNAMENT -  24-Jul-2007 Ian Horrocks

On the 10th of June 2007 Kearsney College and Kearsney Old Boys..

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AAN CHRIS BURGER/PETRO JACKSON PLAYERS FUND -  11-Jul-2007 Franco Strydom

Lewe in ‘n rystoel kan soms baie swaar wees en nog om to sukkel met ‘n stukkende rystoel of ‘n ou kussing kan die lewe nog swaarder maak.

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LIONS TAKE TIME OUT TO VISIT YOUNG WYNAND VAN GRAAN  -  28-Jun-2007 Photo(L – R) Jaco van Schalkwyk (Lions rugby player), Wynaan van Graan and Willem Alberts at Red Cross Hospital in Cape Town

Eleven year old Wynaand van Graan from Alberton in Gauteng was recently admitted to Red Cross Childrens Hospital..

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A RECORD R890,000.00 RAISED AT BELL’S NIGHT OF THE STARS -  12-Jun-2007 Chairman, Morne du Plessis

• A whopping R890,000.00 was raised for the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Player’s Fund this year. “We’re extremely thankful and thrilled with the results we have achieved. Each year more and more people are embracing and supporting this initiative and thanks to all, we have raised incredible amounts for the rugby injury cause”, says Morne Du Plessis, Chairman of the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund.

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CHRIS BURGER/PETRO JACKSON PLAYERS FUND GOLF DAY 2007 -  30-Mar-2007 Bell Equipment

A great time was had by all

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QUADPARA ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA DISSAPOINTED WITH THE 2007 BUDGET  -  24-Feb-2007

The disability sector handicapped by a grant of R870 per month

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MINIMUM FIRST AID REQUIREMENTS AT GAMES -  25-Aug-2006

Guidelines to First Aid requirements

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SOUTH AFRICA RUGBY GUIDELINES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF CONCUSSION -  15-May-2006

A message to all Rugby players

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STEP-BY-STEP CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT -  15-May-2006

A Guide to Parents, Coaches and Administrators

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26 years old -  19-Apr-2006

Chris Burger/Petro Jackson players’ fund marks 26 years

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Over the past few years, hundreds of scholars and members of clubs across South Africa have passed through the Chris Burger/Petro Jackson Players’ Fund Rugby Medic Club.

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  Rugby News  
 
Boks blacked out at Newlands -  17-Aug-2008 Daniel Carter kicking © Gallo Images

It is not often the Springboks are kept scoreless at Newlands

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Quantas Wallabies name squad for South Africa -  14-Aug-2008 Nathan Sharpe © Gallo Images

Halfback Luke Burgess and lock Nathan Sharpe have been omitted from Australia’s South African tour squad due to injury

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Percy honoured by old school -  13-Aug-2008 Percy Montgomery © Gallo Images

Percy Montgomery’s upcoming 100th Springbok cap against the All Blacks at Newlands on Saturday

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Newlands Stadium Ball Boys -  27-Apr-2008 Co-author, Dylan Macfarlane, is in the front second from right.

It’s a Wednesday evening. 25 grade 9 borders attending Rondebosch Boys’ High School

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The British and Irish Lions tour -  10-Apr-2008

The British and Irish Lions and the South African Rugby Union have agreed on a programme of ten matches

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SHARKS SMARTEST TO PREVENT INJURIES -  4-Dec-2007 Dick Muir during the Discovery SharkSmart Rugby Coaching Conference

More than 300 rugby coaches are expected to attend the Discovery..

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JOHNSON URGES LIONS TO LEARN SOUTH AFRICA LESSONS  -  22-Nov-2007 Martin Johnson of England © Gallo Images

Martin Johnson has urged the British and Irish Lions to be creative

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SPRINGBOK PINS -  25-Oct-2007 Springbok Pins

Get your own ‘special edition’ pins of our victorius Rugby World Cup Squad

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SAFE COACHING -  24-Aug-2007

Safe Coaching..

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COACHES LOGBOOK USED IN GERMANY -  19-Mar-2007

Logbook reaches out

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