As part of the Chapmans Peak Drive’s centenary celebrations, two local football clubs will be battling in a derby on Saturday, 7 May.
The Noordhoek Football Club will be playing friendly matches against Hout Bay Football Club as part of the chappies 100-year-celebration.
The action is expected to kick off at 9am with matches being played all day and will finish late afternoon. “We host matches between competitive teams as well as social teams and encourage all to come and support,” said the chairman of Noordhoek Football Club, Joey Delcarme.
Delcarme adds that there will be food and festivities throughout the day and they would love to have the local residents to join in.
The derby is aims to honour this spectacular and scenic route that connects our two oceans.
It was 6 May 1922 when Chapmans Peak Drive officially opened after seven years of construction. It was an engineering feat back then and it remains an iconic tourist attraction and important artery connecting the Deep South to Hout Bay and the Atlantic Seaboard.
Chairman of the Noordhoek Ratepayers Association (NRPA), Brad Bing, said their local club and Hout Bay FC are clubs where people from all the different communities, rich and poor, can come together to celebrate the beautiful game. “This is going to be a day worth supporting. We urge all Noordhoekers to come to the field to give support to your local team,” he said.
General manager of Entilini operating Chapman’s Peak Drive, Mark Jacobs, said Chapman’s Peak Drive is a bridge that connects communities and allows for life on the Southern Peninsula to thrive. “It has opened pathways to new opportunities and even after 100 years, Chappies continues to connect communities, businesses and people from all over the world.”
The club is located at 5 Katzenellenbogen St, Noordhoek, Cape Town.
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