for the outsider inside of you
Brutal. That is the only word that comes to mind when describing my 80 kilometers of body-busting hill climbing through the Knysna Forest. And so started an epic week of sporting madness called the Big 5 Challenge.
Knysna’s Executive Mayor Georlene Wolmarans and the Western Cape Minister of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport Dr Ivan Meyer officially opened the 30th annual Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival last week, kicking off the best ten days of winter.
The Pick ‘n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival is very proud of its profound social contribution. In the last five years it has managed to add R6,9 million to the coffers of local charities, it raised almost R1,5 million for these organisations in 2012, and it organisers are confident of bettering this amount this year.
The Pick ‘n’ Pay Knysna Oyster Festival is well known as South Africa’s largest sporting and lifestyle event, and well respected for its continuous and sizable contributions to local charities (just under a cool R1,5 million was raised and distributed in 2012). But the festival also features a large developmental component that provides locals with invaluable opportunities.
The town of Knysna is bursting with excitement as it prepares to welcome more than 65 000 visitors to South Africa’s largest sporting and lifestyle event, the Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival – celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
Children are guaranteed the time of their lives at the 2013 Pick ‘n’ Pay Knysna Oyster Festival, from 28 June – 07 July. Presented by Humpty Dumpty Windmeul Eggs, the Pick n Pay Young Oyster Festival will take place daily at the Festival Pavilion on Waterfront Drive and offers a full programme of activities, from sport clinics and races, to cultural and culinary workshops, and live kiddies’ entertainment, plus a dedicated Kids Zone complete with popcorn, candy floss and more.
Put the funny in your four-ball at the Tabasco® Knysna Classic at the Simola Golf Estate on Thursday 4th July 2013 – part of the Pick ‘n’ Pay Knysna Oyster Festival – where South African comedian Nik Rabinowitz is sure to put the backspin on the serious side of golf as MC at the prize giving presentation.
Ever reinventing itself, the Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival programme has grown over the years to include over 100 events that appeal to visitors from all backgrounds. From sport to gourmet and family activities for both young and old, the festival has something for almost anyone. This year – the festival’s 30th year, a Pearl Anniversary – the creative mind is making a statement with a selection of new exhibitions put on by local artists.
XTERRA SA supporters can look forward to a battle of note when top XTERRA Warriors Dan Hugo and Stuart Marais face up at the Totalsports XTERRA PEZULA presented by REHIDRAT® SPORT on Thursday, 04 July 2013.
For a new twist on Rock ‘n’ Roll, The Yard in Knysna – an indoor skate, BMX, scooter and rollerblade venue – is hosting a team of Element sponsored Team Riders during the Pick ‘n’ Pay Knysna Oyster Festival, complete with their own pro-Half Pipe.
