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  Ajax - Vonk kiest voor dubbelfunctie bij Ajax Cape Town
Bij Ajax Cape Town zal Vonk nog twee jaar actief zijn als keeper.
Toen is de directie van Ajax een paar weken geleden op werkbezoek gegaan naar Ajax Cape Town en zeer enthousiast teruggekomen.
Hij begon zijn loopbaan bij RKC, kwam een seizoen uit voor respectievelijk FC Wageningen en FC Den Bosch, voor hij in 1996 verhuisde naar sc Heerenveen.
www.ajax.nl /web/show/id=154417/contentid=47217   (541 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ajax Cape Town   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ajax CT was formed in 1999, via the amalgation of two Cape Town-based teams, Seven Stars and Cape Town Spurs, as Ajax Amsterdam expanded their worldwide talent-feeder network to South Africa.
Cape Town was home to many leaders of the anti-apartheid movement, despite many of the group’s leaders’ internment on Robben Island, a penitentiary island 10 kilometres out to sea from the city, where many famous political prisoners were held for many years.
Cape Town is the economic centre of the Western Cape and serves as the regional manufacturing centre.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ajax-Cape-Town   (1461 words)

  
 Cape Town
Cape Town is famous for its harbour as well as its natural setting in the Cape floral kingdom, including such well-known landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape Point.
Cape Town’s most popular sports by participation are cricket, association football, swimming, and rugby. The Stormers represent Western Province and Boland in the Southern Hemisphere’s Super 14 rugby union competition.
Cape Town will also be the location of several of the matches of the FIFA 2010 World Cup, which is to be held in South Africa.
www.globalguide.org /?lat=-33.9264&long=18.4227&zoom=5&name=Cape_Town&wiki=0&title=Cape_Town   (3521 words)

  
 Discover Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town, is one of South Africa's three capital cities serving as the legislative capital (Pretoria being the executive capital and Bloemfontein the judicial capital).
Cape Town was founded by the Dutch East India Company to be used as a replenishing station for ships sailing on the trade route to Indonesia.
The Cape Peninsula and the region around Cape Town offer wonderful walking and hiking opportunities from right in the middle of the city where the mountains can be accessed very easily to further afield in the surrounding mountain ranges.
www.magicaljourneys.com /SouthAfrica/southafrica-discover-capetown.html   (805 words)

  
 Ajax Nieuws - het meest actuele en grootste nieuws aanbod rondom Ajax met RSS feed
Eerste groepstraining verloopt probleemloos voor Leonardo (Ajax Netwerk)
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Einde aan unieke ongeslagen reeks voor Ajax (Ajax Netwerk)
ajax.headliner.nl   (1945 words)

  
 sport.iafrica.com | today Phiri leaves Ajax CT
Alfred Phiri is set to exit Ajax Cape Town after he was unable to agree terms with the Urban Warriors, who are undergoing a restructuring process following the expiry of Total as their major sponsors.
Ajax CEO John Comitis admitted that the door was still open for the midfielder to return to the Urban Warriors, declaring: "Alfred's contribution to the team's success was far more than what one could see on the field.
Meanwhile, Igesund admitted that the Cape Town side are still busy in the transfer market but that they are upbeat about their chances in the upcoming season.
sport.iafrica.com /news/334726.htm   (400 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | AFRICA | Ajax Cape Town anger
Officials of South African club Ajax Cape Town are up in arms after the failure of Nigeria's Katsina United to pitch for their CAF Cup second round, second leg match in Cape Town.
Ajax now await ratification of their progress to the last eight from CAF but this is expected to be a mere formality.
Ajax's travelling party were forced to take a 12-hour bus journey back from Kaduna to Lagos in order to catch their return flight home.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/africa/1354919.stm   (478 words)

  
 Ajax Forums - Ajax Cape Town - the topic
Ajax Cape Town will be looking to continue their good start to the season when they travel up to Giyani on Sunday to take on Dynamos in a Castle Premiership fixture.
Ajax are looking to make amends for a disappointing campaign last year, when they narrowly missed out on relegation on the final day of the season.
Cape Town - Jomo Cosmos have suffered their first defeat of the season when they were beaten 2-1 by Ajax Cape Town in a Castle Premiership soccer league match at Newlands.
ajax.netwerk.to /forums/HTML/forum8/109-3.php   (3019 words)

  
 FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Ajax Cape Town, the world's first truly franchised football club, this weekend continue their formative journey on a path well trodden in the past by their Amsterdam-based owners.
Now the Cape Town version are seeking to go in the same direction and find themselves on the verge of qualifying for the group phase of the African Champions League.
Ajax Cape Town, established in 1999, take a two goal lead to Guinea for their third round, second leg match-up against Fello Star Labe in Conakry.
www.fifa.com /en/print/article/0,4039,106289,00.html   (708 words)

  
 Ajax Amsterdam at AllExperts
Ajax is one of only four clubs (with Juventus FC, FC Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona) to have won all three major European trophies at least once (the European Champions Cup, the European Cup Winners Cup and the UEFA Cup).
In 1996, Ajax moved to a new home ground in the southeast of the city known as the Amsterdam ArenA, that was built at the cost of $134 million.
Although Ajax have been vying for the championship with PSV in recent years, its main rivalry is with Feyenoord of Rotterdam, culminating every year in the "Klassieker".
en.allexperts.com /e/a/aj/ajax_amsterdam.htm   (1947 words)

  
 AJAX ANNOUNCE SA TIE-UP DETAILS
Dutch soccer champions Ajax have taken a 51 percent in Ajax Cape Town, a new club which will start competing in South Africa's Premier Soccer League in the 1999-2000 season it has been confirmed.
Ajax said it was the first professional sports club worldwide to work with a franchise construction.
Ajax Cape Town will play the 1999-2000 season in the Norwich Park stadium in Newland.
www.sportbusiness.com /news/130514/ajax-announce-sa-tie-up-details-p   (199 words)

  
 Ajax cruise to 0-3 win over Cape Town namesake   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It was Ajax Cape Town, local 'satellite club' of the Amsterdammers, who put on their much-discussed, all-fl 'cup kit' for the first ever football match between the two sides.
On the morning of the game Ajax Cape Town decided not to join the Dutch team to the township of Langa, where they hosted a football clinic for local children.
Ajax Amsterdam returned to the pitch for the second half with South-African international Hans Vonk in goal and Ryan Babel instead of Nourdin Boukhari.
www.ajax-usa.com /matches/m04-05/ajax-cruise-to-0-3-win-over-cape-town-namesake.html   (657 words)

  
 CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA | THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE NOVEMBER 2005 AND 2006 ROUND THE WORLD SAILING CHALLENGE | INTERNATIONAL ...
Cape Town was soon no longer the single dominant metropolis in the country, but as a major port it too was a beneficiary of the mineral wealth that laid the foundation for an industrial society.
Cape Town is a popular tourist destination, offering the visitor a wide variety of activities such as water sports (including diving, surfing and sailing), angling, wine-tasting, shopping, scenic drives, mountaineering, hiking, kite-flying, hang-gliding and parasailing, and bird- and whale-watching.
The Cape Town suburb of Newlands is the home of the Western Province rugby team, one of the powerhouses in South African rugby, as well as Western Province cricket.
www.solarnavigator.net /volvo_ocean_race_cape_town_south_africa.htm   (4104 words)

  
 Bartlett, Vonk may join Ajax Cape Town
Ajax CEO John Comitis confirmed that they are keen to lure the retired Bafana Bafana skipper to reinforce his playing squad ahead of the new season.
Meanwhile, the Cape Town side are on the verge of signing goalkeeper Hans Vonk, Bartlett's former Bafana Bafana teammate.
It has been reported that Vonk and Ajax are close to agreeing on a four-year deal that will see the goal-minder becoming the club's first choice in the first two seasons and forming part of the technical staff for the other two.
www.news24.com /City_Press/Sport/0,,186-245_1924599,00.html   (393 words)

  
 AT5 Sportnieuws Amsterdam   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ajax Cape Town heeft vrijdag op een persconferentie bekendgemaakt dat Stanton Lewis voor vier jaar bij 'moeder' Ajax heeft getekend.
Hij zal zich nu zo spoedig mogelijk bij Ajax in Zuidoost melden.
Lewis gaat in eerste instantie in Jong Ajax spelen.
www.at5.nl /sport.asp?newsid=18934   (151 words)

  
 PSL - The official Premier Soccer League website - www.psl.co.za
Ajax Cape Town coach Muhsin Ertugral believes the three Castle Premiership log points on offer on Saturday, to keep in touch with leaders Mamelodi Sundowns, are more important than the derby's bragging rights.
Ajax Cape Town were made to work hard for a place in the last 16 of the 2006/07 Absa Cup when they beat city rivals Fidentia Rangers 2-0 at the Stellenbosch University Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Western Cape-based PSL side Ajax Cape Town have confirmed that the recent announcement of their plans to build their own stadium have made a positive contribution to the increase in their support base.
www.psl.co.za /teams/ajax_cape_town   (507 words)

  
 10-man Ajax down Swallows: Sport: Soccer: News24
Cape Town - Ajax Cape Town, playing with 10 men for 51 minutes, deservedly beat Moroka Swallows 2-1 in a Premier League game played at the Athlone Stadium on Wednesday night.
Ajax were unlucky in the 63rd minute when Mulekelayi Kanku's lob was brilliantly tapped over the bar by the Etafia
Ajax took the lead in the 86th minute when Brett Evans took a free kick from the right and it was deflected into his own goals by Chikoya.
www.news24.com /News24/Sport/Soccer/0,,2-9-840_1770920,00.html   (301 words)

  
 Cape Argus: Ajax, Santos scrap for points
For Ajax Cape Town and Santos, there is no time to catch an early whiff of the Christmas turkey.
Ajax are 10th, but only one point behind - an indication of just how tight things are in mid-table.
Ajax Cape Town coach Gordon Igesund lamented the fact that his side failed to get a game under the belt ahead of tomorrow's derby after their match against Bloemfontein Celtic was called off on Sunday because the goalposts and markings on the pitch in Bloemfontein did not conform with Fifa rules.
www.capeargus.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=50&fArticleId=3041402   (798 words)

  
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CAPE TOWN -- Ajax Cape Town beat Jomo Cosmos 1-0 in a PSL soccer match at Newlands last night, and it was certainly not the news Bush Bucks wanted to hear.
Moeneeb Joseph, the Ajax goalkeeper, only had to defend his goal for the first time in the 40th minute.
In the ninth minute Robert Nauseb's 20m drive was just wide of the upright but a minute later Ajax opened the score when Josep Ngake's 25m low drive deflected off Cosmos captain Hilton Jordan to go into the net.
www.dispatch.co.za /2003/05/08/sport/AJAX.HTM   (331 words)

  
 Steven Pienaar van Ajax Cape Town naar Ajax Amsterdam
Pienaar is de eerste speler van Ajax Cape Town die de stap naar Ajax Amsterdam maakt.
Pienaar, geboren op 17 maart 1982, is afkomstig van Ajax Cape Town in Zuid-Afrika.
Ajax Amsterdam verwierf zich op 11 januari 1999 een meerderheidsbelang in de Zuid-Afrikaanse fusieclub.
www.nieuwsbank.nl /inp/2000/07/0706E029.htm   (313 words)

  
 Ajax Amsterdam arrive is SA
Ajax Amsterdam held their first press conference in South Africa on Tuesday morning as they prepare to take on local opposition in the Total Ajax Cup.
Ajax Amsterdam have had a difficult season so far in the Dutch League, currently lying third, and were knocked out of the Uefa Champions League in the group stages, though to be fair they were pooled with Italian giants Juventus and German superclub Bayern Munich.
The format of the Total Ajax Cup sees Ajax Cape Town and Swallows gain three points for a win, two for a score-draw and one for a goalless draw, while Ajax Amsterdam are handicapped, gaining 1.5 points for a win, one point for a score-draw and half a point for a goalless draw.
www.kickoff.com /stories/story3207.html   (414 words)

  
 Zware straffen spelers Ajax Cape Town - Jeugdscheidsrechter.nl
Dikilu Bageta en Moeneeb Josephs van Ajax Cape Town moeten flink boeten voor hun aandeel in het belagen van de arbiter in de Afrikaanse Champions League.
Na een maand is duidelijk dat het tweetal zwaar moeten boeten voor hun ontoelaatbare gedrag.
Ajax Cape Town heeft beroep aangetekend tegen de straffen, die het gevolg zijn van een tumultueus verloop van de wedstrijd.
www.jeugdscheidsrechter.nl /forum/index.php?showtopic=1468   (397 words)

  
 Cape teams bomb out of Supa 8 - SouthAfrica.info
The two Cape Town-based PSL teams, Ajax Cape Town and Santos, failed to advance to the semifinals of the lucrative SAA Supa 8 competition at the weekend when they were knocked out by their Gauteng-based rivals Moroka Swallows and SuperSport United respectively.
Lightning struck twice in the same place for Ajax Cape Town when they were thrashed 3-1 by Moroka Swallows at the Rand Stadium on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the SAA Supa 8.
The former Ajax captain, Alfred Phiri, who now plays for Swallows, was the main engineer behind the the downfall of his former team.
www.southafrica.info /what_happening/sports/saa-supa8quarterfinals.htm   (465 words)

  
 IOL: Late goal gives victory to Ajax Cape Town
A 79th-minute goal by Mulekelayi Kanku earned Ajax Cape Town a 2-1 victory over Dynamos in a tough Castle Premiership soccer match played at the Giyani Stadium on Sunday.
It was Dynamos first defeat after they drew 1-1 with Santos in their season opener at the same venue three weeks ago.
They hammered Hellenic 3-1 in a Cape Town derby in their first match.
www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=6&click_id=19&art_id=qw1062953281389B226   (513 words)

  
 sport.iafrica.com | today's news Ajax-Pirates match rescheduled
Premier Soccer League on Tuesday announced that the rescheduled Premiership match between Ajax Cape Town and Orlando Pirates will be played at Newlands Stadium on May 3.
The incident resulted in a bitter war of words between Ajax officials, John Comitis, Gordon Igesund and representatives of Pirates.
Ajax wanted the points to be awarded to them.
sport.iafrica.com /news/426832.htm   (346 words)

  
 AD.nl - Sport - Ajax verliest van Ajax Cape Town
KAAPSTAD - Ajax heeft zondag op het trainingskamp in Kaapstad verrassend verloren van satellietclub Ajax Cape Town.
Ajax hervat zondag de competitie met een thuiswedstrijd tegen FC Utrecht.
Feyenoord presteert meestal ondermaats tegen Ajax omdat Ajax nu eenmaal hun angstgegner is. En omdat Ajax bovendien het hele seizoen afstemt enkel en alleen om van Feyenoord te winnen -seizoen weer geslaagd dus- presteert het tegen andere tegenstanders zèlf vaak ondermaats.
www.ad.nl /sport/article989868.ece   (451 words)

  
 english.ajax.nl - Vonk joins Ajax Cape Town as player/co-ordinator
Hans Vonk sigend a contract on Tuesday which ties him to Ajax Cape Town for at least two years.
The goalkeeper had a choice of several clubs to continue his career, but:,,I have chosen for the challenge in Cape Town", says the South Africa-born Vonk.
He was under contract with Ajax from 2004 and played 36 matches for the club from Amsterdam, with whom he won the Dutch Cup ten days ago.
english.ajax.nl /web/show/id=154814/contentid=47218   (509 words)

  
 Al-Ahram Weekly | Sports | Cups and cash
This year's Champions League promises to be a keenly contested affair as only two of the eight finalists -- South Africa's Ajax Cape Town and Etoile du Sahel from Tunisia -- have yet to win Africa's premier club prize.
In the Confederations Cup, which last year replaced both the Cup Winners Cup and the CAF Cup, all eight finalists are entitled to $150,000 for reaching this stage of the competition.
South Africa's Ajax Cape Town marketing director Ryan Petersen said his club was excited to be playing in African competitions for the first time in their history.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/745/sp1.htm   (1815 words)

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