Website Last updated: 11.01.2008 Easter
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This is an informative site for Southern Africa Chinese Sports Association (SACSA) Members and the Chinese community in general.
The annual Easter Tournament Games started in 1960 as a means to foster closer relations between the Chinese in the country, through participation in sports. With regional teams competing in a variety of seven different sports which is hosted in various centers such as Cape Town, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria. With its popularity over the years we have international teams participating too.
"…SACSA was formed in 1969 to promote amateur sports among Chinese and to standardize the rules governing the various sports… Sport more than any other activity is the means by which the community becomes more closely knit, locally and nationally. Not only does it allow young people to socialize in their own towns, but it enables them to extend their circle of friends to Chinese throughout the country…"
Melanie Yap & Diane Leong
Man, Colour, Confusion and Concessions
Hong Kong University Press, 1996, page 394
Man, Colour, Confusion and Concessions
Hong Kong University Press, 1996, page 394