According to a Sunday Times news report, King Edward VII School has banned three of its athletes from all sports activities after they confessed to using performance enhancing drugs. There are calls for others to be tested. It is suspected that drug suppliers were supplying a student on condition that he would deal on their behalf at the school. KES earned praise earlier this year after defeating Affies and Pretoria Boys High to win the main inter-schools A-section athletics meeting in Gauteng.
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@Greenwood: Its one of the reason’s why my son does home gym rather. Although I doubt there are any problems with him taking strange stuff- he won’t swallow tablets and runs at the sight of needles. He cross examines the doctor about any medication he is prescribed to the extent the doc is even Boksmart and has done a course in the different meds for rugby.
Gees ! how things have changed
with 9 Duzi’s , 2 comrades , lots of marathons
& triatholans under the belt all I had was coke – (the liquid kind) to keep me going – yup ! the challange to be the best rules today – the litie at Gwd was told at Virgin Active(now that’s an oxymoron for you – how can a virgin be active?) he was offered “roids” by a stranger teenager out of the blue – fortunately he came and told me and hopefully that was that – watching him carefully but all seems ok
I still think that drugs in rugby is a bomb waiting to explode – at aLL levels of the game.
Sad to say it – but I personally believe that it is more rife than we think – and very little screening/testing is taking place.
I agree 3months is mediocre. It’s almost laughable.
The full article which states it was rowers and they have been banned for 3 months (which means only 1 month of actual school sport?)
http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2012/11/19/toughening-up-on-schools-drugs-tests
I fully support the testing which is why I also support SharkSmart. Unfortunately with it costing R1500 per test, and the lack of people to police these safety issues, I can’t see it happening. Most schools don’t even follow BokSmart requirements.
Good for KES while i agree that it is sad, at least they are doing the right thing. I didnt see the article, how long is the ban in effect? Have they spoken to ASA wrt officially banning them?
@Griffon: Nothing new from KES, or a lot of the Gauteng schools – this is a story from last year. I dug up this story because I thought perhpas the Times was reporting history. It is amazing how many kids will take steroids for no bigger return than looking more buff and perhaps getting lucky with the chicks.
http://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/rugby/article1091967.ece/School-rugby-hit-by-steroid-scandal
@ All : I was flipping through the Sunday times this morning, and on page 5 the use of steroids in SBR was the main article. It seems KES is testing some of their boys fron Gr 9- 12, after 3 boys tested positive, although they were not rugby players. It also says 175 pupils on the East Rand tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in March alone this year. Surely sporting pressure in high school has not become this bad.