Rugby
FS Cheetahs victory parade on Wednesday─── MORGAN PIEK 05:54 Wed, 26 Oct 2016
The newly crowned Currie Cup champions, the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, will be holding their victory parade on Wednesday morning when they travel through the streets of Bloemfontein in an open bus.
The team will be accompanied by the iconic rugby trophy.
The parade will start at 10am at the Toyota Stadium and from there it will make its way down OR Tambo Street.
From there it will travel to Nelson Mandela Avenue as it heads to Langenhoven Park where it will travel down Du Plessis Avenue.
It will start making its way back to the stadium via Wynand Mouton, DF Malherbe, Paul Kruger and Park Road.
The Cheetahs won the Currie Cup for the first time in nine years on Saturday when they beat the Blue Bulls 36-16 in the City of Roses.
Following the final, the team’s captain, Francois Venter, the winger Sergeal Petersen, and the live-wire flank, Uzair Cassiem, were all included in the Springboks for the end-of-year tour to Europe.
The team's coach, Franco Smith, is also part of the Springbok coaching staff and will assist with the backline and skills.
The fellow Cheetahs, Oupa Mohoje and Lood de Jager, are also in the squad.
On top of that the exciting loosehead prop, Ox Nche, was also named as the Currie Cup Player of the Year on Monday evening during the South African Rugby Awards in Johannesburg.
Victory parade route:
1. Att Horak Avenue
2. St. George Street
3. OR Tambo Street (Old Church Street)
4. George Lubbe intersection
5. M10
6. Dr Belcher Road
7. McGregor Street
8. Alexandra Avenue
9. Nelson Mandela Avenue
10. Du Plessis Avenue
11. Elias Motsoaledi Street
12. Totius Street
13. Wynand Mouton Drive
14. DF Malherbe Avenue
15. Paul Kruger Avenue
16. Park Road
17. Betogers Avenue
18. Att Horak
19. Stadium
Maps of the victory parade route
The bus will leave at 10:00 from the stadium and arrive back at 12:00.
Morgan Piek/OFM Sport