Our very own Thalea Smidt has helped our national team, Banyana Banyana, qualify for the 2023 World Cup and a spot in the semi-final of the current African Womens Championships in Morocco.

We wish her and the squad well for the rest of the tournament and that she remains healthy, to realise a once in a lifetime dream of representing her country at the biggest tournament in women’s football.

You carry Seagulls best wishes with you Thalea. She is in the back row, fifth from the left (between the two goalkeepers). ??

Gerard Kemp