SwimSmarter &NTS: Conference with Todd Schmitz

October 5, 2016 Published by: Cresi Heslop

I have some exciting news to announce, SwimSmarter in association with NTS Education have managed to acquire the services of Todd Schmitz, a 5 times Olympic Gold medallist coach and some of the Top Coaches in South Africa – for a Coaches/Instructors Conference. Dates 29-30th October at Menlopark Hight School in Pretoria. This amazing event promises to be a highlight in this Olympic year for Coaches, Instructors, Teachers, Administrators. Parents and Swimmers.

RE: Registrations for the Sports Education Conference to be held at Menlopark Highschool in Pretoria 29-30^th October 2016

As promised, registrations will open today, Wednesday 5th October at 08:00. To register, please go to www.swimsmarter.co.za and select the online store.

For your ease of reference, there are 3 options to choose from. These include:

Option 1:

Sports Education Conference 2016

Dates: 29-30^th October

Location: Menlopark Hoerskool Pretoria

Cost: R675 (including lunch and refreshments both days

Open to: Coaches, Instructors, Teachers, Administrators, Parents and Swimmers

Description:

A 2 Day Conference featuring Todd Schmitz 5 times Olympic Gold medallist coach and some of the Top Coaches in South Africa with presentations on Creating the Teenage Champion; The Athlete: Dealing with the highs and lows; Creating a productive Club/School structure, culture and running it like the business it is, for success at the youth level; Building Relationships: Missy Franklin not only a Champion but also a Person; Speed Development in Youth Athletes: Are we fast enough?; The perfect approach to a Holistic Youth Based Program; The importance of an Instructor in a Champion’s development; Emotional Intelligence: Athletes – Humans or Robots?; Current state of swimming in South Africa: Just how good are we?

Option 2:

Todd Schmitz Swim Clinic 13 years and under

Date: Saturday 29^th October (Saturday)

Time: 11:00-15:30

Cost: R500 (includes lunch and SwimSmarter Goodie bag)

Open to: Swimmers aged 13 and under (spaces limited 40swimmers)

Description:

30 minute talk from 5 time Olympic Gold Medallist Coach, Todd Schmitz; 1 hour pool session with Todd; lunch; 30 minute talk from Giulio Zorzi, a World Championship Medallist; 1 hour pool session with Giulio focusing on Breaststroke; and an additional 30 minutes focusing on starts.

Option 3:

Todd Schmitz Swim Clinic 14 years – 18 years

Date: Sunday 30^th October (Sunday)

Time: 11:00-15:30

Cost: R500 (includes lunch and SwimSmarter Goodie bag)

Open to: Swimmers aged 14 to 18 years (spaces limited 40swimmers)

Description:

30 minute talk from 5 time Olympic Gold Medallist Coach, Todd Schmitz; 1 hour pool session with Todd; lunch; 30 minute talk from Giulio Zorzi, a World Championship Medallist; 1 hour pool session with Giulio focusing on Breaststroke; and an additional 30 minutes focusing on starts.

If you have any questions with respect to the Sports Education Conference or the Swim Clinic please feel free to drop us an email.

Many thanks and looking forward to sharing in this phenomenal SwimSmarter initiative.

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Team SA It’s Rio 15 Sept 2016

September 16, 2016 Published by: Cresi Heslop

14 September 2016

MEDALS: 13

Gold: 5

Kevin Paul – Swimming

Hilton Langenhoven – Athletics Charl du Toit – Athletics

Ernst van Dyk – Cycling Reinhardt Hamman – Athletics

Silver: 4

Ilse Hayes – Athletics Ntando Mahlangu – Athletics

Anrune Liebenberg – Athletics Jonathan Ntutu – Athletics

Bronze 4

Fanie van der Merwe – Athletics Tyrone Pillay – Athletics

Zanele Situ – Athletics Dyan Buis – Athletics

Golden boys Ernst and Reinhardt rocket Team SA up the medals table

By Mark Etheridge

Team South Africa had their second double-gold day of the Rio Paralympics on Thursday as first Ernst van Dyk then Reinhardt Hamman ended top of their class!

Picture of Hamman in heaven courtesy of Wessel Oosthuizen/SASPA

Van Dyk, who raced to fifth spot in the H5 time trial, pulled the rabbit out of the hat to win the men’s road race over 60 kilometres in a fabulous race which saw all three medallists being credited with the same time of 1hr 37min 49sec.

A little later in the day it was 2015 javelin world champion Reinhardt Hamman who fulfilled his rich potential by winning the F38 division.

It’s a huge feather in his cap for Van Dyk to get the better of former Formula One racer Allessandro.

As he said: ’I worked out early on that you had to be first though that final corner.

‘Then suddenly one guy crashed and everyone let me go to the front and I just stayed there! Earlier I saw Alex go round that corner on two wheels and knew that he’d have to be a bit careful so I just went for it and got some great acceleration and that was it

‘No better way to end my hand cycling career than at the Paralympics. My last gold was in Beijing and it’s been a crazy, crazy eight years.

‘So happy that it all worked out and now I’m looking forward to enjoying the marathons.’

As for Hamman, he had told Road to Rio 2016 earlier that he was up for this challenge and so it proved to be as he launched the spear to a personal best of 50.96 metres, a huge improvement of 74 centimetres.

This was a win that was dedicated immediately to his late dad Louis who passed away in March this year.

‘I went into this competition saying that I wanted to earn the medal not like Doha at World Championships when I kind of expected it.

‘My knee was a bit sore and I nearly stopped halfway but the thought of my dad screaming in my ear kept me going. I am sharing a room with two medallists, now there’s another one… wow that floor is going to cave in!

‘As for the actual competition, I kind of knew from the fifth round my my nerves were boiling over and when the Colombian guy threw I didn’t know whether to throw, or walk over the line or fall down flat and that last throw was just overwhelming.

‘I seem to be setting a bit of a trend now, keeping my best to last. That throw is going to be hard to beat but one thing I know is that World Champs next year are going to be a blast.’

Joining in the celebrations was Reinhardt’s mom Vivienne: ‘What can a mother say to her son?

…I’m so proud of what you achieved at the Rio2016 Paralympic Game. Gold is amazing. But after this video I have no more tissues….

As mentioned previously it’s gold that gets a team going up that medals table… Thursday’s two gold sees Team South Africa jumping eight spots from 27th to 19th and the day’s action was not done yet… the rainbow nation now have 11 medals with three days of competition remaining.

Watch this space!

Jonathan Ntutu claims Silver followed by Bronze from Buis: Jonathan Ntutu claimed Silver in the Men’s 100 T12 with a season best time of 11.09, while Dyan Buis jumped to Bronze with a best jump of 6.58m (Report to follow)

SUPERSPORT Coverage

SuperSport will broadcast two 24-hour channels (SS13 and SS14) in High Definition for the duration of the Games with producers choosing the best of four feeds from Olympic Broadcast Services. What isn’t broadcast live will be broadcast on a delayed basis.

The popular Blitz channel will carry regular Paralympic news items, while the two TV channels will be available via streaming via www.supersport.com and the SuperSport and DStv Now apps, as well as social platforms and DStv Catch Up.

Daily two-hour highlights packages will be scheduled on SS Select and SS9.

TEAM SA APP for Paralympics.

Following on from the Olympic Games, Team SA has its own App for all South African sports supporters wanting to follow Team SA athletes at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

Loads of information can be found on the very easy to navigate App, bringing you results, competition schedules, athlete profiles, images and videos of the athletes plus more.

The App is free, users can download the App and it’s available globally. https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/teamsarise/id1133481695?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…

Support your team and keep up to date on daily sporting events in Rio with #TeamSArise mobile.

Results from Thursday 15 September 2016

SWIMMING:

Henri Herbst – 100m Freestyle S11 (Final – finished 4th, time of 59.63)

ATHLETICS:

Reinhardt Hamman Javelin F38 (GOLD medal with a winning throw of 50.96) Chenelle van Zyl Shot Put F35 (finished 4th, best throw of 8.49m)

Ndodomzi Ntutu – 100m T12 (SILVER medal in a time of 11.09 and a season best) Dyan Buis – Long Jump T38 (BRONZE medal with a jump of 6.58m)

Ntando Mahlangu – 100m T42 (finished 5th, time of 12.57)

Heats:

Charl du Toit 400m T37 (finished 1st, time of 55.28 and qualified for the finals)

Louzanne Coetzee 1500m T11 (disqualified after finishing 3rd in her heat under IPC rule 7.10 – guide runner must not push or pull or otherwise propel athlete)

Anrune Liebenberg – 200m T47 (finished 2nd, time of 26.63, season best and qualifies for final))

CYCLING:

Ernst van Dyk – Men’s road race H5 (GOLD – winning time of 1:37.49) Justine Asher – Women’s road race H2-4 (finished 12th, time of 1:37.36)

Athletes in action on Friday 16 September 2016

(All times listed below are for South Africa) Day 9 – 16 September

SWIMMING:

Heats:

3.00pm Emily Gray – 100m Backstroke (heats)

ATHLETICS:

3.07pm Dyan Buis 400m T38 (heats)

3.23pm Charl du Toit 400m T37 (final) 4.27pm Anrune Liebenberg 200m T47 (final)

4.35pm Charl du Toit 400m T37 (potential medal ceremony) 12.13pm Anrune Liebenberg 200m T47 (potential medal ceremony) 11.46pm Ndodomzi Ntutu 200m T12 (heat)

11.57pm Hilton Langehoven 200m T12 (heat)

CYCLING:

2.30pm Craig Ridgard – Men’s road race C1-3 (final)

4.40pm Craig Ridgard – Men’s road race C1-3 (potential medal presentation) 6.00pm Goldy Fuchs – Men’s road race T1-2 (final)

9.00pm Goldy Fuchs – Men’s road race T1-2 (potential medal presentation)

EQUESTRIAN:

2pm – Phillipa Johnson Individual Freestyle Test (Dressage)

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Team SA It’s Rio 14 Sept 2016

September 15, 2016 Published by: Cresi Heslop

14 September 2016

MEDALS: 9

Gold: 3

Kevin Paul – Swimming

Hilton Langenhoven – Athletics

Charl du Toit – Athletics

Silver: 3

Ilse Hayes – Athletics

Ntando Mahlangu – Athletics

Anrune Liebenberg – Athletics

Bronze 3

Fanie van der Merwe – Athletics

Tyrone Pillay – Athletics

Zanele Situ – Athletics

Anrune claims silver

Anrune Liebenberg won silver in the Women’s 400m T47 final with a time of 58.88. Full report to follow.

Sithole just misses bronze and cyclists Van Dyk, Asher grab fifth

By Mark Etheridge

Tennis ace Lucas Sithole was just one game away from earning Team South Africa a bronze and their ninth Paralympic Games medal in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday!

Playing arch-rival David Wagner in the third/fourth place tie, Sithole was out of the blocks quickly, winning the first set 6-1 in just 26 minutes but the roles were reversed as Wagner won the second 6-2 in six minutes more action than the first stanza.

The third set saw Sithole 5-1 up and seemingly with that medal in his pocket but, Wagner who has dominated their previous meetings to the tune of 23-8, dug deep to clinch the final 50min set 7-5.

On to road cycling’s first action of the Games and the first time trial of the day saw Craig

Ridgard in C2 action and he ended 11th of 15 finishers. His time of 30min 19.03sec put him 2:36 behind gold medal winner Tristen Chernove of Canada.

Roxy Burns was scheduled to be next off in the C1-3 final (her fourth and final race) but was forced to withdraw on the race-day morning.

‘Hardest call ever. I’ve decided to withdraw. I had no appetite this morning and I can’t race on an empty stomach,’ said Burns.

Then it was on to the H5 men’s event where Ernst van Dyk was out to go close to his previous best Paralympic TT finish of fourth in Beijing back in 2008. He went close with a fifth spot in 29:26.31 as Alessandro Zanardi repeated his London win of four years ago winning in 28:36.81. On this occasion, on a pancake flat course and with the 41deg Celsius temperatures probably hot enough to back pancakes all day, Van Dyk just didn’t have it after 20 kilometres of all-out racing in an event which is not his favourite. That will come in Sunday’s road race, also on a flat course.

‘It was always going to be tough coming back into the wind pushing yourself to the limits… and it looks like I’m going to be stuck at fifth for the Paralympics time trial for now after London in 2012. Tomorrow’s road race will be more my thing but it’ll be be tough with all the corners and then there’s Sunday’s marathon.

‘I averaged out at just over 40kph.. I thought the winning time would be just over 42.

‘I must I say was very surprised with Stuart Tripp’s silver – a very impressive race behind all the technology that Alex has got on his bike.’

In the women’s H1-2-3 time trial Cape Town’s Justine Asher was up against it. After doing so well on the World Cup circuit she had to contend with the fact that a number of classes were combined and a complicated system used to determine the winner.

She ended up fifth with a time of 34:34.12.

‘I missed fourth by point one second. It was a tough race very windy and quite technical for me with the cornering. The class above me that I’m factored against are really strong. Feel disappointed I didn’t medal, but still really blessed to have experienced being part of the Paralympics… a dream come true.’

Picture of Van Dyk giving it his all courtesy of Wessel Oosthuizen/SASPA

Situ flies the flag for Team SA again as she brings home javelin bronze

By Mark Etheridge

And then there were eight! Paralympic veteran and team flag bearer Zanele Situ threw an eighth Team South Africa medal into the kitty at the Rio Paralympics on Tuesday evening.

Situ, 45, who is now experiencing her fifth Paralympics, having already medalled in Sydney (2000) and Athens four years later, took bronze in the F54 javelin final. The bronze came with her third throw of the night.

And making the moment even sweeter for Stellenbosch’s Situ was the fact that it was a personal best of 17.90m.

Kudos to coach Karin le Roux (pictured with Situ above) who had said in the run-in to these Games that Situ was showing close to her best form while tuning up at a few European meetings.

It was an African 1-2-3 in her event as Nigeria’s Flora Ugwuna took gold in a world record 20.25m, while Tunisia’s Hania Aidi also had a personal best with an 18.88m effort.

‘Wow, I didn’t really expect this,’ said a slightly shell-shocked Situ, who originally came from KwaZulu-Natal. ‘In this even you never know exactly where you stand with the different classes etc. Also there were quite a few new girls throwing.

‘I know the regulars but every Games you get new girls and you don’t know what they are capable of. When the Nigerial girl threw over 20m, I thought that was me out of contention but I just did my best to get a good throw early on otherwise if you leave it too late then the pressure gets to you and you make mistakes!’

Meanwhile in more feedback from Rio, F37 long jumper Andrea Dalle Ave spoke of his fifth place finish on Tuesday, the same result he brought back from London four years ago. ‘After having a bit of time to reflect on that competition, I’ve realised that I must be proud of myself. Although I’m disappointed in the distance jumped on the day, fifth in the world is still a fantastic achievement.

‘The competition itself was brutal, 40 degree temperature at noon, swirling wind and two world records being broken on the day.

‘So it was the most intense competition I’ve ever been in.’

Now it’s back to the books at University of Johannesburg for Dalle Ave for a two week break before he starts thinking of next year’s World Championships in London. Oh, and he’s also in the mix for the Gauteng Sports Awards Personality of the Year award where he’s up against Olympians Janine van Wyk (soccer) and Keagan Dolly (soccer) and cricket’s Kagiso Rabada. Away from the track and in dressage arena, four-time Paralympian Philippa Johnson-Dwyer ended seventh in the Individual Championship Test – Grade III Final, her and Lord Louis combining for a total of 69.390%.

Moving on to Wednesday’s action and there are five codes involving SA competitors, archery, athletics, canoeing, cycling and tennis.

In archery, Shaun Anderson came through qualifying unscathed and is now at the sharp end of the competition in the men’s individual compound (1/16 stage).

Back to track and field action and London Paralympic bronze medallist Ndodomzi Ntutu (better known as Jonathan) is in T12 heat action and 200m silver medallist Ntando Mahlangu goes off in the T42 100m heats. Two finals feature SA action, London Paralympics medallist Anruné Liebenberg in the T47 400m final and shot putter Zandile Nhlapo in the F34 class.

The sole canoeist in action is Graham Paull in the KL1 200m heats but more on him in a later story.

And then road cycling swings into action with no less than six South Africans in action, including the team’s two track specialists Roxy Burns and Dane Wilson.

The team’s cycling manager, Ricky Kulsen was at the course inspection and said: The course is very technical with a tight corner just 150m from the finish. In the road race the first three riders through the corner will contest the medals in my opinion, with a fourth rider maybe having an outside chance for bronze.

‘I think Ernst van Dyk and Justine Asher are our mai medal hopes for the time trial and road race.

‘The TT and road course for handcycles are pan flat. No hills at all but the wind might be a factor. The course is a bit technical. That tight corner at the finish might change after the technical meeting as quite a few teams were complaining.’

With seven Paralympics now under his belt, Van Dyk has seen it all and reckons the wind will play a big role. ‘The course itself is very simple with a few technical turns. The biggest factor will be the prevailing wind coming off the ocean and as we’ve experienced over the last 19 days it can be anything from a pleasant ocean breeze to something rather unpleasant.

‘I’m feeling as good as can be. I’ve never medalled at Paralympic level in the TT, having placed fourth in Beijing and fifth in London. It’s a difficult event to gauge how hard you are going and reaching deep within yourself and turning yourself inside out to push to the limit.

‘It’s just you and the clock. We don’t often TT over 20km so it adds a measure of endurance which we have worked hard at. I predict that to be in the medals on this course one would need to average over 43kph if there isn’t a lot of wind. It’s a lot to ask for but we’ve worked on it and I feel I might just have it in me.

‘After Wednesday we’ll line up for the road race on Sunday where I’m a lot more comfortable and I’d say that would be my main event for these Games.’

Fifth and final code in action brings another medal chance to Team SA as Lucas Sithole takes on American David Wagner in the quad singles bronze medal match. He goes into the match with an 8-23 record against Wagner, a four-time Paralympics champion and will hope to reverse that record to some extent!

Going into Wednesday’s action Team SA had slipped down the medals table, from 19th to 23rd.

Paralympian Paull set to dig deep and race to his full potential

By Mark Etheridge

Teams South Africa’s only canoeist in Rio Graham Paull makes his Paralympic Games debut on Wednesday following two ICF Para-Canoeing World Championships appearances and an A Final in the men’s KL1 200m event at the 2015 World Champs means he has set his sights on a strong performance.

Paull ended fifth in the A Final at the World Championships in 2015 finishing under a second outside of the top three however despite ending so close to a medal he is not putting any podium pressure on himself heading into Wednesday’s heats.

‘I am not setting myself too higher expectations and I am just looking to race to my full potential throughout the Games,’ said Paull.

‘Paddling a personal best on the biggest stage possible is definitely my main goal and if that gets me into the top five then I’ll be incredibly happy with my effort but I’m just really excited to get out there and race!’

The sprint course in Rio came under scrutiny during the Olympic Games last month due to issues involving side winds and weed that interfered with paddler’s rudders and paddles however Paull is not letting those sentiments get the better of him as he looks forward to competition.

‘I am feeling strong and I am ready to race on the course although it is different to anything that I have competed on before. Being from the Highveld I’ve never raced in salt water which is different but the set-up for the course seems quite similar to my training base at Roodeplaat Dam so there are some similarities for me to fall back on.

‘There seems to be a constant cross wind on the course and I have trained for this so I hope that the wind does blow on competition day because I have planned a lot of training with that in mind. Other than that the course is great and I am really looking forward to getting out there and doing my thing!’ a focused Paull mentioned.

Staying out of harm’s way before an event is a priority for athletes as they want to be on top of their game going into their discipline and with his first step towards Paralympic glory coming up Paull feels he is in the right frame of mind mentally as well as physically ready for the challenge ahead. ‘I’ve been working incredibly hard back home and getting myself into the best possible shape has been important and I am feel strong and I am ready to go!

‘Now I am just excited to see how all the hard work pays off over the next few days!’ he said excitedly.

SUPERSPORT Coverage

SuperSport will broadcast two 24-hour channels (SS13 and SS14) in High Definition for the duration of the Games with producers choosing the best of four feeds from Olympic Broadcast Services. What isn’t broadcast live will be broadcast on a delayed basis.

The popular Blitz channel will carry regular Paralympic news items, while the two TV channels will be available via streaming via www.supersport.com and the SuperSport and DStv Now apps, as well as social platforms and DStv Catch Up.

Daily two-hour highlights packages will be scheduled on SS Select and SS9.

TEAM SA APP for Paralympics.

Following on from the Olympic Games, Team SA has its own App for all South African sports supporters wanting to follow Team SA athletes at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

Loads of information can be found on the very easy to navigate App, bringing you results, competition schedules, athlete profiles, images and videos of the athletes plus more.

The App is free, users can download the App and it’s available globally. https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/teamsarise/id1133481695?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…

Support your team and keep up to date on daily sporting events in Rio with #TeamSArise mobile.

Results from Wednesday 14 September 2016

SWIMMING:

No swimming today.

ATHLETICS:

Ndodomzi Ntutu 100m T12 (finished 1st in his heat, 11.10 and progresses to the semi finals) Ntando Mahlangu 100m T42 (finished 3rd in heat 3, time of 12.70 and progresses to semi finals) Zandile Nhlapo Shot Put F34 (finished 8th, with a best throw of 5.63m)

11.26pm Anrune Liebenberg 400m T47 (SILVER in a time of 58.88)

TENNIS:

Lucas Sithole – Quad mixed singles Bronze medal match WT20-21 (beaten by American David Wagner 1-6, 6-2, 5-7 and finished 4th)

CANOEING:

Graham Paull – Men’s Kayak single KL1 200m (Graham was disqualified and as such did not progress to the semi finals. The disqualification was related to a weight issue with his boat as his boat was under weight by 0.02kg rounded up to 0.05kg)

CYCLING:

Craig Ridgard – Road Time trial C2 (finished 11th, time of 30:19.03) Roxy Burns – Road Time trial C1-3 (withdrew due to illness)

1.00pm Ernst van Dyk – Road time trial H5 (finished 5th, time 29:26.31) 1.00pm Justine Asher – Road time trial H2-3 (finished 5th, time 34:34.12) Road time trial C5 (finished 14th, time of 44:17.59)

Goldy Fuchs – Road time trial T1-2 (finished 9th, time of 26:42.02))

ARCHERY:

Shaun Anderson – Men’s individual compound – open 1/16 (lost to Nathan Macqueen of GBR 129-144)

Athletes in action on Thursday 15 September 2016

(All times listed below are for South Africa) Day 8 – 15 September

SWIMMING:

Heats:

3.52pm Henri Herbst – 100m Freestyle S11 00.12am Henri Herbst – 100m Freestyle S11 (finals)

01.36am Henri Herbst – potential medal presentation 100m Freestyle S11

ATHLETICS:

3.45pm Reinhardt Hamman Javelin F38 (final) 3.45pm Zandile Nhlapo Shot Put F34 (final)

Heats:

4.45pm Charl du Toit 400m T37 (heats)

5.36pm Reinhardt Hamman – potential medal ceremony – Javelin F38 5.43pm Louzanne Coetzee 1500m T11 (heats)

10.58pm Chenelle van Zyl Shot Put F35 (final) 11.10pm Ndodomzi Ntutu – 100m T12 (final) 11.15pm Dyan Buis – Long Jump T38 (final) 11.17pm Ntando Mahlangu – 100m T42 (final) 11.33pm Anrune Liebenberg – 200m T47 (heats)

00.08am Ndodomzi Ntutu – potential medal ceremony – 100m T12 00.16am Ntando Mahlangu – potential medal ceremony – 100m T42 00.40am Chenelle van Zyl – medal ceremony Shot Put F35 01.30am Dyan Buis – potential medal ceremony – Long Jump T38

CYCLING:

2.30pm Ernst van Dyk – Men’s road race H5 (final)

4.30pm Ernst van Dyk – Men’s road race H5 (potential medal presentation) 5.20pm Justine Asher – Women’s road race H2-4 (final)

9.15pm Justine Asher – Women’s road race H2-4 (potential medal presentation)

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Photo Journey: The SA Swim Team

August 25, 2016 Published by: Cresi Heslop

We had to honour to watch our SA Olympic swimmers live, full force and in action. Plus we got some beautiful smiles from their coaches too! :-). It was so great to be in the crown draped proudly with our most beautiful SA flag and screaming and shouting for our athletes. One of the things that stood out for us about the entire Olympic experience was the beauty of unity and nation building through sport. I pray that this spirit of being Proudly South African may continue to grow in our nation in generations to come and that it may flavour all aspects of our lives with love, respect and unity.

Rio Olympics 2016 – The SA Swim Team

Jarred Crous

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Myles Brown

Brad Tandy

Chad Le Clos

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The Relay Team

The Coaches

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Team SA it’s Rio – 20 Aug 2016

August 21, 2016 Published by: Cresi Heslop

20 AUGUST 2016

Semenya scorches to Team SA’s 10th medal of the Games
By Mark Etheridge

Caster Semenya catapulted Team South Africa’s 2016 Olympic medal count into double figures on a hot Saturday evening in Rio as she ran to a predictable 800-metre win.
The 25-year old went into the race as one of the hottest favourites in sporting history and her season’s best of 1min 55.33sec was almost a full second ahead of her closest rival.

Going into the race on the back of an early dinner of guava, paw-paw, grapes and banana, she said: ‘I need this sugar, it really helps me in that last 100m kick!’ And by the time 1min 55.28sec of racing was done and dusted she’d rewritten the season’s record with a sweet world best for the two-lapper.
Forget the fact that it wasn’t close to being one of the top 10 fastest 800m times in history. It was still the fifth fastest time in Olympic history. Starting in lane three she made sure she was at the front from the get-go and staying out of any argie-bargie. She hit the bell in 57.59 and it was then that her closest rival (on paper anyway!) Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi did her best to take the sting out of Semenya’s legs. She managed to forge a gap of a few metres going down the back page.

How Team SA fared on Saturday

South Africa had competitors in action across three different codes on Saturday’s penultimate day of Rio 2016. Here is a breakdown and their times (SA in brackets).

ATHLETICS

Women’s 800m final: Caster Semenya won the race in 1min 55.28sec to take the gold medal. ‘The race was a bit quick, but I was being patient and did what I do best. Be patient and wait for the right moment,’ she said. ‘The field was very good.’ The world record stands at 1:53.28.

Men’s 5 000m final: Elroy Gelant finished 11th in 13:17:47 behind the brilliant British distance runner Mo Farah who claimed gold in 13:03.30.

GOLF

Women’s individual competition: Paulo Reto and Ashleigh Simon
In a nutshell: Reto started the day at four under par and Simon at eight over par for the tournament. Reno had nine straight pars before bogeying Nos 10, 11 and 15, but making birdies at 14, 16 and finishing off with a birdie at the par-5 18^th hole to end level for the day. She finished in a tie for 16th after rounds of 74, 67, 68 and 71 for 280, four-under par.
Simon signed for a four-over 75 for the day, 12-over for the tournament, finishing 50th after rounds of 75, 69, 77 and 75 for 296.

TRIATHLON

Women’s event: Mari Rabie and Gill Sanders
In a nutshell: Rabie finished 11th behind Gwen Jorgensen of the United States. The South African, in her second Olympics, had showed up well after the swim and the bike, but faded on the run and finished 2min 57sec behind the gold medallist, timing 1:59.13. Rabie came out the water third in 19:04 and she was quickest off the bike and into the run, leading the field out. Sanders finished 23^rd in 2:01.29, with a strong performance on the run helping her.

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Team SA it’s Rio – 18 Aug 2016

August 19, 2016 Published by: Cresi Heslop

MEDAL TABLE

Henri hurries to Olympic bronze and his first major podium

By Mark Etheridge

It’s all hail King Henri the Third as Team South Africa triathlete Henri Schoeman raced to third place and South Africa’s second bronze medal of the Olympic Games on Thursday.

Schoeman, who just a day ago was running the medical gauntlet in the Athletes’ Village to alleviate fears of a possible respiratory infection before getting the thumbs up from team doctors, ran the race of his life as he was only bested by Britain’s brilliant Brownlee brothers (Alistair and Jonathan) on a corker of a day at Copacabana Beach.

And making it a doubly delightful day for South Africa was Richard Murray’s miracle run to fourth placed, just behind Schoeman.

The two clocked 1hr 45min 43sec and 1:45:50 respectively as Alistair Brownlee defended his Olympic title in 1:45:01 with his brother 6sec adrift.

Four months ago Murray’s march to a possible Rio medal had seemingly been left lying on the Gold Coast roadside in Australia as he crashed in a WTS event and broke his collarbone.

For Murray it had been the worst possible swim on Thursday as he was even further off the pace than normal and he played catch-up for the rest of the race.

But back to Schoeman and the shy Durbanite can rightly shout it out from the rooftops right now.

He came out of the water (where he’s one of the dominating forces in world triathlon) in seventh spot. He was then immediately in a front pack of 10 who had a gap of around a minute over the chasing pack (led, as is so often the case, by Murray).

The pack never caught the front riders on the cycle and Schoeman was about sixth as they swopped bike saddles for running shoes. There’s a wise head on those young shoulders and Schoeman was content to let the Brownlees go up the road and concentrate on creating a medal memory of his own.

Hartley is hurting… but the hunger for success is still there

By Mark Etheridge

Beaten but by no means broken, canoeist Bridgitte Hartley lives to fight another day after missing out on the final of the women’s K1 500m sprint event at the Olympics on Wednesday.

The London Olympics bronze medal-winner in this event, she ended sixth in her semi-final here, failing to go through and then ended eighth and last in Thursday’s B final.

She had a few injury niggles going into her event but refused to use that as an excuse for failing to reach the final. ‘I wasn’t going to race the 200 earlier in the week but the heats and semi’s gave me some confidence so I was excited to race the 500m, not quite as nervous.

‘I had a neck spasm the night before so was a bit stressed but as athletes we all have challenges and niggles so it didn’t get me down too much. I warmed up and in my heat I didn’t get my boat running nicely off the start but towards the end it started felling really good so I thought “that’s cool” … was coming in third and

didn’t wanna kill myself.

‘The German girl took it easy in the heat and hey she won her semi-final by so far yet she was only fourth in the heat.’

She got to thinking more than normal before her semi. ‘It was so strange – I raced the Hungarian girl in the heat just like in London four years ago. Here I had a headwind which is usually my favourite and tried to relax but I was more nervous than normal… I just struggled to get that boat run again.

How Team SA fared on Thursday

Henri Schoeman won Team South Africa’s eighth medal of the Olympics on Thursday and Sunette Viljoen sealed a ninth.

TRIATHLON

Men’s race: Henri Schoeman finished third and Richard Murray finished fourth

In a nutshell: Murray and Schoeman had Nos 1 and 2 respectively pinned on their race outfits (or make that stamped on their bodies). Both these two stars were medal hopes behind the dominant Brownless brothers of Great Britain. Schoeman was never out of the front group, coming out of the water in good shape – Murray was a minute behind – and on the bike Schoeman kept pace. On the run he quickly found himself in third position and that’s where he remained. Murray, with well over a minute to make up starting the 10km run, finished like an express train to claim fourth place, just out of the medals. Alistair Brownlee clocked 1hr 45mins 01sec, and when Jonathan came home six seconds later, the pair, exhausted by their exertions on a brutal day for the triathlon, embraced on the floor together. Behind them, another 36 seconds adrift, came Schoeman, ahead of a charging Murray.

CANOEING

Women’s 500m Kayak Single, B final: Bridgitte Hartley finished eighth in 2:01.890.

The lowdown: The bronze medallist from London 2012 struggled to contain her emotions after she failed to qualify for the ‘A’ final in her favourite event, and with that went any chance of repeating her London heroics. In the ‘B’ final she finished at the back of the field, more than three seconds behind the seventh boat. Hartley was never in contention and had also been eighth going through halfway in 59.05.

ATHLETICS

Men’s Decathlon: Willem Coertzen withdrew injured with what appeared to be a left quadricep injury in his leg, after completing three of the 10 events and is not in action on the second day of the event.

Women’s Javelin, final: Sunette Viljoen succeeded in securing silver for South Africa. Croatia’s Sara Kolak (66.18m) took the gold ahead of Viljoen’s 64.92m with the Czech Republic’s Barbora Špotáková in bronze (64.80m). The silver medal meant it was South Africa’s ninth medal of the games with three days of competition to come.

Women’s 800m semi-final: Caster Semenya cruised (as she does) into the final with a 1:58:15 effort. She sat back for the first lap and then took the long way round into the final straight before easing ahead. Job done, no stress. She’s a full 0.50sec clear of the next fastest finisher, Great Britain’s Lindsey Sharp. Watch this space!

GOLF

Women’s second round: Ashleigh Simon, who shot a four-over 75 in her first round, recovered for a two-under 69 on Thursday for a halfway score of 144, two- over par.

Women’s second round: Paula Reto, after a first round 74, carded a four-under 67 to move to one-under for the tournament, eight shots off the lead.

CYCLING

Men’s BMX quarter-finals: Kyle Dodd.

Dodd finished fourth, fifth and fifth in his three runs in his heat to be placed sixth overall in his group, which was not enough to see him progress to the last 16 semi-finalists.

DAY 13 RESULTS – 18 AUGUST

DAY 14 – COMPETITION SCHEDULE – 19 AUGUST 2016

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Team SA it’s Rio – 13 Aug 2016

August 14, 2016 Published by: Cresi Heslop

13 AUGUST 2016

Manyonga is Team SA’s man of the moment with a memorable silver
By Mark Etheridge
One tiny centimetre stood between Team South Africa’s first gold medal at these 2016 Olympic Games after long jumper Luvo Manyonga leapt to the rainbow nation’s fourth silver on Saturday night. Until now, swimming (three) and rowing (one) have brought silverware to the medals table while sevens rugby served up a bronze.

And for a few yawning minutes Manyonga’s sixth and final leap of 8.37 metres seemed to have broken the gold drought. Almost too scared to watch, Manyonga lay flat on his back gazing up into the Rio night as he dared to dream of gold.
And then it all came down to earth again as American Jeff Henderson turned South Africa’s golden hopes into silver with a final jump of his own that saw him launch himself 8.38m into the sandpit and seal the gold.

How Team SA fared on Saturday
Team SA had action in three codes on Saturday. Here is how they fared (times are Rio local and in brackets SA time). South Africa started the day with five medals.

ATHLETICS
Women’s 400m heats: Tsholofelo Thipe finished fourth in heat three with a time of 52.80 and Justine Palframan seventh in heat four with a 53.96.
In a nutshell: Thipe went off in lane seven with a season’s best 51.96 season’s best to her name. Running against American superstar Allyson Felix, Thipe quite literally stumbled over the line as the chasers hauled her in. Only the first two in each eight heats gained automatic qualification. Palframan went off hard but, like Thipe, didn’t have much left in the tank and trailed in last.
What they said: (Thipe) ‘I’m very disappointed with my race. I knew I was in a race with good people who could take me to a good time and a top two placing. I watched myself on the big screen for most of the race and knew they were coming at the end. I really wanted to be in the top three so that’s why I had to dive for that line.’ (Palframan) ‘Yes I’m disappointed in my time because my training has been going very well. The crowds were amazing, especially for a morning heat! The lane draw wasn’t great but you take what you get and lane eight is better than lane one! I went out pretty quickly and then when they caught me I couldn’t pull away again. The goal was to get out in front and then kick again at the end but obviously the kick wasn’t there at the end.’

Men’s 100m heats: Henricho Bruintjies ended sixth in heat six (10.33), Akani Simbine won heat eight in 10.14.
In a nutshell: For Bruintjies there was heartbreak but Simbine soared into the semi-finals. Bruintjies didn’t look bad in the early stages but in the final few metres a few opponents flew past him and with only first and second place guaranteed semi-final slots it was never going to be enough. Simbine looked impressive with a good start and controlled his heat from start to finish and looked to have plenty in the tank for Sunday’s semi-finals and, dare we dream, a final. Simbine ended as joint 13th and Bruintjies 44th of 69 finishers in the summary of the heats.
What they said: (Bruintjies) ‘No excuses, just a bad day at the office, although I did lose focus between the warm-up and the race. There were about 40min between the two and I lost focus, normally they have blocks and stuff. It feels like a fast track though, the atmosphere and crowd were great, the weather was warm which we need for good sprinting but it was just a bad day for me.’ (Simbine) ‘It was a good opener for me but I know if I can get my start sharper and out of the blocks a bit quicker then I know it’ll come together for me. I didn’t watch the big screen or anything, just the guys around me. The plan was for me to get out there and make it my race, control it. It’s good that first race (always the worst race) is
not out of the way and behind me. Now I can go and go forward. The atmosphere is amazing out there. I got quite a few shouts of my name which I used for confidence. I know I can get out of the blocks quicker and I know I need to get out in the semis’.

Men’s 400m semi-finals, Wayde van Niekerk ended second in the second of three semi-finals with a time of 44.45sec to qualify for Sunday night’s final.
In a nutshell: Van Niekerk looked a lot more relaxed than Friday’s heats. He got out strongly and had the luxury of being able to coast home in second as Trinidad and Tobago’s Machel Cedonio won in 44.39. The first two in each heat make the final automatically. On this occasion, Van Niekerk could afford to settle for second best. The first semi saw Olympic champion Kirani James head off LaShawn Merritt with times of 44.02 and 44.21.
What he said: ‘I felt very comfortable, very relaxed and got to open up way more than yesterday. I’m not concerned at who reaches the final, Kirani James, La Shawn Merritt, and all their accomplishments speak for themselves. I’m just grateful to be in the race with them and to be able to go out and challenge them.
It’s just one more big push in the final and then the Olympics are done. I’m not worried about the lane draw, we’re all running 400m. As for pressure? No pressure at all. I just need to get back and have a good rest so I’m ready for tomorrow.’

Women’s 100m semi-finals, Carina Horn ended seventh in the third and final semi-final in a time of 11.20 and failed to progress.
In a nutshell: Horn was always going to be up against with the likes of Elaine Thompson and English Gardner in her heat and just two places guaranteed of final participation. And so it proved to be as the Jamaican and US duo ran times of 10.88 and 10.90 respectively. She would have had to go some just to make the final as the slowest qualifier was a 10.96 – 0.10sec than any South African women has ever run.
What she said: ‘I run against these girls so often but wow, this is just something completely different, a total new vibe. No excuses but I’ve had a bit of flu and a right hamstring problem but in all reality I would have had to break an SA record to get into the final here. Now I’ve still got a few races left this season and we’ll take it from there.’

Men’s long jump final: Luvo Manyonga won silver with a jump of 8.37m and Ruswahl Samaai was ninth with 7.97m.
In a nutshell: They went into the final and both broke the psychological eightmetre barrier and with long jump, it sounds silly, but anything can happen on the day, with rhythm being a key factor. On this occasion it was Manyonga who stepped up to the plate with a silver that was just a centimetre from being gold. He had put the pressure on the field with a leap of 8.28 on his fourth attempt. Samaai disappointed on the night but with a personal best of 8.38 still under his belt that’s the same jump that won gold on Saturday. Read the story of Manyonga’s miracle elsewhere on the site.
What Samaai said: I’m just so happy for Luvo, he and Khotso Mokoena [silver medal in long jump at the 2008 Beijing Olympics] were the guys who opened the gates for us and he’s just an amazing talent.

Men’s 10,000m final, Stephen Mokoka ended 18th in a time of 27:54.57 as Mo Farah defended his Olympic title successfully.
In a nutshell: Mokoka was about six seconds off his season’s best of 27:48.84 and would have been happy to see that he’s not at all disgraced in a field of this calibre.
What he said: Mo is so strong in his mind and it’s his time… God gives you time and it’s his time. And I also ran under 28min at a major championship. If you come into a race here it always gets better. This was my best race of my life. My aim was to run a little faster but this time they were here, only about 200m away from me when they finished. Conditions were tough but everyone went through them. Now I’ll rest a bit and then prepare for a marathon later in the year. It was good to come here and get some speed for that.

Men’s 800m semi-finals, Rynardt van Rensburg ended fifth in the second of two semi-finals in a time of 1:45.33
What to expect: Van Rensburg ran a season’s best 1:45.67 to get out of the heats and went even better in the semi-final stage, notching a season’s best time. It wasn’t enough to pull him through but a season’s best followed by a personal best will see him leaving his first Olympics with a spring in his step.
What he said: ‘To run my best time in the Olympic semis, I just can’t be sad, or expect more hey? The biggest lesson I’ve learnt here is that these guys are also human with two arms and two legs. With the correct mindset and hard work you can run with them. If you want to get the top you have to run with them. A few years ago these guys were my idols and now I’m running next to them. So I’ll continue dreaming big and not stop working hard. For now it’s maybe two or three races in Europe because I’m in good shape and then a rest and will start working hard for next year.

GOLF
Men’s third round: Jaco van Zyl shot a third round one-under 70, which included a hole-in-one at the eighth hole. He is tied for 39th after rounds of 71, 74 and 70 for two over 215. Brandon Stone is in 50th position after shooting a par 71 for five over 218 headed into the final round.

SAILING
1.05 (6.05pm) and four races after 1.15 (6.15pm): Men’s Laser, Race 9 and 10, Stefano Marcia

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Mandela Day 2016

July 18, 2016 Published by: Cresi Heslop

This Mandela day, we reflecting with a grateful hearts and an overflowing cups ALL the wonderful people that God has placed in our lives.

Heslop Sports is a vibrant, Real-Time Sports Blog for Young Athletes. It has over the past few month become more that just another sports blog, but a movement that strives to uplift, encourage and motivate young athletes. We have a special passion for UP-AND-COMING YOUNG ATHLETES within the various sports disciplines.

Our Mandate:

Give a voice to young athletes.
Publish the stories, aspirations, plans, progress, footage, images, stats, CV’s etc of young athletes.
Provide a funding platform allowing athletes to do a shout out for financial and other support into their own and the wider sport and business community.
Gather and share motivational material for athletes.
Connect athletes to each other.
Promote and market young athletes.
Celebrate and honour athletes.
Encourage parents and coaches of young athletes to share their experiences in the sports arena.
Reveal the person behind the sport, believing in balanced and holistic living in our society. “Sport is what they do, not who they are”.
To raise the profile of young South African athletes and hence encourage Corporate South Africa to back them.

Ultimately to create a valuable hub of the above information that can be used by athletes, coaches, parents, schools, scouts, sponsors, teams, communities and anybody with a keen interest in top and up-and-coming young athletes. Let’s remember “not to despise the days of small beginnings”.

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SASCOC ANNOUNCES FINAL TEAM SA 2016 OLYMPIC SQUAD

July 14, 2016 Published by: Cresi Heslop

SASCOC announced an additional 113 athletes to the Team South Africa squad that will carry the nation’s flag at the 2016 Olympic Games to be held from 5-‐21 August in Rio De Janeiro – Brazil.

The additional names come after the completion of the final qualifying deadlines in the various sporting codes, bringing the final number of competitors for Rio to 137. The initial 24 names were released on 25 May 2016.

Joining Team SA in Rio will be an exciting 39 athletes from the athletics code who have all met the set standards to compete at Olympic Games. Some athletes such as Caster Semenya, Wenda Nel, Wayde van Niekerk and Stephen Mokoka have also qualified for more than one event but will only concentrate on disciplines of their specialty.

In addition to the athletics list are athletes from other sports which include three team sports: Rugby sevens, the Banyana Banyana women’s football side and the Under-‐23 Men’s football team, badminton, equestrian, golf, judo, rowing and triathlon.

SASCOC President Gideon Sam congratulated the members of the squad: “You have all earned the ultimate honour of representing your country. We have every faith in you excelling at your various events. Attending the Olympics is the pinnacle of a sportsman’s dream. Go and showcase the rainbow nation to the best of your ability.”

Tubby Reddy, SASCOC CEO and Chef de Mission congratulated the final team: “Congratulations to all athletes who have had the honour to be selected as part of Team South Africa and compete in this prestigious sporting event.

‘We’re confident that the team is the creme de la creme of sporting talent, with most of them having represented the country in international sporting events previously. We therefore wish them well and as the Olympic body we will rally behind you all the way. Do the country proud and go well,” Reddy concluded.

Managing and coaching additions to the squad are also hugely experienced personnel who have occupied these positions previously in different sporting events.

An incentive programme has been designed to incentivise athletes to medal at the Olympic and

Paralympic Games.

All medalists at both Olympic and Paralympic Games will receive incentives as follows:

Individual medal winner:

Athlete

Coach

Gold:

R500 000

R400 000

R100 000

Silver:

Bronze:

R250 000

R100 000

R200 000

R 80 000

R 50 000

R 20 000

The incentive amount received will be split 80% to the athlete and 20% to the coach of that specific athlete. This principle was established with the understanding that the Coach plays an important role in coaching and mentoring the Athlete and hence the coach incentive of 20%.

Team events and Relay event winners:

In the case a medal is won by a team event or a relay team which counts as one medal, the incentive amount will also be as follows:

Athlete	Coach
Gold:	R500 000	R400 000	R100 000
Silver:	R250 000	R200 000	R 50 000
Bronze:	R100 000	R 80 000	R 20 000

80% of the incentive amount received will be paid to the athletes and must be equally split between the team’s or relay team’s athletes. And 20% of the incentive amount will be paid to the head coach of that specific sport code.

The full and final athletes in Team South Africa for the 2016 Olympics (includes the list that was announced in May 2016)

AQUATICS

Diving

Julia Vincent

Marathon Swim

Michelle Weber Chad Ho

Men

Chad Le Clos Jarred Crous

Dylan Bosch Calvyn Justus

Cameron Van der Burgh Sebastien Rousseau

Michael Meyer Christopher Reid

Matthew Meyer Myles Brown

Bradley Tandy Douglas Erasmus

Managers/Coaches

Shawn Adriaanse Graham Hill

Dean Price Cedric Finch

Igor Omeltchenko William Sherritt Alasdair Hatfield

ATHLETICS

Women Marathon

Irvette Van Zyl Christine Kalmer

LeboPhalula

Men Marathon

Lusapho April

Sibusiso Mzima Lungile Gongqa

Women

Carina Horn Alyssa Conley

Tsholofelo Thipe Justine Palframan

Caster Semenya Wenda Nel

Dominique Scott Lynique Prinsloo

Sunette Viljoen Anel Oosthuizen

Men

Akani Simbine Henricho Bruintjies

Tlotliso Leotlela Clarence Munyai

Anaso Jobodwana Wayde Van Niekerk

Jacob Rozani Rynhardt Van Rensburg

Elroy Gelant Stephen Mokoka

Antonio Alkana Lindsay Hanekom

Louis Van Zyl LeRoux Hamman

Ruswahl Samaai Luvo Manyonga

Stefan Brits Khotso Mokoena

Rocco Van Rooyen

Willem Coertzen Lebogang Shange

Wayne Snyman Marc Mundell

Managers/Coaches

Irma Reyneke, Paul Gorries, Terseus Liebenberg, Maryna van Niekerk, Pieter Lourens and James Moloi

BADMINTON

Men

Jacob Maliekal

Manager/Coach: Chris Dedman

CANOEING

Women Bridgitte Hartley Manager/Coach Craig Mustard

CYCLING

Women

An-‐Li Kachelhoffer Ashleigh Moolman-‐Pasio

Men

Daryl Impey Louis Meintjes

Kyle Dodd Alan Hatherly

James Reid

Manager/Coach/Mechanics

Brett Coates Jonnathan Chislett

Carl Pasio Douglas Ryder

JP Jacobs Gary Blem

EQUESTRIAN

Women

Tanya Seymour

Manager/Coach Groom

Ingeborg Sanne Kirsty Taylor

FOOTBALL

Women

Roxanne Barker

Andile Dlamini Bambanani Mbane

Amanda Dlamini Refiloe Jane Mamello Makhabane

Stephanie Malherbe Sanah Mollo

Linda MotlhaloNompumeleloNyandeni Jermaine Seoposenwe Janine Van Wyk

Managers/Coaches Barney Kujane

Desiree Ellis

Men

Jody February Tercious Malepe Maphosa Modiba Phumlani Ntshangase Ishmael Mngonyama Abbubaker Mobara

Noko Matlou

Robyn Moodaly

Octavia Nogwanya

LebohangRamalepe

LeandraSmeda

Nothando Vilakazi

Vera Pauw Francis Chansa

Tebogo Moerane Gift Motupa Deolin Mekoa Itumeleng Khune Rivaldo Coetzee Erick Mathoho

Shilene Margaret Booysen

Keagan Dolly Tyroane Sandows

Lebogang Mothiba Menzi Masuku

Tashreeq Morris Mothobi Mvala

Managers& Coaches

Levy Ramajoe Owen Da Gama

Thabo Senong Predikumar Bhaktawer Simone Conley

GOLF

Women

Paula Reto Ashleigh Simon

Men

Brandon Stone Jaco van Zyl

Golf Caddy

Chris Simmons Jason Reynolds

Deon Flowers David Buhai

Manager/Coach

Gary Player

GYMNASTICS

Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Manager/Coach

Ryan Patterson Jonathan Okada

JUDO

Men Manager/Coach

Zack Piontek Nikola Filipov

ROWING

Women

Kirsten McCann Kate Christowitz

Ursula Grobler Lee-‐Ann Persse

Men

James Thompson John Smith

Shaun Keeling Lawrence Brittain

Jake Green David Hunt

Vincent Breet Jonathan Smith

Manager/Coach

Roger Barrow Andrew Grant

Paul Jackson

RUGBY SEVENS

Men

Dylan Sage Philippus Snyman

Timothy Agaba Albertus Smith

Werner Kok Kyle Brown

Cheslin Kolbe Rosko Specman

Justin Geduld Cecil Afrika

Seabelo Senatla Juan De Jongh

Manager/ Coach

Ashley Evert Neil Powell

Renfred Dazel Alan Temple-‐Jones

SAILING

Men

Stefano Marcia Asenathi Jim

Roger Hudson

Manager/Coach Brevan Thompson

TRIATHLON

Women

Gillian Sanders Mari Rabie

Men

Richard Murray Henri Schoeman

Manager/Coach

Kate Roberts Lindsey Parry

MEDICAL TEAM

Chief Medical Officer: Dr Kevin Subban

Doctors: Danielle Lincoln; Paul Maphoto, Karen Schwabe Chief Physiotherapist: Grace Hughes

Physiotherapists: Hugh Everson, Ashleigh Hansen, Collin Hill, Avilarsh Lukhan, Given Motha, Hendrik Maree, Rannoa Ntseke, Eva Ramashala and Sandhya Silal

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Report Back Alani Ferreira – 2016 Caixa Loterias

July 13, 2016 Published by: Cresi Heslop

It was wonderful for Alani to swim in the actual Olympic pool in Rio and experience the wonderful pool, vibe and Brazilians as a host nation. She shares some valuable information on what is going on in Rio currently. And very important information of Zika and preventative measures. Thanks so much for sharing Alani.

Meet / Championships Report Back
Name & Surname	Alani Ferreira
Name of Meet	2016 Caixa Loterias swimming open championships
Date of Meet	22-24 April
City and Country	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Names of various Events participated in?	100m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke, 100m Butterfly, 400m Freestyle, 200m IM
Highlights of the event?	Getting to swim in an Olympic pool and being able to gain experience and knowledge on how the Games will potentially be run considering call rooms and so forth.
Lessons learned from the event?	When you are tired, always do a nice easy swim. You are guaranteed to feel better afterwards Take each race as it comes and focus on that race specifically ,not on the races that still have to come for the rest of the day. Swim every race like it could potentially be your last. You never know what may come out of those few seconds.
*What was your experience in general of Rio as an Olympic City, / the Brazilians, who will have the world’s eyes on them in a few days!*	Rio was definitely something different for me because I am not an experienced traveler but it definitely is a beautiful city despite all the construction work taking place. The fact that there is still so much potential for the city definitely brings hope. The pool itself was one of the best I have ever swum in. The blocks and backstroke block start equipment was superb and the pool in general was definitely of a high standard. The actual facility still has work to be done but it was not yet complete when I was there so it was expected, but I believe when it is complete the stadium will be an area of massive atmosphere and a perfect space for the Games to be held. I am not very experienced in Olympic pools but the pool itself was definitely the best I have swam in.
Tips for South African to be Zika aware / ready if they are going?	You can never have too much Tabard mosquito repellent cream on. If you just use creams too prevent mosquito bites you should be fine. I myself dint see many but as long as you are diligent with applying your cream on you should be perfectly safe.
*Any travelling tips for people travelling to Rio for the Olympics?*	LEARN BASIC PORTUGUESE! There is nothing worse than not knowing what food you just ordered…
What/ who / motivated you throughout the meet / champs?	Seeing my team mates do well and support from Karren Hugo

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Silver: 4

Bronze 4

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The full and final athletes in Team South Africa for the 2016 Olympics (includes the list that was announced in May 2016)

ATHLETICS

BADMINTON

CANOEING

CYCLING

EQUESTRIAN

GOLF

GYMNASTICS

JUDO

ROWING

RUGBY SEVENS

SAILING

TRIATHLON

MEDICAL TEAM

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