The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has announced a team of 49 athletes to represent Team South Africa at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago, from 4-11 August.
The seventh edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games is expected to host over 1,000 athletes and para-athletes between the ages of 14-18, participating in seven sports.
Team South Africa will be represented in seven sporting codes, namely Athletics (including para-athletics), Cycling, Netball, Rugby sevens, Swimming, Triathlon, and Volleyball. The largest contingent will be in...
SA U18 Sevens squad named for Youth Games
The South African Under-18 Sevens team to participate at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago next month has been named.
The Youth Games will take place from 4-11 August. South Africa won the gold medal when they last participated in the tournament, in Samoa in 2016.
Team South Africa, consisting of 49 athletes representing seven different sporting codes, will depart for Trinidad and Tobago on Friday, 28 July.
Marius Schoeman, SA Rugby’s High-Performance Manager for Sevens, will coach the team. Schoeman had a recent training camp...
SA U18 Sevens squad named for Youth Games
The South African Under-18 Sevens team to participate at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago next month has been named.
The Youth Games will take place from 4-11 August. South Africa won the gold medal when they last participated in the tournament, in Samoa in 2016.
Team South Africa, consisting of 49 athletes representing seven different sporting codes, will depart for Trinidad and Tobago on Friday, 28 July.
Marius Schoeman, SA Rugby’s High-Performance Manager for Sevens, will coach the team. Schoeman had a recent training camp...
The Junior Springboks will face Ireland with an unchanged match day squad in the first semi-final of the World Rugby U20 Championships at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday afternoon.
With no injury concerns following their hard-fought 24-16 victory over Argentina in their final Pool C match at the same venue on Tuesday, Junior Bok head coach Bafana Nhleko opted for continuity in his match-23, in the hope that it would quell the slow start the team experienced in their matches thus far in the tournament.
The selection is also good reward for the incumbents, Nhleko said.
“We...
The Junior Springboks will face Ireland with an unchanged match day squad in the first semi-final of the World Rugby U20 Championships at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday afternoon.
With no injury concerns following their hard-fought 24-16 victory over Argentina in their final Pool C match at the same venue on Tuesday, Junior Bok head coach Bafana Nhleko opted for continuity in his match-23, in the hope that it would quell the slow start the team experienced in their matches thus far in the tournament.
The selection is also good reward for the incumbents, Nhleko said.
“We...
Swimming’s Jessica Thompson (pictured) took Team SA’s medals tally to two when she claimed the GOLD medal in the women’s 50m butterfly at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. This is a summary of how Team SA fared on day 2 of competition.
Day 2 (Sun): How Team SA fared at Commonwealth Youth Games
BEACH VOLLEYBALLJayden Cupido and Valaitham Deloshen (men) lost 2-0 to Jett Rocker-Graham and Mitchell Croft of Australia (21-13, 21-0)Jayden Cupido and Valaitham Deloshen (men) won 2-0 against Julian Bristol and Sundar Prakash of Pakistan (21-16, 22-20)
RUGBY SEVENSMen’s...
Commonwealth Youth Games 2023
The Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games will take place from the 4th – 11th August 2023, with the dates of the netball competition from the 8th – 10th August 2023.
This is the first-time netball will feature in the Commonwealth Youth Games with the competition allowing for a broad range of countries to compete at an international event whilst providing an invaluable experience to the future stars of netball.
The FAST5 format of the game will be played, which features multiple point shots, double point power...
Team SA ended the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago with 20 medals – seven gold, six silver and seven bronze. Willem Jansen claimed gold in the men’s javelin and netball won a silver on the final day of competition, when going down 39-29 to Australia in the final. Ethan Kulsen took the silver medal in the men’s points race.
This is how the remaining athletes fared.
ATHLETICSMen’s javelin, final: Willem Jansen 79.85m GOLD
CYCLINGWomen’s 200m Individual Pursuit, qualifying, heat 1: Anya du Plessis DNS (ill) vs Gargi Bishnoi (India)Men’s Points race, final: Ethan...
