In an historic move to revitalise water polo in South Africa, a transformative step has been taken to ensure the sport's growth and inclusivity. With the backing of the vast majority of the water polo community, a new governing body, South Africa Water Polo NPC (“SA Water Polo”), has been established as a not-for-profit entity dedicated to advancing the game at all levels. This initiative marks a significant shift from past practices and signals a future of transparency, governance, and excellence.
South Africa 16 Uruguay 5
South Africa was always going to win this match as it has been playing some wonderful water polo. Karabo Mamaregane opened for South Africa and it led to a 3-0 advantage inside the last three minutes. Uruguay struck back twice through Emiliano Scelza with the second on counter. Rheese Hall squeezed in a score on extra, just before the buzzer for 4-2. Mamaregane started the second quarter as well as Uruguay was kept scoreless and South Africa helped itself to five goals. Matthew Lortan started the third an…
Match 11, Group F, South Africa 8 Kazakhstan 10 (0-2, 3-3, 2-4, 3-1)
Kazakhstan came through with a two-goal margin. It kept South Africa at arm’s left for the first quarter, but had to wait until 2:33 before scoring its first through Yegor Beloussov, a four-goal hero on day against Australia. The second came soon after from centre by . It took nearly three minutes into the second for Nurassyi Satbergan to score from centre and make it 3-0. Beloussov on extra with a high-climbing arm from the near-post position and Kirill Panteleyev via penalty, had the sco…
South Africa 4 Thailand 14
Thailand proved a real handful for South Africa with the 4-0 first quarter, setting the pace. By halftime, Thailand had the match sewn up. Resistance in the second half showed just how good the defence was by both teams. South Africa’s second goal came at 11-2, 2:10 from the final break, and the fourth was slipped in by Inez Letschert, just inside the final minute.
Match Heroes While the scoresheet shows that captain Thanidakarn Kwantongtanaree scored six goals — 15 in Manisa — and was named player of the match, Paranee Chotrotchanaanan thr…
FINA World Championships: Team SA update (Day 7)
The 19th FINA World Championships are underway in Budapest, Hungary. In Friday’s action, Lara van Niekerk won her 50m breaststroke heat in an African record 29.77, which qualified her as the fastest in the heats. Emma Chelius took to the water in the 50m freestyle. The 25-year-old was also impressive, finishing third in her heat in 24.87sec and qualified for the semi-finals 7th fastest overall out of 82 starters. Her SA record stands at 24.64.
Here is a list of all the Team SA swimmers and their results for the event tha…
FINA World Championships: Team SA update (Day 6)
The 19th FINA World Championships are under way in Budapest, Hungary. In action on Thursday was Clayton Jimmie in the 50m freestyle where finished 7th in his heat in 22.74 and placed 43rd overall (out of 90 swimmers) and didn’t qualify for the semi-finals.
Matthew Sates, who finished 8th in his first World Championships final on Wednesday night, finished 10th in his 100m butterfly heat in 54.17 which placed him 41st (out of 65 swimmers) overall and did not qualify for the final.
Here is a list of all the Team SA swimmers and their r…
