Commonwealth Games

Team SA and the ones to watch in Glasgow

AQUATICS
One to watch: Chad le Clos
Age: 22
Events: 100m, 200m buttery, individual
medley and relay
Le Clos is the defending champion of the
200m buttery and 400m individual
medley and this makes him a medal
certainty who is capable of amassing
more gold than he did at the previous
event in Delhi, India, back in 2010
Team: Cameron van der Burgh,
Bradley Tandy, Dylan Bosch,
Myles Brown, Sebastien
Rousseau, Roland Schoeman,
Leith Shankland, Caydon
Muller, Clayton Jimmie, Calvyn
Justus, Darren Murray, Tara-lynn
Nicholas, Karin Prinsloo, Erin Gallagher,
Trudi Maree, Marne Erasmus, Rene
Warnes, Marlies Ross, Jessica
Ashley-Cooper
Management: Shawn Adriaanse
(manager). Coaches: Graham Hill, Cedric
Finch, Igor Omeltchenko, Wayne Riddin
Paraswimming: Craig Groenewald.
Manager/coach: Theo Verster
ATHLETICS
One to watch: Wayde van Niekerk
Age: 22
Event: 400m
Van Niekerk has clocked fast times this
year, including his mark of 44.38 that
smashed the 15-year-old South African
record when he nished second at the
Diamond League in New York last month.
He is the national 400m champion
Team:
Sprints: Simon Magakwe, Akani Simbine,
Hendrico Bruintjies, Shaun de
Jager
Mid-distance: Andre Olivier,
Johan Cronje
400m hurdles: LJ van Zyl,
Cornel Fredericks, Wenda Nel
Jumps: Khotso Mokoena, Zarck Visser,
Ruswahl Samaai
Shot put: Orazio Cremona
Javelin: Sunette Viljoen, Rocco van
Rooyen
Decathlon: Willem Coertzen
Discus: Victor Hogan
Management: Motlatsi Keikabile
Coaches: Brandon du Plessis,
Carl Preller
PARA-ATHLETICS
One to watch: Fanie van der Merwe
Age: 28
Event: 100m T37
Team: Charl du Toit, Andrea Dalle Ave,
Juanelie Meijer, Lean Simon
Management: Karin le Roux
(manager/coach)
Coach: Suzanne Ferreira
BADMINTON
Team: Willem Viljoen, Andries Malan,
Jacob Maliekal, Prakash Vijaynath,
Jennifer Fry, Sandra le Grange, Elsie de
Villiers
Management: Stewart Carson
(manager/coach)
BOXING
One to watch: Siphiwe Lusizi
Age: 25
Event: 75kg middleweight
Lusizi is a veteran of multicoded events
and his experience of having competed at
the 2012 Olympic Games will stand him
in good stead hes knocking towards a
medal
Team: Ayabonga Sonjica, Thulani
Mbenge, Luvuyo Sizani, Paul Schafer,
Pathiswa Thingana
Management: Nkosinathi Hlatshwayo
(coach), Johan Prinsloo (manager/coach)
CYCLING
One to watch: Ashleigh Moolman-
Pasio
Age: 28
Event: Cycling (road)
Another athlete in the team boasting
Olympic Games experience, Moolman-
Pasio is the SA road race champion and a
national time trial champ
Team
Road: Cherise Stander, Heidi Dalton, Lise
Olivier, Anriette Schoeman, An-Li
Kchelhoffer
Track: Bernard Esterhuizen, Nolan
Hoffman, Evan Carstens, Theuns van der
Bank, Kellan Gouveris, Oupa Maluleke,
Morne Van Niekerk, Mariske Strauss,
Phillip Buys
Management: Brett Coates
(manager/MTB coach), Elrick Kulsen
(coach/track), Dean Edwards
(coach/road/time trial), Ruan
Lochner (mechanic)
GYMNASTICS
Team: Kirsten Beckett, Claudia
Cummins, Bianca Mann, Cameron
MacKenzie, Tiaan Grobler, Siphamandla
Ngcobo, Siphesihle Biyase, Grace Legote,
Aimee van Rooyen, Julene van Rooyen
Management: Ilse Laing (manager/
coach)
Coaches: Tatiana Lavrentchouk-Vizer,
Jesse Abraham Kitzen-Abelson
HOCKEY
Womens team: Quanita Bobbs, Tarryn
Bright, Dirkie Chamberlain, Bernadette
Coston, Marsha Cox, Sulette Damons,
Illse Davids, Lisa-Marie Deetlefs, Lilian
Du Plessis, Celia Evans, Lenise Marais,
Jade Mayne, Shelley Russell, Kathleen
Taylor, Nicolene Terblanche, Anelle van
Deventer
Management: Sheldon Rostron
(manager); Coaches: Giles Bonnet,
Kurt Cerfontyne
Video Analyst: Wayne Hendricks
Mens team: Andrew Cronje,
Jean-Pierre De Voux, Timothy
Drummond, Jethro Eustice, Rhett
Halkett, Julian Hykes, Lloyd
Norris-Jones, Robin Jones, Ignatuis
Malgraff, Clinton Panther, Taine Paton,
Wade Paton, Erasmus Pieterse, Jonathan
Robinson, Austin Smith,
Lungile Tsolekile
Management: Martin Van
Staden (manager)
Coaches: Fabian Gregory,
Moabi Malebye
Video Analyst: Adrian Carolan
JUDO
Team: Daniel le Grange,
Siyabulela Mabulu, Jacques
van Zyl, Zack Piontek, Tobie
Snyman, Sinothando Mva
Management: Ina van den Heever,
(manager), Vincent Redpath (coach)
LAWN BOWLS
Team: Colleen Piketh, Tracy-Lee Botha,
Susanna Nel, Susanna Steyn, Esme
Steyn, Robert Donnelly, Gerald Baker,
Josephus Jacobs, Jason Evans,
Mmboniseni Neluonde
PARABOWLS
Team: Gyndolene Nel,
Hermanus Scholtz, Geoffrey Newcombe,
Johanna van Rooyen, Derrick Lobban,
Roger Hagerty, Deon van de Vyver
Management: Jessica Henderson
(manager), Martinus Fraser (coach), Brian
Sneag (manager/parabowls)
NETBALL
Team: Adele Niemand, Bongiwe
Msomi, Chrisna Bootha, Erin Burger,
Lenize Potgieter, Karla Mostert, Keloe
Tsotsetsi, Maryka Holtzhausen, Melissa
Myburgh, Precious Mthembu, Zanele
Mdodana, Zanele Vimbela
Management: Kitiana Lekalakala
Coaches: Elizabeth Kotze, Ilze Pheiffer
PARA-POWERLIFTING
Team: Chantell Stierman
Management: Jan Flemming
(manager/coach)
SEVENS RUGBY
One to watch: Cecil Afrika
Age: 26
The former IRB Sevens player of the year
was part of the team that earned a
bronze medal at the previous Games in
India, and with the SA 7s on a roll, the
team has the potential to do better than
the third position in Delhi. Afrika is Team
SAs ag bearer in Glasgow
Team: Chris Dry, Kwagga Smith, Frankie
Horne, Warren Whiteley, Cornal
Hendricks, Kyle Brown, Branco du Preez,
Mark Richards, Justin Geduld, Werner
Kok, Seabelo Senatla
Management: Ashley Evert (manager)
Coaches: Neil Powell, Allan
Temple-Jones
SHOOTING
Team: Alexander
Coetzee, Johannes du Toit,
Esmari van Reenen
Management: Bernand de Beer
(manager/coach)
TRIATHLON
Team: Richard Murray, Henri Schoeman,
Wian Sullwald, Kate Roberts, Gillian
Sanders. Manager: Lindsey Parry
(manager/coach)
WEIGHTLIFTING
Team: Portia Vries, Mona
Pretorius, Anrich Phillips,
Greg Shushu, Gordon Shaw
Management: Aveenash
Pandoo (manager/coach)
WRESTLING
Team: Bokang Masunyane, Marno
Plaatjes, Terry van Rensburg, Gerald
Meyer, Armando Hietbrink, Adem
Digovich, Mpho Madi, Jeannie-Marie
Coetzer, Norma Gordon, Zumicke
Geringer, Relwe Molongwane
Management: Nico Coetzee (manager/
coach), Esta van Zyl (coach)
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