AFRICAN GAMES DAILY BULLETIN 7 SEPTEMBER Thirty- nine medals in the bag

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1 AFRICAN GAMES DAILY BULLETIN 7 SEPTEMBER 205 Thirty- nine medals in the bag SPORT EVENT NAME GOLD SILVER BRONZE All Around Kirsten Beckett Women s All Around Team SA Badminton Mixed team Team SA Fencing Women s Epee Team SA Men's Artistic - Rings Ryan Patterson Women's Artistic - Vault Claudia Cummins Women's Artistic - Bars Tylah Lotter Women's Artistic - Bars Kirsten Beckett Women 00m Freestyle Final Karin Prinsloo Men 00m Breaststroke Final Cameron vd Burgh Men 200m Freestyle Final Myles Brown Women 50m Backstroke Final Jessica Ashley- Cooper Men 50m Backstroke Final David de Villiers Women 4x200m Freestyle relay Final Team SA Karate Women s Kata Maxine Willemse Karate Men s Kata Michael Du Plessis Karate Men's Kumite -60kg Balungile Ngcofe Karate Men's Kumite -67kg Jan Booyens Womens Artistic Beam Kirsten Beckett Women s Artistic - Beam Angela Maguire Men s Artistic Vault Siphamandla Ngcobo

2 Men s Artistic Parallel Bars Aerobic - Individual Women Tiaan Grobler Dominique Mann Aerobic - Individual Men Wilson Mafona Aerobic - Mixed Pair Wilson Mafona, Dominique Mann Aerobic Trio Wilson Mafona, Dominique Mann, Terence Ledwaba Aerobic Team Team SA Men 00m Butterfly Chad Le Clos Men 00m Butterfly Nico Meyer Women 200m Freestyle Karin Prinsloo Women 200m Freestyle Marlies Ross Men 400m IM Aryton Sweeney Women 200m Breastroke Tatjana Schoenmaker Women 200m Breaststroke Kelly Gunnell Men 50m Breaststroke Cameron vd Burgh Women 50m Butterfly Vanessa Mohr Women 50m Butterfly Jessica Ashley-Cooper Men 800m Freestyle Myles Brown Mixed 4 x 00m Freestyle Relay Team SA Total 5 3

3 Late penalty denies Banyana Games win against Cameroon By Mark Etheridge Banana Banyana were roughly three minutes away from the perfect start to their African Games campaign here on Monday. But a hotly debated penalty saw them singing the blues as they drew their opening football match - against Cameroon. This was always going to be coach Vera Pauw s toughest task of the tournament as the physically imposing West Africans dwarfed the South Africans. But it s not always about size and the crisp passing of the South Africans showed immediately with good work down the right from Refiloe Jane setting up Leandra Smeda for a headed chance in the 3th minute. Just minutes later the same combination caused Cameroon problems and Smeda s acrobatic attempt wasn t connected cleanly enough to cause the pink- clad keeper any problems. The artificial turf was an extremely slow surface with the ball holding back once it bounced, making it hard for SA s speedy front runners to time their through- runs to perfection. Banyana Banyana team against Cameroon

4 The second half saw Cameroon pressing a whole lot harder and they caused the hard- working SA defence some anxious moments. But all the while captain Janine van Wyk kept a calm head on her slim shoulders and her and fellow defender Noko Motlou put their body on the line on countless occasions. One of those saw Van Wyk pole- axed by a flailing forearm to the chest and there were a few nervous moments before the lion- hearted skipper got up to take her place in the last line. But Banyana played their way back into the game and again it was the Jane- Smeda show that looked closest to cracking the Cameroon defence but the West Coast (Western Cape) striker ballooned the ball high and handsome off the bar. See more at: penalty- denies- banyana- games- win- against- cameroon/#sthash.ewosyghb.dpuf, swimming bag another 2 Games medals for Team SA The swimming team continued to dominate the pool, adding another 2 medals (six gold, three silver and three bronze) and two Championship records to Team SA s tally on the second day of the swimming programme at the All Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo on Monday night. And gymnastics also came to the party with nine medals of their own (three of them gold) on the outskirts of this sprawling city.

5 With a fast and golden championship record time of 5.24sec, Olympian Chad le Clos scooped the 00- metre butterfly title ahead of teammate Nico Meyer, who grabbed the bronze medal in The silver medal in the event went to Egypt s Omar Eissa in In the 50m breaststroke, it was a fight to the finish between Cameron van der Burgh and Egypt s Yossif Elkamash. Van der Burgh edged out the Egyptian, winning the race in a phenomenal new Championship Record time of 27.8 to Elkamash s 28.0, a time difference of only 0.92sec, while Tunisia s Wassim Elloumi took the bronze in Alaric Basson ended in sixth place with a time of See more at: swimming- bag- another- 2- games- medals- for- team- sa/#sthash.m7rvtpr.dpuf SA boxers begin African Games campaign in Brazzaville By Mark Etheridge Ayabonga Sonjica in Commonwealth Games Action Team South Africa s boxing contingent takes to the ring on Tuesday when their first of five fighters are in action.

6 First to throw a punch in anger will be the team s 49kg category contestant Sibusiso Bandla. The 22- year- old East Cape fighter takes on Ghana s Suleiman Teteh. All the amateur fights will feature three rounds of three minutes each. Next up will be 202 Olympian and 204 Commonwealth Games athlete Ayabonga Sonjica in the 56kg division, also on Tuesday, where the Eastern Cape athlete (picture above) will be up against Uganda s Nasir Bashir. Heavyweight action features Limpopo s Akani Phuzi, the 2- year- old taking on one of Kevin Kecendo (Seychelles) or Kenya s Ochola Elly Ajuwi. Then it s Team South Africa s 204 Commonwealth Games team member Paul Schafer in the super heavyweight (+9kg). And as the luck of the draw has it, Schafer may get the chance to avenge his Commonwealth defeat in Glasgow last year where he went down to Nigeria s Efe Ajagba of Nigeria. Witbank s Schafer has a first round bye and must wait to see if Ajagba gets past Kenya s Nyambewenya Daniel Shisia. Explains manager/coach Johan Prinsloo: Paul was unlucky to lose in Glasgow. He lost the first round, won the second and was looking good in the last till a clash of heads saw blood spilt, and the decision was given as a knockout against him. Ajagba captained the Nigerian boxing team in Glasgow and went on to get bronze. We ve got some definite medal chances here, continued Prinsloo. In the 49kg we should get through to the semi s quite easily and the same goes for the 56kg division. In the 9kg division we ll face Algeria in the semi if we get that far. So far the best boxers here are looking to be from Tunisia and Algeria but I must say that after the first night s programme the Zone IV countries (we are also part of Zone IV) have definitely stood out, which is a good sign. The team s only female boxer is Bathabile Ziqubu. The 24- year- old KwaZulu- Natal pugilist trades punches in the 5kg division. She s a good little boxer and can definitely go quite far here, says Prinsloo. Boxing is scheduled to go through till Saturday when the finals will be contested. See more at: boxers- begin- african- games- campaign- in- brazzaville/#sthash.iq5a4hww.dpuf

7 RESULTS DAY 6 Sport G Event Athlete Results Football W vs Cameroon Team SA Draw Karate M Men's Kumite -60kg Balungile Ngcofe Bronze Karate M Men's Kumite -67kg Jan Booyens Bronze Karate M Men's Kata Individual Michael Du Plessis Bronze Karate W Women's Kata Individual Maxine Willemse Bronze W Women's Artistic Kirsten Beckett Gold W Women's Artistic Angela Maguire Silver M Men's Artisitc Siphamandla Ngcobo Bronze M Men's Artisitc Tiaan Grobler, Bronze F Aerobic Dominique Mann Silver M Aerobic Wilson Mafona Silver Wilson Mafona & X Aerobic Dominique Mann Silver X Aerobic Wilson Mafona, Dominique Mann, Gold Terence Ledwaba X Aerobic Team SA Gold M Men 00m Butterfly Chad Le Clos Gold M Men 00m Butterfly Nico Meyer Bronze W Women 200m Freestyle Karin Prinsloo Gold W Women 200m Freestyle Marlies Ross Silver M Men 400m IM Aytron Sweeney Gold M Men 400m IM Edward Johannisen 5th W Women 200m Breastroke Tatjana Schoenmaker Gold W Women 200m Breastroke Kelly Gunnell Silver M Men 50m Breaststroke Cameron vd Burgh Gold (new championship record) M Men 50m Breaststroke Alaric Basson 5th W Women 50m Butterfly Vanessa Mohr Silver W Women 50m Butterfly Jessica Ashley- Cooper Bronze M Men 800m Freestyle Myles Brown Bronze M Men 800m Freestyle Brent Szurdoki 4th X Mixed 4 x 00m Freestyle Relay Team SA Gold

8 COMPETITION SCHEDULE DAY 7 Sport Start Time Event Athlete Revolution Badminton 09h0 Individual Talangai Boxing 4h00 49kg Sibusiso Bandla PS Kintele Karate 09h00 Men's Kumite -75kg, -84kg, +84kg Sandile Makwali, Morgan Moss, Andre De Oliveira Women's Kumite -68kg, +68kg Meghan Booyens, Nicola Luther Comp. Naut. Kintele 0:00 Women 400m Freestyle Karin Prinsloo, Marlies Ross 0:05 Men 00m Freestyle Clayton Jimmie, Caydon Muller 0:0 Women 00m Backstroke Jessica Ashley- Cooper, Karin Prinsloo 0:5 Men 200m Backstroke Ricky Ellis, Martin Binedell 0:20 Women 50m Breaststroke Tatjana Schoenmaker, Kelly Gunnell 0:25 Men 50m Butterfly Chad le Clos, Alard Basson 0:30 Women 4 x 00m Free Relay Team SA 7:00 Women 400m Freestyle Karin Prinsloo, Marlies Ross 7:05 Men 00m Freestyle Clayton Jimmie, Caydon Muller 7:0 Women 00m Backstroke Jessica Ashley- Cooper, Karin Prinsloo 7:5 Men 200m Backstroke Ricky Ellis, Martin Binedell 7:20 Women 50m Breaststroke Tatjana Schoenmaker, Kelly Gunnell 7:25 Men 50m Butterfly Chad le Clos, Alard Basson 7:30 Women 4 x 00m Free Relay Team SA