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Marlize De Bruin
Marlize de Bruin (born 11 November 1994) is a South African women's rugby sevens and netball player. Career Netball Marlize is also a netball player. She captained Gauteng Jaguars and helped them win Telkom Netball League titles. Rugby sevens De Bruin represented South Africa at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. She was named in the Springbok women's sevens side for the 2023 Dubai Women's Sevens. She was a member of the South African team that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ... in Paris. References Living people 1994 births South Africa international women's rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for South Africa South African netball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa Women's National Rugby Sevens Team
The South Africa women's national rugby sevens team competes at events within the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and was a core team for 2014–15 season. They first played in the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens, and also competed in the IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup in the 2011–12 season. South Africa did not qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics despite winning the 2015 Women's Africa Cup Sevens because the South African Olympic Committee (SASCOC) rules states that teams cannot qualify by winning continental titles. As in 2016, South Africa missed Tokyo 2020 for the same reason. Tournament History Rugby World Cup Sevens Commonwealth Games Women's Africa Cup Sevens 2012 London Sevens Group A * 26 - 5 * 28 - 17 * 41 - 0 * 21 - 12 * 22 - 0 * 19 - 14 Quarter-finals * - * - * - * - Squad Previous Squads * Megan Comley * Phumeza Gadu * Veroeshka Grain (c) * Jacqueline Kriel * Unathi Mali * Zintle Mpupha Zintle Mpupha is a South African women's rugby union playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netball In South Africa
Netball is one of the most popular women's participation sports in South Africa. The sport is also played by a large number of men. It exists in a culture where sport plays an important public and social part of life. The history of South Africa's netball involvement mirrors that of other sports played in the country like rugby union. During the apartheid era, there were many netball facilities available for whites to use, and fewer for people from other race groups. Funding issues and gender issues did not help bridge this gap. South Africa has been a long time participant in the international netball community. It was part of the 1960 meeting to set the rules for the game. It came in third place at the 1967 World Netball Championship. Around 1970, during the Sporting boycott of South Africa, South Africa was blocked from competing internationally. South Africa was welcomed back to have their teams compete in international games in the 1990s. This came with national accusatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauteng Jaguars
The Netball League of South Africa (known for sponsorship purposes as the Telkom Netball League) is the leading semi-professional netball league in South Africa. History On 16 April 2014, Netball South Africa announced that the first semi-professional netball league ever to play in Africa would be launched. Juicing company Brutal Fruit (subsidiary of South African Breweries) were signed as the league's naming-rights sponsor for five years, ensuring the competition would be known as the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup. Ahead of the 2019 competition the sponsorship deal expired and the league was sponsored by Telkom. The inaugural championship was contested by 10 teams from all nine South African provinces, played over a five-week period. The top five provincial teams formed Division 1, with the remainder forming Division 2. The first competition ran from 10 May 2014 to 7 June 2014. All matches were held in the Rembrandt Hall at the University of Pretoria and were broadcast live on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telkom Netball League
The Premier Netball League is the top level netball league featuring teams from Netball in South Africa, South Africa. It was formed in 2014 in South Africa, 2014 and is organised by Netball South Africa. Between 2014 and 2018, due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship and naming rights arrangements, the league was known as the Brutal Fruit Netball Cup. Since 2019, the league has been sponsored by Telkom (South Africa), Telkom and, as a result, it is widely known as the Telkom Netball League. In 2014, Free State Crinums were the inaugural winners. Gauteng Jaguars are the league's most successful team, having won six titles. The league features two divisions and uses a promotion and relegation format. The winners of the Division Two Shield can gain promotion to Division One by winning a Playoffs, play off. History Inaugural season In 2014, Free State Crinums, Eastern Cape Aloes, Gauteng Golden Fireballs, Gauteng Jaguars and North West Flames, became founder members of Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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