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South Africa At The 2014 Commonwealth Games
South Africa competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July – 3 August 2014. It is the sixth occasion that South Africa has been represented at the Commonwealth Games since re-joining the Commonwealth in 1994 after a break of 33 years during the international sports isolation period. The squad is spread over 15 codes, from aquatics to wrestling. Medalists * - Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field Events ;Combined events – Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon, Decathlon ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field Events Badminton ;Mixed team ;Pool E Boxing ;Men Cycling Mountain biking Road ;Women Track ;Sprint ;Pursuit ;Time trial ;Points race ;Scratch race ;Keirin Field hockey Men's tournament ;Pool A ---- ---- ---- Fifth and sixth place Women's tournament ;Pool A ---- ---- ---- Semifinals Bronze med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Sports Confederation And Olympic Committee
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) ( af, Suid-Afrikaanse Sportkonfederasie en Olimpiese Komitee) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for South Africa, and the responsible body for South Africa at the Commonwealth Games. It is also responsible for high-performance sport in the country and coordinates the relationship with various list of international sports federations, international sports federations. At the Annual General Meeting held on 9 December 2013, SASCOC decided to de-register as a non-profit company. This has created a great deal of confusion as its status as the official Sports Confederation (in terms of the Sport and Recreation Act, number 110 of 1998, as amended) and its affiliation to the IOC, ANOCA and the Commonwealth are not transferable. There too is an Association that is attempting to trade as SASCOC. However this association is not a registered non-profit organisation and in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esme Steyn
Esme Steyn (born 22 March 1953) is a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career In 2005 she won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. She competed in the women's fours and the women's triples events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold and bronze medal respectively. She was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland. She won the 2011 & 2012 singles at the National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ... bowling for the Linden Bowls Club. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Steyn, Esme 1953 births Living people Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Richards (rugby Union)
Mark Richards (born 9 September 1989) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the . His regular position is winger. Richards also won gold medals as part of the South African Sevens side that won the rugby sevens tournaments at the 2013 World Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Career Youth Richards went to Michaelhouse school in KwaZulu-Natal and earned a call-up to the KwaZulu-Natal Under-18 side that played at the Academy Week competition in 2007. Richards then joined the Durban-based academy and played for the side in the 2008 Under-19 Provincial Championship and for the side in the 2009 and 2010 Under-21 Provincial Championships. The latter season also saw Richards scoring a hat-trick in their 106–3 victory over in Durban. Sharks Richards made his first class debut for the during the 2010 Vodacom Cup competition when he started their match against the . He appeared in all nine of their matches in the competition (starting eight of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwagga Smith
Albertus Stephanus Smith (born 11 June 1993), known professionally as Kwagga Smith, is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the in Super Rugby and Yamaha Júbilo in the Japanese Top League. His regular position is flanker. He was a member of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and of the South African team that won the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Rugby career Youth He played school rugby for HTS Middelburg in Mpumalanga, which led to his inclusion in the U18 squads that played at the Craven Week competitions in 2010 and 2011. After school, he moved to Johannesburg, where he joined the . He started in nine matches for the side during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring four tries. He was selected in the South African U20 side that played at the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France. His only appearance in the pool stages came when he came played off the bench in the 97–0 vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Brown (rugby Union)
Kyle Gie Brown (born 6 February 1987) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the South African Sevens team. He was the captain of the South African Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Career Youth and Varsity Cup rugby He played some youth rugby for Wellington-based side at Under-19 level in 2006 and at Under-21 level in 2007. In 2008, he returned to Cape Town to play in the inaugural Varsity Cup competition, making seven appearances as his side the reached the final of the competition, where they were beaten 16–10 by fellow Western Cape university . He was also included in the side that played in the 2008 Under-21 Provincial Championship. South African Sevens At the end of 2008, Brown was included in the South African Sevens squad for the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series. He made his debut at the 2008 Dubai Sevens and played every leg of the series, as South Africa won the series for the first time at their tenth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Geduld
Justin Gilberto Geduld (born 1 October 1993) is a South African rugby union player, currently contracted to SARU as a sevens rugby player, as well as playing domestic rugby union for . His regular position is centre. He was a member of the South Africa Sevens team that won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Youth rugby Geduld represented at the 2011 Craven Week competition and also played for their Under-19 team in the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition. Geduld was included in the S.A. Under-20 squad for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship. National sevens team In 2013, Geduld was contracted to play rugby sevens for the South Africa Sevens team. He represented the team in the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series and played in tournaments in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan and Scotland. Geduld was included in a 12-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He was named in the starting lineup for their first match in Group B of the compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Horne
Francis Henry Horne (born 24 February 1983) is a South African rugby union player who played for the South African Sevens team from 2007 until 2016. He also played 15-man rugby for Wellington in club rugby and for the at provincial level. He mainly played as a flanker, but also played as a hooker or a centre on occasion. Career Youth and amateur rugby Horne was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Having grown up in Wellington in the Western Cape, Horne first played rugby at a provincial level when he appeared for the side in the 2002 Under-19 Provincial Championship. In 2003, he also represented the side at Under-20 level. He also represented Boland-based club side Wellington between 2002 and 2006. Boland Cavaliers He made his first class debut for the during the 2005 Vodacom Cup competition, starting their opening match of the season against the and helping them to a 34–20 victory. He made two more substitute appearances in their matches against and the as his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornal Hendricks
Cornal Hendricks (born 18 April 1988) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby, the in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge. His usual position is wing. Career Boland Cavaliers He represented local team through various underage competitions and graduated to the first team. He made his first team debut for Boland against the in the 2008 Currie Cup Premier Division season. He remained a first team regular for them over the next five seasons. Cheetahs / Free State Cheetahs He signed a contract with the to join them for the 2014 season, having previously agreed a deal with them for 2013, but failed to play for them in 2013 due to his South Africa Sevens commitments. He was included in the squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season and made his debut – also scoring a try – in a 21–20 defeat to the in Bloemfontein. Stormers / Western Province He returned to the Western Cape for the 2016 season, signing a two-year deal with and the . Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Dry
Christopher Adriaan Dry (born 13 February 1988) is a South African professional rugby union player, currently playing with the South African Sevens team in the Sevens World Series. His regular position is a flanker. Youth rugby Dry played rugby for his school, Grey College in Bloemfontein, earning a call-up to Free State's Under-18 side that played at the Academy Week tournament in 2006. The following year, he became involved in the youth structures at the ; he played for the side in the 2007 Under-19 Provincial Championship and for the side in the Under-21 Provincial Championships in both 2008 and 2009. Professional Dry made his first class debut for the during the 2009 Currie Cup Premier Division, coming on as a late substitute in their 59–8 victory against in Bloemfontein. That turned out be his only appearance in the Currie Cup, despite being named on the bench for their matches against the and . Dry made a single appearance for university side during the 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branco Du Preez
Branco Bewinn Nazeem du Preez (born 8 May 1990) is a former South African rugby union player, playing with the South Africa national rugby sevens team. He is a utility back, but usually plays as a scrum-half for the Blitzbokke. Du Preez retired as the most capped South African Rugby Sevens player. Career Youth Du Preez was born in George, South Africa. He played high school rugby for PW Botha College in George, which earned him a call-up to the South Western Districts side that played at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournament in 2006. He then joined the Harmony Sports Academy in Welkom, which made him eligible to represent the . He represented them at the premier high school tournament in South Africa, the Under-18 Craven Week, in both 2007 and 2008. He also represented the side in the 2007 and 2008 Under-19 Provincial Championships. When he finished schooling, he moved to Pretoria before the 2009 season. He made three appearances for the in the 2009 Varsity Cup competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa National Rugby Sevens Team
The South African national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Summer Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. Overall, the team has won the World Rugby Sevens Series 4 times, as well as having won 39 tournaments in the series. History After readmission to international sport following the ending of the apartheid ban, the team played their first sevens series in the 1993 Hong Kong Sevens, and also participated in the 1993 Rugby World Cup Sevens. They also played in the Hong Kong Sevens for the next two seasons. In 1996, they also took part in the Punta Del Este Sevens in Uruguay and the Dubai Sevens. They participated in the 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens the following year as well as in 1998, they played three South American tournaments – the Mar Del Plata Sevens in Argentina, the Punta Del Este Sevens and the Viña del Mar Sevens in Chile. 1999 saw them participate in the Mar Del Plata Sevens, the Santiago Sevens in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawn Bowls At The 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's Fours
The Women's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, was part of the Lawn bowls at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, lawn bowls competition, which took place between 24 and 27 July 2014 at the Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre. Sectional play Section A Section B Section C Section D Knockout stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Gold medal Bronze medal References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawn bowls at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - Women's fours Lawn bowls at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Women's fours 2014 in women's bowls, Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
