Team SA were in action in two sports on Friday at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama. This is how the eight athletes competing on the day fared:
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Men’s Compound, Round of 32: Folkers Herholdt lost to Robin Jaatma (Estonia) 148-142. Herholdt was five points down after two ends (59-54) but stayed in the hunt and kept the gap at four until starting the final end.
Men’s Compound, Round of 32: Beyers de Klerk lost to Lukasz Przyblski (Poland) 149-142. De Klerk was three points down after three ends (two remaining), but the Pole finished strongly with two scores of 30 to stretch clear.
Women’s Compound, Round of 32: Gerda Roux lost to Paola Maria Ramirez Gonzales (Puerto Rico) 143-142. Roux’s highest score from her three arrows came in the fifth end, with a total of 29.
Women’s Compound, Round of 32: Jeanine van Kradenburg lost to Sanne De Laat (Netherlands) 143-142. This was as tight as the score suggests, with the total 57-all after two ends. It was 115-113 to De Laat with one end to go, where Van Kradenburg shot 29 to her opponent’s 28, and she lost by one point.
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Men’s singles, Round of 32: Jivi Sewchuran lost to Timmy Tan (Malaysia) 2-1. The game scores were (Sewchuran first) 218-200, 189-196, 173-224 (average 193.3-206.7) as the Malaysian fought back from 1-0 down to win.
Men’s singles, Round of 32: Cherng-Shiaw Ju lost to Jarsoslav Lorenc (Cz Rep) 2-0. The game scores were (Ju first): 145-207 and 183-269 (average 164-238).
Women’s singles, Round of 32: Ursula Ekermans lost to Jenny Wegner (Sweden) 2-0. The game scores were (Ekermans first) 170-197 and 177-257 (average score 173.5-227).
Women’s singles, Round of 32: Gitabalie Soorajlal lost to Pamela Perez (Puerto Rico) 2-1. The game scores were (Soorajlal first) 161-160, 158-200, 150-170 (average 156.3-176.7) as Soorajlal’s opponent fought back from one game down.