The cream of South Africa’s para sportsmen and women will be on full display at the 2026 Toyota SASAPD Nationals, where competition starts on Saturday at Stellenbosch’s Coetzenburg stadium and continues until Tuesday.
Sports that will be contested include para athletics, boccia, para cycling, CP football, goalball, para judo and para powerlifting, with a host of Team SA Paralympians also on display. They include Paralympic medallists from Paris 2024 in Simone Kruger (discus, shot put), Mpumelelo Mhlongo (100m, long jump), Louzanne Coetzee (1500m, 5000m) and Tokyo 2020 medallist Sheryl James (100m, 200m).
Other para athletes from Germany, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo will also be in action.
FULL COMPETITION SCHEDULE
Saturday
8am-12pm and 1-7pm: Boccia
10am-1pm: Para Judo
1.30-4.30pm: Para Powerlifting
2-4.30pm: Goalball
3.30-6pm: Score Winelands International Para Athletics
6-8pm: Opening Ceremony
Sunday
8am-5.30pm: Goalball
8am-7pm: Boccia
9am-1pm: Para Cycling time trial
9am-1.45pm: CP Football
9am-5pm: Para Athletics
11am-1pm: Para Swimming
Monday
8am-5.30pm: Goalball
8am-6pm: Boccia
9am-1.45pm: CP Football
9am-5pm: Para Athletics
10am-2pm: Para Cycling (track, Killarney raceway)
11am-1pm: Para Swimming
Tuesday
8-11am: Para Athletics
8am-12noon: Goalball
8am-2pm: Boccia
9am-1.40pm: CP Football
9am-1pm: Para Cycling (road race, Killarney raceway)
5-8pm: Closing ceremony