Team SA began Saturday’s Commonwealth Games programme with two medals in the bank, all won in the pool on Friday night. On Saturday night they banked another three medals with Pieter Coetze winning 50m backstroke gold, Erin Gallagher taking 50m butterfly silver and Ruard van Renen 50m backstroke bronze.
The five Team SA medals have all come in the pool: Nathan Hendricks and Coetze have won gold, Gallagher won silver and the men’s 4x100m freestyle and Van Reenen have won bronze.
Here’s a guide of how they performed.
GYMNASTICS
Women Team Final & Individual Qualification: Team SA (Caitlyn Rooskrantz, Naveen Daries, Zelme Daries, Karma Visagie, Buhle Nhleko) finished 5th in the team final with a score of 142.50, with Australia, Canada, England and Wales finishing ahead of them.
LAWN BOWLS
Men’s singles, Section B, Round 4: Wayne Rittmuller lost after being taken to a tie-break by Liam Hill (Tonga). The two sets had been shared, 8-5, 4-7. The tie-break went to Hill 1-0. Rittmuller had come from 5-0 down in the first set after two ends with eight unanswered shots.
Women’s Pairs, Section B, Round 3: Jackie Janse van Rensburg, Thabelo Muvhango lost to Namibia on a tie-break. The score was 7-4, 4-6 (0-1)
Para Mixed Pairs (B2-B3), Section A, Round 3: Princess Schroeder, Keith Orwell lost to England 2-0 (8-2, 6-1).
Para Mixed Pairs (B2-B3), Section A, Round 4: Princess Schroeder, Keith Orwell lost 2-0 (9-4, 7-2) to Wales
NETBALL
Pool A: Team SA beat Malawi 65-44. They led 18-12 after the first quarter, stretched it to 34-23 at half-time and then further extending to 49-32 and then closing out the match with a 16-12 fourth quarter margin.
SWIMMING
GOLD AND BRONZE! Men’s 50m backstroke, final: Pieter Coetze took the GOLD medal in a third successive Games record time of 24.18. Ruard van Renen earned his first individual major medal with BRONZE in 24.51.
Men’s 100m breaststroke, final: Michael Houlie went out fast, but was caught in the last 25m and finished 7th in 1:00.35, while Chris Smith was 8th in 1:00.79.
Men’s 50m freestyle, heats: Calvyn Justus finished 3rd in his heat in 22.00 which left him as the 4th fastest qualifier heading into the semi-finals. Guy Brooks finished 5th in 22.99 to qualify for the semi-finals 15th fastest, while Michael Houlie was 7th in 23.28 for 20th overall and missing out on a place in the evening’s semi-finals.
Men’s 50m freestyle, semi-finals: Calvyn Justus produced a personal best time of 21.86 to finished 2nd in his semi-final. That left him 4th fastest heading into the final. Guy Brooks improved on his morning time with a 22.62, which left him 13th overall and missing out on a place in the final.
Men’s 100m butterfly, heats: Ruard van Renen finished 2nd in his heat in 52.14 to qualify for the semi-finals as 5th fastest. He later scratched from the event. Jardon Eaton was 5th in the same heat in 52.84 to qualify 11th fastest for the evening’s semi-finals. Chad le Clos also worked through to the semi-finals after finishing 2nd in his heat in 52.53 for 7th fastest.
Men’s 100m butterfly, semi-finals: Chad le Clos reached another major championship final when he finished 4th in his semi-final in 52.35 which saw him qualify for the final as 8th fastest. Jardon Eaton was 6th in his semi-final in 52.84, and missed out on a spot in the final as 11th quickest.
Men’s 400m freestyle, heats: Kris Mihaylov finished 8th in his heat in 4:01.09, which left him 18th on the overall time sheets and missing out on a place in the final.
SILVER! Women’s 50m butterfly: Erin Gallagher picked up the SILVER medal in her final Commonwealth Games, with a time of 21.57. Jessica Thompson was 4th in 25.92, while Caitlin de Lange touched in 6th in 26.33.
Women’s 100m breaststroke, heats: Aimee Canny won her heat in 1:06.68 to qualify for the semi-finals as 2nd fastest overall. Rebecca Meder (1:07.93) was 4th in the same heat and also qualified for the semi-finals, as 7th fastest. Kaylene Corbett was 2nd in her heat in 1:07.37 and also reached the semi-finals, qualifying 6th fastest.
Women’s 100m breaststroke, semi-finals: Aimee Canny won her semi-final in 1:06.74 to qualify 2nd fastest for the final. Kaylene Corbett was 3rd in the same semi-final in 1:07.31 and goes into the final as 5th fastest, while Rebecca Meder placed 4th in the second semi-final in 1:07.53 and qualified for the final as 7th fastest.
Women’s 200m freestyle, heats: Dune Coetzee finished 5th in her heat in 2:00.90 which placed her 11th overall and missing out on a place in the final. Georgia Nel finished 6th in her heat in 2:02.76 to slow her in at 15th overall and missing out on a place in the final. Hannah Robertson finished 5th in her heat in 2:03.31 which left her 16th overall and also missing out on a place in the final.
Women’s 100m backstroke, heats: Olivia Nel was 2nd in her heat in 1:00.59 to qualify for the semi-finals as 4th fastest overall. Jessica Thompson finished 4th in her heat in 1:01.54 to qualify for the semi-finals as 11th fastest, while Hannah Pearse was 7th in the same heat in 1:01.53, which left her 19th overall. Thompson later scratched from the semi-finals, leaving only Nel.
Women’s 100m backstroke, semi-finals: Olivia Nel finished strongly for 3rd in 1:00.48, which saw her qualify for Sunday’s final as 5th fastest.
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL
Men’s 3×3: Team SA (Zakhele Shelembe, Xola Yalezo, Shane Williams, Simanga Mbhele) lost 15-9 to Scotland. Team SA had a shooting efficiency of 0.31, with Scotland at 0.44. Team SA had led early at 5-4 and then were still in the match at 6-6.
Photo: NIC BOTHMA/Team SA