Team SA began day four of the 2026 Commonwealth Games programme with six medals, all won in the pool. It was another big night at Tollcross International Swimming Centre with three more medals coming their way to take the Team SA tally to nine. Away from the swimming there was a dominant win for the netballers, who swamped Tonga 96-42. That sets them up for two huge matches against England and Australia in the race for the top two spots in Pool A.
Here’s a breakdown of how Team SA performed on Sunday in Glasgow.
BOXING
Men’s bantamweight, 55kg, round of 16: Masibulele Siqwela lost on points (4-0) to Mqengo Mwale (Zambia)
GYMNASTICS
Women’s Artistic All-Round Final: Naveen Daries placed 10th and Zelme Daries 13th, with total scores of 49.100 and 48.250, respectively. Gold was won with 53.050 points, silver 52.900 and bronze 52.800 points.
LAWN BOWLS
Women’s Pairs, Section B, Round 4: Jackie Janse van Rensburg and Thabelo Muvhango stunned section table-toppers England with a 9-0, 3-4 and 1-0 (tiebreak) win. The Team SA pair bounced back against the favourites after losing their opening three matches. They then beat Malta 2-0 ( 7-0, 8-5) but are out of medals contention.
Men’s singles, Section B, Round 5: Wayne Rittmuller suffered another narrow tie-breaker loss, the second in succession. He lost to Shannon McIlroy (New Zealand) 8-5, 5-8 (0-1).
PARA LAWN BOWLS
Para Mixed Pairs (B2-B3), Section A, Round 5: Princess Schroeder, Keith Orwell beat New Zealand on a tie-break. The end scores were 1-9, 4-2 and then 1-0 in the tiebreak. The South Africans are out of medals contention.
NETBALL
Pool A: Team SA made it two wins from two matches when they ran out 96-42 winners over Tonga, having beaten Malawi 65-44 on Saturday. Team SA opened up a 26-15 lead after the first quarter and stretched it out to 51-23 at half-time. The third quarter was a bit quieter (21-12), before they raced away with the final quarter 24-7. Rolene Streutker scored 51 goals, with Sammy Ngubane getting 34 and Kamogelo Maseko 11.
SWIMMING
Men’s 50m breaststroke, heats: Michael Houlie won his heat in 26.53 to set the standard heading into the evening’s semi-finals as the fastest qualifier. Chris Smith also qualified for the semi-finals, in 4th, after his heats swim where he placed 2nd in 27.17.
Men’s 50m breaststroke, semi-finals: Michael Houlie beat breaststroke legend Adam Peaty-Ramsay to win the second semi-final in 26.61 to go into the final as the fastest qualifier. Chris Smith was 2nd in the first semi-final in 27.01 to qualify 4th fastest for the final.
Men’s 200m backstroke, heats: After his 50m gold medal heroics last night, Pieter Coetze was back in the pool in the 200m and won his heat in a composed 1:58.48, which left him 2nd fastest qualifier heading into the evening final.
GOLD! Men’s 200m backstroke, final: Pieter Coetze stormed to another gold medal and another Games record, this time in the 200m, to add to his 50m heroics. Coetze was on world record pace halfway through and came home to win in 1:54.22, a full 2.22sec ahead of silver medallist Oliver Morgan of England.
Men’s 100m butterfly, final: Chad le Clos, the most decorated Commonwealth Games male medallist ever, finished 5th in 51.49.
Men’s 50m freestyle, final: Calvyn Justus finished 5th in 22.17 as Australia claimed a 1-2-3, with Cameron McEvoy winning in a Games record 20.97.
BRONZE! Women’s 100m backstroke, final: Olivia Nel swam the race of her career to claim 3rd and take the bronze medal from lane 2 in 1:00.09.
Women’s 100m freestyle, heats: Aimee Canny scratched from the event to concentrate on her medal charge in the breaststroke this evening. Olivia Nel finished 3rd in the morning heat in 55.32 and qualified for the semi-finals as 11th fastest. Caitlyn de Lange also qualified for the semi-finals, in 14th position, after placing 6th in her heat in 55.74.
Women’s 100m freestyle, semi-finals: Caitlyn de Lange finished 4th in her semi-final in 55.03, which qualified her 8th for Monday night’s final. Olivia Nel withdrew earlier in the day.
Women’s 100m butterfly, heats: Erin Gallagher, a silver medallist in the 50m butterfly, won her heat in the 100m in 58.77, with Dune Coetzee 5th in 1:01.02. They were placed 6th and 13th, respectively, on the overall timesheets to comfortably qualify for the semi-finals.
Women’s 100m butterfly, semi-finals: Erin Gallagher finished 3rd in the first semi-final in 57.94 to claim her place as 5th fastest for the final. Dune Coetzee was 6th in the other semi-final in 1:00.70 and missed out on a place in the final.
SILVER! Women’s 100m breaststroke, final: Aimee Canny continued Team SA’s trend of medalling in the women’s 100m breaststroke major championships by finishing 2nd in 1:06.19. Kaylene Corbett was 6th in 1:07.61 and Rebecca Meder 7th in 1:07.68.
PARA SWIMMING
Men’s 100m backstroke, heats: Christian Sadie finished 7th in the heat in 1:15.32 and heads into the evening final seeded 7th.
Men’s 100m backstroke, final: Christian Sadie finished 7th in 1:15.82.
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL
Women’s 3×3, Pool A (2.25pm): Team SA (Aviwe Ngoni, Asive Gilifile, Michelle Moganedi, Ongezwa Hagu) lost to Australia 20-5. They went down in their opener to Canada 19-3 and next face pool leaders England in their final game.
Men’s 3×3, Pool B: Team SA (Zakhele Shelembe, Xola Yalezo, Shane Williams, Simanga Mbhele) recorded their first win in only their second match when they beat Wales 16-12.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Men’s 65kg: Zach Snyman recorded a DNF, after lifting 105kg in the snatch and then being forced to withdraw.
Photo: Michael Houlie by ANTON GEYSER/Team SA