Team SA started the eighth day of competition on Friday with 22 medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – seven golds, seven silvers and eight bronzes. The women’s hockey team beat Wales 1-0 to finish in seventh position. Team SA’s netballers lost their fifth and sixth playoff match 54-46 to Uganda and end the Games in sixth place.
ATHLETICS
Women’s 100mH, heats: Marione Fourie finished third in 13.04 and did not qualify for the final
Men’s shot put, final: Kyle Blignaut finished seventh with a distance of 19.23m
BADMINTON
Women’s doubles, round of 16: Deidre Jordaan, Johanna Scholtz lost 2-0 (21-6, 21-4) to Koong Le Pearly, Muralitharan Thinaah (Malaysia)
Mixed doubles, round of 16: Roberts Summers, Johanna Scholtz lost 2-0 (21-18, 21-8) to Sachin Dias, Thilini Hendahewa (Sri Lanka)
Women’s singles, round of 16: Deidre Jordaan lost 2-0 (21-13, 21-5) to Rachael Darragh (N Ire)
GYMNASTICS
Individual allround final: Kayla Jean Rondi finished 16th with a total score of 94.600 after apparatus scores of 23.000, 24,400, 23.800, 23.400
HOCKEY
Women’s 7th and 8th classification: South Africa 1 Wales 0
Lilian du Plessis scored the only goal of the match as Team SA finished their campaign on a high in seventh position. Du Plessis netted the winner in the 38th minute. Although Wales had more of the possession (55%), South Africa edged the stats when it came to attack circle penetration
LAWN BOWLS
Men’s singles, quarter-final: Jason Evans 12 Gary Kelly (N Ire) 21
NETBALL
5th and 6th classification: South Africa 46 Uganda 54
South Africa fell behind 15-13 in the first quarter and couldn’t claw their way back. They lost the second quarter 15-8, rallied to win the third quarter 16-11 but then lost the fourth quarter 13-11
TABLE TENNIS
Men’s doubles, round of 16: Theo Cogill, Chetan Nathoo lost 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-5) to Tom Jarvis, Sam Walker
Women’s doubles, round of 32: Zodwa Maphanga, Danisha Patel lost 3-1 (11-3, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8) to Natalie Cummings, Chelsea Edghill (Guyana)
Women’s doubles, round of 32: Lailaa Edwards, Mushfiquh Kalam beat Rita Nakhumitsa, Florence Seera (Uganda) 3-1 (11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7)
WRESTLING
86kg freestyle, round of 16: Eddie Lessing won 10-0 against Taitaifono Tamati (Samoa) in victory by technical superiority – without any point scored by the opponent
86kg freestyle, quarter-final: Eddie Lessing lost to Muhammad Inam (Pakistan) 3-1 on points
86kg freestyle, bronze medal match: Eddie Lessing lost to Jaden Lawrence (Australia) 12-11 on points