Team SA enjoyed another successful day at the Region 5 Games in Namibia when they won medals across three sports – athletics, swimming and table tennis. There were 23 medals in total from teams in Windhoek and Swakopmund, with 13 being won by swimmers, four at athletes and six at table tennis. That took Team SA’s overall tally to 58.
ATHLETICS (FINALS)
Girls long jump final: Ashlynn Norman won GOLD with a best distance of 5.38m, achieved on her first and sixth attempts
Boys 3000m final: Michael Bekker won GOLD with a time of 8:36.90
Boys discus final: Erik Senekal final won GOLD with a distance of 50.16m on his fourth throw
Boys discus final: Dewald Bezuidenhout had a best distance of 45.12m for BRONZE
BASKETBALL
Team SA U16 (boys) beat Malawi 76-70
FOOTBALL
Team SA (girls) vs Eswatini 3-0
Team SA (boys) beat Botswana 3-0
NETBALL
Team SA beat Eswatini 92-14
SWIMMING (FINALS)
Girls 400m freestyle: Kaitlynne Horne won GOLD with a time of 4:22.99 with Jessica Cromhout 4th in 4:32.60
Girls 50m backstroke: Indiana de Villiers won SILVER with 28.93 with Jessica Carmody 4th in 30.31
Girls 200m breaststroke: Morgan Cope won GOLD in 2:30.42 and Georgia Els won SILVER in 2:35.32
Girls 100m butterfly: Indiana de Villiers took SILVER in 1:01.36 and Georgia Els won BRONZE in 1:03.20
Girls 4x50m freestyle: Indiana de Villiers, Morgan Cope, Jessica Carmody and Caitlyn Dube won SILVER in 1:48.04
Boys 50m freestyle: Josh Esterhuyzen won GOLD in 22.97 with Tumelo Mahan taking SILVER in 23.08
Boys 200m IM: Guy Wessels won SILVER with a time of 2:05.07
Boys 200m backstroke: Lance Cromhout won SILVER in 1:59.24 and Christiaan Esterhuyzen took BRONZE in 2:02.06
Boys 4x100m medley: Christian Esterhuyzen, Matthew Pretorius, Tumelo Mahan and Josh Esterhuyzen won GOLD in 3:49.03
TABLE TENNIS
Boys final: Team SA bt Namibia 3-0 to win GOLD
Girls final: Team SA beat Namibia 3-1 to win GOLD
Boys doubles, quarter-finals: Cuten Lodewyk and Ruan Scholtz beat Angola 3-0
Boys doubles, quarter-finals: Xhaiden Williams and Amaru Joseph beat Botswana 3-0
Boys doubles, semi-finals: Cuten Lodewyk and Ruan Scholtz beat Namibia 3-1
Boys doubles, semi-finals: Xhaiden Williams and Amaru Joseph beat Zimbabwe 3-2
Girls doubles, quarter-finals: Rochica Sonday and Karen Pillay beat Malawi 3-1
Girls doubles, quarter-finals: Confidence Moati and Kritika Tiotaram beat Namibia 3-0
Girls doubles, semi-finals: Rochica Sonday and Karen Pillay beat Nanmibia 3-0
Girls doubles, semi-finals: Confidence Moati and Kritika Tiotaram beat Zimbabwe 3-0
TENNIS
Girls singles, quarter-finals: Abigayel Vosloo beat Chelsea Chakanuka (Botswana) 6-1 7-6 (5)
Girls singles, quarter-finals: Jess Schilz beat Kudzai Chapepa (Zimbabwe) 3-6 6-4 6-3
Boys singles, quarter-finals: Devan can Deventer beat Roberto Matondo (Angola) 6-4 6-1
Boys singles, quarter-finals: Bogdan Mandic lost to Ngutungamili 4-6 6-4 2-6
Boys singles, quarter-finals: Simphiwe Ngwenya lost to Nelson Domingos (Angola) 1-6 2-6
VOLLEYBALL
Team SA (U18 girls) beat Botswana 3-0 (25-6, 25-13, 25-11)
Team SA (U18 boys) beat Namibia 3-0
Photo: ROGER SEDRES