By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
Girl power was on full display as Asemahle Sotwili and Mthi Okuhle both scored impressive stoppage wins as they helped ensure Team South Africa had a successful day in the boxing ring at the Region 5 Games, with five of the six boxers in action winning.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
The reality of the Region 5 Youth Games is that there are tomorrow’s sporting superstars lurking amongst us. It’s just, when you’re in the heat of the competition, you don’t quite know who they are.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
Kaitlynne Horne, a 15-year-old from Framesby High School in Gqeberha, had the distinction of being Team South Africa’s first gold medallist in the pool at the Region 5 Games in Lilongwe, Malawi. And afterwards the teenager heaped praise on her parents for the role they have played in getting her onto the top of the podium in international competition.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
Whenever a South African breaststroke swimmer gets on the blocks at an international event it’s best to stop what you are doing and pay attention. Especially when it comes to the women with Penny Heyns blazing a trail at the 1996 Olympics that has been followed by Tatjana Schoenmaker, Lara van Niekerk and you can even throw Kaylene Corbett into that discussion.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
They say you always remember the first and the sport of gymnastics will be taking a collective bow after cleaning up at the Region 5 Youth Games in Lilongwe, Malawi, on Sunday. Team SA are strongly fancied to dominate the medals table – especially with swimming getting under way on Monday – but it was the tumblers who provided the first gold medals.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
Team SA’s netballers picked up where they had left off in claiming the gold medal at last year’s Region V Games in Lesotho with victory in their opening match at the Griffin Saenda Indoor complex on Sunday.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
Having watched the end of the girls under-17 match while they were warming up, South Africa’s boys will have been looking to match the display of their Team SA squad mates at the Bingu National Stadium on Saturday.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
A relentless display by Team SA’s under-17 football girls saw them put six goals past Namibia in each half as they romped to a 12-0 win at the Region V Games in Lilongwe, Malawi, on Saturday.
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
Behind the main structure of the 21 000-capacity Silver Stadium, which is home to Malawi Premier Division football club Silver Strikers, is a netball court, and next to that a basketball court. It was between these two courts that Tayra Zonn was sitting on the floor in animated discussion with her teammates at the end of a 9-6 defeat to Zambia in a 3x3 girls under-15 basketball match at these Region V Games on Friday.
Gymnast Alejandra Morales Martinez is considered one of the brightest gymnastics talents in South Africa and she has been given another accolade with the announcement that she will carry the flag for Team SA at the opening ceremony of the Region V Games in Lilongwe, Malawi, on Friday.