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RESULTS: How Team SA Fared on Thursday (Day 7)

Jonathan Ntutu won gold in the men’s T11/T12 100m while Jovan van Vuuren won bronze as Team SA took their medals tally to 22 at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

ATHLETICS
Men’s 1500m, heats:
Ryan Mphahlele finished seventh in his heat in 3:42.92 and qualified for the final as one of the fastest losers
Men’s long jump, final: BRONZE! Jovan van Vuuren finished third with a leap of 8.06m
Women’s 400m hurdles, heat: Zeney van der Walt finished second in her heat in 55.10 and qualified for the final as second fastest
Women’s F42-44/61-64 discus, final: Mandiline Hoffmann finished fourth with a throw of 29.93m and Yane van der Merwe fifth with 28.82m – a PB
Men’s T11/T12 100m, final GOLD! Jonathan Ntutu won the gold medal in 10.83, having got out of the blocks third fastest and then powering home strongly

BADMINTON
Men’s singles, round of 32:
Robert Summers lost to Kean Yew Loh (Singapore) 2-0 (21-16, 21-9)
Men’s singles, round of 32: Caden Kakora lost 2-1 (6-21, 21-18, 3-21) to Julian Paul (Mauritius)
Mixed doubles, round of 32: Jarred Elliott and Deidre Jordaan lost 2-0 (21-8, 21-10) to Christopher Grimley, Eleanor O’Donnell (Scotland)

BOXING
Women’s featherweight, quarter-final: Phiwokuhle Mnguni beat Sajeewani Muthuthanthri (Sri Lanka) by third round stoppage in an impressive performance

CRICKET
Group B, Women’s T20: South Africa 49-0 Sri Lanka 48 all out

South Africa cruised to a 10-wicket victory (Bosch 20*, Brits 21*) in only 6.1 overs. Nadine de Klerk took 3-7 with the ball

CYCLING
Men’s Individual time trial: Gustav Basson finished 18th behind gold medallist Rohan Dennis of Australia. Basson clocked 52:04.58, which was 5min 43.34sec behind the winner

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
Individual qualification: Apparatus: Kayla Rondi finished ninth on the apparatus with a total of 22.100 and didn’t qualify for the final eight
Individual qualification: All-round: Kayla Rondi finished seventh with a total of 23.800 and qualified for the final

HOCKEY
Women’s Pool B: South Africa 1 New Zealand 4
Jean-Leigh du Toit got on the scoresheet but South Africa were never able to recover from going 3-0 down in the first quarter. South Africa ended their group in fourth position and will play off against Wales for seventh and eighth places

LAWN BOWLS
Men’s singles, Section B, round 4:
Jason Evans beat Phillip Jim (Cook Islands) 21-9
Men’s singles, Section B, round 5: Jason Evans lost 21-9 to  Aaron Wilson (Australia)
Women’s Triples, Section A, round 5: Johanna Snyman, Esme Kruger, Thabelo Muvhango beat Falkland Islands 20-14
Men’s Fours, Section A, round 4: Wayne Rittmuller, Petrus Breitenbach, Prince Neluonde, Bradley Robinson lost 15-10 to Scotland
Men’s Fours, Section A, round 5: Wayne Rittmuller, Petrus Breitenbach, Prince Neluonde, Bradley Robinson beat Jersey 17-10

TABLE TENNIS
Mixed doubles, round of 64: Shaun Jones, Musfuquh Kalam lost 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-3) to Izaac Quek, Jingyi Zhou (Singapore)
Mixed doubles, round of 64: Theo Cogill, Zodwa Maphanga beat Mufradul Hamza, Sonam Sultana (Bangladesh) 3-0 (walkover)
Mixed doubles, round of 32: Chetan Nathoo, Danisha Patel lost 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-7) to Javen Choong, Karen Lynn (Malaysia)
Mixed doubles, round of 32: Theo Cogill, Zodwa Maphanga lost 3-1 (11-7, 0-11, 1-11, 7-11) to Nicholas Lum, Minhung Lee (Australia)
Men’s doubles, round of 32: Shaun Jones, Kirshwan Steyn lost 1-3 to Tyrese Knight, Ramon Maxwell (Barbados)
Men’s doubles, round of 32: Theo Cogill, Chetan Nathoo beat Jason Pontoise, Akhilen Yogarajah (Mauritius) 3-2

BADMINTON
Mixed doubles, round of 32: Robert Summers and Johanna Scholtz vs Aatish Lubau, Lorna Bodha (Mauritius)
Women’s singles, round of 32: Deidre Jordaan vs Soroya March (Falkland Islands)

HOCKEY
Men’s Pool A: South Africa 4 New Zealand 3
South Africa secured their berth in the semi-finals with an exciting win over New Zealand, who needed the draw to qualify for the last four. South Africa led 2-0 and then 3-1 before the Kiwis clawed back to 3-3 before the winning goal came

NETBALL
Group A: South Africa 65 Scotland 46

Photo: Anton Geyser