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Sport and Recreation South (SRSA) is contribute to an improvement in ’s the national department responsible for sport in international rankings South Africa. Aligned with its vision of An Active • improving governance and the delivery of and Winning Nation, its primary focuses are on: sport and recreation by means of effective and providing opportunities for all South Africans effi cient administrative support systems and to participate in sport; managing the regulatory adequate resources framework; and providing funding for different • supporting a well-governed sports community codes of sport. through the development of national policies The right to play and to participate in sport has and guidelines for sport and recreation in the been embodied in United Nations (UN) instru- country ments such as the Convention on the Rights of • using the potential of sport and recreation the Child and the Convention on the Elimination to achieve government priorities through co- of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It operation with identifi ed international, national, is recognised as a right, which all governments provincial and local government departments. should make available to their people. The Constitution of the Republic of South Programmes Africa, 1996 affi rms the democratic values of The SRSA has a number of fl agship programmes human dignity, equality and freedom. through which it implements its objectives. Sport and recIn line with these constitutional imperatives, the SRSA has been assigned the powers and func- Sport support services tions to develop and implement national policies The SRSA transfers funds to sport and recreation and programmes regarding sport and recreation organisations (mainly national federations) and in the country. monitors the use of funds in line with service-level agreements signed between the national fed- Objectives erations and the department. The subprogramme The SRSA aims to maximise access, develop- also administers the transfers made to Boxing ment and excellence at all levels of participation South Africa and the South African Institute for in sport and recreation to improve social cohe- Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS), and to non-govern- sion, nation-building and the quality of life of all mental organisations such as loveLife for the South Africans. promotion of HIV and AIDS awareness through The SRSA’s goals include: sport. • leading the process of sport transformation, Another function is to support high-performance asset development and equity in sport and sport by annually monitoring and evaluating recreation services delivered by the South African Sports • ensuring that school sport is offered in all Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) schools in South Africa in preparing and delivering Team South Africa to • ensuring that institutional mechanisms are in selected multicoded international events. place that provide equal access at all levels of Through its Club Development Subprogramme, participation in sport and recreation the SRSA supported − with sport equipment, attire • contributing to social cohesion and employ- and generic and sport-specifi c capacity-building − ment opportunities through mass mobilisation the formation and/or revitalisation of 189 clubs in in sport and recreation 2011/12 in conjunction with national federations • contributing to a healthy lifestyle through the that provide technical support and coach educa- provision of recreation programmes tion. • instituting a funding model to enable the effect- It also empowered the sport and recreation ive implementation of sport and recreation human-resource base by coordinating the devel- programmes opment or updating of 20 sport-specifi c education • ensuring that high-performance systems are in and training manuals, and by supporting the place that will enable more athletes, coaches, development of a core group of 500 accredited technical offi cials and administrators to reach facilitators in 2011/12. national and international standards that will

South Africa Yearbook 2011/12 – Sport and recreation 466 skills in coaching, offi ciating, administration and The fi rst National Sport and Recreation Indaba was held in sport science, by executing fi ve international November 2011 in Midrand. The indaba was divided into six commissions, namely: exchange programmes in 2011/12. • Recreation/Mass Participation and School Sport It also used sport and recreation to support the • The Geo-Political Constitutional Boundaries vs Sport African Agenda by activating and managing bilat- Federation Boundaries and Sports Councils • Infrastructure and Facilities eral relations through skills transfer and capacity- • Governance at Macro Level plus Amateur vs Professional building with strategic countries in Africa. Sport The Major Events Subprogramme coordinates • Transformation • All Non-Disputed Resolutions. and manages government’s support services for The commissions managed to align and integrate transforma- hosting identifi ed major events in South Africa tion, the Transformation Charter, school sport programmes and at international events in line with requests and all other relevant issues discussed under different topics of the indaba into the Draft National Sport and Recreation from the Minister of Sport and Recreation. It Plan with tailored scorecards that are going to be the bedrock promotes tourism in South Africa by showcasing for the collective case for sport and recreation. South Africa as a sports tourist destination at, among other things, the 123rd Session of the International Olympic Committee held in Through its sport-scientifi c support subpro- in July 2011. gramme, it facilitated the transition of at least 1 800 talented athletes from mass participation Facilities coordination programmes to high-performance programmes in The Planning and Advocacy Subprogramme lob- 2011/12 by providing scientifi c support services, bies for, facilitates and coordinates the provision including medical and sport-science support. of sport and recreation facilities by municipalities and other relevant institutions. The subprogramme Community Mass Participation is also responsible for implementing the YDVS Community Mass Participation delivers sport- Programme funded by the German Develop- promotion programmes by focusing on increasing ment Bank, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau. The the number of participants in sport and recreation, programme funds the construction and rehab- with the emphasis on disadvantaged and margin- ilitation of kick-abouts, pitches and multipurpose alised groups. The majority of the subprogramme’s sites and supports consultancy services. budget consists of mass participation conditional The Technical Support Subprogramme pro- grants made to provinces. The subprogramme vides technical assistance to local authorities and also coordinates initiatives with the European other relevant stakeholders for constructing and Union, such as Youth Development Against Viol- managing sport facilities to ensure compliance ence Through Sport (YDVS) Programme. with national standards. It also oversees procur- Its aim was also to encourage active lifelong ing gymnasium equipment to selected municipal- participation in sport by delivering sustainable ities. Seventy-fi ve per cent of the budget is used programmes to 28 000 South Africans in 2011/12, for purchasing equipment and the balance is with the emphasis on women, youth, persons with dedicated to developing skills for managing sport disabilities, senior citizens and rural communities. and recreation facilities in municipalities. In terms of school sport, the SRSA promoted the physical well-being of children by facilitating Initiatives the training of 500 school coaches and technical Golden Games offi cials in 2011/12, and by establishing or revital- The 2011 Golden Games, part of the SRSA Older ising 200 school leagues in collaboration with the Persons Programme, were held in the Free State Department of Basic Education. in October 2011 with the theme Celebrating Active Ageing. International Liaison and The Golden Games is a national event where Major Events persons older than 65 compete in various sport- International Liaison negotiates government- ing codes at provincial level. Codes that form part to-government agreements and manages co- of the Golden Games include soccer, athletics operation programmes. It leverages donor fund- (800 m and 4x100-m relay), brisk walk, duck walk, ing to support the strategic goals of the SRSA, passing the ball, rugbyball throw, jukskei and goal and enriched sport development, particularly shooting.

467 South Africa Yearbook 2011/12 – Sport and recreation The was crowned the 2011 Golden Games champion, having amassed 539 The Guinness Book of World Records has recognised South Africa’s famous ultra-marathon, the Comrades, as the event points compared to North West’s 486 and the with “the most runners in an ultra-marathon”. ’s 474. The 2011 race had 19 951 entries, with approximately 12 600 starters and 11 070 fi nishers. South African Sports Awards The SRSA and Sascoc created the South African Sports Awards to honour the country’s sports ance sport in South Africa, including team pre- stars in local and international sports events. In sentation, and must consult with relevant sports 2011, 16 awards were handed out, with the win- bodies in this regard. ner of the Sports Star of the Year Award decided Sascoc represents Team South Africa for all by the public through voting by SMS and online multicoded sport participating in international on the Sascoc website. games, such as the Olympic Games, Paralympic Cricketer Hashim Amla won the top accolade at Games, and All-Africa the fourth South African Sports Awards evening, Games. held at Sun City in August 2011. In November 2011, Sascoc and the SRSA Cameron Van der Burgh won the Sportsman of launched a coaching framework initiative as a the Year accolade. development scheme set to strengthen the coun- Banyana Banyana striker, Noko Matlou, a for- try’s sport programmes by educating and training mer African Women’s Player of the Year, won the coaches, and creating structures to improve Sportswoman of the Year Award. coaching. Athletes will subsequently receive Former world No 1 golfer ; 2011 FIFA world-class mentorship, while sports offi cials and World Cup™ organising committee chief execut- administrators will benefi t too. ive offi cer, Danny Jordaan; chairperson Irvin Khoza; former South Boxing South Africa (BSA) African Football Association president Molefi BSA is partly funded with public money. Its Oliphant; and fi fth-dan karateka Peter Thage functions are to promote boxing and protect the received Steve Tshwete lifetime achievement interests of boxers and offi cials. Its main respons- awards. ibilities are to: The Blue Bulls was named Team of the Year, • consider applications for licences from all and Bulls mentor Frans Ludeke scooped the stakeholders in professional boxing Coach of the Year accolade. • sanction fi ghts Swimming sensation Chad le Clos was recog- • implement the regulations pertaining to boxing nised as the Newcomer of the Year. • promote the interests of all stakeholders in box- Wheelchair players Lucas Sithole and ing. Kgothatso Montjane were respectively named Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year with a South African Institute for Disability. Drug-Free Sport The SAIDS is the national anti-doping organ- Sports organisations isation, funded by the SRSA. Its mandate is to South African Sports promote participation in sport, free from the use Confederation and Olympic of prohibited substances or methods intended to Committee artifi cially enhance performance in the interest of Sascoc is the controlling body for all high-perform- the health and well-being of sportspeople. ance sport in South Africa. The SAIDS is responsible for developing The SRSA and Sascoc cooperate closely anti-doping policy and implementing a national on issues of mutual importance, and the SRSA anti-doping programme across all South Africa’s also provides funding to Sascoc, for instance in sporting codes. the preparation of elite athletes for international The SAIDS is International Organisation for events. Standardisation 9001:2000 certifi ed in compli- It is the national coordinating macro-body for ance with the International Standard for Testing. the promotion and development of high-perform- This is the internationally recognised benchmark

South Africa Yearbook 2011/12 – Sport and recreation 468 sage of ethics, fair play and anti-doping in sport. The Sports and Events Tourism Exchange (Sete) Conference The SRSA supports the campaign. and Exhibition, held at the International Conven- tion Centre in July 2011, aimed to build on the legacy of the The campaign, targeting professional and ama- 2010 FIFA World CupTM. teur athletes across the country, provides educa- Funded by the Department of Trade and Industry and tion about banned substances and runs actual South African Tourism, the Sete Conference and Expo offered a comprehensive international hosted buyer programme. doping tests. SAIDS statistics show that there has This gave international buyers the opportunity to interact been more than a 100% increase in positive dop- with exhibitors through pre-scheduled meetings, conference ing tests recently. The number jumped from 19 in sessions and networking events. The key objective of the programme was to connect international buyers with local 2009/10 to 50 in 2011. More than 2 000 athletes service-providers and product owners. were tested each year. In August 2011, SAIDS announced a new mobisite and an innovative iPhone application, for quality assurance and excellence, and rep- which brings people the most up-to-date drug resents world best-practice in doping control in information. It’s aimed at ensuring the country’s sport. athletes avoid using banned substances unwit- The SAIDS’ key focus areas are: tingly. Athletes can download the application free • Doping control: The institute conducts a and get quick access to the list of banned and comprehensive, independent and effective permitted substances in sport. national doping-control programme for South The campaign was kickstarted at the 2012 African athletes competing at regional, national Cape Argus Cycle Tour, with the Minister of Sport and international level. The SAIDS also and Recreation, Mr Fikile Mbalula, leading an conducts in- and out-of-competition doping I Play Fair celebrity cycling team. The team also controls on international athletes on behalf of aims to participate in other mass sports events international sports federations and other inter- such as the Marathon and the Business national anti-doping organisations. Systems Group (BSG) triathlon series, to give • Education: The SAIDS provides education, the campaign’s message prominence. Minister information and awareness for all its target Mbalula also declared 18 June as I Play Fair Day. groups, namely athletes; coaches; parents; sport organisations; members of the medical; World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) pharmaceutical and sport-science professions; The Africa Regional Offi ce of the WADA was tertiary-education institutions; and the public. established in Cape Town in 2004 to co- Information on national and international anti- ordinate the anti-doping activities of the agency doping issues can be accessed at www.drug- throughout Africa. freesport.org.za. This includes promoting and maintaining effect- • Research: The SAIDS conducts sociological ive lines of communication between the WADA research into the knowledge, attitude and use and all relevant stakeholders, governments and of performance-enhancing drugs among South public authorities, the broad sports movement, African sportspeople, for the purpose of plan- national anti-doping agencies and laboratories. ning and implementing effective doping-control South Africa continues to serve as the African and education programmes. representative on the Executive Committee of • International collaboration: South Africa is an WADA. active participant in the global effort to combat drugs in sport. The SAIDS collaborates closely International relations with its counterparts throughout the world to The SRSA has embarked on a concerted effort to achieve international harmonisation and the promote relations with international parties in the improvement of standards and practices in fi eld of sport and recreation. This is done through doping control. South Africa is a member of the

International Anti-Doping Arrangement and of The legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ will stand South the Executive Committee of the Association of Africa in good stead as the country prepares to stage yet National Anti-Doping Organisations. another major international football tournament, this time the In June 2011, SAIDS launched the I Play Fair − 2013 of Nations. Say NO! to Doping Campaign to spread the mes-

469 South Africa Yearbook 2011/12 – Sport and recreation the two subprogrammes of International Liaison letics World Championships in Christchurch, New and International Events. Zealand. Team South Africa ended seventh on South Africa was a signatory to the UN millen- the medals table with 25 medals, made up of nine nium development goals (MDGs), drawn from the gold, seven silver and nine bronze. Oscar Pisto- actions and targets contained in the Millennium rius walked away with four medals (three gold and Declaration adopted by 189 nations and signed one silver) while Teboho Mokgalagadi and Ilse by 147 heads of state and government during Hayes both won two gold medals each. the UN Millenium Summit in 2000. Through its Team South Africa’s gold medallists were: activities, the SRSA has continued to use sport • Mokgalagadi (100 m and 200 m) and recreation as a mechanism for the attainment • Hayes (200 m and long jump) of the MDGs. • Pistorius (200 m and 400 m) The UN General Assembly adopted a set of • Hilton Langenhoven (pentathalon) resolutions on sport for development and peace. • Fanie Lombaard (discus) The SRSA is represented in the Sport for Devel- • Amputee relay team: Pistorius, Arnu Fourie, opment and Peace International Working Group, David Roos and Samkelo Radebe (4x100 m). where it plays a leading role. The silver medallists were: It continues to play a role in the activities of • Pieter du Preez (200-m wheelchair) the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa and the • Langenhoven (long jump) establishment of a new sport structure within • Jonathan Ntutu (100 m) the African Union. This is an important step in • Fanie van der Merwe (100 m and 200 m) coordinating future continental sporting activities, • Pistorius (100 m) and fast-tracking the sustainable development of • Anrune Liebenberg (400 m). sport in Africa. The bronze medallists comprised: • Casper Schutte (javelin) 2011 sports highlights • Fourie (200 m) All-Africa Games • Du Preez (100-m wheelchair) The 10th All-Africa Games took place in Septem- • Michael Louwrens (shotput) ber in Maputo, Mozambique, which featured 20 • Lombaard (shotput) sporting disciplines in which 53 countries particip- • Hayes (200 m) ated. Disabled events also featured in swimming • Zanele Situ (javelin) and athletics. • Mncedi Khanti (1 500 m) Team South Africa fi nished fi rst on the medals • Van der Merwe (400 m). table, with 62 gold medals, 55 silver and 40 In May and June 2011, competing in the 50th bronze, totalling 157 medals. Ostrava Spike in the Czech Republic, South African 400-m hurdler LJ van Zyl destroyed a Archery classy fi eld to win with ease in 47,66 seconds. South Africa hosted the 2011 World Indoor That equalled his personal best and South African Archery Championships in in October. record time, which he set in Pretoria at the end of Team South Africa won six gold medals; fi ve silver February. It was also the fi fth time he ran under and three bronze and set four new world records. 48 seconds in the season. The gold medallists winners were Jeanine van In June 2011, South African world long-jump Kradenburg, Jakkie Fleming, Jenny Wittstock, silver medallist, Khotso Mokoena, won gold at the Riaan van Wyk, Danielle Wentzel and Kobus Oslo Bislett Games with an 8,08-m leap. World Brink. Van Kradenburg, Flemming and Wentzel 800-m champion Caster Semenya ran a season- set new three-day world indoor records in their best of 1:58,61 and fi nished in third place, while respective categories, while Brink set a new one- javelin-throw champion, Robert Oosthuizen, day world indoor record. continued his fi ne form with his third podium spot. Oosthuizen took a short-lived lead with his fi rst Athletics heave of the evening with a throw of 82,07 m. In January 2011, South Africa participated in the Pistorius achieved a long-held dream in 2011 International Paralympic Committee Ath- Lignano, Italy, in July, when he qualifi ed for the

South Africa Yearbook 2011/12 – Sport and recreation 470 Boxing The fi rst FNB 2010 Legacy Programme, an initiative between In October 2011, Moruti Mthalane successfully First National Bank and the South African Football Association defended his International Boxing Federation (Safa), saw 15 coaches from rural areas receiving intensive fl yweight title for a third time as he stopped home- training before a number of grassroots-development initi- atives were rolled out across South Africa. favourite Andrea Sarritzu in the seventh round in FNB and Safa unveiled the legacy programme in Johan- Italy. nesburg in May 2011. Cricket India toured South Africa in 2010/11, with the 400 m at the 2011 World Championships and the third of three tests played in January 2011 in 2012 London Olympic Games. Cape Town. The test was drawn, and the series It was his last opportunity to achieve the qualify- squared one-all. ing standard of 45,25 seconds and the 24-year-old The two teams then met in a once-off Twenty20 did it, breaking his previous personal best of (T20) match at the in 45,61 seconds with a time of 45,07 seconds. Durban. The match celebrated bowler Makhaya To put that time into perspective, it would have Ntini’s career and paid tribute to Sachin Tendulkar. been good for fi fth place in the Olympic Ntini, the fi rst black man to play for the South Games of 2008. It made Pistorius the 15th-fastest African national team, announced his retirement 400-m runner in the world in 2011. at the end of 2010. The match also served as a Van Zyl occupied sixth place with a time of celebration of the arrival of Indian people in South 44,86 seconds in the 400-m hurdles. Africa in 1860. In August 2011, Pistorius reached the semi- A fi ve-match one-day international (ODI) series fi nal of the International Association of Athletics followed, which South Africa won 3-2, narrowly Federation’s (IAAF) Athletics World Champion- missing out on a white-wash over the visitors. ships in Daegu, South Korea. The 10th International Cricket Council (ICC) South Africa fi nished 17th on the medals Cricket World Cup took place in India, Sri Lanka table, with two silver and two bronze. The men’s and Bangladesh from February to April 2011. 4x400-m squad and 800-m runner Semenya won South Africa fi nished at the top of Group B, the silver; while Sunette Viljoen and LJ van Zyl which they shared with India, England, the West won bronze medals for javelin throw and 400-m Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and the Netherlands. hurdles respectively. They won fi ve matches but lost against England. Thanks to his run in the heats, Pistorius also They met New Zealand in the quarterfi nals, where picked up a medal and made history as the fi rst the Black Caps made 221/8 in their alotted 50 athlete with a disability to win a medal at the IAAF overs. South Africa made 172 runs before being World Championships. bowled out in the 44th over. India went on to In December 2011, Pistorius was nominated become the 2011 ICC World Champion. for two 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards − the In April 2011, cricketers Jacques Kallis and Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award Dale Steyn were honoured in the 2011 Wisden and the Laureus Disability Award. Cricketer’s Almanack by being named in its Test He received the Sportperson of the Year with a XI for the 2010 calendar year. Disability Award in February 2012 at a ceremony in London. South Africa’s cricketers fared well at the 2011 LG Interna- tional Cricket Council Awards, which took place in London in Biking September 2011. Greg Minnaar was placed second in the down- Hashim Amla, Dale Steyn, AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis were all included in the Test Team of the Year, with hill at the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) De Villiers and Steyn also included in the One-Day Interna- Mountain Bike World Cup in Pietermaritzburg, tional (ODI) Team of the Year. KwaZulu-Natal, in April 2011, just 0,241 seconds The following players were shortlisted: Amla for the People’s Choice Award, the Garfi eld Sobers Trophy for Crick- behind American Aaron Gwin. eter of the Year and ODI Player of the Year; Kallis for Test Pietermaritzburg has been awarded the open- Player of the Year and Spirit of Cricket; and JP Duminy for ing rounds of the 2012 and 2013 UCI mountain Twenty20 International Performance of the Year. bike world cups.

471 South Africa Yearbook 2011/12 – Sport and recreation In October and November 2011, Australia Golf visited the country to square off in a contest Rory Sabbatini captured his sixth PGA Tour title comprising two T20 games, two ODIs and two in March 2011 when he won the Honda Classic tests. Hashim Amla was appointed T20 and ODI on the PGA National Champion Course at Palm captain in the place of AB de Villiers, who was Beach Gardens in Florida, United States of injured. America (USA). The Australians won the fi rst T20, but the Pro- In April 2011, commissioner teas pulled a stunning comeback in the second Gareth Tindall announced that South Africa would game to win it and draw the T20 series. host one of the biggest golf tournaments in the Australia won the fi rst rain-logged ODI, while world in 2012 − a $10-million (about R67,2 mil- South Africa won the second. Australia bounced lion) World Golf Championship event. A fi ve-year back to win the third and decisive game. contract has been signed, which will feature the The contest between the two countries con- top 70 players in the world rankings. It will run tinued into a close-fought test series, with the from 2012 to 2016. locals winning the fi rst nail-biting test and the In April 2011, Charl Schwartzel closed with visitors being victorious in the second. On the four birdies in succession to capture a two-shot fi rst day of the second test, Kallis became only victory in the US Masters at Augusta, over Aus- the fourth batsman ever to score 12 000 test runs. tralia’s Jason Day and Adam Scott. Schwartzel’s In December 2011 and January 2012, Sri four-round total was 14-under-par 274, made up Lanka toured South Africa, playing three tests of rounds of 69, 71, 68, and a closing six-under- and fi ve ODIs. South Africa won the test series par 66. 2-1, with batsman-wicketkeeper Mark Boucher In May 2011, won the Spanish becoming the second wicketkeeper ever to score Open. His win was the fi fth by a South African on a test half-century and make six dismissals in an the European Tour in the 2011 season, following innings in the same match for the second time in Ernie Els’ win in the South African Open Cham- the fi rst test. The Proteas won the close-fought pionship, claiming the Africa ODI series 3-2. Open, and Schwartzel triumphing in the Joburg Open and the Masters. Aiken’s victory was the Cycling 99th by a South African on the European Tour. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Joanna van de Winkel, In the same month, Els was inducted into the Marissa van der Merwe and Cherise Taylor broke World Golf Hall of Fame. He joined the legendary new ground in the international pro road cycling , who entered the hall in 1974. Nick- world by being selected to make up half of an named “The Big Easy” because of his swing, Els eight-member team in a prestigious grand tour was elected in his fi rst year on the ballot. event, the Giro d’Italia Femminile in July 2011. Also in May, Schwartzel moved into the top 10, The South African para-cycling team returned coming in at number seven, after eight top-10 from the 2011 International Cycling Union Para- fi nishes by the year’s halfway mark. Cycling Road World Cup Final, which took place Garth Mulroy scored his maiden PGA Euro- in Canada in July, with six medals. pean Tour victory in the Alfred Dunhill Champion- The three-day event hosted an assortment of ship in November 2011, recording the 100th win categories in the road-racing discipline, accom- by a South African on the tour. modating hand-cycling, tricycling and bicycling. In the same month, Hennie Otto secured his fi rst South African Open win, the 10th victory by a Flying South African at the competition in 11 years. Team South Africa put in an impressive perform- In December 2011, Schwartzel came second in ance at the 20th Precision Flying World Champi- the Thailand Golf Championship, fi nishing seven onships, held at Brits in North West, in October strokes behind Lee Westwood from Great Britain. 2011. South Africa came second in the Team Early in 2012, the PGA Tour announced that Landing Category, with squad member Hans Player would be the 10th recipient of its Lifetime Schwebel being named runner-up for the landing Achievement Award. trophy. This was the fi rst time the country hosted the event.

South Africa Yearbook 2011/12 – Sport and recreation 472 Polocrosse South Africa’s Armand Scholtz and Claudia Lim of Australia, In July 2011, South Africa captured the Polo- the leaders in the Boys’ and Girls’ Golf Junior Masters com- petitions respectively, held on to win the 54-hole inaugural crosse World Cup title for the fi rst time when they KeNako South African World Juniors in George in March defeated neighbours in the fi nal at the 2011. Onley Grounds Equestrian Centre near Rugby in the United Kingdom. Both teams were undefeated heading into the Hockey fi nal and both had beaten Australia, who had pre- In February 2011, the Investec South Africa viously never lost a game at the World Cup, which women’s hockey team defeated China 5-1 at the was held Down Under in the fi rst two editions in University of Free State Hockey Centre in Bloem- 2003 and 2007. fontein. Polocrosse is a combination of polo and The team concluded the Investec International lacrosse and the format features men and women Series with a 3-2 win over Belgium after leading playing alternate chukkas. 3-1 at half time. In June 2011, South African striker Pietie Coet- Rugby zee broke the women’s hockey world record of The International Rugby Board (IRB) awarded the 220 test match goals with a stunning fi rst-half hat- hosting rights for the IRB Junior World Champion- trick and four goals in total in a 5-5 draw between ship 2012 to the South African in South Africa and the USA at the Champions Chal- June 2011. Cape Town and Stellenbosch will host lenge tournament in Dublin. The team went on to 312 of the world’s fi nest under-20 players over the claim fi fth place after a 2-1 victory over the hosts, three-week tournament as 12 international teams Ireland. seek to claim the greatest prize in age-grade The men’s hockey team fi nished third at the rugby. International Hockey Federation Champions South Africa’s 2010/11 HSBC Sevens World Challenge in in December 2011. Series campaign proved successful, with the In the same month, the women’s hockey team team winning the USA leg in Las Vegas in Febru- played in the Four Nations competition in Argen- ary 2011 with a 24-14 victory over Fiji. This was tina. They fi nished in second place after losing a the team’s fi rst tournament title since April 2009. closely contested fi nal against world champions In May 2011, South Africa came back from Argentina. India and Ireland also participated in being 7-28 down to snatch a 36-35 victory from the championship. Australia in the fi nal phase of the match to give the Blitzbokke a 36-35 win over Australia in the Motor racing fi nal of the London leg of the series. Driver Giniel de Villiers fi nished second in the South Africa went on to win the tournament 2011 Rally Argentina − Chile in January in the Edinburgh leg. This was the team’s fi rst 2011. In November 2011, it was announced that successive tournament title victories since 2008, De Villiers would lead the fi eld of 17 cars at the when they won the Dubai and George tourna- start of the 2012 Dakar Rally in Argentina. ments within the space of two weeks. The International Superstars Series for V8 pro- The team fi nished second overall on the HSBC duction cars was held at South Africa’s Kyalami Sevens World Series standings with 140 points, racetrack in in November. Thomas Biagi 16 behind champions New Zealand. won the series. In October 2011, Cecil Afrika was announced the IRB Sevens Player of the Year in Auckland, Netball New Zealand. In July 2011, South Africa’s netball team fi nished The 2011 Tri-Nations series was shortened the World Netball Championships in Singapore from nine games to six to accommodate the on a high note when they claimed fi rst place in Rugby World Cup (RWC), with each team playing Africa and fi fth place in the world rankings. Erin the other two twice instead of three times. South Burger was named Player of the Tournament. Africa lost to Australia twice and once to the All

473 South Africa Yearbook 2011/12 – Sport and recreation Blacks, before recording an 18-5 victory over the captained Bafana Bafana All Blacks in a bruising encounter in Port Eliza- to a well-earned 0-0 draw in their beth in August 2011. The series was ultimately of Nations (Afcon) qualifying match against won by Australia. at the Military Academy Stadium in Egypt in June The seventh RWC was held in September and 2011. October 2011 in New Zealand. The Springboks, In July 2011, the under-23 men’s side qualifi ed the defending champions, kicked off their cam- for the All-Africa Games despite a loss, while paign with a 17-16 win over Wales in a closely Banyana Banyana were beaten in the fi nal of the contested game. They went on to convincingly Council of Southern Africa Football Associations beat Fiji 49-3 and Namibia 87-0, a game in which Women’s Championship. Both sides were in Bryan Habana became the most prolifi c test try- action against Zimbabwe at the Rufaro Stadium scorer in South African rugby history with his 39th in . try in 72 matches. A 15-13 victory over Samoa Shakes Mashaba’s charges were beaten 1-0 saw the Boks reach the quarter-fi nals unbeaten on the day, but Bongani Ndulula’s two goals from at the top of Pool D. the fi rst leg in Johannesburg proved enough to Unfortunately, they exited the World Cup in the give South Africa a 2-1 victory on aggregate. quarter-fi nals after a 9-11 loss against Australia. Banyana Banyana qualifi ed for the All-Africa The hosts, New Zealand, went on to eliminate the Games, which took place in Mozambique in Sep- Wallabies in the semi-fi nals and was ultimately tember. Unfortunately, they fell to Zimbabwe. crowned world champions after beating France in In July 2011, South Africa’s Kaizer Chiefs net- the fi nal, refereed by South Africa’s Craig Joubert. ted a late winner to edge Champions League quarter-fi nalists Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in the Soccer opening match of the Challenge at Bafana Bafana began their 2011 season on a Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. winning note with a 2-0 victory over Kenya in a Bafana Bafana comprehensively outplayed friendly international at the Royal Bafokeng Sta- Burkina Faso 3-0 at Coca-Cola Park in Johan- dium in in February. nesburg in August 2011. They lost 2-1 to In March 2011, Bafana Bafana scored a 1-0 and conceded their lead in Group G in September victory over Egypt at Coca-Cola Park in Johan- 2011. They then drew with Sierra Leone in Nel- nesburg to stay at the top of the African Nations spruit. However, the team did not qualify for the Cup qualifying Group G. 2012 Afcon fi nals. South Africa’s national women’s football team, In September 2011, Banyana Banyana secured Banyana Banyana, defeated Zambia 2-1 at the their spot at the 2012 London Olympics with a 1-0 Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka in January 2011 in draw over Ethiopia. their opening qualifi er for the 2012 London Olym- The annual Challenge was pic Games. held in in November 2011, where Banyana Banyana took a one-goal advantage Bafana Bafana drew 1-1 with Côte d’Ivoire to into their second-leg Olympic qualifi er against share the trophy. Tunisia in April 2011 after beating the north Af- ricans by a goal to nil in Umlazi outside Durban, advancing to the fi nal group of four African coun- On November 2011, gold offi cially reached record levels fol- lowing the minting of a handful of Mandela medallions on the tries in the hunt for two places at the London 2012 summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, the fi rst venture of its kind ever. Olympics. Eleven intrepid South African Gold Coin Exchange South Africa’s under-23 football team went (SAGCE) team members carried a unique hand-held press for the minting process all the way to the top, in honour of Nelson through to the last round of qualifying for the Mandela’s achievements and the pivotal role he played in 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, South Africa’s journey to democracy. despite a loss to Malawi in May 2011. Minting a gold medallion at that altitude presented a challenge. SAGCE arranged for the one-off construction of They put on a superb performance in the sec- a hand-held press – light enough to carry up the mountain ond leg of their Olympic qualifi er against Benin at but also designed to mint a medallion to the highest standard Johannesburg’s Rand Stadium in June 2011 to possible. In the process, it set a record for the highest altitude overcome a 3-1 defi cit from the fi rst leg and reach at which such a coin has ever been minted. the last eight of the qualifi ers.

South Africa Yearbook 2011/12 – Sport and recreation 474 The competition ran over fi ve months and drew In February 2011, Sibusiso Vilane (40) became the fi rst black over 150 entries. African to summit Mount Everest and walk to the South Pole At the end of July 2011, Smith captured the completely unaided. He was also the fi rst black man to climb the highest peaks 2011 Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay in a hard-fought on all seven continents, earning him a place in the presti- fi nal over Australia’s Mick Fanning. gious Seven Summits Club, which has just six South Africans In October 2011, the South African Masters among its 198 members worldwide. surfi ng team fi nished third in the team competi- tion at the 2011 El Salvador International Surfi ng Association World Masters Surfi ng Champion- In December 2011, the South African under-23 ship. They also bagged fi ve individual medals, side drew with Gabon in Morocco in their second one in each of the fi ve contested categories. match of the Confederation of African Football At the end of October, McGregor won the 2011 Under-23s Championship. The eight-nation tour- International Canoe Federation Canoe Marathon nament also served as the qualifying tournament World Championships K1 title in Singapore. The for the 2012 London Olympics. competition was a productive one for the South African contingent, with the Masters Cup team Special Olympics claiming 11 medals in day one’s races: fi ve gold, The South African team that participated in the four silver and two bronze. 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Greece brought home 71 medals and countless Swimming ribbons. They received 38 gold, 20 silver and 13 In June 2011, the South African squad claimed bronze medals respectively in swimming, track two gold, one silver and two bronze medals on and fi eld, basketball, boxing, soccer, golf and the fi rst day of the Canet, France, leg of the Mare table tennis. Nostrum series. Cameron van der Burgh showed his skills in Surfi ng, surfski and canoeing the 50-m breaststroke when he won gold with a In January 2011, defending champions Hank time of 27,72 seconds. The 14-year-old Michelle McGregor and Abby Adie retained their titles in Weber bagged the 800-m freestyle title, fi nishing the Global Trader Drak Challenge Canoe Mara- over fi ve seconds ahead of the pack. Gerhard thon. Zandberg set a new meeting record as he took Surfer Jordy Smith fi nished third in the Rip Curl gold in the men’s 50-m backstroke in 24,96. Pro Bells Beach in Australia in April 2011 to move Chad le Clos made a big impact on the Fina/ up from fi fth to third in the 2011 Association of Arena World Cup circuit in 2011, winning 23 gold Surfi ng Professionals World Title rankings. medals, 10 silver and two bronzes – a total of 34 In June 2011, McGregor won his third Dunlop medals from seven meets. He was also named Surfski World Cup title in Durban. The women’s the Best Male Swimmer in the series. Van der race was dominated by Eastern Cape Olympian Burgh won two bronze medals in the series. Michéle Eray, who won the women’s event and South Africa also excelled at the Africa Junior fi nished 25th overall in the competition. The Dun- Swimming Championship in Nigeria in December lop Surfski World Cup set a world record when 2011. The team returned with 69 medals out of a 330 entries were received by close of normal possible 80. They won 35 gold medals and set 11 entries on 10 June, making it the biggest inter- gala records. national surfski event in the world. In July 2011, South Africa fi nished seventh out In July 2011, members of the International Olympic Com- of 27 nations at the 2011 Billabong International mittee (IOC) coverged on Durban for their annual general Surfi ng Association World Surfi ng Games in Pan- meeting – the fi rst time that the committee met on African soil. ama. The eight-person team collected a bronze The meetings took place at Durban’s International Con- vention Centre and formed part of the 123rd IOC Session, medal for placing fourth in the Aloha Cup event. during which PyeongChang (South Korea) was selected Later the same month, South African big wave ahead of Munich (Germany) and Annecy (France) as host city star Grant “Twiggy” Baker won the fi rst Oakley of the 2018 Winter Olympics. One Wave Wonder event powered by Zigzag.

475 South Africa Yearbook 2011/12 – Sport and recreation Tennis Sixteen countries participated in each of the The Euro/Africa Zone Group 1 tie world groups, and eight countries in the quad and against the Netherlands took place at Potchef- junior events. stroom in the North West in July 2011. Kevin South Africa’s men’s wheelchair tennis team Anderson, ranked 39 at the time, was joined by won a bronze medal, while the Netherlands teammates Izak van der Merwe, Rik de Voest and proved themselves to be number one in both the Wesley Moodie. The South Africans won 3-1. men’s and women’s game. They then played Croatia in the world group play-offs in September, but lost and subsequently Whiskey Games did not go through to the Davis Cup group. In August 2011, Sean Tickner, 30, a prosthetist In October 2011, Anderson reached the quar- from Cape Town, and 28-year-old Jonathan Oliff, ter-fi nals of the Erste Bank Open after defeating a brand strategist from Durban, won the Make It Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. He then overpow- 2 Bushmills Trophy. Also referred to as the World ered Austria’s Jurgen Melzer to reach the semi- Whiskey Games, it is a gruelling competition fi nals, before being knocked out by former world where teams of two battle it out for two days at number four Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina. the Bushmills Distillery in the village of Bushmills, South Africa’s number one women’s player, County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Chani Scheepers, claimed her maiden Women’s Teams take on punishing tasks, both mental Tennis Association (WTA) Tour title in the Wan- and physical, such as beach golf, barrel rolling lima International Women’s Open in Guanzhou, and blind taste tests in the hopes of winning the China, in September. Scheepers’ 6-2, 6-2 victory prestigious Bushmills Trophy. over Magdalena Rybarikova in the fi nal ended an The prize includes a two-week stint at the eight-year title drought for South Africa. 403-year-old distillery, working with master dis- Days later, South African doubles specialist tiller Colum Egan; a chance to make a unique Natalie Grandin also won her maiden WTA title whiskey using techniques imparted by Egan; and at the Hansol Korea Open in Seoul, South Korea. an allowance of US$8 200 (R59 000) in spending South Africa became the fi rst African country money. to host the Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup Teams from 11 countries took part – the com- when the 27th competition, which falls under the petition included Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech auspices of the International Tennis Federation, Republic, Germany, the United Kingdom, the took place at the University of Pretoria in April Netherlands, Northern Ireland, the Republic of 2011. Ireland, Russia and the USA.

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