Disabled Sports South Africa

WP top of the heap after day one

Thursday’s opening day of the Telkom SA National Water Polo Championships saw some ferocious action at the Kings Park Aquatic Centre in Durban.

SA take on Finland

The South African Tennis Association have announced that Rik de Voest, Wesley Moodie, Raven Klaasen and Izak van der Merwe will be the four players who will take on Finland in a second round tie at Groenkloof Tennis Stadium, Pretoria from 7-9 May with John-Laffnie de Jager as captain.

SA name team to tackle Finland

Caster targets June

Controversial middle-distance athlete Caster Semenya on Tuesday issued a statement claiming that she would return to athletics on June 24 at an international meeting in Zaragoza, Spain.

Wheelchair aces lose

Belgium put an end to the Sasol South Africa wheelchair basketball team’s bid for a second successive title in the Belgium Easter Test series by beating the national team 75-48.

Series ends in Germiston

The Yellow Pages track and field series comes to an end at the Germiston Stadium in Gauteng on Tuesday. The sixth and final meeting of the series effectively wraps up the local track and field season and now the country’s leading lights turn their sights on the lucrative European circuit.

Mocke doubles up

Defending champion Dawid Mocke had to work hard in tough conditions to retain his Nelson Mandela Bay Surf Ski Classic title at Hobie Beach in Port Elizabeth on the opening day of the MTN Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival on Friday.

Caster’s wait continues

Reigning world 800-metre champion Caster Semenya will not receive the results of her gender verification tests until June, Athletics South Africa (ASA) have said.

Steyn the one to beat in Germiston

There’s no doubting that in triathlon circles Andrea Steyn is a model of consistency. Look at her 2009 list of achievements: SA Champion, Africa Champion, SA Duathlon Champion, multiple winner of the BSG Energade series (and overall series winner), multiple winner of the Momentum Health IFlex National Duathlon Series and overall winner.

Phalula twins for Poland

A 24-strong South African team heads off to Bydgoszcz, Poland to compete in the 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships on 28 March.

Hannele to give it stick

The women’s race should be just as exciting as the men’s as the Absa Cape Epic cycle race, now in its seventh year, gets underway in Wellington on Sunday.

Wheelchair aces lose

Belgium put an end to the Sasol South Africa wheelchair basketball team’s bid for a second successive title in the Belgium Easter Test series by beating the national team 75-48.

Ho, Du Toit in action

It’s a watersport bonanza in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal when the annual Telkom SA National Aquatics Championships get underway in the coastal city.

Series ends with still more qualifiers

They may have left it until the final meeting of the Yellow Pages Series track and field meeting but still more South Africans achieved Commonwealth Games qualifying status at the Germiston Stadium on Tuesday night.

SA’s Nisbet rules the waves in PE

South African surf-lifesaver Luke Nisbet disposed of Bulgarian multiple world champion Petar Stoychev and Australian Andrew Mosel in the King of the Bay elimination swim at the MTN Nelson Mandela Bay Splash Festival in a wet Port Elizabeth yesterday.

Javelin ace injured

Javelin star Robert Oosthuizen has been ruled out of participating in any further competitions this year after undergoing surgery to a groin muscle injury sustained during the Yellow Pages SA Senior Track and field Championships in Durban two weeks back.