Disabled Sports South Africa

Wolfaardt sticks to his winning ways

With his second win in the Troisport Joburg City Tri Series at Germiston Lake at the weekend Erhard Wolfaardt has all but clinched the series.

Busy Burry wins again

Burry Stander came up trumps in the first round of the SA national series mountainbike competition at the weekend.

Sevens side lose

The Springbok Sevens side suffered yet another Cup quarter-final exit against Fiji for the third consecutive time this season on Saturday.

Uphill task for Boks

The Springbok Sevens rugby side disappointed with a 19-7 defeat against New Zealand in the final match of day one in the Wellington tournament on Friday.

Klaasen goes down

Raven Klaasen became the last local player to exit the South African Open tennis tournament on Thursday.

Our rising squash star Siyoli Waters has qualified for the main draw of the Hong Kong Cup. Waters (nee Lusaseni) came through two tough qualifying clashes on Tuesday. First up she beat Japan’s Miwa Maekawa 3-1 (8-11 11-5 11-7 11-9) and then went on to beat Australian Zoe Petrovansky, the top qualifying seed, 3-1 (11-9 4-11 11-5 11-6).

Stars sweat for glory

SA’s elite and youth squad swimmers are being put through their paces at the Swimming SA national training camp in Pinetown near Durban, in preparation for a hectic domestic and international 2010 aquatics season.

Eksteen, Roberts gear up for the year

Claude Eksteen will be spending his preparation for the 2010 season at home in Durban, a far cry from 2009 when he spent months in Australia preparing for the 2009 season.

De Voest flies the flag

Rik de Voest went through to the second round but Wesley Moodie and Jeff Coetzee both followed fellow South African Kevin Anderson out of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne Friday.

Stars pile on training

SA swimming stars Natalie du Toit, Chad Ho, Riaan Schoeman and Heerden Herman trained at the International Distance Camp 2010 in Potsdam, near Berlin from January 3-17, on invitation of the German Swimming Federation.

Anderson goes down in Aussie Open

Lanky Kevin Anderson had to bow down graciously as he lost his opening round encounter in the Australian Open in Melbourne, Monday.

Kalmer sizzles in Stuttgart

Our athletes are right on track on the indoor athletics circuit. Hard on the heels of Juan van de Venter’s new national indoor 1,500 metre record of 3min 37.25sec in Germany last week, Rene Kalmer made her own mark.

Indoor record for Juan

Beijing Olympian Juan van Deventer had an impressive 2009 indoor debut in Dusseldorf, Germany on Wednesday.

Klaasen flies the flag

Wildcard Raven Klaasen is the last local standing at the South African Open tennis tournament in Johannesburg.

Downed Siyoli heads home to train

She made it through to the main draw but it proved a match to far for our rising squash star Siyoli Waters on Wednesday.

Three bronze medals for Mellet

Merwen Mellet has returned from the seventh Winter World Transplant Games in France with three medals. Mellet, who recently turned 60, was South Africa’s sole competitor at the games in Resort Sainte-Foy, an event which attacted some 250 competitors from 19 countries.

Siyoli aiming high in Hong Kong

Siyoli Waters reached the semi-finals of the Indian Challenger event in Chennai last week and will be looking to continue her good form at the Hong Kong Chairman’s Cup on Tuesday.

Moolman’s winning return

After being forced to end her 2009 season prematurely because of a broken collarbone, Ashleigh Moolman (Biogen Toyota) made a triumphant return to racing on Sunday when she won the Pick n Pay The Star Fast One 103-kilometre road cycling race south of Johannesburg.

Hunter in handy 10th spot Down Under

Robbie Hunter lies 10th overall after the third stage of the Tour Down Under in Australia Thursday. The 132.5km stage between Unley and Stirling was won by Portugal’s Manuel Cardoso (Footon Servetto) who outpaced some big names, including Alejandro Valverde and Cadel Evans.

Robbie on a roll

Robbie Hunter and Daryl Impey placed 13th and 82nd respectively in the first stage of the Tour Down Under in Australia.

Mali confirms Semenya’s status

Ray Mali, interim administrator of Athletics South Africa, on Sunday again moved to emphasise that Caster Semenya remains unable to take part in competitions.