FRIDAY, 12.30PM:
ATHLETICS South Africa has announced the names of the athletes who will travel to Athens in August to compete in the world championships, and high-jumper Hestrie Storbeck has been included in the list.
Storbeck failed to make the Athens qualifying height by one centimeter at various attempts in the past three months — but her consistent 1,93m jumps are enough for ASA to include her in their squad.
ASA representative Banele Sindani said on Thursday: “Storbeck and 400m runner Liod Kgopong have both posted IAAF A qualifying standards, and although they have not registered efforts surpassing or equalling the ASA mark, they are both young and are viewed as potential stars of the future.”
THE TRAVELLING SQUAD: Track and field — Arnaud Malherbe, Hezekiel Sepeng, Marius van Heerden, Llewellyn Herbert, Riaan Botha, Okkert Brits, Burger Lambrechts, Marius corbett, Hendrik Mokganyetsi, Chris Britz, Liog Kgobong, Adri de Jongh, Gwen Griffiths, Colleen de Reuck, Elana Meyer, Sanet Fouche, Hestrie Storbeck.
Marathon — Laurence Peu, Xolile Yawa, Martin Ndhiveni, Abner Chipu, Nixon Nkodima, Adam Motlagale, Abel Mokibe, Grace de Oliveira, Rita Toto.
SPORT BRIEFS
NETBALL SELECTIONS DELAY KEY netball players Annie Kloppers and Lana van der Westhuizen are both recovering from injuries which make them unlikely starters in the international Test series scheduled for late July. Netball SA has postponed naming the team which will face a touring team from England.
ALASKA RALLY SOUTH AFRICAN racing team, Franz Stangl and Stanley Illman, finished ninth in the 15 000km Panama to Alaska Rally on Thursday.
BOWLS TRAINING BOWLS South Africa began a new system of squad training this week. The country’s top 30 players will gather in Johannesburg to train together at the Wanderers Club Greens, before next week’s international series.
GOLF FRENCH OPEN PLAY was abandoned on the first day of the French Open golf tournament in Paris on Thursday, due to a sudden downpour. No player had completed a round, but Retief Goosen was leading by three shots after 11 holes.
ATHLETICS ELECTIONS THE Athletics South Africa general body will vote on a new national president and other office-bearers at the General Meeting in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, on Saturday.
NGUBANE MOVES TO DURBAN SOWETO-based soccer team Orlando Pirates’ manager, Lawrence Ngubane, quit his post on Thursday. Ngubane will move to KwaZulu-Natal to become AmaZulu’s general manager. “My time in Johannesburg was great but I missed my family,” Ngubane said.