Congratulations to the 2018 Project
2022 Squad
Women:
Melanie Cooke (Trident); Kirsten de
Goede (Seagulls); Paige Brombacher
(Seals - absent from picture); Tori
Oliver (Action); Megan Tully
(Seagulls) and Khwezi Duma
(Seagulls).
Men: Josh
Dannhauser (Seagulls); Luca
Holtzhauzen (Seagulls); Matthew
Sates (Seals); Ian Brijlal (Action);
Matthew Bosch (Seagulls); Chase
Rayment (Seagulls); Danté Nortjé (NDSA);
Luke Erwee (Action); Juvahn Singh
(Westville); Saschin Cherry (Seagulls);Tiago
Cordeiro (Seagulls) and Matthew
Meyer (Action - absent from
picture).
Thank you to the
Department Of Sport And Recreation
KwaZulu-Natal for their continued
support - Our swimmers, coaches and
parents are so appreciative of the
opportunities afforded to them.
The South African
Swimming Team at the Youth Olympic
Games
Eight of South
Africa’s top young swimming talent
will be flying the country’s flag
high at the Youth Olympic Games in
Buenos Aires from 7th to
12th October 2018.
Young breaststroke
sensation Michael Houlie has been
named as the South African team’s
flag bearer and is one of the four
swimmers that represented South
Africa at a senior level at this
year’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
in April. The 18-year-old Houlie,
who finished in a creditable sixth
place in the 50m breaststroke final
at the Commonwealth Games, said it
was a major honour to be named flag
bearer.
“I’ve trained really
hard and put in a lot of effort. So
the main goal is to get into a final
and once I am there everyone has a
chance of winning gold,” Houlie
said.
“It is an amazing
thing to be named flag bearer where
I am following on the footsteps of
someone like Caster Semenya.”
Female swimmers Duné
Coetzee, Kate Beavon and Mariella Venter
also featured at this year’s
Commonwealth Games. Coetzee, who was
the youngest member of the
Commonwealth Games team, will be
competing in the 50, 100 and 200m
butterfly as well as the 200 and
400m freestyle.
“I know now that at a
major international gala you got to
swim at your best every time,” the
UP-Tuks swimmer said. “You won’t
qualify for a final by saving
yourself in the heats. It is flat
out from the start. Cameron van der
Burgh told me that you always got a
chance to win no matter who is
swimming next to you.”
The 18-year-old
Beavon brings with her a wealth of
experience on the senior stage after
making her debut at last year’s FINA
World Championships in
Budapest. Swimming was the standout
South African sports code at the
inaugural 2014 Youth Olympic Games
in Singapore contributing five
individual medals and a relay bronze
to the country’s tally.
Youth Olympics
ambassador Chad le Clos was the star
performer winning the 200m
Individual Medley gold and three
silver medals. “We are confident
this team have the talent and the
ability to make a strong
contribution to Team South Africa’s
medal tally in Buenos Aires,” said
Swimming SA (SSA) CEO, Shaun
Adriaanse.
“These youngsters
have already demonstrated their
potential at a senior level and we
look forward to seeing them shine at
the Games.”
Video of Chad le Clos
from YOG to Olympic Champion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOdcgU1njjg&feature=youtu.be
South African
Aquatics team for the Youth Olympic
Games:
Women:
Mariella Venter, Christin Mundell,
Kate Beavon, Duné Coetzee
Men:
Ethan Du Preez, Gabriel Nortje,
Hendrik Duvenhage, Michael Houlie
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