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U17 Arnold Classic 2020 Squad Announced

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Badminton South Africa are pleased to announce we will once again be taking part of the Arnold Classic Africa 2020 event.This years event hopes to see an U17 Quadrangular and a Team Event.

The following players were selected by the Junior Selectors and the National Junior Coach for the 2020 Arnold Classic Squad to compete in the U17 International Quadrangular at the Arnold Classic 2020. A holiday camp is anticipated early next year to finalize the team. Stay tuned for ifnromation on required tournaments to play in preparation.

Please note: this tournament will be self-funded, David will be the coach and the Junior Selectors will appoint a manager.

Names in alphabetical order

Girls	Boys
Amy Ackerman EGBA	Barco Scheffer NC
Amy Swart BOR	Cullen Kakora FS
Caitlin Stroud SGBA	Connor Morgan EGBA
Diane Olivier NC	Drew Sanderson BOR
Inette Kotze FS	Gerhard Clark BOR
Jaden-Leigh Summers NC	Hano Labuschange BOR
Melissa Fan EGBA	Heath Delport KZN
Mia Labuschagne BOR	Jan Hendrik Knox FS
Michaela Olsen WP	John Martin Clark BOR
Nadine Naude FS	Keagan Van Tonder EGBA
Nina Swart WP	Rivaldo Soni KZN
Peyton Govender KZN	Ronan Du Plessis KZN
Sade Adams WP	Robert White EGBA
Tamsyn Smith SGBA	Sherav Maharaj KZN
Taniel Stroud SGBA	Tayushen Naidoo SGBA
Ulysha Padayachee KZN	Tyron Sanderson BOR
	Weston Wang EGBA
	Wynand Cloete FS

Congratulations on being chosen for the squad.

2019 Africa Games Team Announcement

SASCOC announced yesterday that a squad of 153 athletes and officials will fly South Africa’s flag high at this year’s 12th edition of the African Games to be held in Morocco from 16-31 August. 8 athletes were selected to represent Badminton.

The team that will represent Team SA in Morocco are:

Men		Women
Bongani von Bodenstein		Leah Schoeman
Jarred Elliot		Megan de Beer
Jason Mann		Nita Scholtz
Ruan Snyman
Sean Noone

National Coach, Stewart Carson will join the team.

Previously known as All Africa games, the African Games is an important multi-coded event and the highest pinnacle of continental games held every four years – one year before the Olympic Games.

At the former games in Congo Brazzaville, 2015, Team SA performed exceptionally and won a total of 122 medals, 41 gold, 41 silver and 40 bronze placing third on the medal table.

SASCOC President, Gideon Sam commented: “African Games is a very important event in our calendar, the highest pinnacle of competition in the continent. As these Games come a year before Olympics, it is a benchmark for our athletes on their road to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

“Previously we have sent a big team of almost 300 athletes, but as highlighted before, this year it will be impossible to send a

team of 300 people due to financial constraints.

However, though the team is lean, it is a strong team of experienced athletes and we mostly included the athletes who will use these games as a qualifier for Olympic Games.”

“Take these Games with the seriousness they deserve and give it your all as you will face much more competition in Tokyo. Congratulations to the team on your selection and we wish you well in Morocco,” concluded Mr Sam.

The official press release from SASCOC can be found here.

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