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ISSUE 26, MARCH 2016

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BIELdT HURDLING HER WAY TO AN OLYMPIC DREAM

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contents Cover Feature Taylon Bieldt Hurdling her way to an Olympic dream Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Hoërskool Montana

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Main FeatureS Graeme van Buuren is Off to England Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Big Pic Photography

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Stefan garlicki Exciting year ahead for SA downhill racer Words: Neil Greig | Photos: BackpagePix

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Mark Barnard sa deaf rugby player Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Actionpix

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Last Man Stands Cricket taking South Africa by storm Words: Matthew Manderson | Photos: Matthew Manderson

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youth features

sport development

Carmen le Roux Swimming her way to the Olympics

tag rugby An important tool in the development of rugby

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Words: Neil Greig | Photos: Provided

Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Allan James Lip

SportsMax Spotlight Dian de Coning Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Imagen Photography

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Danielle du Toit playing her way to the top Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Justin Klusener & Catherine Kotze

James Tedder The Sharks potential star Words: Brian Lee | Photos: Provided

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Chad Fikkert Cycling up and over mountains Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Midstream College

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Kyle Verreynne Another cricketing success from Wynberg Boys’ high Words: Neil Greig | Photos: Cricket South Africa

Fran Hilton-Smith Women’s football continues to rise

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Pretoria Boys’ high top waterpolo school in the country Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Gary Anderson

Ivanna Samu Swinging for success Words: AB Basson | Photos: Sunshine Ladies Tour

coach focus

Words: Neil Greig | Photos: BackpagePix

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Taylon Bieldt Hurdling her way to an Olympic dream

Taylon

Bieldt Hurdling her way to an Olympic dream

Taylon Bieldt is not your average Grade 12 learner, she happens to be the Commonwealth Youth Games champion in 100m hurdles. Game On Magazine sat down with Taylon to find out when her love for hurdles started and her Olympic aspirations.

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HoĂŤrskool Montana

Cover story: athletics

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Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: HoĂŤrskool Montana

Fast facts Full name: Taylon Bieldt Date of Birth: 4 November 1998 Place of Birth: Pretoria High school attended: HoĂŤrskool Montana Sponsors: Nike

Achievements 2014 Three gold medals (100m and 400m) at South African Schools and Club Championships.

Gold at the African Games in Botswana for 100m hurdles.

Qualified for the finals at Youth Olympics in China but forfeited due to injury.

2015 Four individual gold medals at South African Schools and Club Championships, another four gold medals for medleys.

Two gold medals at the African Games.

Gold at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa.

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Graeme van Buuren is off to England

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is Off to England University of Pretoria

Graeme van Buuren has been for playing for the Unlimited Titans for the past four years and is a product of Northern Gauteng cricket, having played at every level since his school days. Game On Magazine learned that he is off to England later this year and caught up with him at the Universiry of Pretoria before his departure.

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main feature: cricket

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Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Big Pic Photography

FAST FACTS Full name Graeme Lourens van Buuren Date of Birth 22 August 1990 Place of Birth Pretoria High school attended Pretoria Boys High School Tertiary education University of Pretoria Sponsors IXU Sport & Q4 Fuel Teams represented Northerns, SA Schools, SA U19, University of Pretoria, Titans

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Stefan garlicki Exciting year ahead for SA downhill racer

Curro Private school, durbanville

Stefan Garlicki is a professional downhill mountain bike racer who was the 2015 South African national champion.

He was placed 91st in the worldwide rankings at the end of 2015 according to the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body for all bicycle sports. A former motocross racer, Garlicki bought his first downhill bike in 2009 and finished fifth overall in the SA Downhill Championships the following year. He has gone from strength to strength in the sport ever since, including racing in Europe.

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main feature: mountain biking

fast facts Full name: Stefan Garlicki Date of Birth: 12 September 1990

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Words: Neil Greig | Photos: BackpagePix

Place of Birth: Paarl High school attended: Curro Private school, Durbanville Sponsors: Investec, Solid Bikes, Virgin Active, BosSport, Seattle Coffee, Science2Sport, Riders Tyres, Bos Suspensions

achievements 2015 • 1st - SA National Cup 2014 • 64th - UCI World Championships Hafjell, NOR • 2nd - SA National Championships Johannesburg, SA

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Mark Barnard sa deaf rugby player

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university of kwazulu-natal

Date of Birth 6 September 1990 Place of Birth Durban High school Thomas More College Tertiary education UKZN - BsocSc (History and Psychology) – complete, UNISA - PGCE (Intermediate and Senior Phase) - ongoing Position Loose forward Teams represented Thomas More College 1st XV (2007-2008), Hillcrest Villagers (u18, u20b, 3rd XV – 2008, 2009, 2011-2012), UKZN Howard College (2nd XV, 2013-present), SA Deaf (2015-present)

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main feature: rugby

Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Actionpix

Mark Barnard fulfilled his dream of playing international rugby last year when the South African Deaf rugby team hosted Wales in a two Test series. Despite South Africa Deaf losing both matches to the World Champions, Mark believes that the occasion marked a significant turning point for Deaf Rugby. Game On Magazine caught up with Mark to find out more about the inspirational loose forward.

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MB: The main difference lies in the mode of communication. Obviously between players a mix of sign language and oral speech is

used depending on the severity of hearing loss amongst the squad – our squad in the inaugural Test series against Wales used sign language exclusively, whereas Wales relied on English.

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Mark Barnard sa deaf rugby player

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Barnard MB: Many people might wonder about refereeing calls – I’ve seldom seen Deaf players go on after the whistle as body language counts for a lot more than one might think. Often all it takes is one player to see the ref blowing the whistle and stopping what he’s doing for the message to start spreading as the tension seems to dissipate. Scrum calls are handled with a series of hand signals held under the two front rows. Otherwise, the rules remain exactly the same, and in fact we encourage Deaf players to take part in mainstream club squads – there aren’t yet enough of us playing in South Africa to provide the kind of competition necessary for growth,

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and I think many of us feel like we have something to prove, anyway!

GOM: How does one qualify to play deaf rugby?

MB: You’d have to be tested to see whether you fall under the threshold of hearing loss required to qualify – 25dB bilateral hearing loss across the major speech frequencies. The test is simple – make an appointment with an audiologist, who will then play back sounds of various frequencies to test whether you hear them and at what volume you hear them.

Anecdotally speaking, battling to hear a tap running from across a room is around the level of loss required to qualify.

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GOM: Are there local clubs? Who do you play for?

MB: There is only one fully Deaf club squad that I’m aware of in South Africa at this point – Oostelike Eagles 3rd XV in Pretoria. The rest of us play for various mainstream clubs, which, as mentioned above, is very healthy from a personal growth and competitive point of view. I currently play for UKZN Howard College along with Brandin Austin, another SA Deaf player.

GOM: How often does the national deaf team train and play a year?

MB: We’ve only had one Test series so far against Wales, and so far we seem on course for training once a year if you include the trials in 2014! Funding is a critical factor at this point as players from outside the area of training or matches locations currently have to fund their own travel costs. The inaugural Test series was our baptism of fire both on and off the pitch – we’ve taken the lessons learned from staging it onboard and we are looking to host England Deaf later this year.

GOM: Do you receive any assistance from SARU? MB: We have received some funding, along with some hands-on assistance from SARU officials.

GOM: Challenges of playing deaf rugby and representing your country?

MB: Squad cohesion is a definite challenge – as we’re a squad made up of amateurs and we don’t have the opportunity to train together for extended periods of time, coming together as a unit faces social and tactical challenges. There’s the obvious language barriers for written language as well as a gap between hard of hearing oral players and signing Deaf players, and then

of course every club will likely use a totally different game plan, which makes getting the player combos correct vital! Then, as amateurs, we currently have to take leave from work and fund ourselves for travel for training and matches.

GOM: What needs to change, in your opinion, in order to get deaf rugby on the map?

MB: We need a greater awareness of hearing loss and Deafness in society as a whole. Funding would also help hugely, not just in terms of the rugby itself but in terms of raising the profile of the Deaf community. The KZNRU is on board to set up a KZN provincial squad and are helping to set up a hearing screening program for KZN clubs. We’re about to launch the pilot program with nine clubs (Dbn. Collegians; College Rovers; Varsity College; Crusaders; Harlequins; Amanzimtoti; Jaguars; Hillcrest; Westville Old Boys) at the end of February. Hopefully initiatives such as this will capture mainstream media attention as the publicity would be a major boost.

GOM: You were part of the SA Deaf squad that played against Wales Deaf last year?

Talk us through the experience.

MB: The biggest challenges were team motivation and communication with the referee – Wales definitely had an edge on the latter with Marius van der Westhuizen and Pro Legoete in the two tests as we were restricted to using sign, whilst they could communicate orally. I think to do the most efficient job with SA Deaf, one would have to be fluent in SASL (South African Sign Language) and an oral language (probably English) for communication with the players and ref. However, this has to balance with leadership skills, personality and playing skills in order to manage the game!

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Mark Barnard sa deaf rugby player

GOM: When did you get involved in deaf rugby?

MB: 2012 – curiousity following a season of collecting splinters on the bench for my club at the time led me to start searching for other Deaf players. I managed to get in touch with Wayne Faulkner from England Deaf Rugby, who put me in touch with SADRU president Tim Stones, and the rest is history.

GOM: How did your deafness come about?

MB: My hearing loss is the result of cytomegalovirus – a nasty little bug that attacks the nervous system. It was most likely contracted by my mother whilst I was still in utero (if a mother gets the bug for the first time whilst pregnant, it does the damage – after that, the human body develops the necessary antibodies and the worst effect is a sore throat and swollen glands barring catastrophic immune system failure), and that’s what did the damage. We picked up that I had hearing loss when I was 3 years old, so I’ve never known anything different.

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GOM: Do you have a day job?

MB: Yes, I’m currently working as a teacher intern at Hillcrest Primary School, where I also coach a number of sports. Once qualified, I’ll be looking for a permanent teaching post – unless by some miracle SADRU becomes professional and I earn enough playing to put bread on the table.

GOM: Most cherished rugby memory?

MB: It has to be running out for my debut. I still get goosebumps thinking about singing the national anthem in front of the crowd, and the jangled nerves waiting for kickoff is something I will never forget.

GOM: Most challenging competitor you’ve played against and why?

MB: In terms of squad, I played as part of a trial squad for UKZN Impi against Tuks in 2014 – we got absolutely monstered and I don’t recall ever having walked (limped...) off a field feeling so battered! In terms of individuals, either Adam Brake or Dan Vella of Wales Deaf – both hard men, and Adam is the type of captain who leads from the front.

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GOM: Who do you look up to in the sporting world and why?

MB: There are any number of names I could mention here – Marco Wentzel definitely stands out, as he’s always been willing to help out with getting Deaf rugby up and running. Keegan Daniel took the time to send the squad a message. And you can’t have had your formative rugby years in the 2006-2008 period without looking up to the likes of John Smit, Bryan Habana and the rest of the 2007 World Cup winners.

David Pocock is a player I’d love to meet after one particular incident where he signed in Auslan (Australian Sign Language) after scoring in Super Rugby. In terms of Deaf sporting personalities, Terence Parkin is the man to look up to and I had the privilege of being coached in swimming by him briefly in 2005. The biggest influences in my rugby, however, have to be my father, Denzil Barnard, and Ian Tait, my coach at UKZN until last year.

GOM: What advice would you give aspiring young deaf rugby players?

MB: Get involved! Start playing for a club and don’t hold back – you’re just as capable of learning to play the game and excelling as any other athlete. The only way anyone will learn to get past your deafness is if you show them your capability and meet them halfway.

GOM: Your goals for 2016?

MB: I’m getting married in April, so understandably getting our lives set up is the number one priority at present!

However, though it may be slightly unrealistic, I’d like to aim to make UKZN’s 1st XV in a bid to become a better player for SA Deaf. If we face England, I want to be in the starting XV but will contribute more than happily from the bench if needed there.

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Last Man Stands Cricket taking South Africa by storm

Last Man Stands Cricket taking South Africa by storm

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main feature: cricket

Words: Matthew Manderson | Photos: Matthew Manderson

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Over the past 11 years, Last Man Stands cricket (LMS) has become the answer for the cricket lover who still wants to play the game but can’t find the time or club association to do so. LMS has reinvented the rules of the traditional T20 format, making it fun, competitive and accessible for the amateur player. Game On Magazine caught up with Bjorn Briggs, cofounder of LMS, to find out what it’s all about.

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For more information on LMS cricket and how to get involved, visit the website, or email Bjorn Briggs at bjorn@lastmanstands.net.

See you out there!

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Carmen le Roux Swimming her way to the Olympics

//Full name Carmen le Roux //Date of Birth 11 February 1998 //Place of Birth Vereeniging //High school attended ACE School of Tomorrow, Home Schooling //Sponsor Speedo and Peptosport

carmen le roux Swimming her way to the Olympics

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youth feature: swimming

Words: Neil Greig | Photos: Provided

At just 12 years old Carmen le Roux made the Senior National Swimming Team and she has not looked back since, simply training harder and harder in her most-loved open water swimming discipline. Her focus right now is to try and qualify for the Rio Olympics in the 10km open water and also to qualify for Junior Open Water World Champs in Mexico. In June this year, Carmen will be in Portugal for Olympic Games trials for the 10km swim. //Carmen picks Kerri-anne Payne, Penny Heyns and Natalie Du Toit as her swimming role models.

//Achievements //2016 • She won three gold medals in the 400-metre freestyle, the 400m individual medley and the 200m butterfly at the Mpumalanga leg of the South African Swimming Grand Prix in Nelspruit in January.

//2015 • Open Water World Champs in Kazan Russia with the SA National Swim Team.

• Junior World Champs Swimming Pool in Singapore.

//2014 • Participated in Junior Open Water World Champs in Hungary.

• AUSC Region V Under-20 Youth Games, Zimbabwe.

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SportsMax Spotlight Dian de Coning

SPOTLIGHT Dian de Coning

Full name Dian de Coning Date of Birth 15 January 1998 Place of Birth Bloemfontein High school Grey College Sponsors SportsMax

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youth feature: fitness modeling

Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Imagen Photography

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Dian de Coning is a young man who lets nothing stop him. He was considered too small for rugby and too short for high jump but Dian was determined to feel good in his own body. What started out as a daily gym routine became a passion for fitness modelling. Game On Magazine brings an exclusive conversation with this incredible athlete as he lets you into his world of fitness modelling.

Achievements 2014 Mr Teen Body Beautiful U/21 (3rd) 2015 Mr Teen Body Beautiful U/21 (2nd)

Follow Dian’s journey on his various social media platforms

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Danielle du Toit Playing her way to the top

Danielle du Toit

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Playing her way to the top Full name Danielle du Toit Date of Birth 10 February 1999

Place of Birth Pretoria High school Die Hoërskool Menlopark

Danielle du Toit is a junior amateur golfer that is making a serious name for herself, not only on the South African scene but internationally. She juggles her school commitments with her golf to ensure that she stays at the top of her game. Game On Magazine chatted to her at Die Hoërskool Menlopark to find out where she began and where she’s headed.

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youth feature: golf

Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Justin Klusener & Catherine Kotze

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Achievements 2015: Member of WGSA Elite Training Squad Nomads SA Girls Championship: Winner U16 and runner up U18 Represented the WGSA at RB German Junior Masters Won the 35th Ackermann Open Championship

2014: Youngest ladies champion in 101 years at Pretoria Country Club Finished 3rd at the Albatross Junior International, India

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James Tedder The Sharks potential star

James

Tedder The Sharks potential star

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youth feature: rugby

Words: Brian Lee | Photos: Provided

Rugby player James Tedder ended 2015 by signing a contract with the Cell C Sharks U19 team, following some impressive performances for Kearsney College’s first team.

The centre is an elusive runner who was also selected for the KwaZulu-Natal Craven Week

team, and great things are expected from this player, who will turn 19 in April this year.

Tedder is also a very talented cricketer, having captained Kearsney’s first XI and represented KwaZulu-Natal at U15, U17 and U19 level. Tedder is following in the footsteps of his older cousin Tristan, who played for the Sharks U19 team in 2015.

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James Tedder

Date of Birth 18 April 1997

Place of Birth Pietermaritzburg

High school Kearsney College

• Signed a contract with the Cell C Sharks U/19 team in 2015 • Represented KZN cricket at U15, U/17 and U/19 level

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SA’s number 1 amateur golfer Ivanna Samu Swinging for success

It all started at Ball and Bucket driving range for South Africa’s Ivanna Samu seven years ago, and today the 17-year-old is the country’s top ranked amateur ladies golfer.

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youth feature: golf

Words: AB Basson | Photos: Sunshine Ladies Tour

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Playing out of Ruimsig Country Club, Samu took up the golf clubs having watched her dad and brother having a swing: “I always wanted to do what my brother did, he was my hero,” she says.

Samu attended Curro Aurora before taking up home schooling to assist her budding golfing career, something she could well further in the United States where she has received multiple scholarships.

Born in Cape Town, Samu’s father is of Serbian descent. Her mother is South African while her brother - who often assists as her caddie - was born in Canada.

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Ivanna Samu

• Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Glendower Golf Club 2015

Date of Birth 5 October 1998

• Sanlam SA Women’s Amateur Championship at Ruimsig Country Club 2014

Place of Birth Cape Town

• Sunshine Ladies Tour Ladies Tshwane Open 2016

High school Curro Aurora, currently home schooled

Sponsors Srixon, Cutter & Buck

Current World Amateur Golf Ranking 79

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• Sunshine Ladies Tour Joburg Open 2016 • Sunshine Ladies Tour Cape Town Ladies Open 2016 • Nomads SA Girls Championship 2015 • Second placed finish (girls category) Duke Of York Young Champions Trophy • Prince’s Golf Club, Sandwich on Kent England • Quarter-Finals - 2015 Girl’s British Open Amateur Championship in Scotland

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Chad Fikkert Cycling up and over mountains

Full name Chad Fikkert

Date of Birth 1 February 1998

Place of Birth Johannesburg

High school Midstream College (Grade 11)

Sponsor Pycycling Academy

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youth feature: mountain biking

Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Midstream College

Chad Fikkert is a Grade 11 learner at Midstream College and an up and coming mountain biker.

He has achieved several podium finishes across South Africa and is a regular Top 10 finisher.

Game On Magazine sat down with Chad at his home in Centurion to learn more about him. In the interview he shares his experience of being attacked whilst out riding alone, and his insights he has to share on the incident and realisations regarding keeping safe.

He is a brave young man.

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Kyle Verreynne Another cricketing success from Wynberg Boys’ high

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verreynne Another cricketing success from Wynberg Boys’ high

South Africa’s U/19 cricket team endured a tough World Cup in Bangladesh in January and February this year, finishing in a lowly 11th place. One of the players who showed some promise was batsmanwicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne, who notched up a couple of half centuries against Scotland and Ireland, and also put in some solid displays behind the stumps. The former Wynberg High School student is now on the books of the Cape Cobras and will look to break into the professional ranks in the not-too-distant future. Verreynne, who will turn 19 in May this year, has also represented the likes of Cobras Cubs, the South African Schools XI and Western Province at first class, U/15 and U/19 level.

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youth feature: cricket

Words: Neil Greig | Photos: Cricket South Africa

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Full name

Achievements

Kyle Verreynne

Represented Cobras Cubs, Western Province, Western Province U/15s and Western Province U/19s.

Date of Birth 12 May 1997

Place of Birth Pretoria

High school Wynberg Boys’ High

Sponsor Gunn & Moore

Represented South Africa Schools XI, South Africa U/19s.

Played for South Africa at the 2016 Under 19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh.

Is a member of the Jacques Kallis Foundation and receives sponsorship for his schooling at Wynberg.

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tag rugby An important tool in the development of rugby

tag rugby An important tool in the development of rugby

Tag Rugby was introduced in South Africa in the early 90’s and became an affiliated member of SARU in 2009. The sport is fast becoming a safer option to introduce youngsters to rugby union and has been used as a training option by the South African Sevens squad and the Stormers. Game On Magazine chatted to director of Tag Rugby South Africa, Stuart McConnell, to find out more about the sport.

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sports development: tag rugby

Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Allan James Lip

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Fran Hilton-Smith Women’s football continues to rise

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Hilton-Smith Women’s football continues to rise Fran Hilton-Smith is a legend of South African women’s football and is currently serving as a Technical Director at the South African Football Association (SAFA).

The South African women’s national football team, Banyana Banyana, are heading to the Rio Olympic Games this year in Brazil and Hilton-Smith and the rest of the group are fully focused on the opportunity that awaits.

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coach focus: soccer

Words: Neil Greig | Photos: BackpagePix

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Full name Fran Hilton-Smith

Place of Birth Germiston

High school attended St Dominics Convent Boksburg

Social media FOLOW FRAN ON TWITTER

Achievements • Fran has served as coach of the national women’s team Banyana Banyana • Has been a FIFA and CAF coaching instructor, a member of the FIFA and CAF technical study groups and worked on the organising committees for the 2012 and 2015 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup tournaments.

• Fran has also founded South Africa’s High Performance Centre for Girls, which is hosted at the University of Pretoria and focuses on the development of girls through sport and incorporates aspects of leadership. -In 2015 she was hand-picked by FIFA to act as a mentor in their Female Leadership Development Programme.

• Fran is also a talented jazz musician.

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Pretoria Boys’ high top waterpolo school in the country

Pta Boys' high top waterpolo school in the country

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Jacques Erasmus implemented new structures when he was appointed head coach of Pretoria Boys’ 1st Waterpolo team in 2014. Fast forward to the present and his team is sitting pretty at the top of the rankings. Game On Magazine sat down with Jacques at the Pretoria Boys 2016 Waterpolo Festival to learn more about this astute coach, his thoughts on the ranking systems and his plans for the future.

coach focus: water polo

Words: Dan Lombard | Photos: Gary Anderson

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Full name

Tertiary education

Jacques Erasmus

Unisa - Bcom Entrepreneurship, University of Pretoria National certificate in sports management

Date of Birth 10 September 1988

Place of Birth Pretoria

High school attended Pretoria Boys’ High School

Teams represented PBHS 1st team, Central Gauteng U/15 to U/19 A teams, U/17 SA squad, U/18 SA squad

Teams coached Pretoria Boys’ High School 1st team

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