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ISSUE 10, OCTOBER 2014

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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

GEZELLE MAGERMAN

SAVES SA’S HONOUR

YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES GOLD MEDALLIST

MEET SIYOLI

WATERS

FLYING THE SA

FLAG HIGH

NAAS BOTHA

PAUL BOSHOFF A RISING STAR

ON MISSING THE BIGGER PICTURE

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contents Image Gallery EYE OF THE LENS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER Photos by Monster Energy

Cover Feature MAIN STORY Gezelle MaGerMan SavES Sa’S HONOuR wITH gold medal at Youth olYmpic games “One swallow does not make a summer,” or so they say. Words by Wilhelm de Swardt | Photos Provided

Karien Jonckheere Journalist PHILNA VAN VEIJEREN Journalist (Junior) Bernard van Tonder Photographer GALLO IMAGES | SASPA SMUGSHOTS PHOTOGRAPHY

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BACK PAGE MEDIA

FOCUS: SCHOOL SPORTS RUGBY HEIN KRIEK BACK TO THE TOP Words by Kobus Pretorius | Photos by Saspa and Provided

Tinus De Beer’s way of play excites Springbok legend Words by Kobus Pretorius | Photos by Saspa and Provided

Naas Botha MISSIng thE BIggER pICtuRE Words by Kobus Pretorius | Photos by Saspa and Provided

Oscar Schuld The Oscar-Winning Strategy To Winning The Beeld Trophy Words by Philna Van Veijeren | Photos Provided

BENCH (CONTRIBUTORS)

Wessel du Plessis Aiming for perfection Words by Philna Van Veijeren | Photos Provided

Juan de Jongh Leading from the front Words by Karien Jonckheere | Photos by Reg Caldecott

EDITORIAL 05 Talking Point with Kobus Pretorius

Issue 09, September 2014

Sporting Features CRICKET dane piedt HIT OR MISS?

Words by Kobus Pretorius | Photos by Cricket South Africa

Grant Roelofsen “TEST CENTURY” PROVES HARD WORK PAYS OFF

Words by Wilhelm de Swardt | Photos by Cricket South Africa and Provided

Cycling Daryl Impey Cleared Of Doping Words by wilhelm De Swardt | Photos Backpage Media

MOUNTAIN BIKING Lebo Pebane INSPIRES ON HER MOuNTAIN BIKE AND AT SCHOOL Words by wilhelm De Swardt | Photos Provided

Squash: Q&A

Siyoli Waters Flies Sa Flag For Squash Words by Wilhelm de Swardt | Photos Provided

NETBALL Affies Dominate Netball Tournaments Words by Wilhelm de Swardt | Photos Provided

Jeanté Strydom More Than Passionate About Netball Words by Wilhelm de Swardt | Photos Provided

Hockey Waterkloof Hoërskool 1St Hockey Team Wins Noordvaal Trophy Words by Wilhelm de Swardt | Photos Provided

rOwING Dan Watkins Rugby Injury Was A Blessing In Disguise For Watkins Words by Wilhelm de Swardt | Photos Provided

GOLf: Q&A

Paul Boshoff Rising Star Words by Kobus Pretorius | Photos by Dale Boyce, SAGA, Roger Sedres

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RIDERS ON THE STORM

IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER

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SPLASH IMAGE GALLERY: MONSTER ENERGY

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naas botha School Sports: Missing the bigger picture

naas botha School Sports

Missing the bigger picture Naas Botha, one of the greatest legends of Springbok rugby, is of the opinion that too much is being made of who wins what in school sports and that this is to the detriment of sport in South Africa.

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FEATURE: RUGBY Words: Wilhelm de Swardt | Photos: Provided and Saspa

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As far as I am concerned there are only two events that should matter when South African sport is being discussed. One is the Rugby World Cup and the other the Olympic Games.

“Who cares whether School A has beaten School B to win some trophy of another? In the bigger scheme of things it is irrelevant. The same applies to a top junior athlete at a school. Who knows about it or really cares? Perhaps the athlete’s mom and dad and maybe the few friends they phoned to tell them about it. “But when a player is selected to play for the Springboks at a World Cup the whole country, in fact the whole world, will know about it. It is the same with the Olympic Games. “South Africa has lost so many talented athletes at school level. During this year’s Craven Week much was made of the fact that about 261 players who represented their respective provinces at the Week went on to play for the Springboks. “It may sound impressive but actually it is not. The first Craven Week was played in 1964. If one works with a rough estimate that about 20 teams (of 22 players each) participated every year, it means that there were already 22 000 players at the Week, of whom only 261 advanced to become Springboks. It is not such an impressive statistic at all.

“I am a firm believer that school sports should be just a stepping stone to make it easier for youngsters to move on to better opportunities. “A concerning matter in South African sports is the fact that there are no structures in place to help the late bloomers. “In rugby the Craven Week is basically the be all and end all for school players who hope to make a career by playing rugby, because all the scouts for big franchise teams are there. Once he is selected for the South African Schools team a player is almost guaranteed to go on to play in the big league. He really has to mess up things to fall by the wayside. “But what are the chances for talented players who had missed out on the Craven Week to attract attention? “Or consider this. What is the chance of a talented fly-half who plays for one of the smaller schools to ever go on to play for the Springboks? In any city the Craven Week selectors will tend to go for the fly-half of one of the larger schools, even if the player from the smaller school is more talented. “I see nothing wrong with a talented player from a smaller school being scouted by one of the bigger schools. In my opinion the bigger school is not buying the player. I see it as a young player getting a fair opportunity to make the most of his talents. So what if somebody chooses to pay his school fees?”

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Daryl Impey cleared of doping

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FEATURE: CYCLING Written by Wilhelm De Swardt | Photos By Backpage Media

Impey cleared of

doping and back to his winning ways

Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge), the only South African who has ever had the privilege of wearing the Tour de France’s coveted yellow jersey, might never race in South Africa again, because he is upset about the way his case was handled by the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS). Last month Impey was exonerated from the allegation that he had committed a doping violation by using a diuretic called Probenecid. This substance is used for the treatment of gout and hyperuricemia, but it is banned in cycling because it can be used as a masking agent. The 1988 Tour de France winner, the Spaniard, Pedro Delgado, tested positive for Probenecid but was later cleared and kept his title.

Impey is quite upset about the way his case dragged on. He tested positive in February during the South African Road Championships in Durban, but the results of an anti-doping test were only announced on July 2, on the eve of the Tour de France. This meant that he was removed from Orica’s nine-man Tour team before the race began. “This is something that should have been handled quicker. An athlete’s

rights are as important as anyone else’s,” Impey said in an interview with Velonews. “It was a huge disappointment for me to miss out on the Tour de France and the Vuelta. This matter should have been sorted out in April or May so that I could have gone on with my career. There have been massive repercussions for my family and myself. My name has been dragged through the mud.

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Daryl Impey cleared of doping

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I think the standard by which athletes are tested elsewhere in the world is better than it is in South Africa.

“This episode has even made me question the feasibility of coming back to race in South Africa,” said Impey in an interview with SuperCycling. “I don’t think it is really worth my while. Don’t get me wrong; I love racing in South Africa but when you are treated like I was you begin to have second thoughts about it. While I never disputed the lab results and the findings, and after already having to go back five months to try to find out how this could have happened, I was finally able to prove that this was a case of cross-contamination. I was also cleared of any fault or negligence on my part,” Impey said. “It has definitely been the hardest two months of my life. It has been a huge financial loss and was tough on my whole family as well. But I was determined to show that I am clean and that I would never cheat in an effort to get an advantage over my competitors.”

Impey’s defence focused on a pharmacy in Durban. A report in The Star newspaper explained that the pharmacist gave Probenecid to another customer and afterwards sold the empty 10

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gel capsules to Impey, using his contaminated hands. The Durban pharmacist took the blame and produced cash register receipts that showed the times of the purchases.

Impey explained that he needed the gel capsules to fill them with bicarbonate of soda in order to fight against lactic acid in the championship race. He said he went to buy the capsules early in the morning, but the pharmacy did not have any. Later, the pharmacist called Impey to say that he had found some and Impey returned in the afternoon to buy them. According to Impey he would urge all South African athletes to take dope testing seriously.

FEATURE: CYCLING Written by Wilhelm De Swardt | Photos By Backpage Media

“Athletes should take serious note of the procedures. I would even suggest that athletes read through the doping control manual. What has happened to me should be a wake-up call for every athlete to double check whatever is being done by SAIDS.

“In my case it was something that could not be foreseen. It was what can be called ‘exceptional circumstances’.”

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At the time of writing Impey was back on his bike competing for Orica-GreenEdge in the Tour of Alberta in Canada. “Hopefully I will also be able to compete at the World Championships in September. I want to reiterate my stance against doping. I will continue to race clean throughout my career. Right now, I am just really happy that I can be a bike rider again, because this is what I most like to do.”

I don’t think it is really worth my while.

SIDEBAR In his first race back Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) won the final stage and took the overall by one second at the Tour of Alberta in Canada. Impey survived a rain-soaked urban circuit in downtown Edmonton on the last day to finish the stage ahead of Optum Pro Cycling’s Ryan Anderson and Garmin-Sharp’s Ramunas Navardauskas. Impey benefited from having the bulk of his team in the final lead group of about 40 riders, and he got a long leadout that catapulted him to the front, where he held off a fast charge from Anderson at the line. “We always knew that it was going to be difficult to win the stage.” Impey said in an interview with cyclingnews.com. “I’m not known as the world’s best sprinter. I don’t win a lot of races per year, but the team did such a great leadout and put me in such a great position that I was able to win. Sometimes when you gamble the way we did, things pay off for you.”

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