Jo-Ann van Dyk threw a Video games file distance within the girls’s javelin so as to add one other gold medal to Staff SA’s tally on the African Video games in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday.
Van Dyk launched the javelin 60.80m, with teammate Jana van Schalkwyk claiming silver with a throw of 57.64m. Staff SA had began the day with 96 medals, and athletics had three of them, all gold. That complete has now stretched to 98 medals.
There was additionally motion within the males’s cricket the place Staff SA got here up towards Uganda in Pool A. Staff SA gained the toss and batted first, and scored 95 for 9 of their 20 overs. For the third successive sport George van Heerden top-scored for Staff SA, this time hitting 44 runs.
The match reached an exhilarating climax, with Uganda’s captain Brian Masaba hitting a six off the final ball of the innings bowled by Aphiwe Yako, as Uganda reached 99-8 off their 20 overs. Staff SA haven’t certified for the semi-finals,
ATHLETICS
Males’s 20km stroll, remaining
Sizwe Ndebele completed sixth in a time of 1hr 38min 08sec. Gold was gained by Ethiopia’s Wakuma Fakansa in 1:28:05
Ladies’s 20km stroll, remaining
Jessica Groenewald completed fifth in a time of 1hr 49min 17 sec. Gold was gained by Kenya’s Emily Ngii in 1:37:34
Ladies’s heptathlon
100m Hurdles: Shannon Verster completed third in 14.59sec
Excessive soar: Shannon Verster completed 2nd with a top of 1.70m
Shot put: Shannon Verster completed 4th with a distance of 10.94m
200m: Shannon Verster completed 4th in 26.38sec
Ladies’s javelin, remaining
GOLD! Jo-Ane van Dyk gained the gold medal with a throw of a Video games file 60.80m
SILVER! Jana van Schalkwyk claimed the silver medal with a throw of 57.64m
CRICKET
Males’s Group A
Toss: Staff SA
Staff SA 95-9 in 20 overs (George van Heerden 44, Aphiwe Yako 18no)
Uganda 99-8 in 20 overs (Lehan Botha 2-15, Jason Raubenheimer 2-20, Ethan Frosler 1-3, Heinrigh Pieterse 1-18, Aphiwe Yako 1-27)
Uganda gained by 2 wickets
TAEKWONDO
Ladies’s 46kg, Spherical of 16
Jayden Kaars misplaced to Soukaina Sahib (Morocco) 2-0
Picture by Frennie Shivambu in Accra