Junior Sevens Training Camp Announced

The future stars of Women’s Rugby in South Africa will give their first step towards international participation during the upcoming weekend when 26 of the brightest young girl prospects will assemble for a Sevens training camp in Cape Town.

The promising youngsters were selected after the inaugural SARU Girls Under-16 Week was held in Kimberley two weeks ago. This assembly is the first phase in the selection process to identify and prepare a squad who will participate in the Australian Youth Olympic Festival next January.

Six girls of Western Province were selected, while Border have four representatives and Boland and SWD three players each.

Mahlubi Puzi, the SARU Manager for Women’s Rugby, described the training camp as a significant step in the process to develop Rugby at all levels for female participants.

“Their ages range from 14-17 years and they have been selected on the basis of their performances in Kimberley. It is vital that we start to put the building blocks into place as we plan for participation at the 2016 Olympics.

“They will undergo fitness and medical tests and we will then reduce the number of players to form a smaller group based on the results of these tests,” explained Puzi.

 

The SARU Junior Girls Sevens training camp Squad, in Cape Town from 27-29 July 2012:

Ntsako Faith Tshauke – Blue Bulls

Areesa Grain – Boland

Micaela Witbooi – Boland

Zanilee Fransman – Boland

Lusanda Dumka – Border

Yanga Ndabeni – Border

Simamkele Namba – Border

Asisipho Dotwana – Border

Eldrika Baartman – Eastern Province

Zandile Khumalo – Golden Lions

Bonakele Sibiya – Golden Lions

Leilani Januarie – Griquas

Mandy Mhlongo – KwaZulu–Natal

Lethukutha Hadebe – KwaZulu–Natal

Welmarie Wessels – Leopards

Phumla Sambo – Mpumalanga

Sindi Mathonsi – Mpumalanga

Atheana Botha – SWD

Christal Williams – SWD

Veronique Maswati – SWD

Jill Christians – Western Province

Annique Geswind – Western Province

Sinazo Mcatshulwa – Western Province

Gretchen Bezuidenhout – Western Province

Kimico Manuel – Western Province

Crystal Stoffels – Western Province

 

Management:

Khayalethu Malotana (Head Coach)

Denver Wannies (National Coach)

Nomsebenzi Tsotsobe (Team Manager)