SA Women in PE for Sevens training camp

Nov 8 • General News, International, Sevens Rugby, South Africa • 3014 Views • Comments Off on SA Women in PE for Sevens training camp

The most promising women’s Sevens talent in South Africa have assembled in Port Elizabeth on Thursday for a training camp and series of trial matches in preparation for the upcoming IRB Women’s Sevens World Series.

The inaugural Women’s Series kicks off in Dubai at the end of November and the South Africans will be one of 12 teams participating at the historic event.

A national training group of 15 players will continue with their Dubai preparations at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University from today until Sunday and they will be joined by two trial teams, a SA Select consisting of 10 players and the Eastern Cape Select squad of nine players.

Denver Wannies, the SA Women’s Sevens coach, said he was looking forward to work with the enlarged group of players.

“Women’s Rugby has entered a new, exciting era and we must prepare ourselves so that our players can be competitive. The two trail groups consist of players who impressed during the SARU Interprovincial tournament last week in Pretoria. These players now have an opportunity to further impress the selectors and maybe force their way into the national training group.

“The new World Series is a fantastic opportunity for our players to showcase their talent. With the Sevens World Cup in Moscow next year and the 2016 Olympics also on the horizon, it makes sense for us to cast our net wider and search for new talent which we can identify early and include in our structures,” explained Wannies.

Website for IRB Women’s Sevens World Series goes live

Meanwhile, with little over three weeks to go until the start of the inaugural IRB Women’s Sevens World Series in Dubai, the official tournament website is now live at wsws.irb.com.

The website is the first of its kind for the women’s Game and offers dedicated news, Series information, video, audio, rights-free media material and fan-focused Social Media content.

From each round of the Series, the official IRB highlight edits will be made available online, both on the official website and also via youtube.com/irb.

The following players have been invited to the SA Women’s training camp in PE:

SA Sevens Training Group:

Name	Surname	Province
Yolanda	Meiring	Blue Bulls
Marithy	Pienaar	Blue Bulls
Mandisa	Williams	Border
Nwabisa	Ngxatu	Border
Ziyanda	Tywaleni	Border
Sinazo	Nobele	Border
Nosiphiwo	Goda	Border
Fundiswa	Plaatjie	Border
Zenay	Jordaan	Eastern Province
Phumeza	Gadu	Eastern Province
Natasha	Hoffmeester	Western Province
Belle	Makwezele	Western Province
Zaandre	Theron	Western Province
Zimkitha	Tsilana	Western Province
Mathrin	Simmers	South Western Districts
Denver	Wannies	Coach

Eastern Cape Select squad

Name	Surname	Province
Sesethu	Kobese	Eastern Province
Jenneva	Scholtz	Eastern Province
Vuyolwethe	Vazi	Blue Bulls
Yolanda	Sana	Border A
Songezwa	Makhalima	Border A
Siviwe	Basweni	Border A
Vuyiswa	Skosana	Eastern Province
Siphosethu	Tshingana	Eastern Province
Theresa	Ruiters	Boland
Ziniko	Dumapi	Coach, Border

SA Sevens Select squad

Name	Surname	Province
Nomaphelo	Mayongo	KwaZulu-Natal
Bernice	Strydom	Free State
Nomsa	Mokwai	Leopards
Phindile	Mtshali	KwaZulu-Natal
Masabata	Finger	Griffons
Lynette	Ziqubu	KwaZulu-Natal
Veroeshka	Grain	Western Province
Faith	Chauke	Blue Bulls
Molly	Chabatsene	Griffons
Rachelle	Geldenhuys	Golden Lions
Riaan	Van der Merwe	Coach, Blue Bulls