Simangaye Shabalala, Gcina Musawenkosi Dlamini and Ayabonga Jim of South Africa during the Mens u23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship game between South Africa and Germany at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Canada on June 8 2017©Barry Aldworth/eXpect LIFE
8 of our learners have been selected to represent Kwazulu Natal for Wheelchair basketball at the 2017 U18 National School Summer Championship to be held from 10-14 December 2017 in Gauteng. We wish to congratulate them on this achievement and wish them luck for these games.
U18 boys: Siphelele Ngcamu, James Mncuzana, Kwanele Gumede, Luke Lotter, Amahle Madondo
U18 girls: Lerato Mbhele, Smangele Mfeka, Samkelisiwe Mbatha
Mrs Thorpe together with our wheelchair basketball team were invited to attend the 2017 IWBF Afro World Wheelchair Basketball Championship Qualifiers held in Tongaat from 18-24 November 2017, to lend support to the South African team. They were privileged to watch the Opening Ceremony and the South African Men’s team take on Morocco.
Congratulations to the following learners who participated in the finals of the Wheelchair Basketball Vodacom Challenge from 13-15 October 2017 in Johannesburg: Simingaye Shabalala, Siphelele Ngcamu, James Mncuzana, Kwanele Gumede, Luke Lotter, Lusanda Ndwandwe, Lerato Mbhele and Samkelisiwe Mbatha.