It is our pleasure to inform you that Wheelchair Basketball SA will host the IWBF World Silver Medalist, France in Johannesburg, from the 26th October 2010 to 31st October 2010. The competition has been sanctioned by the WBSA Executive Committee in preparation for the 2011 qualifications for the London Paralympics. Continue reading »
WBSA: French National Team tours SA
FIBA World Championships 2010 on SuperSport
The 2010 World Championships of Basketball will be shown on SuperSport this year!
Here is the schedule received from SuperSport to help you catch some of the action:
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Supersport not showing African Championship…
It was with great sadness that I heard that Supersport will not be showing the African Championship tournament from Lybia… I hope that they can reconsider this since our boys are participating in this African showpiece. I haven’t heard if SABC will be televising the event but they could be the alternative.
Here is the SA team that will represent us in Libya:
Neo Mothiba (Captain)
Quintin Dennyssen
Cedrick Lukanda
Thabang Kwedi
Toka Motaung
Chris Gabriel
Tshilidzi Nephawe
Nyakallo Nthuping
Joseph Mazibuko
Lindokuhle Sibankulu
Nhlanhla Dlamini
Thabo Letsebe
Head coach: Flosh Ngwenya
Assistant coach: Thierry Kita
Assistant coach: Craig Gilchrist
Basketball South Africa is participating in the zonal competition in the women section. SA will be hosted by Zimbabwe to play two games on Saturday and Sunday the 7th and 8th of March 2009 respectively in a play-off game to qualify for the 2009 women’s African championship to be hosted in Madagascar. Mozambique and Angola have already qualified so its winner takes all between Zimbabwe and South Africa.
The men’s team is camping for the second time at Mandeville Sports Center starting the 19th March 2009 until they depart for Mozambique. The team will arrive on Friday and they will be preparing for the zone 6 qualification games in Mozambique, where they will come face to face with Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Angola has already qualified for the African Nations Cup to be held in Libya.
BWB 2008 camp from the participants’ perspective
So the 6th edition of Basketball without Borders has come and gone, but for those that took part the memories will remain long after the dust has settled.
As always the first day of the camp is a bit chaotic with the handing out of gear to the players, coaches and referees and handling the accreditation of the various officials, medical crews, helpers and the media. But this is handled with the upmost professionalism and the strict camp rules are adhered to. You might think that the biggest attraction is the NBA coaches and players in attendance but in my view, the camp wouldn’t go ahead without the support of the African federations that send out their players for this exposure and the various other helpers from NBA and South Africa that help make it a success. Dali Dzingwa (pictured above on the far right) was the BSA representative in the absence of interim president Malesela Maleka. Continue reading »
What happens to Wits Alumni when one of their star players has Supersport doing a story on him? Well I’ll tell you what happens…Alumni wants him to look as good as possible in front of the cameras. That’s what happened this past Sunday when Alumni took on the Raptors in a game both teams new wasn’t going to be close. Continue reading »
A few weeks back, I asked a few basketball people in the know their opinion on what has been happening in the sport over the past few years and what we should look forward to. Tshepo Ditshego provided me with this article he had published in Tribute magazine in South Africa in April 2007 and I thought it provides more insight in the state of our game a year on.
Hop on the Basketball Roller coaster ride
I have no doubt in my mind that basketball is the most exciting sport in the whole world. Don’t take my word for it; ask the 350 million people that the international basketball federation (FIBA) estimates are playing basketball worldwide. They can’t all be wrong can they? This is a sport that was only recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1930. Since then the game has caught on in over 213 countries, 53 of which are in the motherland. Continue reading »







