BRIEFING TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON SPORT AND RECREATION ON DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND TEAM PREPARATIONS FOR LONDON OLYMPICS

1.	UTILISATION OF 2012 PREPARATION GRANT

A grant of R1m was received from the Department of Sport and Recreation to assist in the preparation of our athletics team to the Olympics 2012.
Per our budget, the moneys were utilised as follows:
•	Participation in World Cup of Race Walking in Saransk, Russia on 12-13 May 2012 – R 95 000. Marc Mundell achieved the standard for Olympic Qualification and has been selected for the SA Olympic Team
•	Athlete support for international participation – R 262 900 has been allocated to athletes for preparation and qualification during international competition.
•	The following athletes have benefitted to date: (All R10 000 each except where indicated)
1.	Anika Smit High Jump, R 5 000
2.	Estie Wittstock 400m, 
3.	Mapaseka Makanya 1500m, 
4.	Roscoe Engel 100m, 200m, 
5.	Marc Mundell 50km Walk, 
6.	Elizna Naude Discus, R 5 000
7.	Zarck Visser Long Jump, 
8.	Juan van Deventer 1500m, 
9.	Thuso Mpuang 200m, R 2 900
10.	Elroy Gelant 5000m, 
11.	Dean Brummer 3000m St, 
12.	Jerry Motsau 1500m, R 5 000
13.	Rorisang Ramonye 400m, 
14.	Janet Lawless 400mH, 
15.	Lehann Fourie 110mH, 
16.	Willem Coertzen Decathlon, 
17.	Andre Olivier 800m, 
18.	Lebogang Moeng 400m, 
19.	Tsolofile Thipe 200m, 400m, 
20.	Anaso Jobodwana 200m, 
21.	Hannes Dreyer 100m, 
22.	Patience Ntshingila Long Jump, 
23.	Shaun de Jager 400m, 
24.	Tumelo Motlagale 3000m St, 
25.	Johan Cronje 1500m, 
26.	Wenda Theron 400mH, 
27.	Reinhardt van Zyl 800m, R 5 000
28.	Peter vd Westhuizen 1500m, 
29.	Gladwin Mzazi 5000m.
20 Males and 9 females, 13 Previously Disadvantaged Individuals
•	The South African Team to the CAA African Senior Athletics Championships in Benin from 26 June to 1 July consist of 79 athletes and 10 officials. This is the last opportunity athletes have to qualify in terms of the SASCOC criteria.
The cost of this tour is R 990 500
•	Total direct spend on athlete preparation 2012 – R 1 348 400

2.	FIXTURES 2012
The following events were presented for athletes to prepare for the Olympic Games 2012:
a.	South African Marathon Championships – 4.1.2012 - George
b.	Yellow Pages Interprovincial Championships – 25.2.2012 - Germiston
c.	Yellow Pages Interprovincial Championships – 3.3.2012 - Bellville
d.	IAAF World Indoor Championships – 9.3.2012 - Istanbul Turkey
e.	Yellow Pages Series 1 – 20.3.2012 - Stellenbosch
f.	Yellow Pages Series 2 – 24.3.2012 - Potchefstroom
g.	Yellow Pages Interclub – 5.4.2012 - Pretoria
h.	Yellow Pages SA Senior Championships – 13.4.2012 - Port Elizabeth
i.	Yellow Pages Series 3 – 20.4.2012 - Pretoria
j.	SA Open Championships – 4.5.2012 - Pretoria
k.	IAAF World Race Walking Cup – 12.5.2012 - Saransk Russia
l.	SA 10km Championships – 19.5.2012 - Kimberley

3.	ATHLETES THAT ARE CURRENTLY STILL COMPETING ABROAD 
a.	Roscoe Engel – Spain 12.6.2012
b.	Caster Semenya – Finland 13.6.2012
c.	Mapaseka Makanya – Sweden 14.6.2012
d.	Hannes Dreyer – Sweden
e.	Lebogang Moeng – Sweden
f.	Simon Magakwe – Sweden
g.	Thuso Mpuang – Sweden
h.	Ruan de Vries – Sweden
i.	Carina Horn – Sweden
j.	Janice Josephs – Sweden
k.	Waide Jooste – Sweden
l.	Gladwin Mzazi – Sweden
m.	Jason Kidza-Sewenyana – Sweden
n.	Robert Oosthuizen – Sweden
o.	Rorisang Ramonye – Slovenia 14.6.2012
p.	Elroy Gelant – Slovenia
q.	Juan van Deventer – Russia 17.6.2012
r.	Johan Cronje – Russia
s.	Zarck Visser – Russia
t.	Ofentse Mogawane – Russia
u.	Mapaseka Makanya – Russia
v.	Willie de Beer – Russia
w.	Hannes Dreyer – Sweden 17.6.2012
x.	Lebogang Moeng - Sweden
y.	Ruan de Vries - Sweden
z.	Carina Horn – Sweden
aa.	Lehann Fourie - Europe
bb.	Peter van der Westhuizen – USA
cc.	Anaso Jobodwana – Europe
dd.	Oscar Pistorius – Europe
ee.	Wayde van Niekerk – Tunisia
ff.	Elizna Naude - Germany

4.	LIST OF CURRENT OLYMPIC SQUAD PLUS QUALIFIERS

a.	Stephen Mokoka – Marathon
b.	Lusapho April – Marathon
c.	Coolboy Ngamole – Marathon
d.	Rene Kalmer – Marathon
e.	Irvette van Blerk – Marathon
f.	Tanith Maxwell – Marathon
g.	Caster Semenya – 800m
h.	Sunette Viljoen Javelin 
i.	LJ van Zyl – 400m H
j.	Cornel Fredericks – 400mH
k.	Marc Mundell – 50km Walk
l.	Willem Coertzen – Decathlon
m.	Khotso Mokoena – Long Jump

5.	LIST OF SINGLE QUALIFIERS
a.	Simon Magakwe 100m & 200m
b.	Anaso Jobodwana 200m
c.	Thuso Mpuang 200m
d.	Lebogang Moeng 200m
e.	Oscar Pistorius 400m
f.	Andre Olivier 800m
g.	Johan Cronje 1500m
h.	Ruben Ramolefi 3000m St
i.	Tsholofelo Thipe 200m, 400m
j.	Wenda Theron 400mH

6.	DEVELOPMENT

a.	Street athletics – Talent identification
Introduction - What is Street Athletics?
	Athletics on the street with music and dancing to entertain the community
	Age category u/13, 15 and u/17 for boys and girls 
	Events that they competed are 100m, 150m, 250m and 500m
	Starting time 14h00 -17h30
Potchefstroom, Carletonville and Westonaria were the first towns to host street athletics event in the country
Schools were invited with the assistance from Department of Education, school sport, municipality and the local sports committees
The program is in line with plan of The Minister of Sport . . . Wednesday and Friday as sports days for schools
i.	Ikageng – 15 schools with 500 kids registered to participate
ii.	Khutsong - 16 schools with 600 kids registered to participate
iii.	Beckersdal Westonaria – 16 schools with 800 kids registered to participate
After the three events 90 athletes were selected to represent their municipality during the World Athletics Day on the 12 May 2012 in Pretoria
Highlight and the Lows
Highlight-The event was being welcomed by the schools and the municipalities of Westonaria and Carletonville and they are planning to adopt the program
During the Carletonville and Westonaria we saw an increase of participation and interest of the community
Low light – was in Potchefstroom where we had to move in to a stadium as the communication between the school sport was not done properly and the structure of school sport and local sport committees was not functioning 
After SRSA withdrew their assistance it was a blow as we had to withdraw our programme from other provinces because of the financial cost 
RECOMMENDATION 
	SRSA has to come on board 
	Need sponsorship 
	Co-operation from our provinces
	Clubs formation 
	Coaching structure in local municipalities so they can be able to monitor the athletes that we have identified 
Conclusion 
The next series of street athletics will move to other provinces 
Medium term goal is to move street athletics to all provinces as a regular event
b.	IAAF World Athletic Day
i.	Club Athletics Programme presented in Pretoria - 12.5.2012 – 150 participants including National Youth Squad and athletes identified during street athletics programmes
ii.	Kids Athletic Programme  presented in Cape Town - 12.5.2012 – 200 participants
iii.	Schools Athletic Programme presented in Durban - 25.5.2012 – 280 participants including athletes identified during street athletics programmes

c.	Kids Athletics
i.	This programme, developed by the IAAF, is meant to develop proper skills in primary school athletes. The athletes are taught to develop there skills without placing undue stress on their as yet undeveloped bodies. It also avoids the psychological stress which parents, teachers and coaches place on young athletes by using a team competition format and requiring the athletes to different events, also preventing early specialisation. 
ii.	The programme is inexpensive and does not require dedicated athletics tracks or facilities, meaning that primary schools throughout the country can participate in the programme with relatively little cost involved.
iii.	A full league system is in place in Cape Town, under the auspices of Western Province Athletics, although the programme has not been rolled out around the country yet. The current official primary schools programme is hindering the introduction of the programme.

d.	National Youth Squad – 48 athletes
i.	11 - 13 May 2012 – Life Skill Training
ii.	28 July 2012 – Motivational coaching, nutrition, personality types, SAIDS, integrated human physiological conditioning
iii.	September – media training, interaction with senior athletes

e.	Schools structure vs. Federation structure
i.	Although in 2012 the SA Junior and SA Schools Championships were combined into one championships, the existence of parallel structures is creating unnecessary duplication. The schools structure, SASA, is seeking to again have separate championships for 2013. While government continues to fund separate structures and allow teachers and learners to attend separate championships, the prospect of combining the efforts for the long-term good of the athletes and the country seems unlikely.

f.	The South African Coaching Framework
In conjunction with SASCOC Athletics is participating in the National roll out of a structure that will underpin all development efforts in respect of the 3 pillars of the framework i.e. Coaches development, Technical officials development and Administrator development as follows:
1.	Pre view and initiation workshop – Johannesburg 7-9.6.2012
2.	Provincial road shows – June - July 2012
3.	SA Sports for Life Launch – October 2012
4.	SASCOC coaching conference - November 2012
5.	Global coaching conference – 2013
6.	In parallel to the above, Athletics South Africa is furthermore creating a data base of qualified coaches and technical officials for further development in terms of Athletics South Africa and IAAF qualifications
7.	The SASCOC sports structure encompasses mass participation, culminating in high performance participation.

g.	CATHSSETA

Several generic training programmes are presented in conjunction with CATHSSETA in all provinces as follows:
•	Sports Club Administration – Gauteng – Sedibeng
Northern Cape – Kimberley
Mpumalanga – Middelburg
North West – Taung
•	Generic Sports Coaching - 	Limpopo - Polokwane
Free State – Qwa Qwa
North West – Rustenburg
•	Life Skills for Athletes		Western Cape – Drakenstein
Gauteng – Tshwane
Free State – Bloemfontein
Eastern Cape – Port Elizabeth
•	30 Interns trained in workplace experimental learning – Bloemfontein, Potchefstroom, Germiston and Houghton