April - Department of Defence

The mascot of the third Military
World Games.
Chief of Mission, entered individuals
and teams in the following sport
codes, namely boxing for men, trackand-field,
marathon for both men and
women, sailing for men, judo for
women and swimming for men.
Boxing
Owing to unforeseen circumstances
the SANDF boxers were
thrown into the deep end when it was
decided by the Boxing Technical
Committee that the first fight had to
take place at the same time as the
opening ceremony.
Unfortunately for Lt Bonakele
David Madolo from 1 Special Services
Battalion, his Korean counterpart was
just too strong for him and he lost on
points. Rfn Elias Mashinini kept the
South African flag flying high when
he won his bout against Ireland with
a technical knockout in the first
round. He was, however, unfortunate
not to win the next match. Lt
Bonakele David Madolo, Cpl Zendile
Nquru and L Cpl Gerald Dingiswayo
all lost on points.
The SANDF was honoured by the
CISM boxing fraternity when R Adm
Eric Green from Simon's Town was
elected as the Acting President of the
Boxing Technical Committee for the
third Military World Games. R Adm
Green acted in the place of Cmdt
James Hunt of Ireland who had to
return home. The role of the
Technical Committee is to ensure that
the whole tournament takes place in
accordance with the international
rules and regulations.
The South African referee,
Maj Johan "Barries" Barnard from the
School of Armour, was widely
praised for the way in which he refereed.
Maj Barnard was also selected to
be one of the few referees for the final
fights.
Track-and-field and marathon
Three of our athletes participated
in an open marathon in the city of
Palermo. L Cpl Andries Hendricks of
GSB Bloemfontein finished in a time
of 2 hours 28 minutes and was 22nd
of all the military athletes. S Sgt Koos
Aphane from the SAMHS Training
Formation in Pretoria came 38th in a
time of 2 hours 37 minutes. Cpl Frans
Motsamai from 1 Special Services
Battalion in Bloemfontein finished
45th of the military athletes in a time
of 2 hours 47 minutes. After winning
a bronze medal at the first African
Military Games in Kenia, Maj Dinah
Heymans was unable to qualify for
the finals in this event.
Sailing
The sailing team faced very
difficult wind conditions and had to
battle technical problems on a type
of yacht which was new to the team,
but ended 18th overall. Cdr Braam
The Old Roman amphitheatre.
Weller, who works at Colet in
Pretoria, was a member of the Sailing
Technical Committee and was also
selected as a member of the jury.
Judo
Lt Cdr Henriëtte Möller, currently
ranked second in her weight division
in Africa and a member of the
national team, was the only judoka
to accompany the SANDF team to the
games. Though qualifying for the
semi-finals she lost to the judoka from
the People's Republic of Korea,
obtained the bronze medal and came
fifth in her weight group.
ESALO
South Africa became a member of
CISM in 1994, and the SANDF was
given the responsibility of hosting the
East and South Africa Liaison Office
(ESALO) for the next four years by
the Annual General Assembly of
ESALO held in Harare, Zimbabwe, in
1996. At the 2000 Annual General
Assembly meeting in Namibia this
period was extended to the year 2004,
whereafter Botswana will take over
the liaison office. Currently Angola,
Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar,
Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,
South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Zambia and Zimbabwe are member
countries of ESALO, with
Mozambique as an invited member.
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