Spotlight On Women in Sport - April Edition

SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN
IN SPORT
NATIONAL
SPORT
SCENE
COMMUNITY
SPORTS
UPDATE
THE BUSINESS
OF SPORT
MAKING YOUR
ORGANISATION DIGITALLY
VISIBLE
FUTBALLING
GIRLS UPDATE
INTERNATIONAL
SPORT SCENE
Up close and personal with
GAUTENG WOMEN IN SPORTS AWARDS
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR WITH A
DISABILITY
SIMONÉ
KRUGER
2nd Edition
April 2022

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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Cover Story 4-5
An in-depth discussion with Gauteng Women
in Sports Award, Sportswoman of the year
with a disability - Simone' Kruger
Side Note from the Chief Editor 2
Our editor delves into our fist edition and the
importance of media platforms for women's
sport.
The Business Of Sport 6
How to make your organisation digitally
visible.
Futballing Girls Update 7
Community Sports Scene 12
National Sports Scene 13
Womens sports off to a great start in 2022
International Sports Scene 14

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SIDE NOTE
FROM THE
CHIEF EDITOR
Welcome to our very second edition of our digimag, after a very
successful first edition, we back with more on women in sport content.
On Friday, 25 March 2022, Futballing Girls hosted the 2nd edition of the
Gauteng Women in Sports Awards, in partnership with Vision View TV
at the Anew Parktonian Hotel. This has been a very emotional journey
for me personally, with so many lessons, the biggest lesson being,
always stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing
alone. I think that is such an important lesson for women in sport, we
find ourselves standing alone so many times, not because we are wrong,
but because there is so much that goes into trying to convince us, we
don't belong or dont deserve what we work for and believe in. One day
I will write a book on how I had to fight to hold onto something I built
from nothing because someone felt they had a right to snatch it from
me and bully me into silence about it,I guess its not unique to me as so
many woman in sport have so many similar stories to tell.
I really would like to dedicate this months edition to all the nominees,
finalists and winners of the Futballing Girls Women in Sports Awards,
your achievements, community development programmes a nd
initiatives, really go a long way in keeping the brand of women in sport
alive in communities and keeping young girls in sport. It takes
concerted efforts from each and everyone of us, for us to get to the
point where we can onde day celebrate equality for women in sport.
Love and Light
Moonira Ramathula

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SIMONÉ
KRUGER
Tshwane & Gauteng Sports Women in
Awards Sportswoman Of The Year with a
Disability & Gauteng Sports Awards Rising
Star who is also a World Record Holder ,
Simoné was born in Pretoria and hails from a family of four, her parents, sister and herself.
She attended grade R year in Maragon Olympus and completed her primary school years in the same school.
She commenced grade 8 at Hoërskool Garsfontein and is currently in grade 11.
Simone looks back at her childhood as very exciting but also filled with various challenges. She enjoyed
participating in all kinds of sport and really excelled in most of them, her sporting interests included Hockey,
Netball, Cross country, Swimming and Athletics. However, Athletics has been her favourite as she won most
events in discus and shot put against abled bodied athletes and this gave also gave her a lot of confidence.
Her challenges were mostly the rehabilitation processing therapy she had to endure in order to try and t
repair all the damage caused by the stroke during her mom's pregnancy. Her therapy included instruments
that permanently shocked her, physio therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy.
"My childhood, apart from the rehabilitation, was normal to me and included all kinds of fun stuff with friends
and family" says Simoné
When asked to describe her ParaIympic experience, Simoné had this to say,
"I think the first time I broke the world record in Stellenbosch at the SASAPD National Champs in 2019 was
most probably the most exciting. The moment it happened I actually had a headache. The second time that I
broke the record was at the World Para Athletics Seniors in Dubai. Due to the enormity of the event, I enjoyed
breaking the record and was very excited."
"My experience of the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021 was an absolute amazing life changing one. The complete 3
weeks was just such a blessing and enjoyable time. From the village, practicing, the Japanese people, the
beautiful country, the new friends and participating in the green and gold, was an event that I will remember
forever. I grew so much as a person and gained so much experience that will only make me a better person
and also a stronger competitor. I am so grateful to have this experience in my life at the young age of 16 years.
The strong bonds that you build with various SA Team members is really special. I am always eager to make as
many international friends as possible and in Tokyo it was no difference."
"The Competition day was obviously not what we had planned. The enormity of all the rain with lots of water
in the sectors and the conditions changing from extremely humid and hot to ice cold made the evening very
difficult. We prepared for speed and could thus not execute the technique as planned. I had to remove my
discus shoes and wear Tekkies due to the conditions and this made me extremely slow. Although it did not go
as planned the competition day was still an extremely exciting and joyful experience. To be able to compete
on the world biggest stage is definitely an honor not to be taken for granted. I really appreciate been selected
by SASAPD and SASCOC and got the opportunity to represent my country.
I brought back such beautiful memories from Japan and shared it with such excitement with my family and
friends."

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SPOTLIGHT
FEATURE
"To manage my school work
and my sport career is one of
huge discipline. As a disabled
athlete I must go to bed very
early at night which means I
must use my time very
productively."
"To manage my school work and my sport career is one of huge discipline. As a disabled athlete I must go to
bed very early at night which means I must use my time very productively. My days are always very full and
busy so I must use every second." Simoné tells us. She has to put in a lot of hours in trainng in order for her
to be able to compete at the highest level. With that in mind she has to try equally balance her school work as
well, as she holds that of equal importance.
She is most proud of her two huge wins at the World Junior Paralympic Championships, where she received
maximum points in both events and also received the most points of any girl during that competition.
Second most proud of is her silver medal at the age of 14 at the World Senior Paralympic Championships,
which is the same competition that she broke the World F38 Discus record. To be able to do this at such a
big event was just so exciting for me and even more rewarding.
Her third highlight definitely was her complete experience at the Paralympic games where she enjoyed every
moment of the games and had lots of fun in the process.
She loves I reading lots and lots of books as her ay of switching off and taking time out to herself. and reflects
how reading kept her sane during the COVID season.
She also enjoys spending quality time with friends and family by watching movies together or just having a
good day with friends brings her so much joy in her life.
Thirdly she enjoys spending some quiet time with Christ and to learn and grow in His presence.
Simoné says the best advise she can give to young girls wanting to follow in her footsteps is: "Do your best
and GOD will do the rest. You can really achieve anything if you set your mind to it and work very hard.
I had to come out of a massive setback and prove that I can be a good abled and disabled athlete. Do not let
any discouragement or negativity be the reason why you stop achieving your dreams and setting goals.
Surround yourself with positive people that have your interests at heart. Look for them, they are everywhere.
One very important point is to trust your coach and believe in the process up to the end."

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THE
BUSINESS
OF SPORT
Finding ways of making your
organisation digitally visible.
Why is digital visibility important?
With digitisation having advancedso strongly especially in the past two years, as
an entrepreneur, sports club or organisation, you depend on customers
(members, consumers, sponsors) and without customers, you will not be able to
generate revenue or grow your membership. It is imperative that customers
know you exist, if
you don’t have visibility, you don’t exist in the market.Therefore, it is important
that your customers know about you and where to find you digitally.
How do you become digitally visible?
In order to increase your digital visibility or become digitally visible, there are
several options available.
Check which social media platforms your target group is represented on work
on optimising your profile on those social media platforms You can do this
by having professional that best describe your positioning, your service
offering and your brand.
It is very important to develop a marketing strategy which you can implement
step by step.
If you know your target group/ audience, create a schedule based on the
target audience information on relevant topics in order to get organic reach.
You can achieve faster result by using paid advertising. In order to use paid
advertising you must know your target audience very well, this way you will
be able to create suitable text, image or video to convey your message to
your target audience and also appeal to them.
Other ways to gain digital visibility and reach include interviews, website, blog,
podcast and YouTube content creation and publication.
Digital visibility is a very important tool in today’s world, especially since you
can monitor and analyse the results much better and more accurately, as well as
optimise your activities.

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FUTBALLING
GIRLS
Children's Literacy Campaign - Free
State Province - Special Thank you to
Shirrean Albertyn and Somaya Marais
Futballing Girls Children's Literacy Campaign took our team to the Free State Province.
The three schools that received books through the Literacy campaign were Maboloka
Primary School, Credence Primary School and Unique children's Centre.
Maboloka Primary School has two movable trollies which are being used as mobile
libraries. The trollies are currently stationed in a demarcated classroom which has been
converted into a school library. The school currently has a total of about 2500 books
being read daily by learners. The school caters for Gr R to Gr 7 learners. The library has 3
assistant teachers utilised to help as librarians. Futballing Girls is very proud to have
been of assistance in donating 80 books to the school to assist in growing the library
book numbers.
Credence Primary School has stetted anew reading campaign called "Drop All And Read"
which takes place every Tuesday, for 30 minutes, and the entire school
participates.Futballing Girls is happy to have contributed 80 new reading books to
Credence Primary to support this reading campaign.
Unique Children's Centres an ECD centre which caters for over 200 children, books were donated
to the centre's library, as Unique is one of the very few English medium ECD centres in the area.
.

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FUTBALLING GIRLS
2022 GautengWomen in Sports Awards
Gauteng Women in Sports Awards 2022
Friday, 25 March 2022 - Futballing Girls NPO hosted the second edition of the Gauteng
Women in Sports Awards, at Anew Parktonian Hotel in partnership with Vision View TV
The awards were founded and pioneered by Founder and Chairperson, Moonira
Ramathula, a recipient of an award in 2017, Moonira conceived a platform that would
celebrate and recognise the performance of women in sports at district level which will
lead to the culmination of the Gauteng Women in Sports Awards.
The contenders encompass a plethora of different sporting codes including; skydiving,
athletics, football, rugby, tennis, martial arts, golf, softball, volleyball, disability sport,
figure skating and more.
This year, three new categories were also introduced, namely, The Chairperson’s
Excellence Award, an award to recognise a woman, who goes above and beyond, to ensure
that female sport, especially at community level is given the much needed coverage and
exposure as Futballing Girls NPO believes that this creates awareness and grows interest
and participation in female sport, Enca’s Hloni Mtimkulu was awarded the very first
Chairperson’s Excellence Award.
The second award introduced is the Influencer Award, which looks at women who might
not necessarily run women in sport programmes or initiatives, however are very
influential in inspiring and being role models for young women wanted to get into the
sport media space. This award was awarded to Mpho Letsholonyane, Thato Moeng and
Lindiwe Nxumalo, all 3 are trailblazers within the sport media space and inspiring role
models.
The third award is the PR & Sponsorship Award, which is awarded to an organisation or
person who goes above and beyond to create sponsorship opportunities for female
athletes. This award was awarded to Optimize Agency for taking on KG Montjane on a pro
bono basis and assisting her acquire sponsorship which allows her to concentrate on
improving her craft. To date Optimize was able to acquire Discovery, Macsteel, Avon and
Isuzu amongst others.
10 year old Mila Ben David walked away with the Sport Achiever Of the year, she will be
competing in the Judo World Champs later this year, Mamelodi Sundowns, the CAF
Champions walked away with Team of the year and Betway South Africa walked was
crowned Sponsor of the year. 16 year old Paralympian Simone’ Kruger was named
Sportswoman of the year with a disability.

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Gauteng Women in Sports Awards
Partners & Sponsors
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FUTBALLING GIRLS
2022 GautengWomen in Sports Awards
Gauteng Women in Sports Awards 2022
Friday, 25 March 2022 - Futballing Girls NPO hosted the second edition of the Gauteng
Women in Sports Awards, at Anew Parktonian Hotel in partnership with Vision View TV
The awards were founded and pioneered by Founder and Chairperson, Moonira
Ramathula, a recipient of an award in 2017, Moonira conceived a platform that would
celebrate and recognise the performance of women in sports at district level which will
lead to the culmination of the Gauteng Women in Sports Awards.
The contenders encompass a plethora of different sporting codes including; skydiving,
athletics, football, rugby, tennis, martial arts, golf, softball, volleyball, disability sport,
figure skating and more.
This year, three new categories were also introduced, namely, The Chairperson’s
Excellence Award, an award to recognise a woman, who goes above and beyond, to ensure
that female sport, especially at community level is given the much needed coverage and
exposure as Futballing Girls NPO believes that this creates awareness and grows interest
and participation in female sport, Enca’s Hloni Mtimkulu was awarded the very first
Chairperson’s Excellence Award.
The second award introduced is the Influencer Award, which looks at women who might
not necessarily run women in sport programmes or initiatives, however are very
influential in inspiring and being role models for young women wanted to get into the
sport media space. This award was awarded to Mpho Letsholonyane, Thato Moeng and
Lindiwe Nxumalo, all 3 are trailblazers within the sport media space and inspiring role
models.
The third award is the PR & Sponsorship Award, which is awarded to an organisation or
person who goes above and beyond to create sponsorship opportunities for female
athletes. This award was awarded to Optimize Agency for taking on KG Montjane on a pro
bono basis and assisting her acquire sponsorship which allows her to concentrate on
improving her craft. To date Optimize was able to acquire Discovery, Macsteel, Avon and
Isuzu amongst others.
10 year old Mila Ben David walked away with the Sport Achiever Of the year, she will be
competing in the Judo World Champs later this year, Mamelodi Sundowns, the CAF
Champions walked away with Team of the year and Betway South Africa walked was
crowned Sponsor of the year. 16 year old Paralympian Simone’ Kruger was named
Sportswoman of the year with a disability.

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FUTBALLING GIRLS
2022 GautengWomen in Sports Awards
The 2022 Gauteng Women in Sports
Awards winners are listed below:
Coach Of The Year
Anri Vermaas
Community Project Of The Year
Gauteng Women’s Rugby Institute
Sports Journalist Of The Year
Lindokuhle Yolenda Jiyane
Sport radio presenter Of The Year
Nthabiseng Mamabolo
School Sport Athlete Of The Year
Zonica Lindeque
Sponsor Of The Year
Betway
Sport Achiever Of The Year
Mila Ben David
Administrator Of The Year
Vinolia Nolene Austin
Club Of The Year
Hammanskraal Tennis Club
Sportswoman with a Disability Of The
Year
Simoné Kruger
Sportswoman Of The Year
Piwokuhle Nyanda
Team Of The Year
Mamelodi Sundowns
Technical Official Of The Year
Kelello Tswai
Volunteer Of The Year
Hayley Walker

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COMMUNITY
SPORTS
Womens Walk to Wellness
Kempton Park Ladies
A walking organisation based in
Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town, is a group
of more than 30 ladies and looking at
growing their numbers.
The organisation focuses on
encouraging women in the Mitchell's
Plain community to keep fit by
participation in their activities which
include Park walks, beach walks and
hiking. The coach and leader of the
organisation is Shinaaz Adjiet and she
would like to request for sponsors and
donors to assist with any walking and
running equipment in order to assist
women in their community who would
like to join but do not have the proper
attire and equipment.
The walks are Monday to Thursday
from 8 am to 9 am in Westridge
Gardens, Mitchell's Plain and the
ladies challenge themselves to get in
+-10 000 steps per day
For any further information, contact
Shinaaz Adjiet
shinaaz.adjiet@gmail.com or
0672351340
Kempton Park Ladies are reigning Engen
Champ Of Champs.
The team has been performimg
extremely well, winning 4 competitions
in one season, namely Engen Provincial
Champs, LFA League, LFA Cup Leage and
Engen National Champ of Champs

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NATIONAL
SPORTS
Banyana Banyana Coach Desiree Ellis,
announces squad to face Netherlands
On Thursday, 31 March 2022, Desiree Ellis
announced a 22 women squad that will
face the Netherlands on 12 April 2022 in an
International Friendly match.
((Source Safa.net)
Two-time Olympic 800m champion Caster
Semenya won the women’s 3000 meters
and set a new personal best for the event
at the second leg of the ASA Athletics
Grand Prix Series, at Green Point
stadium in Cape Town on Wednesday
Castor Semenya, who has been deprived of
running the 800m, continues to show
promising improvement over the longer
disciplines after she crossed the finish
line in 8:54.97 to miss out at lowering the
current world-leading time of 8:52.19, set
by American Valerie Constien last month.
Her winning time on Wednesday, though,
improved on the previous PB of 9:04.20,
which was set in 2021.
(Source - Athletics South Africa and
world-track.org)
The Momentum Proteas bow out of ICC
Womens Cricket World Cup
The Momentum Proteas put up a great
performance in the World Cup matches,
securing a three wicket win over India to
book a spot in the semi finals. They went on
to face England in the semi finals and
unfortunately lost by 137 runs.
Commenting of South Africa’s campaign,
CSA Chief Executive Officer-designate,
Pholetsi Moseki, said; “The team gave it
their all during the campaign, winning many
plaudits and admirers along the way. CSA
commends their fighting spirit, dedication
and determination, which they have
continuously displayed.
“Much as the loss is disappointing, there
are important lessons that the team will
have learnt, which will sharpen and
strengthen their game going forward. This
abiding conviction underwrites our support
for the team, and we enjoin the entire
country to do same.”
(Source - Cricket South Africa)

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INTERNATIONAL
SPORTS
Image Credit - FC Barcelona
A new world record of 91,553
attendance of a women's football match
between
A massive crowd was present at Camp
Nou to see the Women's Champions
League match between Barcelona and
Real Madrid. The match ended in FC
Barcelona 3-1 Real Madrid, however
womens football was the ultimate
winner, as a the match was played in
front of a record crowd of 91, 553, which
set a new world record.
(Source - goal.com)
ICC Cricket World Cup New Zealand
The twelfth edition of the Women's
Cricket World Cup, is currently
underway in New Zealand. It was
originally scheduled for 6 February to 7
March 2021 but was postponed by one
year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The
tournament began on 04 March 2022 and
will end on 03 April 2022. The 8 teams
competing are Australia, New Zealand,
India, West Indes, England, South Africa,
Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Australia,England, South Africa and West
Indies progressed through to the semi
finals. England beat Soith Africa by 137
runs to book theor spot in the final and
Australia beat West Indies by 157 runs to
book their spot in the final whcih will
take place on Sunday, 03 April 2022.
World Tennis No 1, Ashleigh Barty retires World No. 1
Ash Barty shocked the world on Tuesday, 23 March 2022 when she announced via
Instagram that she was retiring at the age 25.
The three-time Grand Slam winner just won Wimbledon last summer and the Australian
Open in January. She seemed to be on top of her game in her nearly 12-year career.
Barty says she wants to pursue her dreams outside of tennis. She was able to complete
her dreams in tennis, so it was time for her to move on, even at such a young age.
She says she has been thinking about retirement for a long time,” Barty said. “I’ve had a
lot of incredible moments in my career that have been pivotal moments. Wimbledon last
year changed a lot for me as a person and me as an athlete when you work so hard your
whole life for one goal.
“To be able to win Wimbledon, which was my dream, the one true dream that I wanted in
tennis, that really changed my perspective. I just had that gut feeling after Wimbledon
and had spoken to my team quite a lot about it.”
(Source - SI.com)

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