Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA), the national department of sport will be hosting an official send off ceremony for the under 17 South African football, netball and volleyball teams that will be participating in the Confederations of School Sport Association (COSSASA) Games in Swaziland.
South Africa was the overall winner of the 2008 COSSASA ball games. The main aim of the games is to expose young South African athletes to high level competition. With this in mind, SRSA together with the relevant national federations arranged for athletes to undergo three days of intensive training at the High Performance Centre (HPC) in Pretoria.
The team consists of 121 athletes, managers, coaches and officials. The tournament is open to all Southern African Development Communities (SADC) nations, for example Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Angola, Mauritius, Malawi and Lesotho.
The ceremony will be held as follows:
Venue: High Performance Centre, Pretoria
Date: 2 September 2009
Time: 17h00pm
Enquiries:
Mishack Magakwe
Tel: 012 304 5274
Cell: 072 703 9785
E-mail: mishack@srsa.gov.za
Issued by: Sport and Recreation South Africa
1 September 2009
