Rugby on wheels: Part 2
It’s been a few weeks since we introduced you to the extreme sport of Wheelchair Rugby in this article: http://www.rugby15.co.za/2010/07/rugby-on-wheels-these-guys-make-it-possible/
Shortly before the introduction, I had the pleasure of attending a tournament held in Pretoria between three of SA’s top Wheelchair Rugby teams:
Tuks from Pretoria,
G4B from Johannesburg, and
Bullfrogs from East London
Matches were played at the Pilditch Sport Centre for the disabled on 26 June.
Teams faced each other once during the day, in matches that will be remembered for massive collisions, great skills and great sportsmanship between players.
The Bullfrogs from East London were simply too strong for the other two teams and convincingly beat G4B from Johannesburg before putting in another good performance against Tuks from Pretoria.
In the first match of the day G4B claimed victory against a very young and inexperienced Tuks side.
In the second round of matches the same teams battled it out at the Hudson Park High School in East London on 17 July.
Again, the Bullfrogs went unbeaten as they first beat G4B 44-38 and then went on to beat Tuks 48-37.
A much improved Tuks side got revenge against G4B for the loss in Pretoria when they beat them 45-39.
Team Tuks: Seated L to R: Victor Buitendach, Yolande Oosthuisen, Bennie Dorfling, Louis Nieuwenhout, Ben Kruger Back: Cobus van Zyl(Coach), Yvette van der Westhuizen(Manager)
Team Bullfrogs: Seated L to R: Billy Giessenberg, Glenn McConnachie, Harry Mongie, Peter-John Truter, Koos Jacobs, Relly Zondani Back: Hennie Meyer(Coach), Lindie Smit, Juanita Mongie
The Bullfrogs have a handsome lead going into the third round of matches that will be played on 21 August, at the Tuks Groenkloof Campus in Pretoria.
Everybody is welcome and can contact Yvette van der Westhuizen from Tuks Wheelchair Rugby for any further details on yvette.vdwesthuizen@gmail.com or 082 841 5323.
**In the next edition of Rugby on Wheels, I interview National coach Jaco Dorfling and ask him about the sport in South Africa and the rest of the world and of course about the Springboks on Wheels.
[Article by James Loretz for www.rugby15.co.za] [james@rugby15.co.za]
Well done James another good one from you. Will see you on 21-August-2010
Thank you so much for your articles!!! Please join us on 14 August from 10am to 2pm for our open day!! Thank you
yvette
Hi James
I see no up date from our last games been played in Pretoria on 20-Aug-10.
The Tukks team won both there games on that day and the Bullfrogs beat the G4B team.
The final leg of round robin was held on 18-September-2010 in East London at the Hudson Park High School. The Bullfrogs ( 47 ) was beaten by the G4B ( 48 )team in the first game. The next game G4B ( 39 ) beaten Tukks ( 32 ), the next game was a need to won game for the Bullfrogs to play in the final against G4B. Bullfrogs ( 52 ) beats the Tukks ( 38 ), to book place in the final. The Bullfrogs ( 38 ) beats team G4B ( 37 ) with a nail biting end. The G4B team came back well to play in the final.
The Bullfrogs were crowned SA league champs for 2010. We are waiting now to hear if and where the SA’s will be played.