Gary Lemke
Editor. Writer. Publisher. Social Media Content at Freelance
3x 🇿🇦 Sports Writer of the Year. Worked at 8 Olympics. 1x Superbru Global EPL champion. 2023 Equus Media winner
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teamsa.co.za | Gary Lemke
Naveen Daries knows all too well that nothing can be taken for granted in life, and for this reason she remains firmly grounded as she reflects on a highly-successful 2025 National Gymnastics Championships in Pretoria, where she emerged as the standout performer, writes MARK LEMKE. The 23-year-old has long been earmarked for big things.
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teamsa.co.za | Gary Lemke
The South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SASCOC) successfully hosted its first General Meeting for the new quadrennial and financial year at Olympic House in Johannesburg on Saturday, 12 April 2025. This meeting marked a pivotal moment in SASCOC’s renewed strategic direction for South African sport.
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teamsa.co.za | Gary Lemke
The SA National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha came to an end with seven swimmers having achieved qualifying times for the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore in July. Leading the pack was Pieter Coetzé who achieved the cut in four events. The fourth of those was accomplished on the final night of competition after cruising to victory in the 200m backstroke in 1min 56.07sec. “Mission accomplished,” said Coetzé afterwards. “I just wanted to qualify, get it done.
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teamsa.co.za | Gary Lemke
Jordy Smith won the battle of the Team SA Olympians when he took his first world championship tour victory in eight years at the Surf City El Salvador Pro in long, overhead waves. The 37-year-old Smith, who joined the tour in 2008, excelled as the waves improved for the final two days of competition and comfortably beat Matthew McGillivray in an all South African final. He dedicated the win to his wife and to his father, who shapes his surfboards.
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teamsa.co.za | Gary Lemke
Rising South African middle-distance star Adriaan Wildschutt smashed the national 10km record at the Absa Run Your City Gqeberha leg on Sunday. Wildschutt broke the tape in a brilliant 27min 28sec, surpassing the previous record of 27:35 set by Precious Mashele on the same course in 2023. The 26-year-old Ceres-born athlete, who earned R30,000 for his victory and an additional R50,000 bonus for setting the new national record, explained how he went about his impressive feat.
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Racing abandoned for the day. Stemming from Grant van Niekerk’s comments 👇 Right or wrong, a race meeting has been abandoned and that’s wrong. Surely there’s a forum for this to be raised, or is washing dirty laundry in public the only way to be heard?
MUST WATCH.. "Waste of time being a jockey in South Africa," Jockey Grant Van Niekerk expressed his feelings post race 2 at Durbanville regarding the fine he received from the NHA yesterday on his winning ride in the R5m Big Cap. SAHorseracing - Since 2002 a leading Independent https://t.co/WukifE4nnI
Enjoyed writing this. And always a nice feeling when it goes down well with judges. Thanks to them for the vote of confidence 🏇 #writing #racing #LKP https://t.co/0KU1wNdgpS
