BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES PREPARATION

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  SASCOC is responsible for Team Preparation and Presentation  SRSA:  Provides funding and logistical support to SASCOC for Team South Africa (annual grant)  Provides funding and staff for the Hospitality Centre (Ekhaya)  Assists with protocol issues

BACKGROUND  The Olympic Games are scheduled from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing, China  There are 28 sports on the programme  The Paralympic Games are scheduled from 6 to 17 September 2008  There are 20 sports on the programme in Beijing

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FUNDING  National Lottery Distribution Agency for Sport  Sport & Recreation South Africa  Olympic Solidarity (IOC)  Sponsors

FUNDING  Australia spent A$200 million preparing their team for Athens and got a medal haul of 49 medals  South Africa spent R60 million preparing their team for Athens and returned 5 medals

OLYMPIC SPORTS  Aquatics  Archery  Athletics  Badminton  Baseball  Basketball  Boxing  Canoeing  Cycling  Equestrian  Fencing  Football (u/23 men)  Football (women)  Gymnastics  Handball  Hockey  Judo  Modern Pentathlon

OLYMPIC SPORTS CONT.  Rowing  Sailing  Shooting  Softball  Table Tennis  Taekwondo  Tennis  Triathlon  Volleyball  Weightlifting  Wrestling

PARALYMPIC SPORTS  Aquatics  Archery  Athletics  Boccia  Basketball  Cycling  Equestrian  Fencing  Football 5 a side  Football 7 a side  Goalball  Judo  Powerlifting  Rowing  Rugby  Sailing  Shooting  Table Tennis  Tennis  Volleyball

QUALIFICATION AND SELECTION  Meetings are being held with National Federations to agree on the selection criteria for each sport  Qualifying for the Games does not mean automatic selection  The All Africa Games are part of the preparation process for the Olympic Games

OPERATION EXCELLENCE  Funded by SRSA from the National Academy budget to financially assist Athletes in their preparation  74 athletes currently on OPEX  Athletes are graded into 4 categories  Payments made to National Federations to pay athletes

OPEX SELECTION CRITERIA Individual Sport  Category one:Potential Medalist Athletes who satisfy all or a combination of the following criteria will qualify to be included in category one: Word Ranking – 1 to 5 Achievement of Medals at World Championships Assessment of performance in the year to date  Category Two: Potential Finalist (top 8 – Olympic Games) Athletes who satisfy all or a combination of the following criteria: Will qualify to be included in the year to date. World Ranking – 6 to 10 Achievement of a finalist or top 8 finish at a world Championship. Assessment of performance in the year to date.

OPEX SELECTION CRITERIA cont.  Category Three:Potential Participant Athletes who satisfy all or a combination of the following criteria will qualify to be included in category three: World Ranking – 11 to 16 Achievement of medals at Continental Events. Assessment of performance in the year to date.  Category Four: Development / Potential Athletes who produce encouraging results at continental and other equivalent Championships will be considered

OPEX SELECTION CRITERIA cont. Team Sport  Category One: Potential Medal World Ranking of 1 to 6 Achievement of medals at World Championships. Assessment of performance in the year to date.  Category Two: Potential Participants Achievement at Continental level Teams with at least 40% from the historically previously disadvantaged sector. Assessment of performance in the year to date.

FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN FOR OPEX  BREAKDOWN  Category 1:R10, per month  Category 2:R 7, per month  Category 3:R 4, per month  Category 4:R 2, per month Note: Athletes liable for PAYE.

OPEX DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN ATHLETESBLACKWHITEPERCENTAGE MALE % FEMALE % TOTAL PERCENTA GE 37%63%

Olympic Solidarity Programme  Six athletes were granted scholarships under this programme as from 2006 – 2008 :  Badminton :Chris Dednam  Gymnastics :Celeste Visagie & Richard Odette  Judo :Mathew Jago (Based in Morocco)  Shooting : Esmarie Wilson  Table Tennis :Theo Goghil (Based at HpC)  Each athlete receives R2800 per month Technical Courses  The following sports were granted an opportunity to capacitate their Coaches & Technical officials,  Athletics  Badminton  Boxing  Cycling  Equestrian  Gymnastics  Judo  Rowing Note that each National Federation was granted R to conduct the International accredited course.

NATIONAL ACADEMY PROGRAMME  Funding provided by SRSA (R16m including OPEX programme)  Tender awarded to the highperformance centre at University of Pretoria (tender ends 31 March 2008)  Full range of support services offered to all sport on the Olympic/All Africa Games programme  Athletes can either reside at hpc full-time or come in for training camps of no less than 5 days  SASCOC monitors and tracks all athletes making use of the Programme

RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMME Residential Programme SportNo of AthletesPercentage FemalePercentage Black Swimming1060%30% Table Tennis540%100% Triathlon10% Taekwondo450% Boxing30%100% Canoeing367%0% Athletics922%44% Rowing911%22% Total4431%43%

ACADEMY PROGRAMME Individual Sport SportNo of CampsNo of Athletes Archery214 Athletics423 Swimming428 Badminton214 Boxing210 Canoeing312 Cycling212 Chess17 Equestrian37 Fencing320 Gymnastics Artistic420 Gymnastics Rythmic310 Judo310 Kickboxing310

ACADEMY PROGRAMME cont. Karate420 Modern Pentathlon214 Rowing414 Sailing218 Shooting118 Table Tennis29 Taekwondo210 Tennis210 Triathlon222 Weightlifting210 Wrestling214 Totals64356

ACADEMY PROGRAMME cont. Team Sport SportNo of CampsNo of Athletes Baseball220 Basketball Men318 Basketball Women218 Basketball Wheelchair318 Goalball18 Volleyball Indoor Men220 Volleyball Indoor Women220 Volleyball Beach Men211 Volleyball Beach Women211 Hockey Men225 Hockey Women225 Handball Men120 Handball Women120 Football Women220 Totals27254

OTHER  SASCOC has successfully assisted participating National Federations in applying for funding for Olympic Games Preparation from the National Lottery Distribution Agency for Sport and Recreation

CHALLENGES  Late start for year (June 2006) and roll over requested for funding not spent  Funding: budget drawn up for for R17m without the inclusion of Paralympic squad  Athletes assessed for improvement - ROI  Need 4 year funding cycle  Integration with SASCOC’s academy system and national college  Coordination of funding with NLDTF

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