Mazeltov to all of our 82 athletes on giving their best and doing SA proud. South Africa came 6th on the medals table, out of 42 countries, after USA, Hungary, Germany and Great Britain, who had teams of over 200 athletes. Well done to Lithuania in 5th place, who only had 40 athletes.
MEDAL COUNT #TEAMMACCABISA:
TOTAL MEDALS: 69
Gold: 17 (swimming 15, half marathon 1, tennis 1)
Silver: 24 (swimming 18, tennis 5, futsal 1)
Bronze: 28 (swimming 18, tennis 8, futsal 1, half marathon 1)
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TUESDAY 6 AUG, DAY 8
FUTSAL
U16 lost to Great Britain 5-3 on penalties, win silver
U18 beat Italy 5-2, win bronze
Open tbc
Masters lost to Hungary 3-2
SWIMMING
See swim report
TENNIS
Junior Girls Singles: Mikayla Plitt beat Amy Bloch 4-2 4-0, wins bronze (backdraw)
Junior Boys Singles (semi backdraw): Josh Brooksbank-Bentel lost 4-1 4-2
Junior Girls Doubles: Amy Bloch/Hannah Levy won 6-1 3-6 10-3, win bronze (backdraw)
Open Mens Singles (backdraw): Aaron Marks lost 4-1 4-2
Open Mens Singles (backdraw): Dane Mechali lost 4-5 5-3 5-10
Open Mens Doubles: Josh Luck/Aaron Marks won 7-5 6-1, win gold
Ladies Masters 55+ Singles (backdraw): Anthula Markovitz wins bronze
Masters Mixed Doubles: Brad Bloch/Anna Lia Yearson (Argentina) lost 7-6 1-6 10-5, win silver
MIXED DOUBLES
Hannah Levy/Dani Rubenstein lost 10-5 5-10 10-5
Gia Fine/Aaron Marks lost 6-10 10-6 7-10
Aimee Caplan/Chad Brouze lost 15-17 7-10
Mikayla Plitt/Jason Mechali beat Sascha Hetz/Josh Luck 10-5 8-10 16-14
Amy Bloch/ Josh Brooksbank-Bentel tbc
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MONDAY 5 AUG, DAY 7
FUTSAL
U16 beat Spain 4-1, into final
U18 beat Spain, 3-0, into bronze playoff
Opens lost to Hungary 4-1
SWIMMING
See swim report
TENNIS
SINGLES (backdraws)
Junior Girls (backdraws):
Amy Bloch (SA) beat Sascha Hetz (SA) 4-2 4-0
Aimee Caplan lost 4-3 3-5 7-10
Hannah Levy won 4-1 4-1
Mikayla Plitt won 4-0 4-1
Semi: Amy Bloch won 4-2 4-1, into backdraw final
Semi: Mikayla Plitt beat Hannah Levy 4-2 2-4 10-5, into backdraw final
Junior Boys (backdraws):
Josh Brooksbank-Bentel won 4-1 4-0
Dani Rubenstein lost 4-0 4-2
QF: Josh Brooksbank-Bentel won 4-0 4-2, into semi final
Open Men (backdraws):
Aaron Marks won 4-0 4-1 and
QF: Aaron Marks won 4-0 4-0, into semi final
Dane Mechali won 4-0 4-1
QF: Dane Mechali won 4-0 4-1, into semi final
Masters (backdraws):
Semi: Eli Wiener (SA) beat Louis Zive (SA) in backdraw 4-0 1-4 10-6, into final
Final: Eli Wiener won final 4-1 5-3, wins bronze
Anthula Markovitz won 4-2 4-1, goes into bronze playoff
SINGLES (Open Final):
Josh Luck lost 6-2 6-2 in final vs Great Britain, wins silver.
SINGLES (Masters Final):
Rob Sulcas lost 6-2 6-2 in the final vs Argentina, wins silver.
DOUBLES:
Open: Josh Luck/Aaron Marks won semi final 6-3 6-0, into final
Masters 35+ Semi: Elian Wiener/Louis Zive lost 6-3 6-1, win bronze
Masters 45+: Rob Sulcas/Brad Bloch win bronze (no playoff match)
Masters 55+ Final: Lynn Gottschalk/Anthula Markovitz lost final 6-2 6-1 vs Spain/USA, win silver.
MIXED DOUBLES (Masters)
Brad Bloch/Anna Lia Yearson (Argentina) won semi final 6-0 6-2, into final
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SUNDAY 4 AUG, DAY 6
FUTSAL
U16 lost to Hungary 5-4
U18 drew with Great Britain
Masters beat Germany 9-4
SWIMMING
See swim report
TABLE TENNIS
Simon Dimant won Masters Singles Consolation match
Singles: SA-Serbia-USA team finished 6th
SA lost doubles in 2nd round
TENNIS
JUNIOR SINGLES (backdraws):
Aimee Caplan won 4-0 4-1
Amy Bloch won 4-1 4-1
Chad Brouze lost 4-0 4-1
Dani Rubenstein won 4-0 4-2
Sascha Hetz won 4-1 4-1
Hannah Levy – Bye
Josh Brooksbank-Bentel – Bye
Mikayla Plitt – Walkover
JUNIOR DOUBLES (2nd round):
Aimee Caplan/Gia Fine lost 6-0 6-0
Sascha Hetz/ Mikayla Plitt lost 6-4 7-5
Josh Bentel/ Dani Rubenstein lost 4-6 6-0 6-10
OPEN SINGLES (semi final):
Josh Luck won 6-1 6-1 against USA and is into the final
OPEN SINGLES (backdraws):
Aaron Marks won 4-0 4-1
Dane Mechali won 4-2 0-4 10-8
Jason Mechali lost in two sets, final score tbc
OPEN DOUBLES (QF):
In an all Saffa quarter final, Josh Luck/Aaron Marks beat brothers Dane and Jason Mechali 6-4 6-3
Chad Brouze/ Tal Paran (Hungary) lost 6-0 6-2
MASTERS SINGLES (semi/final):
Rob Sulcas won 6-2 6-3 and is into the final
Lynn Gottschalk lost 6-2 6-2 in the final and wins silver
MASTERS SINGLES (backdraws):
Louis Zive won 0-4 4-1 10-5
Eli Wiener played two games winning both: 4-2 4-0 and 4-2 5-3
MASTERS DOUBLES (semis):
Lynn Gottschalk/Anthula Markovitz won 7-5 6-1 and are into the final
Rob Sulcas/Brad Bloch lost the semis 6-4 4-6 4-10
MASTERS DOUBLES (backdraw):
Eli Weiner/Louis Zive lost 6-3 6-1
MASTERS MIXED DOUBLES:
Brad Bloch/Anna Lia Yearson (Argentina) won 6-0 6-0 and go into the semis.
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SATURDAY 3 AUG, DAY 5
HALF MARATHON (in conjunction with Budapest Night Run)
Gold medal(overall race winner) – Adam Lipschitz 1:07:48
Greg Cohen (6th EMG, 16th Night Race) – 1:43:23
FRIDAY 2 AUG, DAY 4
FUTSAL
Opens lost to France 3-1
Masters lost to France 4-2
TABLE TENNIS
Simon Dimant (Masters)
SA v Hungary lost 3-0
SA v Denmark won 3-0
SA v Slovakia lost 3-0
TENNIS
QF Masters Singles – Rob Sulcas won 6-2 7-6 (7-3 tie break) to progress to semi’s
Semi-final Masters Singles: – Lynn Gottschalk won 6-3 6-1 to progress to final
Masters Doubles – Brad Bloch/Rob Sulcas won 6-0 6-3 to progress to semi’s
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THURS 1 AUG, DAY 3
FUTSAL
U16 lost to Great Britain 6-5
U18 lost to Hungary 3-1
Opens drew with Mexico 2-2
The Open and Masters teams are both in action on Friday against France.
TENNIS
SINGLES:
QF Jnr Girls – Gia Fine lost 6-0 6-0
QF Jnr Girls – Amy Bloch lost 6-0 6-2
QF Jnr Girls – Hannah Levy lost 6-0 6-3
QF Open – Josh Luck (Open No 1 seed) beat the 2nd seed 6-3 6-3
QF Masters – Rob Sulcas (45-55 yrs) won 6-0 6-0
DOUBLES:
Juniors:
Aimee Caplan/Gia Fine won 6-3 6-2
Sascha Hetz/Mikayla Plitt won 6-1 6-3
Amy Bloch/Hannah Levy lost 6-1 6-1 vs British top seeds
Josh Brooksbank-Bentel/Dani Rubenstein won 6-0 6-4
Open:
Josh Luck/Aaron Marks won 6-1 6-1
Dane Mechali/Jason Mechali 6-1 6-1
Chad Brouze/Tal Paran (Hungary) won 6-1 4-6 10-8
Masters:
Brad Bloch/Rob Sulcas won 6-2 6-1
Elian Wiener/Louis Zive won 6-3 6-1
Lynn Gottschalk/Anthula Markovitz won 6-3 7-5
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WED 31 JULY, DAY 2
FUTSAL
U16 beat Turkey 7-4
Opens beat Belgium 9-0
Masters lost to Italy 4-1
TENNIS
Junior Girls:
Amy Bloch won 6-0 6-0
Aimee Caplan lost 6-2 6-4
Gia Fine won 6-4 5-7 10-8
Sascha Hetz lost 6-2 6-0
Mikayla Plitt lost 6-3 6-4
Junior Boys:
Dani Rubenstein lost 6-2 6-0
Open Men:
Josh Luck (No 1 Open seed) won 6-0 6-1
Masters:
Lynn Gottschalk: walkover
Anthula Markovitz lost 6-2 6-0
Eli Wiener lost 6-0 6-4
Louis Zive lost 6-4 6-0
Rob Sulcas: walkover
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TUES 30 JULY, DAY 1
FUTSAL
U16 beat Scotland 8-4
U18 lost to Italy 6-3
Open drew with Spain 4-4
TENNIS
Junior Girls:
Sascha Hetz won 6-0 6-0
Mikayla Plitt won 6-0 6-0
Aimee Caplan won 6-0 6-1
Gia Fine won 6-4 4-6 10-6
Junior Boys:
Josh Brooksbank-Bentel lost 7-6 6-4
Chad Brouze lost 6-0 6-0
Dani Rubenstein won 6-1 6-1
Open Men:
Dane Mechali lost 7-5 6-2
Aaron Marks lost 6-4 7-5
Jason Mechali lost 6-4 6-1
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