{"id":4469,"date":"2023-12-27T17:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T17:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.za\/site\/?p=4469"},"modified":"2024-01-05T16:08:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:08:48","slug":"mazel-tov-to-our-team-maccabi-sa-flag-bearer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.za\/site\/macabbi-sa-news\/mazel-tov-to-our-team-maccabi-sa-flag-bearer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazel Tov to our Team Maccabi SA flag bearer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"4469\"\/><div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The Opening Ceremony takes place on Thursday 28th Dec (6pm local time) at the Movistar Arena with over 5000 athletes from 21 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Rob is one of Maccabi SA\u2019s most decorated athletes, having competed in five Maccabi Games in Israel, the Maccabi Australia Festival in Sydney and the European Maccabi Games (EMG) in Budapest. Rob has remarkably competed in four different sports for Team SA \u2013 football, squash, tennis and padel. He has also represented Maccabi SA together with his two sons at both EMG in 2019 where he played tennis and Benjamin and Jamie were in our futsal teams, and again at the 2022 Maccabiah in Israel (pictured). A super talented family!<\/p>\n<p>Rob\u2019s Maccabi Games CV with medals:<\/p>\n<p>1985: Junior Squash \u2013 bronze<\/p>\n<p>2005: Tennis Doubles 35+ &#8211; bronze<\/p>\n<p>2009: Soccer Masters<\/p>\n<p>2013: Tennis Singles 40-45 \u2013 bronze; Doubles 40-45 \u2013 silver<\/p>\n<p>2019 (EMG): Tennis Singles 45+ &#8211; silver; Doubles 45+ &#8211; bronze<\/p>\n<p>2022: Padel 55+<\/p>\n<p>We are honoured to have Rob representing Team Maccabi SA and proudly flying our SA flag high in Argentina!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Opening Ceremony takes place on Thursday 28th Dec (6pm local time) at the Movistar Arena with over 5000 athletes from 21 countries. Rob is one of Maccabi SA\u2019s most decorated athletes, having competed in five Maccabi Games in Israel, the Maccabi Australia Festival in Sydney and the European Maccabi Games (EMG) in Budapest. 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