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BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES PREPARATION
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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)
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BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES PREPARATION
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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
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
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 PARALYMPIC SPORTS
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: R10,000.00 per month • Category 2: R 7,000.00 per month • Category 3: R 4,000.00 per month • Category 4: R 2,000.00 per month Note: Athletes liable for PAYE.
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 R70 000 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
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 2006-7 year (June 2006) and roll over requested for funding not spent • Funding: budget drawn up for 2007-8 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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