Squash players from all continents journeyed to Argentina to compete in the 20th World Transplant Games in Mar Del Plata.<\/p>\n
Edward James Ormond, the sole South African competing in the Men’s Open event, aged 23, defeated Britain’s 25-year-old Robert Casey 11-3, 11-2 to take the first Squash gold medal.<\/p>\n
Deirdre Faul emerged triumphant in the Women’s Open championship. The 47-year-old from Ireland dismissed silver medallist Janike Venter, from South Africa. Ms Faul also claimed the Women’s Over-40 gold medal.<\/p>\n
Great Britain’s Michael Gibbons was also a double gold medallist – reigning supreme in both the Men’s Over-60 and Over-70 categories.<\/p>\n
New Zealand’s Laurence Smith won gold in the Men’s Over-50 event while a second gold medal went to South Africa when Johannes Jacobus Kleingeld secured the Men’s Over-40 title. (Pictured below is the full South African Games squad)<\/p>\n
Medallists:<\/strong><\/p>\n Men’s Open gold: Edward James Ormond (RSA); Silver: Robert Casey (GBR) Squash players from all continents journeyed to Argentina to compete in the 20th World Transplant Games in Mar Del Plata.<\/p>\n Edward James Ormond, the sole South African competing in the Men’s Open event, aged 23, defeated Britain’s 25-year-old Robert Casey 11-3, 11-2 to take the first Squash gold medal.<\/p>\n Deirdre Faul emerged triumphant in the Women’s Open championship. The 47-year-old from Ireland dismissed silver medallist Janike Venter, from South Africa. Ms Faul also claimed the Women’s Over-40 gold medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\n
Men’s Over-40 gold: Johannes Jacobus Kleingeld (RSA); Silver: Sean Adriaanse (RSA)
Men’s Over-50 gold: Laurence Smith (NZL); Silver: Humberto Cieri (ARG)
Men’s Over-60 gold: Michael Gibbons (GBR); Silver: Kim Pheng Yeo (SIN)
Men’s Over-70 gold: Michael Gibbons (GBR); Silver: Malcolm Souza-Lewis (GBR)
Women’s Open gold: Deirdre Faul (IRL); Silver: Janike Venter RSA)
Women’s Over-40 gold: Deirdre Faul (IRL); Silver: Bee Eng Dang (SIN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"