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Joining the staff as Team Manager will be\u00a0<strong>Melanie Wagner<\/strong>, while\u00a0<strong>Ziada Jardine<\/strong> will serve as the Team Physio.<\/p>\n<p>On the men&#8217;s team:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alard Basson<\/li>\n<li>Jarryd Baxter<\/li>\n<li>Myles Brown<\/li>\n<li>Jarred Crous<\/li>\n<li>Ricky Ellis<\/li>\n<li>Douglas Erasmus<\/li>\n<li>Neil Fair<\/li>\n<li>Clayton Jimmie<\/li>\n<li>Chad le Clos<\/li>\n<li>Ayrton Sweeney<\/li>\n<li>Brent Szurdoki<\/li>\n<li>Bradley Tandy<\/li>\n<li>Cameron van der Burgh<\/li>\n<li>Giulio Zorzi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the women&#8217;s team:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kaylene Corbett<\/li>\n<li>Gabriella Grobler<\/li>\n<li>Tayla Lovemore<\/li>\n<li>Mariella Venter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While the news of being named to a national team can be exciting SSA followed the the news with a stipulation to being selected, noting that this would be a &#8220;subsidied tour&#8221; for all of the team members and that they would have to pay for over half of the trip&#8217;s costs. The trip is estimated to cost approximately 30,000 rand (about $2,000 USD), with the athletes being required to deposit 20,000 rand by the first of November.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read the official announcement from Swimming South Africa <a href=\"http:\/\/swimsa.org\/disciplines\/swimming\/teams-and-squads\/2016\/13th-fina-world-swimming-championships-25m-windsor-canada-6-11-december-2016\/team-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swimming\u00a0South Africa (SSA) has announced an 18-member team for the upcoming 2016 FINA Short Course World Championships, which will be held in Windsor, Canada from December 6-11. 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