SADSF

• Established in 1974

Membership criteria

• Caters for all Deaf athletes, irrespective of extend of hearing loss
• Internationally, 55 decibels in a better ear needed to qualify
• First Deaflympics participation – Sofia 1993

Affiliated to:

• SASCOC
• Confederation of Africa Deaf Sports (CADS)
• International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD)

Structure

• Provincial Deaf Sport Federations
• District Deaf Sport Federations
• Single-coded clubs
• Constituted Codes with own committees
• Non-constituted codes with convenors
• Schools sport

Codes

• Soccer - constituted
• Netball - constituted
• Cricket - constituted
• Golf - constituted
• Squash - constituted
• Athletics – not constituted
• Volleyball – not constituted
• Table Tennis – not constituted
• Cycling – not constituted
• Basketball – under development

National Competitions

• National Deaf Development Games
• National Championships (single-coded)

Funders

• SRSA annual grant
• National Lotteries Commission (NLC)