
Bathandwa represented South Africa in the Region 5 Games Held in Angola and successfully managed to swim personal best times.
She was also part of an SA team that spent time in Italy in July last year. Sinoxolo represented SA in Zone 3 and 4 held in Ruwana/Kigali, accompanied by her coach Lyn Shone, who was also the teams manager. She won medals as follows in her events: Gold – 4 x 200m freestyle relay
4 x 200m medley relay
Silver – 200m backstroke
Bronze – 50m backstroke
400m freestyle
200m individual medley.