Nine gold for Destiny Swimming School

SPORT NEWS - The annual Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics (NMBA) gala was held at Newton Park Swimming Pool in Gqeberha from 15 to 17 December last year.

A total of 16 children from Graaff-Reinet competed in this event and did exceptionally well.

"No one can explain the feeling when sitting in the stand, witnessing all the excitement, the nerves, the tears, the support, and then finally the results of training paying off. It was an absolute amazing experience," says JP Steyffert, coach of the swimming school.

The swimmers all say that they are thankful to their coach for all the planning, the commitment, support and early mornings.

Results are as follows:

Boys 14 years and under - 400m freestyle

Daniel Davenport - Silver

Boys 10 years and under - 100m backstroke

Matteo Schoeman - Gold
Adriaan Pieterse - Bronze

Girls multi-class disabled - 100m backstroke

Rentia Oosthuizen - Gold

Boys 10 years and under - 100m freestyle

Matteo Schoeman - Silver

Boys 10 years and under - 100m breaststroke

Matteo Schoeman - Gold
JJ van Schalkwyk - Silver

Girls multi-class disabled - 100m breaststroke

Rentia Oosthuizen - Gold

Boys 10 years and under - 50m backstroke

Matteo Schoeman - Gold
Adriaan Pieterse - Silver

Boys 10 years and under - 200m breaststroke

Matteo Schoeman - Gold
JJ van Schalkwyk - Silver

Women multi-class disabled - 200m breaststroke

Rentia Oosthuizen - Gold

Boys 10 years and under - 100m fly

Daniel Davenport - Bronze

Boys 10 years and under - 200m backstroke

Matteo Schoeman - Gold
Adriaan Pieterse - Silver

Girls 11 to 12 years - 200m backstroke

Zenicke van Schalkwyk - Bronze

Boys 10 years and under - 50m fly

Matteo Schoeman - Silver

Boys 10 years and under - 50m breaststroke

Matteo Schoeman - Gold
JJ van Schalkwyk - Bronze

Boys 15 to 16 years - 200m breaststroke

Ben Lemke - Bronze

Boys 10 years and under - 200m freestyle

Daniel Davenport Bronze

Boys 10 yearsand under - 200m individual medley

Matteo Schoeman - Gold

Adriaan Pieterse, JJ van Schalkwyk and Matteo Schoeman also competed in the Interdistrict Team representing the Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics in East London last weekend.

Boys 10 years old and under at their blocks.