GRAAFF-REINET NEWS - On Saturday, 22 September, Karoo Gymnastics held a club competition among their three satellite clubs, Graaff-Reinet, Somerset East and Cradock.
The competition was held at the Botanics Sport Club and saw 85 eager young gymnasts – ranging from beginners as young as 3-years-old to well-trained U.13 athletes - participating.
Karoo Gymnastics, headed by Ulandi Keevy, has been operating in Graaff-Reinet since the start of the 2018 school year.
And it was especially pleasing for all the coaches to see the youngsters from Graaff-Reinet, who are all relatively new to the sport, hold their own against the competitors from the longer-running clubs ie Cradock and Somerset East.
Karoo Gymnastics provide young boys and girls of Graaff-Reinet, Cradock and Somerset East with a curriculum designed to teach the basic fundamentals of gymnastics – Saturday’s competition saw these gymnasts put their skillset to the test.
All those participating were awarded with medals and certificates for their participation and the hard work that went into practising for this event.
Special recognition goes to:
Mieke Adams who was awarded the gold medal in the U.5 category – she also received a certificate for most improved gymnast in her age group. The silver medal was awarded to Janke Marais.
Amy Brown scooped the gold in the U.6 age group for girls, and Mia Jordaan the silver. Amid the U.6 boys it was Jakobus Reynolds who won gold and Callum North who took the silver home.
Elani Ferreira won gold in the U.7 age group for girls, with Chevon Jordaan claiming gold in the U.8 age group. Janke Collett claimed the silver medal in the U.8 age group while AJ Cronje took gold and Petri Reynolds the silver in the U.7 age group for boys.
The U.8 Level 3 gold medal and overall club champion in the girls category was awarded to Kelly Brown.
All participating gymnasts were awarded with medals and certificates for their participation and the hard work that went into practising for this event.
In the U.9 age group, gold was awarded to Marissa Loubsher and silver to Elne Reynolds. Between the boys it was Jean van Wyngaard who scooped the gold and JC le Roux who took home the silver.
Marissa Loubsher was awarded a certificate for the most improved gymnast in the 7 – 10 years age category.
Femke Collet won the gold medal in the U.10 age group and Kirsten Brown the silver.
In the U.11 age group it was Alexa McTaggart who claimed gold and Kate Krugel who took silver. Tiaan Fourie won gold amid the boys in the U.11 age group – he was also named club champion.
Bianca Fitzgerald won the gold medal in the Level 3 U.11 age group while in the U.12 group, Anja Loubsher won gold and Justine McTaggard silver.
Zane Joubert (U.12) won the cup for most improved gymnast aged 11 and up.
Ju-Netje le Roux won a gold medal in the U.12 Level 2 age group, also scooping recognition as the gymnast who had successfully achieved the highest level amid the club’s girls.
In the U.13 age category, gold was claimed by Yolandi Sammy amid the girls and Henco van Niekerk (Level 2) amid the boys. Henco was also recognised as the gymnast among the boys who achieved the highest level successfully.
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