Success for local gymnasts at SA Games
All gold medal winners also earned the title of South African champion.
Local gymnasts, based at the Edenvale Gym Masters Gymnasts and Masters Gymnasts Clubs, recently took part in the annual South African Gymnastics Games held in Bellville, Cape Town.
The two clubs made up a large portion of the Eastern Gauteng representation, in both the acrobatics and trampoline disciplines.
The gymnasts racked up numerous medals.
All gold medal winners also earned the title of South African champion.
The trampoline gymnasts won a total of six gold, four silver and seven bronze medals.
In the acrobatic gymnastics events, seven groups won their categories and six groups achieved second place, which equated to 17 gold and 13 silver medals.
The gymnasts who competed in the SA Gymnastics Games had to go through various qualifying competitions in order to earn the right to compete in the games.
The gymnasts practice at the Highway Gardens Community Centre and are coached by the Demianenko family and assisted by Michelle Sharples, Sarah Tyler and Chloe Metcalfe.
Some of the gymnasts who practice at the club also hail from Bez Valley and Kensington.
