Kriel, Booysen bag gold for Brakpan in Tunisia
Brakpan Wrestling Club battled on the mat at the 2019 African Continental Wrestling Championships.
A contingent of local wrestlers from Brakpan Wrestling Club formed part of the South African cadet and junior teams that battled on the mat at the 2019 African Continental Wrestling Championships in Hammamet, Tunisia, last week.
The club’s Jacques Kriel represented the South African junior side in the junior 97kg freestyle category on March 29 and made his club and country proud by winning a gold medal.
Two days prior to that, talented cadet wrestler Fernando Booysen made history with his third gold medal in the cadet freestyle 71kg division in as many years at the continental event.
Booysen became the first South African cadet to achieve this remarkable achievement and will strive to take his wrestling on the mat to the next level next year as a junior.
The club’s Morné Pretorius, who debuted for his country at the continental champs, performed well in the 65kg Greco-Roman division.
He finished in a respectable fourth place in his category.
Former club wrestler Matthew Bartlett, who now wrestles for the University of Pretoria (Tuks) and is still very much part of the Brakpan Wrestling Club family, placed fourth in the junior 74kg freestyle category and also represented on the mat at senior level, finishing sixth.
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