National Winter Championships off to a smooth start
Acting eThekwini Mayor Fawzia Peer said the Municipality is proud to host the championships as part of government’s quest to promote mass participation and social cohesion.
The South African National School Sports Winter Championships got off to a good start on Monday, 1 July. Over 3000 learners from across the country’s nine provinces have made their way down to Durban to participate in the sports development program.
The brainchild of the Basic Education and Sports, Arts and Culture departments, is aimed at ensuring that South African learners are afforded an opportunity to participate in at least one sporting code.
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Acting eThekwini Mayor Fawzia Peer said the Municipality is proud to host the championships as part of government’s quest to promote mass participation and social cohesion.
“We want to thank Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa for choosing us as the host city. The City of Durban continues to prove that it is a top sport and events arena by attracting national and international sporting events. We have provided the Sports Department with some of our state-of-the-arts facilities and human capital to ensure that the championship is a success. We have no doubt that this event will increase the pool of talented athletes that will feed to the national team and thereby increasing our international success,” said Peer, urging eThekwini residents to come out in their numbers to support the participating learners.
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The sporting codes are: Chess, Football, Netball, Hockey, Tennis and Rugby
The games will finish on 4 July where the champions in the various sporting codes will be crowned.
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