Young kickboxer back from Italy

The Barberton Lowveld Fight club kick-boxer, Jose Ehlers, has recently returned to South Africa.

A student of Gateway Christian School, this young man was privileged enough to attended the Junior Kick-boxing World Championship in Rimini, Italy after being selected for the South African team earlier this year.

According to Jose, the competition was of an extremely high standard with 54 countries and 1 960 fighters challenging each other.

Although he didn’t manage to bring home a medal, he faired very well and gained a wealth of experience.

“South Africa did well overall and we are now working towards the 2016 world championship,” said coach and also father of Jose, Brandt Ehlers and continued, “This opportunity would not have been possible without sponsors and we want to express our gratitude by thanking the following sponsors in no specific order: M Hoffman, N van den Berg, Y van den Zee, Lowveld Spring Suppliers, J Gibbs, A Claassen, J Irons, D Joubert, S Luyt, Master Cars, F van Zyl Sr, F van Zyl Jr, G Webb, C Dreyer, G Sturgess, P Buitendag, C Ackerman, J Geyser, T van Rensburg, Eike Farming, A Eksteen, M Pansegrouw and J Coetzee.”