Local sportSport

Gymnasts get geared up for provincial trials

During recent club competition at Nelspruit Gymnastics Academy, head coach Maré Putter explained that the gymnasts needed such training to compete in events to become accustomed to the pressure.

Nelspruit Gymnastics Academy (NGA) is preparing for the forthcoming provincial trials.

Recently it held a club competition where head coach, Maré Putter explained that the gymnasts needed such training to compete in events to become accustomed to the pressure.

Category-one to -three gymnasts participated in the preparation competition.

Putter added that NGA would have a week-long training camp during the school holidays to prepare the gymnasts for the first Mpumalanga trials, which take place early in the third term.

Mieke Louw was awarded a trophy for the highest average score achieved.

Other top achievers among the level- one girls were:
12 years and older
• Gold: Beja Goedhart
• Silver: Mari-Shaan Gerber
U/11
• Gold: Mieke Louw, Aleah Fish and Zama Ntuli
• Silver: Ashlee Grobler
U/9
• Gold: Litascha Booysen and Tamryn Scott
• Silver: Nina Nel
U/8
• Gold: Jasmin Muller and Nina Prinsloo
• Silver: Kye-Ann Fowler
• Bronze: Leila de Beer and Kyla van Niekerk
U/7
• Gold: Caylin Bodenstein, Menique van Zyl, Lenisha Lombard and Mia de Klerk
• Silver: Reese Smith, Amorette Grobler and Marlia Spreeth
• Bronze: Jessica Kilian
U/6
• Gold: Karmia van Jaarsveld
• Silver: Xi-Ane Roets, Nicolien Lourens and Lisa Scheepers.

  • Lees meer:

SA’s wink vir drie gimnaste van NGA

Groentjies sit hul beste voetjie voor

At Caxton, every story is written by humans. We use AI only to perform quality checks - never to generate the news. Happy reading!

Support local journalism

Add The Citizen as a preferred source to see more from Lowvelder in Google News and Top Stories.

Back to top button