The 44th annual South African Biathlon Championship recently took place in Port Elizabeth, seeing an athlete from Curro, and the school itself, take podium spots.

In excess of 800 athletes took to the field this year, of which 38 were from the Lowveld. Mikaela Goelst ran her distance (1 000 m) in 03:30.31 and swam 100 m in 01:04.83, adding 2335.15 to her school’s total of 19 929,78. Curro took third place, just ahead of Oranje and Paarl Gimnasium.

Here are the results 
U/9 Boys (64 participants) 
23. Christiaan Tryhou – Curro
26. Ruard Botha – Witrivier
34. Daniel Venter – Nelspruit
46. James Williams – Curro
57. Dian Lubbe – Witrivier
U/9 Girls (49 participants)
17. Amina Putter – Curro
31. Mia Du Preez – Laeveld
44. Talita Wessels – Witrivier
47. Nina Wessels – Witrivier
49. Nichalhe Marshall – Witrivier
U/11 Boys (85 participants)
6. Samuel Tryhou – Curro
16. Gerrit Kroon – Curro
82. Alex Wolfswinkel – Witrivier
U/11 Girls (90 participants)
15. Kiara Craven – Nelspruit
17. Ame Quinn – Witrivier
18. Elri Buchner – Curro
68. Tiffany Marshall – Witrivier
85. Kara Du Preez – Curro
87. Christen Engelbrecht – Komati
U/13 Boys (56 participants)
52. Luan Lubbe – Witrivier
U/13 Girls (62 participants)
3. Mikaela Goelst – Curro
16. Jodi Dos Santos – Nelspruit
36. Lara Buchner – Curro
53. Esmari Weitsz – Witrivier
61. Jani Kroon – Curro
62. Inge Diedericks – Komati
U/15 Boys (43 participants)
32. Dieter Diedericks – Komati
35. Wiam Diedericks – Komati
U/15 Girls (50 participants)
46. Zarlia Engelbrecht – Komati
U/17 Boys (39 participants)
39. Willem Engelbrecht – Komati
U/19 Boys (27 participants)
24. Lianie Jansen Van Vuuren  – Nelspruit
Veteran Men (26 participants)
4. Hendrik Tryhou
7. Jaco Lubbe
20. Ian Williams
Veteran Ladies (18 participants)
15. Jubellien Marshall
16. Mercia Knight
Senior Veteran Men (17 participants)
12. Jan Engelbrecht.