“Finally…. after 1000 years, I am free!” – Rita Repulsa, Power Rangers

That thought must have passed through many an athlete’s head when Dundee High School hosted the inter-school athletics day on April 21.

Due to the current situation and restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of things were different at the annual athletics day.

Only athletes were invited and no spectators were allowed. It was lovely to be out in the sun, but it was extremely strange not having a full pavilion with songs like ‘We will rock you’ shaking the air.

Die personeel, atlete en almal wat by die dag betrokke was, het om agt uur gewag vir die eerste skote om te vuur. En toe het die vuurwerke begin. ‘n Paar witwarm prestasies op die baan, veral in die 400 m en die 100 m, het die leerders wat teenwoordig was, goed gemotiveerd gehou.

Die velditems het ook nie teruggestaan nie, en verskeie goeie afstande is behaal en goeie hoogtes is bereik. ‘n Spesiale woord van erkenning moet gaan aan die o/15 seuns, waar in hulle laaste item van die dag, die verspring, die rekord gemis is met 3 cm.

All the athletes, although some were a bit rusty after the long lay-off due to the pandemic, gave their all… and as a school, we are proud of the way they pulled together as a unit to show what can be done, even in these crazy times. ‘New normal’ – what’s that? DHS does not do normal; we do ‘extraordinary’.

Baie dankie aan al die personeel, die grondpersoneel en ‘n baie besonderse dankie aan al die atlete wat die dag moontlik gemaak het.

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