The KZN Wrestling entered a strong team to compete in the national Freestyle and Greco/Roman championships earlier this month in Cape Town. Fourteen local wrestlers were part of this KZN team that bagged 16 medals -four gold, five silver and seven bronze.
“What was clear to see is that the Umzinyathi area is one of the strongest when it comes to wrestling. The local wrestlers won 11 of KZN’s 16 medals which included two gold, five silver and seven bronze medals.
The Northen Natal Rhino Wrestling Club, based in Glencoe, holds training sessions at Sarel Cilliers High School. No less than eight of the wrestlers in the KZN team are learners at Sarel Cilliers high. The Sarel Cilliers sports slogan ‘never surrender” has spilt over to the wrestling mat, making this great medal haul possible.

Leonard Kruger (far right) reaches the podium for the first time after eight attempts. Gold: P Pretoruis (Boland), Silver: G Nel (Boland), Bronze: Leonard Kruger (KZN).
The Northen Natal Rhino wrestling club thanks the following persons or companies for their contribution in make the participation of our young stars possible: Umzinyathi Mayor PM Ngubane and Umzinyathi Municipality, Mr Van Staden and Mr and Mrs van der Westhuizen from Sarel Cilliers High, Cosmic Transport, Orange Grove and Mr Mbatha.