Parys gymnasts excells at i-Africa National Club Competition

With an outstanding performance at the I-Africa National Club Competition, 19 local gymnasts and their coaches, Star Mapeka and Thato Machobane of Parys 20 Four 7 Trampoline Club, received a total of 49 medals. This included 24 gold medals, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals.

The gymnasts competed in 5 events being Black-top trampoline, Mini-Trampoline, Euro trampoline, Double-mini trampoline and Tumbling.There was almost one thousand gymnasts who competed at this prestigious competition, held at Matsport Centre in Centurion.

Four of Parys 20 Four 7’s gymnasts that competed also received their Free State provincial colours, and competed in their highest qualifying leotard. They were Chené Dames, Denine Koen, Mielandri van Niekerk and Eckhardt van Niekerk.This was a very successful competition to end the year off. We are proud of every gymnast’ outstanding performanc, says club owner Charmain van Niekerk. The following gymnasts all competed and received the following medals.

The results were as follow:
Kara Bampa – Level 1 6-7 years Mini-trampoline and Black-top trampoline (gold)

Liané Peens- Level 1 6-7 years Mini-trampoline and Black-top trampoline (silver), Tumbling (bronze)

Benjamin Burger Level 1 6-7 years Double-mni trampoline and Euro-trampoline (gold), Tumbling (silver)

Bonnie Burger Level 1 9 years Mini-trampoline (silver), Black-top trampoline and Tumbling (bronze)

Kristian Malan Level 1 9 years Black-top trampoline (gold), Mini-trampoline (silver) and Tumbling (bronze)

Luca Ahrens Level 1 11-12 years Double-mini trampoline and Euro-trampoline (gold)

Elisha Belle Meinthies Level 1 9-10 years Double-mini trampoline and Euro-trampoline (gold), Tumbling (bronze)

Benlu Lamont Level 1 11-12 years Double-mini trampoline and Euro-trampoline (gold)

Denicke Herbst Level 1 9-10 years Double-mini trampoline and Euro-trampoline (gold), Tumbling (bronze)

Rumé van der Westhuizen Level 2 9-10 years Double-mini trampoline (gold), Euro-trampoline (silver)

Dewald Nelll Level 3 9-10 years Double-mini trampoline and Euro-trampoline (gold)

Markus van der Westhuizen Level 3 11-12 years Double-mini trampoline (gold), Euro-trampoline (silver)

Mikhail Bampa Level 29-10 years Mini-trampoline and Euro-trampoline (bronze)

Mielandri van Niekerk Level 4 6-8 years Double-mini trampoline and Tumbling (bronze), Euro-trampoline (gold)

Denine Koen Level 4 11-12 years Double-mini trampoline and Tumbling (silver), Euro-trampoline (gold)

Miah Oosthuizen Level 1 11-12 years Double-mini trampoline and Euro-trampoline (gold), Tumbling (bronze)

Eckhardt van Niekerk Level 6 8-10 years Double-mini trampoline silver, Euro-trampoline and tumbling (bronze)

Chené Dames Level 2 11-12 years Double-mini trampoline and tumbling (silver)

Gerhard van Niekerk Level 10 13-14 years Euro-trampoline (gold)

Star Mapeka Legends Euro-trampoline (gold)

Thato Machobane Legends Euro-trampoline (gold)