Team kicks up a storm
Students of the Limpopo Province Sport Kickboxing and Karate Academy won 33 trophies at the South African All Styles Kickboxing Championships.
POLOKWANE – Students of the Limpopo Province Sport Kickboxing and Karate Academy won 33 trophies at the South African All Styles Kickboxing Championships.
The championships took place at the Portuguese Hall in Johannesburg last weekend, where the team from Polokwane won an astounding 17 gold, 12 silver and four bronze medals.
“Extra classes, longer hours and more individual attention helped us reap the rewards,” said sensei Nico Myburgh.
The 16 students competed over two days against clubs from all over South Africa in various styles.
The junior, senior and veteran students performed well in all their categories, including point fighting, continuous fighting and open hand form katas.
Danny Janse van Vuuren, Pieter Viljoen, Tasha Mostert, Maryna Peyper and Michael Swanepoel won gold and silver medals in the open mixed tag team event.
Erica Peyper won the junior champion of champions title in the advanced points division for the second time consecutively.
“We expect most of our students to be included in the South African squad that will travel to London for the World All Styles Championships in 2015,” said Myburgh.
Results:
• Michael Swanepoel, a gold and a silver trophy.
• Sempai Danny Jansen van Vuu-ren, a gold and a silver trophy.
• Pieter Viljoen, a silver and two gold trophies.
• Johan Swanepoel, fourth place.
• Leandre Peyper, two gold trophies.
• Anushka Mostert, a gold trophy.
• Erica Peyper, two gold and a silver trophy.
• Lee Kleynhans, a silver and a bronze trophy.
• Monika van Zyl, a silver trophy.
• Stefan Pretorius, a silver and a bronze trophy.
• Kate Theron, a gold trophy.
• Nadine van Zyl, two gold trophies.
• Sempai Maryna Peyper, four silver trophies.
• Elize Pretorius, a gold, a silver and two bronze trophies.
• Kian Kleynhans, two gold trophies.
