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LINDO, TYRONE & ALLAN TO UNIVERSIADE
Congratulations to Lindo Ngcongo & Tyrone Morris who were selected
to
represent
USSA Gymnastics at the 26th Summer Universiade Games to be held in
Shenzhen University, China from 12-23 August.
This event is the second largest International Sporting event in the
world behind the Olympic Games !
Allan Chadwick will be accompanying them as coach. What a wonderful
achievement for KwaZulu Natal Gymnastics !
Well done to all of you & Good luck with the rest of your
preparation.
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2011 K-Z NATAL GYM UNION PRIZEGIVING
Thank you to Stella Stewart who has contributed some photographs of
the KZNGU Prizegiving and displays which was held at Dokkies last
week. As can be seen by the photos, some great displays were on show
and the evening was enjoyed by all involved.
Congratulations to all prize winners and thank you to everyone who
helped make the evening a success.
Photos :
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JENNIFER INJURED AT KOREA CUP 2011
We are very sad to report that Jennifer Khwela was hurt during her
first competition vault at the Korean Cup recently. She had to
withdraw from the competition & returned home to visit orthopaedic
specialists.
We wish her all the best for her knee operation and her recovery.
Knowing her determined personality, we are sure to see her back in
training soon.
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ARTISTIC CENTRAL ZONE CHALLENGE
Congratulations to the following gymnasts who placed Gold
Silver or Bronze overall in the recent Central Zone Challenge, held
in Bloemfontein :
Liam Randall : Boys Bronze 8&u - 1st overall
Andrew Flynn : Boys Silver 9&u - 1st overall
Daisy Dixon : Girls L1 8years - 3rd overall
Leilanie Geldenhuise : Girls L1 11&o - 2nd overall
Kelsey Dellar : Girls L2 10&u - 2nd overall
Megan Barnard : Girls L3 13&o - 3rd overall
Full results (zipped) here.
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PHOTOS OF THE ACADEMY BEING BUILT
A gallery of photos has been added, digitally stitched together
forming panoramic views of the KZN Artistic
Academy building being built in 2005. Work started in May 2005 and
was completed in August.
During this time, Pinetown Gym continued classes as normally as was
possible, suffering a few gymnasts' resignations who quoted that the
gym was 'too dusty' ! :)
Many Thanks to Claire Schreuder who painstakingly took photos of
each day of the construction work, and has shared them
here.
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KZN LEVEL 1 ROUTINE WORKSHOP
KZN
Aerobic Gymnastics hosted a L1 routine workshop with the Ethekwini
Sports department on 9 June 2011 at the Umlazi Indoor Sports Centre.
35 People from all the local eThekwini communities attended this
workshop.
All the participants are unemployed and it is hoped that they would
be able to coach the people in their local areas, and hopefully they
would be able to start their own clubs and to hopefully help to give
children a pastime to involve themselves in, that is positive and
healthy too.
Thanks to Stella Stewart for the photo
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COMRADES EXPO DISPLAYS
KwaZulu Natal Gymnastics Union was asked to provide some
entertainment at the Comrades Expo in the form of displays.
We managed to put on a great assortment of gymnastics across all of
our disciplines - ie
Mens and Womens' Gymnastics, Rhythmic, Aerobics and Rope Skipping
too.
Thank you to all who helped make the event a success over the 2 days
!
Photos Here
Thanks to Stella Stewart & Paddy Chadwick
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COMMUNITY CLUBS - KWA MASHU HANDOVER
KZN
Gymnastics continues with the roll out of Community Club equipment –
today (26 May 2011) was the turn of the Kwa Mashu sports hall
(suburb of eThekwini municipality) to receive an allocation. This
particular project is in conjunction with the eThekwini Sport &
Recreation Development Department who provide the facility and the
KZN Dept. Sport & Recreation Mass Participation Project who provide
the activity coordinator to lead the various gymnastics activities.
Pictured above is municipal sports officer Trevor Siziba admiring
the new mats
Photos :
Here
Many Thanks to Allan Chadwick for the photo
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KZN RHYTHMIC SA GAMES TRAINING CAMP
KZN recently held a Rhythmic Gymnastics Training camp for the girls
eligible for SA Games.
Pictured above is the squad consisting of
5 gymnasts
Tino Chigwaja, coach Eleonora Karamfilova, Michelle Anderson,
Samantha Niemand,
Tyler williams and Jemma van Breda.
The final team will have 4 gymnasts competing against teams from all
over South Africa.
Many Thanks to Eleonora for the photo
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KZN GYMNAESTRADA TRAINING CAMP
The KZN group of gymnasts who will be participating in the 14th
World Gymnaestrada, held a training camp on 14th and 15th May. Their
performance item is now complete and the team is starting to gel.
The team is made up of 14 self paying members and 18 members
sponsored by the KZN DSR. Travelling with the team will be 4
parents, 1 DSR official and the group coach – Robyn Baker. The team
leader is Sipho Arthur Maseko.
More
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KZN WAG SQUAD TRAINING
KZN held girls artistic squad training last Saturday with the normal
WAG squads training from 10am - 12 noon, followed by the SA Games
squad who trained from 12 noon - 2 pm.
Well done to all the gymnasts who attended the session, as well as
the coaches who helped out. We are sure all the extra work will
benefit gymnastics in the Region.
Some photos
HERE
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ANOTHER NALEDI CUP WORKSHOP HELD
Another
successful Naledi Cup Workshop took place last weekend.
80 schools were
invited to participate from the Ntuzuma and Malandela wards of
KwaMashu. 10 of these schools sent representatives who enjoyed
learning about this program which was designed to try to
encourage participation in gymnastics in schools all across the
country.
Again, thank you to Gail Adamson and Jennifer Khwela who assisted in
teaching the children and teachers the moves and routines. These schools
have also been invited to come to compete at the Regional competition
to be held on July 30th.
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