Saturday, 10 February, saw several Union High School, Graaff-Reinet athletes showcasing their skills across various disciplines at the Beyers Naudรฉ High School Athletics Meet held at Hoรซr Volkskool, with their stellar performances earning several of them the opportunity to represent the Dr Beyers Naudรฉ Municipality at the upcoming Sarah Baartman Athletics Meet in Gqeberha, planned for Wednesday, 21 February.
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โข ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ด, who secured an impressive 3rd place in the Boys u/16 Shotput category, while ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐, sprinted his way to a 2nd place finish in the Boys u/16 100m race.
โข In the field events, ๐๐๐น๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟโs prowess in the Girls u/14 Discus event earned her a well-deserved 2nd place. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น, a force to be reckoned with in the Boys u/19 Shotput, claimed the 2nd place spot, while ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ showcased his impressive jumping abilities, securing 2nd place in the Boys u/17 Long Jump.
โข ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ, a versatile athlete, showcased his skills in both the Boys u/19 High Jump and Long Jump events. With a 3rd place finish in High Jump and a 2nd place finish in Long Jump, Kivedo left his mark as a true competitor to watch.
โข The Girls u/19 category saw outstanding performances from ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐ต-๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด, who claimed 1st place in Discus and 3rd place in Shotput. ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ dominated the Girls u/16 Shotput event, securing a well-deserved 1st place finish. ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด showed good technique in the Boys u/17 Shotput, earning him 1st place in his category.
โข ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, a rising star in the Girls 16 division, secured 1st place in Girls u/16 High Jump and a 2nd place in Long Jump, while ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป claimed 2nd place in the Girls u/19 Shotput and 1st place in Javelin.
As a result of their outstanding performances, ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (Girls u/17 High Jump), ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด (Boys u/17 Shotput), ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น (Boys u/19 Shotput) and ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ (Boys u/19 Long Jump) have been selected to progress to the next round.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด’ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌโ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต.