{"id":109070,"date":"2015-12-21T09:33:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T07:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=109070"},"modified":"2015-12-18T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T12:03:10","slug":"sporting-highlights-for-january-and-february-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/12\/21\/sporting-highlights-for-january-and-february-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting highlights for January and February 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Year is only a few days away and during this time people anticipate what the year has in store for them or what they can achieve in the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>While we greatly anticipate 2016&#8217;s events to unfold, let us take time to shine a light on some of 2015\u2019s great sporting achievements.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>January:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The South African Football Association (SAFA) Ekurhuleni and the Ekurhuleni Development Company (EDC), in partnership with the metro, hosted football coaching clinics for the children of Germiston and surrounding areas at the Germiston Stadium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Germiston Callies athletes received impressive results at the Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA)\u2019s track and field league held at the Germiston Stadium. Kayla Gilbert was placed first in the senior women\u2019s long jump, Danie van Blerk was the first finisher in both the senior men\u2019s 100m and 200m sprint category, Pedro Aaron got first place for long jump in the boy\u2019s u-17 category, Megan Phillips placed first in the 100m girl\u2019s u-19 and Lemuel Klaasen received three podium positions &#8211; first place in the boy\u2019s u-15 long jump, second in the 100m sprint and third in the 200m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>February:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Victoria Lake Canoe Club (VLC) launched their new Novice to Fish programme.<\/li>\n<li>Unique Physique Gym upgraded and moved to new premises, situated on the corner of Rietfontein and Poppy streets.<\/li>\n<li>The Hansie Naude Championships saw 97 wrestlers gather at the Primrose Wrestling Club.<\/li>\n<li>The Victoria Lake Rowing Club (VLC), in partnership with the metro\u2019s sports and recreation department, hosted their 108th National Sprints Regatta.<\/li>\n<li>VLC hosted their annual night race which had an increase in the number of participants.<\/li>\n<li>Germiston Callies\u2019 Kayla Gilbert became the new instructor at Ho\u00ebrskool Goudrif\u2019s gym.<\/li>\n<li>Crossfit Germiston hosted an event in honour of the late Audrey Naomi Mc Cutcheon, at Lambton\u2019s Physique Gym.<\/li>\n<li>VLC paddlers participated in and successfully finished the ultimate canoe endurance marathon, the Dusi Marathon. Richard Cele finished in the prestigious 19th place overall, Gregory Smith partnered with Cape Town-based Brandon Collyer, to finish as the fourth K2 (double canoe), Roland Smith and Sandra Eardley, finished as the third mixed double (male\/female combination), Collen Gibbs was the club\u2019s next K1 (single canoe) finisher, (194th) in a time of 11 hours and 31 minutes, while the club\u2019s safety officer, Uwe Schmidt, partnered with club-mate Neil Jackson and managed to finish in 13 hours, six minutes, as the 181st K2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You might also be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/106228\/junior-instructor-excels\/\">Junior instructor excels<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/105755\/great-football-action-at-hattingh-park-2\/\">SAB Castle League match ends in a draw<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='1f8c6df4c76b08906a329437b0fd31b3'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick look at some of 2015\u2019s sporting thrills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":552,"featured_media":109034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Puleng Sekabate","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[1106,979,969,3364,8057,6247,6603,6040,6604,2749,1119,1724],"class_list":["post-109070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-germiston-sport","tag-germiston-sports","tag-local-sport-news","tag-local-sport-stories","tag-local-sports-news","tag-local-sports-stories","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-sport-2","tag-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Germiston Sport","Germiston sports","local sport news","Local sport stories","Local Sports News","Local sports stories","Puleng Sekabate","sport","sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}