{"id":109079,"date":"2015-12-25T07:20:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T05:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=109079"},"modified":"2015-12-18T13:42:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T11:42:16","slug":"sporting-highlights-for-september-and-october-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/12\/25\/sporting-highlights-for-september-and-october-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting highlights for September and October 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some of the sports accolades scooped in September and October 2015.<\/p>\n<p>September:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Tebbutts Mixed Martial Arts Academy members scooped 73 medals at the NMA-ISKA\u2019s Northern Classic Championships, in Alberton.<\/li>\n<li>Nikita Coetzer, a pupil at the Colin Mann Primary School, was selected as part of the Eastern Gauteng team. The team took part in the Small Districts Inter Provincial Gala, at the Boksburg North Swimming Pool. Coetzer placed third in the 50m freestyle, and was part of the u-10 relay team that received a gold medal at the gala. The youngsters also received a gold medal for the 50m breaststroke event. Her time of 41.84 seconds broke the previous record of 42.28 seconds, held since 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Three karatekas from Nippon Dojo Shotokan Karate Club took part in the FSKA World Championships held at the Walter Sisulu Hall, in Randburg. The members received seven medals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>October:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Primrose\u2019s Tenshinkan Karate Club members were thrilled to be on the winning team at the Samurai Championships.<\/li>\n<li>Primrose\u2019s Liverpool Football Club Johannesburg\u2019s u-13 team won the Eastern\u2019s Cup Final at the Primrose Sports Club.<\/li>\n<li>The Mark Strydom SA JKA Karate Club\u2019s instructor, sensei Mark Strydom, was awarded his sixth Dan when he graded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>You might also be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/107203\/athletes-honoured-at-awards-ceremony\/\">Athletes honoured at awards ceremony<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/107180\/karatekas-make-their-mark-in-swaziland\/\">Karatekas make their mark in Swaziland<\/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='1f2206b5f820cca1f87ba52b1c262560'><\/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":109030,"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-109079","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\/109079","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=109079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}