Esterhuizen, a Witfield resident, has been based in Germiston since 2009 and her job entails investigating serious commercial crimes, fraud and corruption.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoy my job immensely,\u201d she said.<\/p>
\u201cI came to South Africa in 1996 from Northampton in the UK and got involved with the police by becoming a reservist in 1998.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy 2002 I had become a permanent SAPS member.\u201d<\/p>\n Married to Stanley, Esterhuizen has four children namely, Holly (20), Thomas (19), Daniel (16) and Stephan (8) and told the GCN that she manages to fit in everything she needs to by making sure every minute counts.<\/p>\n She has been doing kickboxing privately for four years and is trained by JP Kruger at the House of Tinkerbell.<\/p>\n \u201cI was incredibly unfit and decided to start running,\u201d Esterhuizen said.<\/p>\n \u201cI used to do kickboxing years ago but got lazy and then a friend encouraged me to start training again to help me with my fitness.<\/p>\n \u201cNow when I walk into the gym it is like my second home and the people are my other family.\u201d<\/p>\n Esterhuizen trains twice a day, six days a week.<\/p>\n She trains at home in the mornings from 5am to 6am and then on a Monday and Wednesday afternoon she has kickboxing training and on a Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon she goes to gym, on Sundays she runs 10 to 15km.<\/p>\n All this discipline has paid off as Esterhuizen recently won two gold medals (against female SAPS members) and one silver medal (against a male from an invitational club), as well as two trophies (one for best female and the other for most improved female in kickboxing) at the SAPS National Kickboxing Championships which took place in Durban.<\/p>\n \u201cI compete in light contact kickboxing and last year I achieved a third position at the championships so I am very happy with my achievement this year,\u201d Esterhuizen said.<\/p>\n \u201cI was actually surprised by my results, I didn\u2019t expect to do that well.\u201d<\/p>\n Esterhuizen added that the SAPS encourages its members to take part in sport and now she needs to train especially hard to maintain the standard she achieved at this year\u2019s championships as people will be training in order to beat her.<\/p>\n She has the following advice for people wishing to get fit and active.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you start it\u2019s not easy but you need to keep going and pushing yourself.<\/p>\n \u201cYou will soon get more energy and it will become an \u2018addiction\u2019 and something you enjoy doing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n![\"Sgt](\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/09\/39GCNSPORTMICHMH3_72824.jpg\")
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