{"id":142115,"date":"2017-01-12T06:46:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=142115"},"modified":"2017-01-12T15:13:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T13:13:59","slug":"sporting-highlights-of-july-and-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2017\/01\/12\/sporting-highlights-of-july-and-august-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting highlights of July and August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July and August\u2019s 2016 sports throwback.<\/p>\n<p>July:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Different shades of colour were witnessed as the South African National Majorette and Cheerleading Association (SAMCA), held its annual National Championships at the Germiston Stadium.<\/li>\n<li>Germiston\u2019s first parkrun, the Victoria Lake Parkrun, was held at Germiston Lake and it was a success.<\/li>\n<li>Nine members of Tebbutt\u2019s Mixed Martial Arts Academy competed in the ISKA World Championships, in Orlando, USA. The South African team clinched top honours, with Tebbutt\u2019s being recognised as a world class club. The club walked away with five first place, 10 second place and nine third place trophies; as well as 21 medals and full Protea colours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>August:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Germiston Simmer Rugby Club were named the winners of the Senior Grand Challenge, after a hard-fought match against Randburg Diggers.<\/li>\n<li>Shorin-Kempo Kaikan Karate Club members took first place at the Zimbabwe Full Contact Karate Tournament.<\/li>\n<li>Nikita Coetzer (11) from Lambton, represented the Eastern Gauteng team in the Small Districts Inter-Provincial Gala at the Boksburg North Swimming Pool &#8211; and won a gold medal in the 100m breaststroke.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>You might also want to read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/141884\/sporting-highlights-for-january-and-february-2016\/\">Sporting highlights for January and February 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/141899\/sporting-highlights-of-march-and-april-2016\/\">Sporting highlights of March and April 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/141930\/sporting-highlights-of-may-and-june-2016\/\">Sporting highlights of May and June 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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='df3f9a782e9adaf552fcfc6d7581ff3d'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick look at some of 2016\u2019s sporting thrills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":552,"featured_media":141845,"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":[13396,13397,13398,13399,1106,979,969,13348,13392,13393,13394,13395,13400,2749,11628,11631,1119,1724,13349,11328],"class_list":["post-142115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-august","tag-august-2016","tag-august-sports","tag-august-sports-2016","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-highlights","tag-july","tag-july-2016","tag-july-sports","tag-july-sports-2016","tag-national-championships","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-samca","tag-south-african-national-majorette-and-cheerleading-association","tag-sport-2","tag-sports","tag-sports-highlights","tag-zimbabwe-full-contact-karate-tournament"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["August","August 2016","August sports","August sports 2016","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","highlights","July","July 2016","July sports","July sports 2016","National Championships","Puleng Sekabate","SAMCA","South African National Majorette and Cheerleading Association","sport","sports","sports highlights","Zimbabwe Full Contact Karate Tournament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142115","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=142115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}