{"id":162541,"date":"2017-10-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/162541\/strength-put-to-the-test\/"},"modified":"2017-10-01T20:21:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T18:21:52","slug":"strength-put-to-the-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2017\/10\/01\/strength-put-to-the-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength put to the test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local high school maths teacher and Symhurst resident, Werner Neveling, has been testing his strength out in the field again.<\/p>\n<p>He recently competed in the Highveld Rebelist Strength and Endurance Course 2017 which took place in Standerton.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The event categories included running, monkey bars, tyre pull, deadball run, cargo net crawl, tyre runs and pulling a Toyota Fortuner and was sponsored by USN and the Standerton Highveld Festival.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_162542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162542\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-162542\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/09\/39GCNSPORTWERNM_70046-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/09\/39GCNSPORTWERNM_70046-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/09\/39GCNSPORTWERNM_70046-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/09\/39GCNSPORTWERNM_70046-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/09\/39GCNSPORTWERNM_70046.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Symhurst resident Werner Neveling tackles the monkey bars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Neveling did extremely well placing second with a first time of 1:33:75 and a second time of 1:28:41.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>He missed first place by only 1.5 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The event was organised by Ivann van Wyk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/158009\/teacher-takes-second-spot-in-bodybuilding-competition\/amp\">Teacher takes second spot in bodybuilding competition<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/155630\/this-teacher-has-a-huge-weight-on-his-shoulders\/\">Top spot for Mr Muscle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart 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