{"id":166685,"date":"2017-11-17T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/166685\/primrose-wrestle-their-way-to-second-place\/"},"modified":"2017-11-17T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T15:14:13","slug":"primrose-wrestle-their-way-to-second-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2017\/11\/17\/primrose-wrestle-their-way-to-second-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Primrose wrestler competes against the best in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dewald de Wet (10) of the Raptors Wrestling Club in Primrose recently competed in the Northern Gauteng Wrestling Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament, which is one of the most competitive tournaments on the wrestling calendar, was held at the Northern Gauteng wrestling hall and saw top teams from different provinces competing for their share of the silverware.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Northern Gauteng wrestling hall was the venue for the recent Northern Gauteng Wrestling Tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Each province was represented by only one wrestler per weight division, irrespective of age.<\/p>\n<p>This meant the wrestler in each division competed in four tough matches.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/163720\/raptors-wrestlers-bring-home-the-medals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raptors wrestlers bring home the medals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/137982\/wrestlers-honoured-at-prize-giving\/\">Wrestlers honoured at prize-giving<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/160789\/wrestlers-celebrate-outstanding-achievement\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wrestlers celebrate outstanding achievement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>De Wet was chosen to compete as part of the Eastern Gauteng team in the 27kg to 30kg division.<\/p>\n<p>He performed extremely well on the day and walked away with two victories from his four matches, one of which was against the u-13 champion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166688\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-166688\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/46GCNSPORTNOORL_93110-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/46GCNSPORTNOORL_93110-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/46GCNSPORTNOORL_93110-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/46GCNSPORTNOORL_93110-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/11\/46GCNSPORTNOORL_93110.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dewald De Wet (right) from the Raptors Wrestling Club in Primrose and member of the Eastern Gauteng wrestling team, spent time with Dirk Booysen &#8211; the Eastern Gauteng Wrestling president &#8211; at the Northern Gauteng Wrestling Tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His efforts helped the Eastern Gauteng team earn a well-deserved second place in the competition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\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 (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or 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