{"id":187320,"date":"2018-09-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/187320\/successful-track-and-field-meet-for-local-clubs\/"},"modified":"2018-10-01T13:39:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T11:39:56","slug":"successful-track-and-field-meet-for-local-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2018\/09\/26\/successful-track-and-field-meet-for-local-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful track and field meet for local clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA) held its first league event of the 2018\/2019 track and field season last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Held at Germiston Stadium, the meeting hosted a number of athletes, their clubs and highly-spirited spectators.<\/p>

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Local athletics clubs Diamond Athletics Club and Germiston Callies Harriers were among the clubs taking part, and they generated pleasing results.<\/p>\n

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All the way from Krugersdorp, Ruzel Geldenhuys (girls\u2019 u-15) of Monnas Athletics Club serves javelin action at the Central Gauteng Athletics 2018\/2019 track and field meet last Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Germiston Callies performed well in the field events.<\/p>

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Kairo Klaasen came in first in the boys\u2019 u-11 long jump with a 4.29m leap and managed a silver in the boys\u2019 u-11 80m race.<\/p>\n

Fellow club mate in the same age group Zander Benade took the silver in the long jump.<\/p>\n

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Jim Machaba representing the Gauteng SAPS Athletics Club in the senior men\u2019s high jump division.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Andrea Laubscher came in second in the girls\u2019 u-13 long jump, Luc van Rhyn came in second in the boys\u2019 u-15 long jump, and Bernhardt du Plessis managed the same spot in the boys\u2019 u-17 long jump event.<\/p>\n

Armant van der Linden landed in first place in the girls\u2019 u-15 javelin.<\/p>\n

Monique Pretorius secured third place in the girls\u2019 u-15 high jump.<\/p>\n

Ninke Otto came in second place in the girls\u2019 u-15 400m.<\/p>\n

Carla Hattingh won both her 200m and 400m races in the junior women\u2019s events.<\/p>\n

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The senior men\u2019s 800m race saw Ryno van Vollenhoven (middle) in the lead, Godfrey Mothapo in second place (left) and Kgabo Mmethi in third place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the 65 to 69 years age group, Hendry Smook and Manda Smook, both took silver in the 5 000m walk.<\/p>\n

Diamond Athletics Club pushed for great results in both track and field events with their youngsters earning bragging rights too.<\/p>\n

Ethan Gunther competed in the boys\u2019 u-5 60m race and came in second, while Tiara Rocha ran in the girls\u2019 u-6 60m race, also coming in second.<\/p>\n

Rafael Rocha competed in the boys\u2019 u-9 60m and 80m races in which he came second in both.<\/p>\n

Selena Rocha participated in the girls\u2019 u-11 60m and 80m races where she came second in both.<\/p>\n

The following athletes from Diamond Athletics Club managed a first place in their respective age groups, in the long jump event: Christopher Runnels (boys\u2019 u-9), Kwanda Mathoneli (girls\u2019 u-9), Steven Sabino (boys\u2019 u-12) and Angelique van Niekerk (girls\u2019 u-17).<\/p>\n

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Rharhang Motebang headlined the boys\u2019 u-13 100m hurdles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Luvo Menehevu landed in second place in the boys\u2019 u-17 long jump.<\/p>\n

In the track events, Liam Naicker came first in both the boys\u2019 u-13 200m hurdles and 200m sprint.<\/p>\n

Thabiso Mafa came in first in the boys\u2019 u-15 200m.<\/p>\n

Kabelo Mampane secured first place in the boys\u2019 u-15 100m hurdles.<\/p>\n

The u-17s represented the club well in their respective track events.<\/p>\n

Sandile Bukhali came in second in the boys\u2019 200m and Sanele Tolbadi came first in the same race and first in the 100m.<\/p>\n

Nikiwe Mongwe ran in the girls\u2019 200m where she came in first and managed second place in the 100m race.<\/p>\n

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Twelve-year-old Kelly Frazier from Sunward Athletics Club competed against her seniors in the girls\u2019 u-13 long jump event last Saturday in the Central Gauteng Athletics 2018\/2019 track and field meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In the masters division, Abraham Kalyani took first place in the 100m, 200m and 400m races.<\/p>\n

The CGA track and field league will return to Germiston Stadium on October 6 for the second league event, where local clubs will once again seek to grab a few more titles.<\/p>\n