Germiston Stadium is not only a landmark for Germiston residents but also offers the ideal venue for a number of sporting events, with many sports clubs calling it home.<\/p>\n
Athletes often fill the stadium\u2019s track and field to compete in local, national and even international competitions.<\/p>
The stadium also offers the perfect place for mother and daughter, Magriet Berowsky and Lindi Du Plessis to train their athletes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are a package deal,\u201d said Du Plessis when the GCN spoke to her at the stadium on Thursday.<\/p>
The pair coach athletes from across Ekurhuleni, including a number of Germiston Callies Harriers athletes.<\/p>\n
Both former athletes themselves, Berowsky has been training athletes for 30 years while Du Plessis has been coaching for 10 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mom\u2019s focus is on sprints and long jump while I focus on sprints and hurdles, so you could say we complement each other,\u201d said Du Plessis.<\/p>\n
When asked what she loves about coaching Du Plessis said, \u201cI am passionate about athletics and coaching.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy husband Corn\u00e8 and I are both athletes. He actually competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.<\/p>\n
\u201cTogether we plan to open an athletics academy called the East Rand Athletics Academy.\u201d<\/p>\n
She admits that she enjoys coaching more than competing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel more in control in my current role,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Berowsky agreed with her daughter, \u201cI was an athlete myself and this is my passion and I love the children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Some of the key areas of the pair\u2019s training are injury prevention and ensuring that athletes get age-appropriate training.<\/p>\n
Berowsky and Du Plessis accompanied a number of their athletes to the Central Gauteng Athletics Inter-Provincial Sub-Youth Championships, which were held in Potchefstroom, last Saturday.<\/p>\n
Their results were:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Lythe Pillay competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the boys\u2019 u-15 200m and 400m sprints where he placed first in both events, breaking two South African records.<\/p>\n \u2022 Juandr\u00e9 Bekker competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the boys\u2019 u-13 long jump, where he made the finals.<\/p>\n \u2022 Tobi Mosweu competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the girls\u2019 u-11 70m hurdles where she placed fifth and in the 80m hurdles where she placed sixth.<\/p>\n \u2022 Danielle Geldenhuys competed for Mpumalanga Athletics in the girls\u2019 u-11 70m hurdles, where she made the finals.<\/p>\n \u2022 Brandon Redgard competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the boys\u2019 u-11 70m hurdles, where he made the finals.<\/p>\n \u2022 Enrique Bosch competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the boys\u2019 u-9 60m and 80m sprints he won a silver medal in both events.<\/p>\n \u2022 Lande Marais competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the girls\u2019 u-15 300m hurdles, where she placed seventh.<\/p>\n \u2022 Marlie Schoeman competed for Vaal Triangle Athletics in the girls\u2019 u-15 300m hurdles, where she placed fourth.<\/p>\n \u2022 Ninke Otto competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the girls\u2019 u-15 300m hurdles, where she placed seventh.<\/p>\n \u2022 Leendert Koekemoer competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the boys\u2019 u-11 80m sprint, where he placed sixth and the u-11 100m sprints, where he placed fifth.<\/p>\n \u2022 Zander Benade competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the boys\u2019 u-11 long jump.<\/p>\n \u2022 An\u00e9 Bornman competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the girls\u2019 u-11 long jump, where she placed second.<\/p>\n \u2022 Lanzelle van Antwerpen competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the girls\u2019 u-13 long jump, where she won a bronze.<\/p>\n \u2022 Andrea Laubscher competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the girls\u2019 u-13 long jump, where she placed fifth.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sinead Meyer competed for Central Gauteng Athletics in the girls\u2019 u-15 100m sprints, where she placed 10th overall.<\/p>\n Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)\u00a0<\/span>germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)\u00a0<\/span>leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n YouTube\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Or add the GCN on\u00a0<\/b><\/span>WhatsApp 079 406 1181<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0BBM (BBM Pin: 7F102137)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>today, to get all the latest news.<\/p>\n Catch-up on more local news with our sister newspapers\u00a0<\/span>Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Kempton Express<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n