{"id":193069,"date":"2018-12-06T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/193069\/a-polished-year-for-diamond-athletics-club\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T10:47:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T08:47:43","slug":"a-polished-year-for-diamond-athletics-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2018\/12\/06\/a-polished-year-for-diamond-athletics-club\/","title":{"rendered":"A polished year for Diamond Athletics Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Athletes from Diamond Athletics Club showed much grit when they journeyed to Potchefstroom, in the North West province, for the Sub-Youth Inter-Provincial Championships recently.<\/p>\n<p>Seven athletes took to the track and field where four reached noteworthy positions in their respective sporting codes.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Omphile Rathebe took home a gold medal in the boys\u2019 u-13 100m sprint and silver in the 200m.<\/p>\n<p>In the boys\u2019 u-13 long jump, Steven Sabino landed in second place.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Kabelo Mampane came in fourth in the boys\u2019 u-15 100m hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>Ndumiso Simelane ran in the boys\u2019 u-15 100m sprint where he missed an opportunity to grab the bronze medal by a few seconds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had a good year,\u201d said John Diamond, a coach at Diamond Athletics Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking at the quality of athletes we have, we anticipate to have an even greater year in 2019. Rathebe and Sabino are only 12 years old, but records might be broken in future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/172308\/club-polishes-its-diamonds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Club polishes its diamonds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173151\/diamonds-shine-at-inter-high\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diamonds shine at inter-high<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/191683\/photos-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Locals rake in the medals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e 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 class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span 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