{"id":195193,"date":"2019-01-18T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/195193\/local-football-club-celebrates-matrics\/"},"modified":"2019-01-18T08:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T06:59:54","slug":"local-football-club-celebrates-matrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/18\/local-football-club-celebrates-matrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Local football club celebrates matrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many matrics across the city celebrated the end of their high school careers.<\/p>\n<p>Among them were local football club Puma Rangers\u2019 Atylegang Komane, Lesley Matare and Gift Masete.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe club\u2019s chairperson and management send our heartfelt congratulations to the three who are players in our u-19 squad,\u201d said Prince Rulashe, the club chairperson.<\/p>\n<p>The trio did exceptionally well in their exams with Atylegang achieving five distinctions for mathematics, life orientation, English, drama and geography and Lesley achieving four distinctions for physical sciences, electrical engineering, life orientation and engineering graphics and design.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/194599\/afrikaanse-hoerskool-learners-celebrate-their-results\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebrskool learners celebrate their results<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWe as a team are really proud of the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was worried because these players were always the first to arrive for practice and last to leave,\u201d said Prince.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have to chase them home from practice so they went home and studied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir results show that sports and education really do go hand-in-hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The club wish the trio all the best for their future endeavours.<\/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<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media 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