{"id":232623,"date":"2020-02-26T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/232623\/wrestlers-hone-their-skills-in-first-tournament-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2020-02-26T07:45:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T05:45:30","slug":"wrestlers-hone-their-skills-in-first-tournament-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2020\/02\/26\/wrestlers-hone-their-skills-in-first-tournament-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestlers hone their skills in first tournament of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cheers filled the evening air as young wrestlers tested their skills in the first tournament of the year.<\/p>\n

The Eastern Gauteng Hawks Tournament, a friendly tournament hosted by the Elsburg Wrestling Club, was held at the Raptors Wrestling Club in Oak Avenue, Primrose East, recently and saw wrestlers from several different clubs competing for top honours.<\/p>

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The event saw 103 entrants from the Elsburg, Raptors, Brakpan, Benoni, Boksburg, Alberton and Battleground wrestling clubs taking part.<\/p>\n

The tournament also offered the competing wrestlers a chance to get back into the swing of things and hone their skills after the festive season break ahead of the Mufasa Challenge, which will be held in Roodepoort, and the Eastern Gauteng Championships which will be held at Carnival City.<\/p>

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After the weigh-in and medical, which all competing wrestlers had to participate in, Mike Pio, the Elsburg Wrestling Club chairperson welcomed the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome to our tournament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope you enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each club had an opportunity to complete a special entrance, complete with music, and sing a battle cry before the matches got underway.<\/p>\n

Though no medals were awarded on the night, as the Hawks League no longer has a point system, the young wrestlers were thrilled to compete against wrestlers from other clubs in Eastern Gauteng.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tournament was a great success,\u201d said Melissa Cilliers, secretary and coach at Elsburg Wrestling Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur wrestlers did so well on the mat and we as a club did well hosting the event and running the kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The club has been a firm-standing sports club within the Elsburg community for more than 60 years.<\/p>\n

Elsburg Wrestling Club hopes to grow their club\u2019s membership this year and are calling on all interested parties to visit the club in Mare Street.<\/p>\n

For more information on the club, call Joep Joubert, the club\u2019s media liaison, on 082 557 9240.<\/p>\n