{"id":233386,"date":"2020-02-27T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/233386\/young-wrestlers-bring-home-medals\/"},"modified":"2020-02-26T23:01:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:01:15","slug":"young-wrestlers-bring-home-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2020\/02\/27\/young-wrestlers-bring-home-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"Young wrestlers bring home medals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-two young wrestlers from the Primrose-based Raptors Wrestling Club recently travelled to Menlo Park to compete in the Frank Joubert Open Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The championships saw 300 wrestlers from clubs across Gauteng competing for top honours.<\/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\/215079\/raptors-win-big-at-big-5-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raptors win big at Big 5 tournament<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The Raptors\u2019 hard work paid off as the club brought home 15 medals from the championships.<\/p>\n<p>Charn\u00e9 Herman, Daniella de Wet, Ciara Deale, Shannon Jansen van Rensburg, Tiaan Jansen van Rensburg, Anton Strydom and Jaun Vorster all won gold medals.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Luhan Herman earned a silver medal and Caleb Botha and Daniella de Wet bronze medals.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/196969\/raptors-celebrate-successful-tournament-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raptors celebrate successful tournament<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Dewald de Wet (who was also awarded a bronze medal), Jobert Deale (who was also awarded a bronze medal) and Ada Smith all earned silver medals in the Greco Roman division.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the club call Dewald de Wet (Snr) on 083 611 7169, send an email to raptorswrestlingsa@gmail.com or visit the club\u2019s Facebook page by searching Raptors Wrestling.<\/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>\u00a0<\/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><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Also follow us on:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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