{"id":241749,"date":"2020-03-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/241749\/young-wrestlers-bring-home-medals-from-tuks-challenge\/"},"modified":"2020-03-25T15:25:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T13:25:23","slug":"young-wrestlers-bring-home-medals-from-tuks-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2020\/03\/26\/young-wrestlers-bring-home-medals-from-tuks-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Young wrestlers bring home medals from Tuks Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the last tournament before Covid-19 postponed events and practices for the foreseeable future several young members of the Raptors Wrestling Club earned a number of medals.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/235799\/young-wrestlers-hone-their-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young wrestlers hone their skills<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The Tuks Challenge was held at the LC de Villiers Arena in Pretoria, recently, and saw over 500 competitors competing for top honours.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The Raptors\u2019 wrestlers results were:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Janick Kruger won a silver medal.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 Caleb Botha won a silver medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Anton Strydom won a gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nathan van Niekerk won a gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Jaun Vorster won a gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Daniella de Wet won a silver medal and placed fourth.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dewald de Wet (Jnr) won a silver medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ada Smith won a silver medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Chris Kruger placed fourth.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ciara Deale placed fifth.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/233386\/young-wrestlers-bring-home-medals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young wrestlers bring home medals<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cOur wrestlers were pleased with their results and are excited to start wrestling again,\u201d said head coach Dewald dDe Wet (Snr).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the meantime they continue to practice at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the club, call de Wet (Snr) on 083 611 7169, send an email to <a href=\"mailto:raptorswrestlingsa@gmail.com\">raptorswrestlingsa@gmail.com<\/a> or visit the club\u2019s Facebook page by searching Raptors Wrestling.<\/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\" 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