{"id":56077,"date":"2014-04-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/56077\/jaemi-wellish-makes-waves\/"},"modified":"2014-04-02T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T08:14:27","slug":"jaemi-wellish-makes-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/04\/02\/jaemi-wellish-makes-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaemi Wellish makes waves"},"content":{"rendered":"

St Catherine’s School, which started canoeing only last year (2013), at Germiston Lake, is proud of the achievements of Grade Six student, Jaemi Wellish.<\/p>\n

Wellish participated in her first regatta on February 1, at Homestead Dam, in Benoni, taking second place in the 2 000m event and third in the 500m race.<\/p>

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She then took part in another two races, on March 1, at Germiston Lake, placing third in the 1 000m race and second in the 200m sprint.<\/p>\n

She also took second place overall for her performance in her age group.<\/p>

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Her latest races were held on March 21 and 22, at Roodeplaat Dam, just outside of Pretoria, and formed part of the Gauteng Championship.<\/p>\n

Wellish competed in the 500m, where she took second place, the 200m, where she placed third, and the 5 000m, where she again placed third.<\/p>\n

She went on to place third overall in her age group, and received a bronze medal.<\/p>\n

Wellish is not only making a splash in canoeing, but in sailing, as well.<\/p>\n

She took part in her first sailing regatta on March 15 and 16, at Germiston Lake, and placed 23rd overall.<\/p>\n

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