{"id":96398,"date":"2015-08-10T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/96398\/girls-take-to-the-field-in-athletics\/"},"modified":"2015-08-10T18:24:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T16:24:07","slug":"girls-take-to-the-field-in-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/08\/10\/girls-take-to-the-field-in-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls take to the field in athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5\">Germiston Stadium hosted the St Andrew\u2019s School for Girls\u2019 inter-house athletics, on Wednesday<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(August 5).<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe held our inter-house swimming in February, tennis in March and the hockey and netball in June and May,\u201d said JD Mostert, the school\u2019s head of athletics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe plan to host the squash inter-house in September.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe organise these events early in the year for talent identification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The students were dressed up in their different house colours and cheering for each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have four houses, Athlone is green, Farrer is red, Milner is yellow and Salborne is blue,\u201d said Mostert.<\/p>\n<p>Among other events, athletes took part in the 80m hurdles, 100m sprint and long jump.<\/p>\n<p>Fun, stamina and war-cries were the order of the day for all those present.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-96398 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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charge for the finish line in the 100m sprint.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='e7c63dbcf0e02fd22e37d3a1219f4516'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great athletics action at the Germiston Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":96399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Puleng 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