Alberton Boxing Club coaches off to Limpopo for SA Champs
Alberton boxing coaches will leave for the South African National Boxing Organisation’s (Sanabo) Youth and Elite National Boxing Championships in Tzaneen, Limpopo.
Coaches Estelle Greeff, Gert de Klerk and Pieter Strydom of the Alberton Boxing Club are forced to be reckoned with.
Their skills and abilities make them part of a team performing official duties when the boxers battle in the ring.
They will leave for Limpopo on July 4, with the championships set to run from July 5 to 8.
Greeff will serve as a judge, while coaches De Klerk and Strydom will be a referee and a judge, respectively.
Strydom said they had to be qualified refs and judges to be selected for the championships.
“As part of the process leading up to your qualification, you start as a district referee and judge and proceed to be a provincial ref and judge. Thereafter, you qualify as a national ref and judge. In these championships, they normally select the best ref and judge,” he explained.
In the previous year, De Klerk was a referee in the championships held in Eastern Cape and received a trophy as an acknowledgement. He also served in the South Africa Junior Boxing Championships.
Strydom reiterated that it was a huge opportunity for them and the club.
Interested boxers can join the Alberton Boxing Club, Mondays to Thursdays, from 17:00 to 18:00. For more information, call Strydom on 078 105 5475 or De Klerk on 082 261 1346.
