Juniors showcase talent in the Run Alex Athletics Club event
Run Alex Athletics Club hosts a junior's day sprint events at Bhekilanga High School sport grounds to encourage the youngsters to always pursue their dreams in sport,
Run Alex Athletics Club hosted a junior’s day sprint event at KwaBhekilanga Sports Grounds to enable the juniors to showcase their talent and participate in sports activities but most of all, to have fun while doing it.
The junior’s programme was first launched on April 27, 2021, and they adopted this day as a junior’s day where the club encourages youngsters between the ages of 9 and 18 to participate in sprint events and athletics.
Nomthandazo Moloi, one of the event organisers and junior development administrator for the club, said,” Most of the children in Alex are not participating in sports and organisations like ours have an obligation to organise well-managed events. It is important to make every child feel special and present every opportunity to them.
“Amazing talent was displayed, but of course, that talent still needs to be nurtured consistently, that is where our juniors programme comes in, as juniors are trained every weekend so they can participate in provincial competitions like we are doing currently,” Moloi said.
According to Moloi, the club seeks to encourage Alex youngsters to grab the opportunities and recognise they can be anyone they want to be. She said it was for this reason that the club invited television personalities from the telenovela series, Gomora, to encourage the youngsters to reach for their dreams and added that the youth in Alexandra need to be given opportunities to explore different sports so that they can discover what they are good at.
The Club’s partners for the event were the City of Johannesburg, who provided them with ambulances and medical support in case athletes sustain injuries, while Gomora actors provided meals to cater for the children in attendance.
The event was a huge success and the children had fun, moreover, parents were full of praise and the response they got from the community was overwhelming, Moloi added.
She said they organised a similar event last year, targeting 100 children and 252 showed up. This year, they targeted 300 children and 342 showed up, so they took this as a positive response as a club and the organisation looks forward to more of these events in the coming years.
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