“Most of the weights at the gym are home-made and our benches cannot take the weight of the big guys like Martin Erasmus,” said Debby Fourie from the club.
The South African Wrestling Federation (SAWF) is hosting the 2017 Commonwealth Wrestling Championships at Carnival City’s Big Top Arena from December 14 to 17, and some wrestlers from the participating countries will be training at the Brakpan club.
The club is in need of squat racks, barbells, bench presses, incline bench presses, hammer strength machines, cables and pulleys, dumb-bells, pull-up bars, lat pull-down machines, leg extension machines, leg curl machines, hyper extension benches, dipping bars, Smith machines, kettle bells and other equipment.
If you are able to assist the Brakpan Wrestling Club with any equipment donations, contact Dirk Booysen on 084 206 5732 or Allisha Jansen on 079 988 0306.
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