Local gymnasts become SA champs
Held between September 29 and October 7, the games attracted 30 000 gymnasts.
Three local gymnasts excelled when they took to the arena at the SA Gym Games.
The gymnasts, Bailey Maré (7), a Modderfontein resident, Dené Greyvenstein (10) and Mackenzie Mackay (11), became SA Champions in three categories.
Maré, Greyvenstein and Mackay train at Masters Gymnasts Club in Highway Gardens.
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Held between September 29 and October 7, the games attracted 30 000 gymnasts.
Eight gymnastics disciplines were graded across three venues.
Earlier this year, the trio represented Ekurhuleni at the provincial championships in level nine.
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Between October 6 and 7, Maré, Greyvenstein and Mackay became SA champions in the women’s acrobatic gymnastics trio level nine and the open age categories for balance, dynamic, and combined.
Maré was the youngest in their section.
Next year, the group will compete in level 12 and embark on their international journeys,