Young wrestlers shine at championships
Elsburg Wrestling Club wrestlers travelled to Middelburg, recently, for the Mpumalanga Open Championships.
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Several young wrestlers from the Elsburg Wrestling Club travelled to Middelburg, recently, for the Mpumalanga Open Championships.
The championships saw wrestlers from Gauteng (eastern, northern and central) and Mpumalanga competing for top honours.
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The club walked away from the championship with several medals.
“Our wrestlers earned three long term participant development (LTPD) medals, two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal,” said Joep Joubert, media representative for Elsburg Wrestling Club.
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“This is a great achievement as our wrestlers are still young and not as well-known as some of the wrestlers of bigger clubs in Eastern Gauteng.”
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