Kyla leaps to SA colours
Sarnia Primary School has chosen Grade 6 pupil, Kyla Buys, as its SPAR Star of the Month.
ASPIRING gymnast, Kyla Buys, ranked fourth in the country at the SA Nationals and was chosen to represent the SA team at the Zone 6 (Southern African Gymnastics Championships) in Walvis Bay, Namibia this December. She also received her Springbok colours and two medals at the SA Nationals.
The Grade 6 pupil from Sarnia Primary School said she joined the Pinetown Gymnastic Club three years ago, and has since qualified for KZN, then Nationals and now has been chosen to represent the SA U12 team, which comprises 20 people.
Kyla also competed in the Nandos Invitational Junior event last weekend, where she won three apparatus medals (gold on floor exercise, gold on balance beam, silver on uneven bars and a trophy for third place in the overall competition.
“Gymnastics is fun. I really enjoy it. I don’t participate to win, I just have fun and like showing of my abilities,” said Kyla.
Her goal is to compete in the Olympics one day. She said she is inspired by her coach, Louise Bamber from the Pinetown Gymnastic Club.
While Kyla can do all types of apparatus which is floor, bars, beams and vaulting, she thoroughly enjoys floor, which is tumbling to a dance routine. She said her motivation is pushing her body to the extremes and seeing just what she is capable of.
“I want to thank my coach for her efforts in encouraging me to push myself further and my family and friends who have supported me along the way,” said Kyla.
Kovin Moodley, sports coordinator at Sarnia Primary School said the amount of dedication that Kyla puts into a sport that is not done at school is something to admire in athletics. Her achievements in gymnastics has incited the school to name her SPAR Star of the Month.
