On Saturday, August 13 Ichthus hosted their yearly athletics meeting which was approached with great enthusiasm. Ichthus was blessed with wonderful weather! Congratulations to all the participants who performed so well!
The following athletes were awarded with trophies and medals: Junior Victrix Ludorum: Zandisiwe Maphalala; Junior Victor Ludorum: Siphume Ntombela; Senior Victrix Ludorum: Bianca Meintjes; Senior Victor Ludorum: Hayden Caldecott. Best u/9 boy: Panashe Chawanda. Best u/9 girl: Siyathokoza Mthabela. Best u/14 boy: Calvin McDonald. Best individual achievement of the day: Tiana Maritz for Shotput with a total of 742 points on the ASA table. Congratulations to the Blue team on receiving the winning trophy and the Green team on receiving the trophy for the best spirit.
The following records have been improved: Boys u/7 Cricketball throw – Seamus Stein Girls u/8 60m – Luyanda Mbonani. Girls u/8 80m – Luyanda Mbonani Boys u/8 600m – Musa Mazibuko. Girls u/12 100m – Amy-Faith Stein. Girls u/12 150m – Amy-Faith Stein. Girls u/12 1200m – Amy-Faith Stein. Girls u/13 High Jump – Bianca Meintjies. Boys u/14 High Jump – Calvin McDonald. Boys u/14 Shotput – Thayne Tiley. Boys u/14 Discus – Thayne Tiley. Boys u/14 Javelin – Thayne Tiley.
Ichthus would like to thank Dundee High School for the use of their athletics facilities – Ichthus appreciates it very much! Thank you to all the teachers and parents who are involved in training the athletes during the season and who helped as officials. We look forward to the Northern KZN Athletics which Ichthus will be hosting this weekend, 20 August, at the Dundee High School fields.