At least 90 boxers flew like butterflies and stung like bees when the Gauteng Development Tournament was held at the Randgate Boxing Club on Saturday 20 June.
There were at least 45 fights that day with girls and boys in action. Willie Jansen, Pieter Moller, Nicky Ness and Paul Fouche were some of the judges while Lourens Ellis was one of the referees.
The boxing clubs that participated were PSAP, Witpoortjie Vikings, Krugersdorp West, Randgate, Kempton Park, Wonderboy, Brotherhood, Bert Collins, Transnet Engineering, HTS Tuine, Mofaya, Tsepong Ironside, Klipfontein, Booysens, Eldorado Park, South Hills, Sparks, South Hills, Boksburg, Newville, Golden Gloves, Skylark, Vaal, Ferreiras, Hugenote and Olympians Boxing Club.
The weight classes ranged from 23kg to 80+ kg. It was also the first formal boxing fight event for most of the competitors.
These development tournaments are held monthly and teach young boxers where they need improvement such as in their confidence levels. Their coaches then have the opportunity to identify the areas in which they could help better the boxers’ skills.
In the first three minutes they also see how fit they really are and physically experience their strength.
The first fight started off with Phillip du Plessis from PSAP competing against Michael Vorster from Vaal in the 64kg weight class. Michael Vorster proudly won the battle.
The winners from the various clubs are as follows:
• Vaal Boxing: Michael Vorster
• Witpoortjie Vikings: Mathabatha Rampele, Hester Botha
• Krugersdorp West: Rimano Viljoen, Christian Mostert, Henni van Vuuren, Richard da Silva
• Randgate: Marnus de Bruyn
• Kempton Park: Justin Soupilis, Ethan van Heerden, Brandon Wahl, Witness Nkuna
• Wonderboy: Rethabile Sera, Katleho Ndaba, Mpho Sizani, Nhlanhla Mphoso
• Bert Collins: Adriaan Colyn, Chrisjan du Preez,
• Transnet Engineering: Nkululeko Mnisi, Armano Botha
• HTS – Tuine: Francois Landsberg, Andre Venter, Zander Volschenk, McKeyla Koortzen
• Tsepong Ironside: Sam Mahabane, Katleho Basterman, Sam Ketethang
• Klipfontein: Morishi Machete, Bongani Shivambo
• Booysens: Immauel Adams, Daniel Adams, Sachin Govender, Robert Butts, Wesley Chrystal, Delmaine Adams, Paul Wolfaardt and Julio Plaatjies, Lebogang Mashitoa
• South Hills: Ricardo Malajika, Charlton Malajika, Dwethu Dyasi
• Sparks: Jerogen Moultrey, Lorenzo Lambert
• Boksburg: Lucky Mthethwa
• Hugenote: Griffen Steele
• Olympians: Thomas Visser
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