Curro Thatchfield drummies was one of the qualifying teams chosen to represent Gauteng at the South African majorette and cheer-leading association (SAMCA) national championship hosted in Oudtshoorn from 4 to 8 July 2018.
The team, consisting of 48 young athletes, participated in the elite league for the first time – since being crowned the president’s league winners in 2017.
Curro Thatchfield competed in five categories in the semi-finals and was the only team from the president’s league to advance to the finals in all categories.
Curro Thatchfield won a bronze for the squad category and ranked number five in South Africa – out of 16 elite teams.
The team’s achievement was accompanied by an invitation to represent South Africa at the upcoming majorette-sport world federation international championship to be hosted in Cape Town in September 2018.
Curro Thatchfield will be the only primary school team from Pretoria at this international championship.
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