School teams announced for Curro Podium national finals
After the regional meetings of the popular new schools athletics series, called the Curro Podium series, took place at the end of last year, the final event will be presented on the Pilditch track in February this year and several local schools' athletics teams have qualified to take part in it.
Curro Holdings recently unveiled the teams that have secured their place in the national finals of the unique schools athletics series, called the Curro Podium series.
This final event will take place on Saturday, 17 February at Pretoria’s Pilditch Stadium.
Billed as the most prestigious high school athletics event in Southern Africa, the grand finale is scheduled to take place one day after the inaugural Curro Podium Primary Schools event, at the same venue.
The national finals promise to be a spectacle of athletic brilliance, featuring over 2200 of South Africa’s most talented young athletes from 75 schools. The journey leading to this event began with the inaugural Curro Podium meeting last year, followed by subsequent events in the North and South regions.
In September last year, young sports stars from the North delivered a thrilling performance at Pilditch Stadium, with Chris Swanepoel (Die Hoërskool Menlopark, discus) and Megan Nieman (Die Hoërskool Menlopark, 300 m hurdles), Hencu Lamberts (Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool, shotput), and Matodz Ndou (Curro Hazeldean High School, 400m hurdles) each achieving a perfect score of 1000 points on the ASA points system.
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Their triumphs were swiftly followed by an equally electrifying event in the South, which happened at the Dal Josefat Stadium in Paarl in October 2023. The event saw outstanding displays by several athletes.
These cohorts of athletic elite will now compete on the track and field for the ultimate prize – being crowned a national high school champion.
“The Curro Podium National Finals are the culmination of months of hard work, skill, and passion. We congratulate all the qualifying athletes and schools who have shown exceptional talent in the previous meetings. This grand finale is a celebration of the relentless pursuit of excellence in both individual and team sports and we cannot wait to witness sporting brilliance and hopefully, the breaking of a few athletic records,” says Cindy van der Merwe, Portfolio Manager at Curro Sport.
The local schools that have qualified to take part in the Curro Podium National Finals are: Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool Pretoria; Afrikaans Hoër Meisieskool Pretoria; Curro Hazeldean; Die Hoërskool Menlopark; Hoërskool Garsfontein; Hoërskool Montana; Midstream College; Hoërskool Overkruin; Prestige College (Hammanskraal); Hoërskool Waterkloof; TuksSport High School; Pretoria Boys High School and Hoërskool Zwartkop.
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