Skip to main content

NORTH WEST U14 BOYS KHOKHO CROWNED SA SCHOOLS CHAMPS

NORTH WEST U14 BOYS KHOKHO CROWNED SA SCHOOLS CHAMPS

By : Kabelo Selebogo

U14 boys kho-kho team posing with gold medals and a trophy after winning the SA Schools Sports Champs in Benoni. Photo credit : Kabelo Selebogo

Team North West U-14 boys were the talk of the town after defeating seven provinces and losing only one match at the South African Schools Sports Winter Championship in Benoni last week.   

Their outstanding performance earned them the most points at the week-long championships and walked away with the gold medal. 

U-14 girls khokho team added a silver medal to Team North West medal tally after finishing as the second best in the country. 


North West U14 kho-kho celebrate their accomplishments at the SA Schools Sports Winter Champs in Benoni. Photo credit : Kabelo Selebogo

North West U-17 wheelchair tennis’ superb performance secured them a silver medal after losing to Gauteng in the finals. The team comprised players from Meerhof Special School, Hartbeespoort.

The wheelchair tennis team beat the odds, as they played the tournament without a coach. Their mentor was hospitalised after a car accident before the tournament.


The winners of silver medal, Team North West U17 wheelchair at the SA Schools Sports Champs in Benoni. Photo credit : Kabelo Selebogo

Soccer girls U-15 finished fourth after losing in the semi-finals.


U15 girls soccer team that finished SA Schools Winter Champs in forth place. Photo credit : Kabelo Selebogo. 

The Games took place simultaneously in Benoni and Boksburg and also featured other sporting codes such as hockey, rugby and jukskei. The Gauteng leg was the second, following SA Schools Winter Games in Cape Town the previous week.

Competing in Cape Town were players in chess, volleyball and netball.  North West finished sixth in the combined standings for both legs.

         U14 Boys kho-kho coach, Stephen Koloke. Photo credit Kabelo Selebogo

“I am proud of my boys’ accomplishment. We have worked very hard to bring the gold medal home,” said Stephen Koloke, U-14 boys’ khokho coach.

“We are glad as the Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation (ACSR) that our athletes came to the party and showed their counterparts what they are capable of. The performance we got from khokho bodes well for our build-up to the national Indigenous Games in September,” said ACSR spokesperson, Shuping Sebolecwe.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR NORTH WEST SPORTS AWARDS

  CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR NORTH WEST SPORTS AWARDS The North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation (Acsr) has made a call for nominations for the North West Sports Awards. The nominations close on February 13 (18:00). The annual North West Sports Awards have been created to recognise and honour individuals and teams who have excelled both on and off the field. The period covered for the current nominations is from April 1 to December 31, 2022. The awards are organised by the Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation and the North West Sports Confederation. “The Provincial Sports Awards are a national mandate and we are recognising sports men and women for their efforts in keeping the passion   for sport alive in the hearts of the millions in the province,” said Acsr spokesperson, Shuping Sebolecwe. The 16 categories cut across the sports and recreation codes from all the districts of the province, namely Bojanala, Ngaka Modiri Molema, Dr Ken...
Post a Comment
Read more

Handing over of Ipelegeng Multi-Purpose Centre

  Handing over of Ipelegeng  Multi-Purpose Centre The Ipelegeng Multi-Purpose Centre is a facility constructed at Mamusa Service Point in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District at Ipelegeng Location. The main purpose of its establishment is to address importance of sports and recreation facilities in all the four districts of the province. A total budget of R119 million was solicited from Community Sport budget to build the facility. Activities to be catered for include the indoor sporting codes such as Netball, Basketball, Volleyball, Aerobics and Indoor Soccer. The centre is aiming at increasing the participation of sports and recreation activities in the local municipality and also reduce the social-ills in the community. It is envisaged that the facility will encourage social cohesion and nation building within the community thus increasing sport participation within the community in Mamusa Local Municipality. MEC for Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation, Virginia Tlh...
Post a Comment
Read more

LEHURUTSHE WOMEN MARCHERS HONOURED WITH A MONUMENT

LEHURUTSHE WOMEN MARCHERS HONOURED WITH A MONUMENT   By Maboni Kgabi MEC Tlhapi inspecting the monument honouring the 1956 Lehurutshe women marchers. Photo : Maboni Kgabi Recognising and honouring the women who fought for the liberation of South Africa is one aspect in our history government cannot over look. These were the words of MEC for Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation (Acsr), Mme Virginia Tlhapi, during the provincial Women’s Day celebration 2021 in Lehurutshe. The highlight of the event was the unveiling of a monument in Welbedacht, Lehurutshe, to honour the local women who marched against Pass Laws in 1956. They were brutally stopped by the police on their way to hand over their demands to the Commissioner in Zeerust. The event was a collaboration between Acsr and Tlhako Ya Pele, a cultural and historic research institute based in Zeerust. The monument is situated at the spot where the marches were forcefully stopped. The day was celebrated under the theme: “The year of C...
Post a Comment
Read more