Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - The 97th Comrades Marathon will take place on Sunday June 9.
The Klerksdorp marathon club will be represented by a whopping 55 athletes who qualified and committed to this year’s marathon. Included in this number are 19 novices - attempting the race for the very first time.
Klerksdorp Rekord, Klerksdorp - Die stad se meesterklapper is genooi om weer sy vernuf in Las Vegas te wys en daar is baie geld op die spel.
Tjaart “Piston” Kruger het bekendheid verwerf toe hy in Augustus 2022 vir Quintus Horn van Centurion in Sasolburg in ‘n “slapfighting”-kompetisie met een klap planke toe gestuur het. Sedertdien neem hy nog aan die nuwe sport deel en gaan binnekort in Las Vegas deelneem. Die prysgeld in Nevada is $10 000 (R183 000) ‘n klap en hy kan $40 000 (R732 000) huis toe bring. Dit is drie klappe en ‘n bonus van $10 000.
Members of the Stilfontein kickboxing club participated in the recent South African Kickboxing Championships. Michelle Morell achieved a gold medal in points fighting and light continious fighting, Princess Botlhoko achieved gold medal in points fighting and gold medal in light continious fighting, Ivan Murray achieved a gold medal in Kicklight fighting and a silver medal in light continuous fighting, Biané Kriel achieved a gold medal in kicklight fighting and silver medal in continuous fighting and Shando van Niekerk achieved a fourth place in points fighting.
Erik Tersius Coetzee (left) and Sarel Carelse (right) passed their grading for black belts, achieving Expert Level in Krav Maga. Kelly Giovanni (middle) is the instructor.
Members of the local Korean Martial Arts Club Tang Soo Do in Klerksdorp competed in the 2024 Gauteng Korean Martial Arts Championship held in Pretoria. These students are all members of the North West Black Belt Academy. Master Louise Viviers (instructor), Theresa Stapelberg (gold, three silver and one bronze), Nicholas Caisley (two silver and a bronze), Logan Erasmus (gold, silver and bronze) and Aobakwe Due (silver) and (front) Jaxx Potgieter (gold and three bronze). Ashadiya Ashraf (three gold and a silver) and Rushinda Ashraf (three gold) also did well.
