๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ
The recent South African Level 2 Regional Championships Gala held in Oudtshoorn, witnessed an outstanding display of talent and determination from the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet swimming contingent.
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ Ben Lemke, Zoรซ Mills, Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza, Alyssa Trollip and Daniel Davenport for their remarkable performances throughout the event – their achievements reflect the countless hours of training, perseverance and passion they have invested in their sport.
For ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, securing a medal in the fiercely contested 100m Fly event was a testament to his hard work and resilience. Competing against a field of 30 – 40 swimmers from across the country, Daniel demonstrated his prowess by ranking in the Top 15 for most of his races, showcasing his potential for future success.
๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ’๐ stellar performance saw her clinch two medals, including a gold in the 50m Freestyle event, where she also achieved a significant personal best time.
๐ญ๐ผรซ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐’ podium finishes in the 100m and 200m Breaststroke events underscored her exceptional talent and commitment to excellence. With silver medals in both events and notable improvements in her times, Zoรซ’s performance was nothing short of exemplary.
๐๐น๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝโs bronze medal in the 200 Individual Medley and silver in the 100m Butterfly as well as her strong showing across multiple events highlighted her versatility and skill in the pool.
๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒโs dominance in the pool was evident as he secured an impressive eight medals, including gold in events such as the 50m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle, and 200m Individual Medley.
๐๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.