This past weekend, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet proudly saw four of its learners take to the mats at the ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ and Festival, held at the Ernest Swanepoel Sport Centre in Despatch.
Akeem Christoffels, Jaqwan Ahmed, Liam Pienaar and Grace-Lynne Kitching represented their school with courage and discipline – qualities that embody the spirit of martial arts.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด.
Their achievements were nothing short of impressive. ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ brought home a silver medal in MMA Light, while ๐๐ฎ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ dazzled with double gold in Points and Grappling. ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ showcased excellent form, earning a gold in MMA Light and a silver in Grappling.
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด displayed incredible versatility and strength, claiming three gold medals in Points, Grappling, and Continuous, along with a silver in MMA Light.
We now eagerly await the announcement of EP Colours and team selections for the Nationals in Gauteng this June.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด – ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ!
