MASA Provincial Championship

This past weekend, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet proudly saw four of its learners take to the mats at the ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ 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.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ-๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

Their achievements were nothing short of impressive. ๐—”๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ brought home a silver medal in MMA Light, while ๐—๐—ฎ๐—พ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ dazzled with double gold in Points and Grappling. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ showcased excellent form, earning a gold in MMA Light and a silver in Grappling.

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—Ÿ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด 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.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด – ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ!