Excelsior mark second gymnastics qualifiers

TELECOM Namibia’s second Namibia Gymnastics Federation (NGF) qualifying championships were held by Excelsior Gymnastics Clubs over the weekend.

All artistic gymnastics clubs in Namibia participated in the competition, which was meant for Level 3 to senior national level. Organisers said the competition was well organised and good performances came from especially the senior girls, who entertained the spectators.Lorraine Moore participated in her first competition after an absence of more than a year, and did not disappoint.Kimberly-Ann van Zyl also had a good competition and beat Ramona Beukes with a 0.01 on average score.The three girls, together with Marion Schurz, will leave for South Africa for trials, which will see them compete at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, provided they qualify.A provisional boys’ team for the Zone VI in December 2005 was also announced.The team is as follows: Pre-Junior Team: Morihei Anderson (Walvis Bay), Robert Erasmus (Tsumeb), Muller van As (Excelsior) and Christopher Rix (Excelsior) Junior Team: J R Franks (Excelsior), Cody la Cock (Excelsior), Martin van der Merwe (Tsumeb), Alexander Mudge (Excelsior) and Gert van der Merwe (Excelsior) For more information on gymnastics, contact Janna van Zyl at tel.(061) 2055132 or Veronica Koehne at (061) 275903.Organisers said the competition was well organised and good performances came from especially the senior girls, who entertained the spectators.Lorraine Moore participated in her first competition after an absence of more than a year, and did not disappoint.Kimberly-Ann van Zyl also had a good competition and beat Ramona Beukes with a 0.01 on average score.The three girls, together with Marion Schurz, will leave for South Africa for trials, which will see them compete at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, provided they qualify.A provisional boys’ team for the Zone VI in December 2005 was also announced.The team is as follows: Pre-Junior Team: Morihei Anderson (Walvis Bay), Robert Erasmus (Tsumeb), Muller van As (Excelsior) and Christopher Rix (Excelsior) Junior Team: J R Franks (Excelsior), Cody la Cock (Excelsior), Martin van der Merwe (Tsumeb), Alexander Mudge (Excelsior) and Gert van der Merwe (Excelsior) For more information on gymnastics, contact Janna van Zyl at tel.(061) 2055132 or Veronica Koehne at (061) 275903.