SKW Gymnastics to hold club champs

SKW Gymnastics Academy will hold its annual Club Competition at the weekend, starting tomrrow at the SKW Hall in Windhoek.

The artistic gymnasts will open the competition at 14h30 on Friday, while the prize giving will be at 16h00. On Saturday, the Level 3 girls of the rhythmic gymnastics section will compete at 09h45, followed by the club’s top rhythmic girls at 10h30.Spectators can expect a colourful show of high-standard routines as some of the gymnasts already attended the International Inter-Club Competition in Stellenbosch in March this year.Among them are the two top-ranking gymnasts in Namibia, 14-year-old Nicole Bierbach and Mirja Stoldt, who also competed in the prestigious World Cup Series Junior Competition of the International Gymnastics Federation in Portimao, Portugal, at the end of April 2007.After the lunch break, the tumbling competition for boys and girls will take place from 12h45 until 13h15 followed by rhythmic gymnastics levels 1, 2, 4 and 5.Spectators are welcome.This club competition serves to introduce any interested person to the different gymnastic codes at SKW Gymnastics Academy as well as to prepare gymnasts and judges for upcoming competitions.On Saturday, the Level 3 girls of the rhythmic gymnastics section will compete at 09h45, followed by the club’s top rhythmic girls at 10h30.Spectators can expect a colourful show of high-standard routines as some of the gymnasts already attended the International Inter-Club Competition in Stellenbosch in March this year.Among them are the two top-ranking gymnasts in Namibia, 14-year-old Nicole Bierbach and Mirja Stoldt, who also competed in the prestigious World Cup Series Junior Competition of the International Gymnastics Federation in Portimao, Portugal, at the end of April 2007. After the lunch break, the tumbling competition for boys and girls will take place from 12h45 until 13h15 followed by rhythmic gymnastics levels 1, 2, 4 and 5.Spectators are welcome.This club competition serves to introduce any interested person to the different gymnastic codes at SKW Gymnastics Academy as well as to prepare gymnasts and judges for upcoming competitions.