Top gymnasts in action in Walvis Bay

LEANDREA LOUW



The two-day artistic gymnastics national championship, hosted by the Namibia Gymnastics Federation, was held at Walvis Bay over the weekend.

A total 45 boys and 130 girls competed. They represented clubs from Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Tsumeb, Otjiwarongo, Keetmanshoop, the Crete Gymnastics Club and Simonfi Gymnastics Academy.



The results were as follows:

Men's artistic gymnastics, overall winners:

Level 1 (6 – 7 years):

1 Maurice Mans (Tsumeb), 2 Jahdiel Snyders (Crete) and 3 Kitso Xoagup (Crete)

Level 1 (8 – 9 years):

1 Ewald Japie Potgieter, 2 Alexander Kynsmith (Walvis Bay) and 3 Dandre Nell (Walvis Bay)

Level 2 (8 years):

1 Christiaan Potgieter (Otjiwarongo), 2 Schalk Willem van Wyk (Otjiwarongo) and 3 Gabriel Gurirab (Walvis Bay)

Level 2 (9 – 10 years):

1 Hein Dirk de Waal (Otjiwarongo), 2 Juvan Victor Dreyer (Otjiwarongo) and 3 Dean Barnard (Otjiwarongo)

Level 3 (9 – 10 years):

1 Christiaan Krone (Otjiwarongo), 2 Marko Vorster (Otjiwarongo) and 3 Louwrens Cilliers Steenkamp (Otjiwarongo)

Level 3 (11 – 12 years):

1 Lian Ellis (Crete), 2 Franco Thiel (Crete) and 3 Jandre le Roux (Crete)

Level 4 (9 – 10 years):

1 Tjaart Vorster (Tsumeb), 2 Zine Edine Meziane (Tsumeb) and 3 Dirkus Maartens (Otjiwarongo)

Level 5 (10 – 11 years)

1 Bradley van Eeden (Tsumeb)

Level 5 (12 – 13 years):

1 Uavi Thjimookara (Crete), 2 Jurian Dreyer (Otjiwarongo) and 3 Jano Louw Erasmus (Otjiwarongo)

Level 6 (14 – 15 years):

1 Marco Jansen (Crete)

Level 8 (16 and over):

1 Immanuel Kooper (Crete)

High Performance 1 (7 – 9 years):

1 Riley Bergh (Crete), 2 Jonathan Marais (Crete) and 3 Santiago Garcia (Walvis Bay)

High Performance 2 (9 – 11 years):

1 Ruben Fritz (Crete), 2 Dylan Dreyer (Walvis Bay) and 3 Lucas Lofty-Eaton (Walvis Bay)

High performance 3 (12 – 13 years):

1 Jared Aston Isaacs (Walvis Bay), 2 Ronald Fourie (Walvis Bay)

High performance 4 ( 14 – 15 years):

1 James Milne-Cindano (Crete)

The trophy winners were:

Maurice Mans (level 1), Hein Dirk de Waal (level 2), Lian Ellis (level 3), Tjaart Vorster (level 4), Jurian Dreyer (level 5), Marco Jansen (level 6), Immanuel Kooper (level 8), Riley Bergh (High performance 1), Ruben Fritz (High performance 2), Ronald Fourie (high performance 3) and James Milne-Cindano (High performance 4).

Women's artistic gymnastics:

Level 1 (7 years):

1 Micke van Aswegen (Otjiwarongo), Mila Barnard (Crete) and 3 Liane Annandale (Crete)

Level 1 (8 years):

1 Gia Campbell (Crete), 2 Nina de Jager (Otjiwarongo) and 3 Brianna Harris (Crete)

Level 1 (9 years):

1 Faith Auguste Tomas (Crete), 2 Nienke Katrien Laubscher (Otjiwarongo) and 3 Corna Bennoline Nuses (Tsumeb)

Level 1 (9 years – special category)

1 Aneli Labuschagne (Tsumeb)

Level 1 (12 and under)

1 Dania Diekmann (Otjiwarongo), 2 Joy Keziah Maketo (Otjiwarongo)

Level 1 (13 and over):

1 Elnè Cronje (Otjiwarongo)

Level 2 (7 years):

1 Victoria Jansen (Crete), 2 Minke Vilbert (Walvis Bay), 3 Helena van Lill (Keetmanshoop) and 3 Mieke Sylja Steinmetz (Walvis Bay)

Level 2 (8 years):

1 Leila Groegli (Crete), 2 Helena Sophia Stommel (Otjiwarongo) and 2 Danica de Beer (Crete)

Level 2 (9 years):

1 Chriszelle Gentle (Otjiwarongo), 2 Gabriella Boesak (Crete) and 3 Foidia Boois (Keetmanshoop)

Level 2 (10 years):

1 Annebel Gunther (Crete), 2 Leone Weyers (Crete) and 3 Kayla Geschke (Crete)

Level 2 (12 and under):

1 Ema Boois (Keetmanshoop)

Level 2 (13 and over):

1 Ankia Botes (Otjiwarongo)

Level 3 (8 years):

1 Ane Oosthuizen (Tsumeb) and 2 Alray Duvenhage (Walvis Bay)

Level 3 (9 years):

1 Arrielle Briedenhann (Walvis Bay), 2 Jahzara Lisa Kotze (Tsumeb) and 3 Dannel Husselman (Crete)

Level 3 (10 years):

1 Joame Kuhn (Otjiwarongo) and 2 Madison Bergh (Crete)

Level 3 (12 years and under):

1 Zané Blaauw (Keetmanshoop) and 2 Danica van Jaarsveld (Crete)

Level 3 (13 and over):

Aletia van Niekerk (Crete) and Lena Marie Lukaschik (Otjiwarongo)

Level 4 (7 to 9 years):

1 Ashley Martins (Walvis Bay), 2 Jessica Blaauw (Walvis Bay) and 3 Cindy Keeve (Swakopmund)

Level 4 (10 years):

1 Gia-Nicole Januarie (Walvis Bay), 2 Caylin Marais (Walvis Bay) and 3 Else !Naibas (Swakopmund)

Level 4 (11 years):

Jolie Lopes (Tsumeb), 2 Annika Turner (Simfoni) and 3 Rosemarie Thiel (Crete)

Level 4 (12 years):

Minki Rudolph (Walvis Bay), 2 Caylynne Mungunda (Keetmanshoop) and 3 Amore Olivier (Crete)

Level 5 (7 – 9 years):

1 Katie Wolfaardt (Walvis Bay), 2 Kirsten Marais (Crete)

Level 5 (11 years):

1 Mikayla Hansen (Swakopmund), 2 Isabella Lopes (Tsumeb) and 3 Sunelle de Bruyn (Crete)

Level 5 (12 years):

1 Diana Kaura (Simfoni)

Level 5 (14 – 18 years):

Sonett Fielding (Simfoni)

Level 6 (12 years):

1 Meghan Jarman (Simfoni), 2 Christa Munyika (Crete) and 3 Ueritjua Tjimemisa (Simfoni)

Level 6 (13 years):

1 Alison Jean Jalon (Walvis Bay and 2 Amelie Petrick (Swakopmund)

Level 6 (14 – 18 years):

Trista Rossouw (Swakopmund) and 2 Alerechia Noabes (Swakopmund)

Level 8 (13 years and over):

Jocelyn Mungunda (Swakopmund)

Junior Olympic:

1 Janke Du Plessis (Crete), 2 Anne-Leen Thorburn (Crete) and Hannah de Goede (Crete)

Senior Olympic (16 and over):

Meike Mackensen (Crete) and 2 Christel Thirion (Crete)

Trophy winners:

Faith Auguste Tomas (level 1), Ankia Botes (level 2), Ane Oosthuizen (level 3), Kylie Lopes (level 4), Katie Wolfaardt (level 5), Meghan Jarman (level 6), Jocelynn Mungunda (level 8), Janke du Plessis (Junior Olympic), Meike Mackensen (Senior Olympic), Andrea Swart (High performance 1), Ani Walters (High performance 2) and Jonie Thornburn (high performance 3).

The next competitions will be the trampoline and tumbling championships on 18 and 19 October, the rhythmic gymnastics championships on 25 and 26 October and the aerobics competition on 1 and 2 November.

The first two competitions will take place at the Jan Wilken Stadium in Walvis Bay, while the third competition will take place in Windhoek.