Bezuidenhout and Roodt keep Affies’ flag flying high during Affies Wildeklawer Invitational
It was the two shot putters – Dewald Bezuidenhout (u16) and Dewald Roodt (u15) – of hosts, die Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool of Pretoria, which stole the limelight during the annual Affie Wildeklawer Invitational meeting held at the LC de Villiers Stadium in the Jacaranda City.
Affies co-host this prestigious event with the Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool of Pretoria (AHMP).
Bezuidenhout’s best attempt in the shot put for Boys u16 of 18.85 metres secured him a total of 986 points on the Athletics Performance Evaluation (APE) tables. He also won gold in the discus with a throw of 52.36 metres.
Roodt won the shot put for Boys u17 with an attempt of 17.56 metres which gave him 951 points on the APE-tables.
The hosts’ Emil Els is also in form as he won the 1,500m for Boys u16 in a respectable three minutes and 56.95 seconds. He was in a tight contest with his teammate Roal Jansen van Rensburg (4:02.75) in the event.
Els also won the 800m in one minute and 59.20 seconds. Jansen van Rensburg (2:01.32) had to settle for the bronze medal in this race as Grey College’s Jurgen Nortjé (1:59.69) pressed Els to the finish line.
De Villiers Lamprecht of Grey College won the 800m for Boys u17 in 1:55.21. He is the grandson of the first South African to run a dream mile (under four minutes) by the same name De Villiers Lamprecht. His grandfather clocked the first dream mile on 13 November 1964 in Stellenbosch barefoot.
It was a good day for the middle distance runners as Werner Gouws (Affies) will also feel more than happy with his performance of 3:56.48 in the 1500m for Boys u19. Curro Hazeldean’s Tiisetso Malungane (u15) also produced a worthy performance in the 1500m. He won the race in 4:08.21.
While we talking are about Curro Hazeldean, they will, without a doubt, be a force to be reckoned with in this year’s Pretoria B-Bond meeting. If they are promoted to the A-Bond there will be more than a couple of schools in the top section who will be losing a bit more sleep before next season.
Mukona Manavhela of Curro Hazeldean blitzed the 100m for Boys u17 in 10.71 seconds to bag gold. He also won the 200m sprint in a fast 21.36 seconds. Another sprinter from Curro Hazeldean, Inam Dlunge (u19), won his age group’s 100m in only 10.63 seconds. The school’s Lesibe Dikgale (u19) also produced the goods as he won the 400m sprint in 52.88 seconds.
Waterkloof’s Alexander Griesel put up a good performance in the 100m-hurdles for Boys u16 winning it in 13.64 seconds.
