Seven presidential awards for Boland Athletics
2010-11-18
MORE than 150 4- and 5-star awards were issued during the 2010 Coca Cola 5-Star Achiever Award function in Paarl last week to athletes, coaches, administrators and officials from Boland Athletics who achieved success at national or international level. Seven Presidential Awards for outstanding performance or service were presented. One of them went to athlete Luvo Maniyonga, Paarl’s u.19 long jump athlete (Maties), who won a gold medal at the 2010 SA Youth and Junior Championship and at the IAAF World Junior Championships (SA Junior Record of 8,19m). The other presidential awards went to Peninsula Beverage and the National Lotteries Distribution Board (financial contribution to Boland Athletics in excess of R200 000 in one financial year), Cape Winelands Municipal District and administrators Lionel Hill, Kosie Koopman, Mossie Mostert (all for outstanding service to Boland Athletics over many years). For the third consecutive year Boland Athletics set a new record by winning more medals in 2010 at the various national and international champion- ships events than previous years. The most remarkable achievement was during the 2010 ASA Youth and Junior Championships when the Boland Athletes won 45 medals, the most ever at this level, finishing second on the medal tally with Central Gauteng Athletics a mere four medals ahead. Four years ago, Central Gauteng Athletics finished more than 30 medals ahead of Boland Athletics on this medal tally.
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