By REGINALD KANYANE
1 April 2025- The young athletes who performed well during the Provincial School Sports Championships, will represent the North West province during the 2025 Autumn National School Sports Championships that will take place in Bloemfontein from 2 to 8 April 2025. Team North West is going to the National Championships with the support of the North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation (ACSR).
The North West Department of Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation spokesperson, Shuping Sebolecwe said they will be sending them off on the April 2 at Rio Hotel in Klerksdorp at 9am. Sebolecwe said the National Championships will include swimming, track and field activities with Learners with Special Education Needs (LSEN) and mainstream schools -Primary and Secondary Athletes.
“Events contested will be Javelin, Short Put, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Discuss and swimming with participation by both mainstream and LSEN. The province will be well-represented with as Athletics Mainstream boys will have 27 representatives from Dr Kenneth Kaunda, 19 from Bojanala, 8 from Ngaka Modiri Molema and 6 from Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati.
“The province will be represented by 21 girls from Dr Kenneth Kaunda, 9 from Bojanala, 1 from Ngaka Modiri Molema and 1 from Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati on the Athletics Mainstream girls,” he said.
Sebolecwe further said 16 boys from Dr Kenneth Kaunda, 5 from Bojanala and 1 from Ngaka Modiri Molema, will represent the province on Athletics LSEN Boys. He added that 13 girls from Dr Kenneth Kaunda, 5 from Bojanala and 1 from Ngaka Modiri Molema will represent the province on Athletics LSEN Girls.
“In Swimming Female category, 8 girls from Dr Kenneth Kaunda and 9 from Bojanala will represent the province, while in Swimming Male category, 14 boys from Dr Kenneth Kaunda, 15 from Bojanala and 2 from Ngaka Modiri Molema, will represent the province,” said Sebolecwe.
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