By Jan Blom | Programme director
We enjoyed a number of highlights over recent months which ranged from the achievements of our members through to the acquisition of some key equipment, as well as the ongoing progress we are making with our Nemato Change a Life community centre.
Perhaps the outstanding achievement has been that of Siyabulela, our young champion trampolinist. At the age of 15 Siyabulela won the 2018 South African Junior Trampoline award. In addition, he earned the highest points of all participants, including seniors, on the double trampoline at the recent South African trials for entry to the Tokyo World Championships. Siyabulela’s achievement was all the more remarkable given that he couldn’t train on our own very dilapidated double mini trampoline. Nevertheless, Siyabulela will be representing South Africa at the Junior World Championships in Tokyo later this year. And, we are happy to report that with the financial assistance of Change a Life we have ordered a new, top level double-mini trampoline which we hope will arrive in time for Siyabulela to train ahead of his Tokyo challenge.
Owing to the range of activities we offer our members, and the lack of reliable public transport in our area, we face significant challenges in getting our members to their various events with our single mini-bus. Fortunately Change a Life has again come to our assistance with a second Toyota min-bus which will greatly improve our involvement in current and future activities.
Although not as prominent as our members’ sporting achievements, the progress our members have been making in mathematics through our after-school classes is probably more satisfying and perhaps even more important. Our approach to turning the process of learning and understanding mathematical principles into an exciting experience through using tricks and games is so successful that some of our members are able to out-perform other learners up to four grades further ahead at school.
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