Paradigm Sports Academy’s Kyra-Ashleigh Blanckenberg, 16, a Grade 11 pupil at Rocklands High, finished in third place overall and third in the bar and vault divisions at last week’s Women Artistic Gymnastic (WAG) District Trials, in Eversdal, Brackenfell. Picture: Fuad Esack
Members of the Paradigm Sports Academy Gymnastics Club, based at Spine Road High School, performed well in recent competitions, including last weekend’s Cape Town Gymnastics Women Artistic Gymnastic (WAG) District Trials, in Eversdal, Brackenfell, and the Western Cape district trials in Stellenbosch a week earlier.
Paradigm Sports Academy’s Kyra-Ashleigh Blanckenberg, 16, a Grade 11 pupil at Rocklands High, finished in third place overall and third in the bar and vault divisions at last week’s Women Artistic Gymnastic (WAG) District Trials, in Eversdal, Brackenfell. Picture: Fuad EsackParadigm Sports Academy’s Kyra-Ashleigh Blanckenberg, 16, has been doing gymnastics for 11 years and joined Paradigm in 2018. She finished in third place overall at last week’s district trials, in Brackenfell. Her younger sister Kay-den, 11, a Grade 5 pupil at Montague Drive Primary School, also did gymnastics previously but has since switched to schools’ netball. Picture: Fuad EsackParadigm Sports Academy gymnast Kyra-Ashleigh Blanckenberg, 16, and her sister Kay-den. Picture: fuad EsackPictured are Paradigm Sports Academy gymnasts Reese Morkel, left, and Kyra-Ashleigh Blanckenberg. The two performed well at last week’s WAG district trials in Brackenfell, with Kyra finishing in third place overall and both going through to next month’s Western Cape championships in Saldanha Bay. Paradigm Sports Academy’s Daniel Alfred, 17, left, and Zac Thomas, 14, in playful mood following an impressive performance at the Western Cape district trials in Stellenbosch, a fortnight ago. Daniel won five gold medals and took first place overall. Zac finished third overall, winning one gold medal and a bronze medal. Daniel Alfred, right, takes the number one spot on the podium, at the Western Cape district trials in Stellenbosch, a fortnight ago.
