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Another man shot and robbed

A man was shot in his leg and robbed of a large amount of cash in the Tzaneen CBD on Tuesday morning. Tzaneen police said in a statement that the 46-year old victim visited the FNB Tzaneen branch and withdrew R110 000 before exiting the branch and traveling to the Down Town car wash in Claude Wheatly Street.

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Whilst sitting at the car wash patiently waiting for his vehicle to be washed, he was approached by a tall African man who pointed a firearm at him. The suspect then shot the victim in the leg before robbing him of all his cash and fleeing the scene.

The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where, at the time of this report, he was still recovering. A case of armed robbery was opened and the police are still investigating.

This latest incident follows on earlier incidents reported in this newspaper where individuals were robbed in the CBD shortly after exiting or approaching one of the banks to deposit or withdraw money. In all these instances the victims were approached by armed assailants and shot in the leg before being robbed. All of the incidents occurred in broad daylight and in the view of hundreds of witnesses, yet to date, no arrests have been reported.

Vergarderings, navrae en slaggate

Die eindelose stryd om enige vorm van dienslewering uit die plaaslike munisipaliteit te wurg duur voort terwyl motoriste daagliks deur dit wat oor is van hul paaie, ten koste van duursame motorbande, probeer navigeer.

weet tans wag hulle vir asfalt van die verskaffer af. Daar was ‘n vertraging in aflewering van hul kant af. Ek het wel gesien dat hulle besig was om herstelwerk in Eerstelaan te doen.” het sy gesê. “Ek sal vrae skriftelik aan die Munisipale Bestuurder stel om in die volgende raadsitting te beantwoord en aan jou terugvoering gee.”

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Verlede week het Bulletin berig dat die 300 meter stuk van Minitzanistraat uiteindelik na weke se gesanik herstel is. Die Groter Tzaneense Munisipaliteit (GTM) het ‘n span soontoe gestuur ‘n dag nadat ons foto’s van daardie pad oor sosialemedia gepubliseer het. Dit het in totaal, 174 sakkies teer gevat om die enorme slaggate te vul, en tenspyte daarvan is daar steeds plek-plek nuwe krake en gate wat besig is om te vorm.

Intussen lyk die dorp se paaie soos ‘n lappieskombers met die enigste voordeel dat dit motoriste verhoed om die spoedgrens te oorskry.

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Volgens die plaaslike raadslede word daar egter deurlopend instandhouding aan die paaie gedoen. Na bewering lê die fout by die verskaffer van koue teer en is daar tans ‘n te kort aan die sakkies teer as gevolg van ‘n vertraging in die aflewering deur die verskaffer.

Verlede week het ons die wyksraadslede gevra wanneer die res van die strate in die verskeie wyke herstel sou word en of daar enigsins ‘n plan is waarvolgens die strate wat die meeste verkeer dra, prioriteit kry bo die res. Een van die strate wat die dringenste aandag nodig het is Messerstraat verby Peacemed oppad Magic Build toe.

Op die 26ste April het ons die DA wyksraadslid Chrizelle Dreyer, oor Messerstraat uitgevra. Sy het ondersoek gaan instel. “Messerstraat is gevul met materiaal (bakstene en klippe). Ek het verduideliking van die waarnemende direkteur hieroor versoek en gevra wanneer dit waarskynlik reggestel sal word,” het sy gesê.

‘n Week later het ons weer navraag gedoen en ons wou ook weet wie die verskaffer van die teer is, en hoeveel een sakkie teer die belastingbetalers uit die sak jaag. “Ek het nog nie terugvoer van die departement af ontvang nie. Ek

Op haar beurt het die DA Tzaneen Caucus leier, Rene Pohl, gesê dat sy wéér sou opvolg met die waarnemende hoof van paaie, Olga Tshiseve, om te hoor wat met die paaie in Aquapark gebeur. “Húlle het ‘n program wat gevolg word. Ek het vereis dat prioriteite eerste, en dringend gedoen word. Húlle het ook vir aflewering van teer gewag.”

Wanneer die ouditeurgeneraal se kommentaar oor die munisipaliteit se 2021/2022 finansiële verslag gelees word, is dit egter duidelik dat die swak dienslewering meer met swak beplanning en onkunde te doen het en minder met ‘n verskaffer se laksheid.

Intussen is al die raasdslede en direkteure wéér ‘n keer na Karibu Lodge toe vir ‘n vergardering.

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The bottomless GTM money pit

The Greater Tzaneen Municipality’s annual financial auditor general report for the 2021/2022 period was recently published and it paints a bleak picture. According to the auditor general (AG), reasonable steps were not taken to prevent fruitless and wasteful expenditure amounting to R15 558 964, nor were any reasonable steps implemented to prevent irregular expenditure amounting to R61 462 750 or to prevent unauthorised expenditure amounting to R92 973 907.

In laymen’s terms this means that the GTM did very little to prevent R169 995 621 (almost 170 million) of the taxpayers’ money from being wasted, misappropriated, or spent unnecessarily. The AG stated that much of this was due to improper planning and the settlement of legal disputes.

“Fruitless expenditure was incurred due to late payment of a service provider, overpayment of service provider, financial loss on a Mulati access road project, settlements of legal disputes and employee separation settlements.

Irregular expenditure was incurred as the municipality did not follow proper tender processes on the appointment of service providers and deviating from supply chain management (SCM) processes.

Unauthorised expenditure was incurred due to operating expenditure exceeding the approved budget.”

In the report the AG further stated that expenditure was incurred more than the approved budget, in contravention of section 87(8) of the Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA). This means that the municipality acted in violation of the above-mentioned act which all municipalities must adhere to.

The Municipal Financial Management Act involves managing

a range of interrelated components including planning and budgeting, revenue, cash and expenditure management, procurement, asset management, reporting and oversight.

Furthermore, the AG discovered that some of the irregular expenditure, some of the fruitless and wasteful expenditure, and unauthorised expenditure incurred by the municipality was not investigated to determine if any person is liable for the expenditure, as required by section 32(2)(a) of the MFMA.

Regarding procurement and contract management, the AG said that some of the goods and services of a transaction value above R200 000 were procured without inviting competitive bids, as required by SCM regulation 19(a). Deviations were approved by the accounting officer even though it was not impractical to invite competitive bids, in contravention of SCM regulation 36(1).

Awards were made to providers who were in the service of other state institutions or whose directors / principal shareholders were in the service of other state institutions, in contravention of section 112(1)(j) of the MFMA and SCM regulation 44. Similar awards were identified in the previous year and no effective steps were taken to prevent or combat the abuse of the SCM process, as required by SCM regulation 38(1).

The AG also found that employees of the municipality whose close family members had a private or business interest in contracts awarded by the municipality, failed to disclose such interests. This was also in contravention of SCM regulation 46(2)(e), the code of conduct for councillors issued in terms of the Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 (MSA) and the code of conduct for staff members issued in terms of the MSA.

To view the full report, visit the Greater Tzaneen Municipality’s website or click HERE TO BE REDIRECTED TO THE PUBLISHED REPORT.

Water meter thieves still at it

As the community awaits the first official working date of the recently appointed street patrol teams which were established in various parts of Tzaneen last month, the theft and vandalism of municipal infrastructure continues unabated.

The new street patrollers and newly established CPF are set to complete their training before the end of June this year after which they will start their daily patrols. The idea behind the street patrollers is to curb the current wave of vandalism and crimes in the residential areas and lighten the load on the local security companies and police force with which they will be working closely.

This morning (Friday the 5th of May) residents in Medi Park, more specifically those along First and Second Avenue, awoke to the sight of another six leaking pipes after water meters were stolen by unknown suspects sometime during the evening.

In recent weeks we have reported on the regular vandalism

and theft of water meters, minisubs and in some cases entire fire hydrants. In most of these cases the theft occurred in Medi Park and Flora Park. Another area of concern to local security companies and the Greater Tzaneen Municipality, is Frederick Street in Medi Park where water meters have attracted the unwanted attention of presumably the same group of thieves. We have sent an inquiry to the GTM’s spokesperson, Vutivi Makhubele, to find out how many water meters the municipality have lost to theft in the past few months and what the financial implications of this thievery were.

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Plasies meisies blink uit by die Meer

Die derde rondte van die Limpopo Skole XCO Bergfietskampioenskap het Saterdag die 29ste April op die sprokies-agtige landskap van Stanford Lake College plaasgevind.

Merensky Landbou Akademie het weereens ‘n aantal fietsryers gehad wat die uitdagende roete van die Stanford

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Lake-roete aangepak het.

Twee van Merensky se voorste bergfietsryers, Anke Rood en Sophia van Wyk, het weereens tydens hierdie rondte gewys waarom hul van dié landbou akademie se mees gerekende spanlede is.

Rood het uitstekend die speke van haar fiets laat sing om met die eersteplek in die Junior Vroue-afdeling te spog. Haar spanmaat, van Wyk, wie in die afdeling vir Jeug Meisies gery het, het ook ‘n uitstekende wedren beleef om die eersteplek te verower.

Xihlovo Mkansi het in die negendeplek in die Sub Junior afdeling vir seuns geëindig. Aeden Anderson het ‘n sesdeplek behaal waar hy in die afdeling vir Jeug Seuns deelgeneem het. Sy spanmaat, Wernich Steyn, moes in dieselfde afdeling met die 11de plek tevrede wees.

Hanré van den Berg het ook ‘n sesdeplek behaal, alhoewel hy in die afdeling vir Junior Mans gery het. Geané Anderson sal vir die volgende rondte alles in die styd werp om op haar vierdeplek te verbeter en ‘n podiumplek te verseker. Sy het in die afdeling vir Junior Vroue-afdeling deeltgeneem.

Die fietsryers berei nou voor vir die Limpopo Kampioenskap wat op die 13de Mei te Moorddrift in Mokopane se omgewing gaan plaasvind.

istration Division L.T., Northern Province, Measuring: 1500 (one thousand five hundred) square metres which has been lost or destroyed. All interested persons having objection to the issue of such copy are hereby required to lodge the same in writing with the Registrar of Deeds Limpopo at Polokwane within two weeks from the date of publication of this notice. Applicant : Joubert & May Attorneys. Address: 50 Boundary street, Tzaneen, 0850. Tel no: 015 3073660. Email address: reandi@joubertmay. co.za

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Vurige vyftiental fnuik ‘vriendelike’ vyande

Die vreugdevure het Maandagmiddag die 1ste Mei hoogebrand in die rugbykamp van die Hoërskool Ben Vorster.

Dit na dié eerstespan van die Vossies drie agtereenvolgende skitter oorwinnings by vanjaar se Sportfees, aange bied deur Bergsig Akademie op Rustenburg, behaal het. Hierdie jaarlikse sportfees was vanaf die 27ste April tot Maandag die 1ste Mei beslis en het skole rug byspanne van verskeie provinsies gelok.

In Ben Vorster se eerste wedstryd het hulle die 15-tal van die Hoërskool Jim Fouché gepak. Hierdie op windende stryd het vir lekker klipharde hardloop rugby gesorg. Beide spanne het geweier om bes te gee, maar dit was uiteindelik Ben Vorster wat die oorhand gekry het om met 38-29 te wen. Die Vossies se Laython Nel was as die Speler van die Wedstryd aangewys.

Die volgende dag, Saterdag die 29ste April, het Parel Vallei se span die stryd teen Ben Vorster gevoer. Hoewel die Parel Vallei-spe lers moedig probeer het om die rooi en wit truie te stuit, was hul net nie opgewasse vir hierdie aanslag nie. Ben Vorster het met 20-8 gewen. Die enigste ligpuntjie vir die Parel Vallei-span was toe hul speler, Orin Adams, na die wedstryd aangewys was as die Speler van die Wedstryd.

Volgende in die Vossies se visier vir nog ‘n oorwinning was die span van die Hoërskool Randburg. Daar was min te kies tussen dié twee spanne. Randburg se 15-tal het alles in die stryd gewerp, maar Ben Vorster het weereens nie hul ondersteuners teleurgestel nie en het die wedstryd met 22-16 gewen. Hierdie keer is die Vossies se Divan Spangenberg as die Speler van die Wedstryd aangewys.

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Remember your sunscreen

We are halfway through 2023 and I cannot believe how quickly, or how drastically things have changed since I last looked in the mirror. For one thing, the last time I looked in the mirror like this, my son was staring up at me from the floor as I shaved, hardly able to construct a single coherent sentence.

Today I looked in the mirror whilst my son argued with his sister over which mod to install in Minecraft and could she please turn down the tv because if he had to hear “Dance Monkey” one more

time he’d ask me to change the wifi password. A lot changed since we made it through the lockdowns.

Point is, we made it through the lockdowns. We made it through the skelm business partners, the skelm employees, the skelm politicians, the moving of offices from one venue to the next and even that time we couldn’t find the courage to fix that pool.

There is a saying that states, love makes you blind and pain makes you see. Well.

It’s bright outside and I forgot to bring my sunglasses.

Be a better birder

Where does one start? Bird photography is the most challenging, difficult, expensive and time-consuming of all the nature photography disciplines. But without a fraction of a doubt the most rewarding. I hope that I will be able to convince you to take up this challenge as there has been a lot of advancement made in consumer type equipment that will provide you with hours of satisfaction and growth in your skills as a photographer. In this monthly column, aimed specifically at the bird watching community of which I have been an active member for many years, we will discuss shutter speed, aperture, ISO, burst mode, continuous shooting, focusing techniques and most importantly lighting and composition.

Without question, bird flight photography requires skill, hours of practice, and some measure of luck. However, it also requires fore thought, preparation and an artistic eye to take it to the next level. It is more than just settings; it’s about understanding how to use location, setting and lighting, and then timing your shot for that perfect capture!

There’s no rush, We are going to take a casual stroll - one step at a time. I want to leave you today with this lesson: Rule of thirds and photo framing. If you memorize one “rule” in photography, it should be the rule of thirds.

The rule of thirds divides an image into equal thirds, like a grid, then places key components of the photo into the intersections of the vertical and horizontal lines. Here is an example of the rare Honey Buzzard which I photographed visiting Limpopo, applying this very same rule. The Honey Buzzard population in Southern Africa is the furthest South of the African non-breeding populations, and demonstrated a small increase in numbers over the past three decades despite

the species’ global decline (Kostrzewa 1987; Löhmus 2005;Bensusan et al. 2007;Howes et al. 2019). Prior to approximately 2004, the honey buzzard was an exceptionally rare vagrant in the Southern African sub-region (e.g., 1-2 records annually) (Howes et al. 2019). My name is Helgard De Villiers and you can follow my work on Facebook by clicking here .

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6 May

Joshua na die Reën tree 6 Mei 2023 op by The Olive Tree vanaf 17:00 teen R200.00 per persoon. Vir meer inligting skakel Clinton by 076 961 3761 of Belinda by 072 877 0184.

6 May

Die Antjies Bulletjie Rugby & Mini Netbal Dag word aangebied op 6 Mei 2023 by Laerskool Dr Annecke vanaf 08:00 tot 13:00. Vir meer inligting skakel Paula by 082 258 4596

20 May

Die Pottery Verf Workshop word aangebied op 20 Mei 2023 by Paint Pot vanaf 09:00 teen R480.00 per persoon. Vir meer inligting skakel Desiré Bester by 079 099 7054.

20 May

The Out in Africa Gala Dinner will be held on Saturday, 20 May 2023 at the Dream an’ Do Centre at Stanford Lake College. For more information contact 015 276 6103.

26 May

The SAVF Kleuterskool Golf Day will be held on 26 May 2023 at the Tzaneen Country Club from 11:00 at R1800.00 per four ball. For more information contact Michelle on 071 644 0521 or Mia on 063 827 6374.

4 June

The Mina’s Neighbourhood Market will be held on the 4th of June 2023. For more information contact 060 331 2681.

Die swembad is aan die brand!

■ Ben Theunissen

Dawid lyk erg beswaard toe hy ateljee 13 binnestap. Die drie van ons se aandag verskuif eensklaps na sy aankoms.

Sonder om ‘n woord te sê en ons nuuskierigheid te bevredig, bestel hy ‘n koue een. Nie dat daar baie meer oor was in daardie stadium nie, aangesien Dawid heelwat laat was en ons drie maar intussen die lafenis moes gebruik om van die dag se stres te probeer vergeet.

Hoe harder ons probeer het, hoe makliker het ons vergeet...van alles...tot die hoeveelheid koues wat gebruik is. Nadat Dawid sy eerste keelstreel gebruik het, kon ons dit nie meer langer verdra nie...dis nou die frons op sy voorkop.

“Hier sit drie van jou beste vriende wat altyd gereed is om jou bekommernisse te deel, en jy sê nie ‘n woord nie”, begin Kommissaris.

“Ja, dis baie hartseer”, begin Dawid.

“My buurman, Trollie, se swembad het gister afgebrand”, en dit wil lyk of hy naby aan trane is.

Om drie vriende saam te hoor stik aan hulle sopies, is nie ‘n alledaagse gebeurtenis nie en boonop klink dit nes ‘n brandweerwa se brandslang wat oopgedraai word.

Dit is in oomblikke soos hierdie wanneer selfbeheersing en nugtere denke moet oorheers. Op daardie gegewe oomblik was selfbeheersing makliker as nugter denke.

Dit is toe die selfbeheersing wat Weyers laat vra: “Hoe is dit moontlik?”

“Moenie my vra nie”, is al wat Dawid uitkry. “Ek was so geskok dat ek nie eers vir Trollie gevra het nie”

Daarom dat nie een van ons drie enige verdere vrae gevra het nie. Al wat Weyers toe opmerk is “Hy was seker van sy naam af.” Toe lag Dawid vir die eerste keer met sy aankoms.

Kommisaris vertel toe, terwyl die atmosfeer effens ontspanne is, na Dawid se slegte nuus: “Dit laat my dink aan die ou wat sy vriende uitgenooi het om sy nuwe swembad te vier...toe daag vyf op. Hulle het dit so geniet om in die swembad in te duik dat hulle later besluit het om dit vol water te maak.”

Toe lag Dawid nog lekkerder. Soveel so dat dit nie meer saak gemaak het of die tweede koue wat hy bestel het, nog koud was nie. Weyers moes toe ook ‘n druppel in die swembad gooi.

“Ek het in ‘n stadium drie swembaddens gehad. Een was warm, een was koud en die derde was leeg...vir die ouens wat nie kon swem nie.”

Dit het tot gevolg gehad dat die koues al warmer geraak het.

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Vossies kyk Bergies diep in die oë

Die Hoërskool Ben Vorster se meisies en seuns eerste hokkiespanne het op Rustenburg by Bergsig Akademie se jaarlikse Sporttoernooi deeglik hul stempel afgedruk. Die toernooi is van die 27ste April tot die 1ste Mei aangebied.

Dit was veral die Buffelkraal se meisies hokkiespan wat deurgaans beëindruk het met die aantal seges wat hulle behaal het.

In die twee kragmetings teen die span van Rob Ferreira het Ben Vorster die een wedstryd met 1-0 gewen en in die volgende ontmoeting ‘n oorwinning van 2-1 aangeteken.

Die span van Selly Park kon nie ‘n antwoord op Ben Vorster se aanvallende spel gee nie en het met 0-3 teen die Tzaneense besoekers vasgeval.

Die gasheerskool, Bergsig Akademie, se hokkiemeisies is ietwat verneder na Ben Vorster hulle in beide wedstryde gemaklik geklop het. In die eerste ontmoeting het Ben Vorster ‘n weghol oorwinning van 0-5 gevier en in die tweede kragmeting het Bergsig moedig probeer, maar kon geen teenstand bied teen die Rooi Golf nie en het die keer met 0-2 die afgtog geblaas.

Ben Vorster se seuns eerste hokkiespan het gemengde welslae in hul wedstryde behaal, alhoewel die span egter geen van hul kragmetings verloor het nie.

In die Vossies se eerste ontmoeting teen Selly Park het hulle met 2-1 gewen. In die tweede kragmeting het beide spanne mekaar behoorlik opgekeil en die wedstryd het uiteindelik met een doel elk (1-1) geëindig.

Die tweedespan van Selly Park het ook die Vossies se seuns eerste hokkiespan aangedurf en het met ‘n loesing van 0-2 ‘n hokkiesles ontvang. Die wedstryd teen Bergsig het vir ‘n taai en opwindende tweestryd gesorg.

Beide spanne het twee doele (2-2) aangeteken en geen van dié twee spanne kon daarna slaag om die wendoel in die doelhok te slaan nie.

Die deelnemende skole by Bergsig se sporttoernooi wat ook rugby en netbal ingesluit het, was Hoërskole

Ben Vorster, Randburg, Riebeeckrand, Die Wilgers, Rob Ferreira, Rustenburg, Frikkie Meyer, Jim Fouché, Linden, Grenswag, Koster, Parel Valley High School, Krugersdorp High, Queens High, Rustenburg Rugby Akademie, Grenville, Selly Park en Fields College.

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■ Roelof de Jonge

Die Limpopo spanne vir die 2023 seisoen is aangewys en ‘n hele paar Laerskool Tzaneen spelers is in die verskeie spanne opgeneem.

Ilana Lubbe, Lika Nel en Shekinah Ramabulana is ingesluit in die O/13 A-span wat gaan deelneem aan die Interprovinsiale toernooi in Bloemfontein vanaf die 1ste tot die 5de Julie.

Maryna Jacobsz, Mandla Nkuna, Ndzaka Twala en Livhuwani Makwarela is in die Ben C-spanne ingesluit. Hierdie spanne sal aan ‘n toernooi in Potchefstroom vanaf die 29ste Junie tot 3de Julie deelneem.

Die O/12 spelers wie in die streekspanne ingesluit is, is Kaylee Dreyer, Dunay Dreyer, Jany Norval, Kgotatso Senyolo, Willem Mostert, Celbie Rabopape, Ruan Bieldt, Luan Lubbe, Refentse Pheladi en Liam Fourie. Hierdie spelers sal in Krugersdorp vanaf die 30ste Junie tot die 4de Julie deelneem.

Leeutjies brul op Kingspark

Top drie op Super 12

Die Laerskool Tzaneen Eerste rugbyspan, asook hul O/12 netbalspan het albei derde plekke in die Super 12 rugby- en netbalkompetisie se eindstryde op Camp Discovery verwerf. Hierdie wedstryde het Woensdag, die 19de April afgespeel.

Drie van die Laerskool Tzaneen se swemmers, Mari Bru-wer, Milan Ferreira en Marny du Plessis het Limpopo tydens die Suid-Afrikaanse Skole Swemkampioenskappe op Kingspark in Durban verteenwoordig. Die kampioenskappe is vanaf die 20ste tot die 24ste April gehou.

Bruwer het in die dogters 12 jaar kategorie aan vier items asook die aflosse deelgeneem en het in al haar items die eindrondtes gehaal. Sy behaal ‘n tiende plek in die 100m rugslag, ‘n sesde plek in die 50m rugslag, ‘n negende plek in die 200m borsslag en ‘n negende plek in die 50m vryslag. Du Plessis het in twee items asook die aflosse deelgeneem en het in die hoogs mededingde uitdunne van die 100m rugslag ‘n twaalfde plek los geswem. Sy het later tydens die uitdunne van die 200 Individuele Wisselslag ‘n veertiende plek los geswem.

Ferreira het ook aan vier items en die aflosse deelgeneem en het in die eindrondte van die 100m vryslag ‘n sewende plek behaal.

www.farnorthbulletin.co.za 5 May 2023 FAR NORTH MEDIA 8 Tzaneen maak spanne
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Kgotatso Senyolo, Willem Mostert, Liam Fourie, Dreyer, Celbie Rabopape, Dreyer, Ruan Bieldt, Jany Norval, Refentse Pheladi. Afwesig: Luan Lubbe . Ilana Lubbe, Shekinah Ramabulana, Lika Nel. Mandla Nkuna, Maryna Jacobsz, Livhuwani Makwarela. Afwesig: Ndzaka Twala Mari Bruwer, Marny du Plessis en Milan Ferreira. Voor: Themba Makelane, Nsuku Mhangwana,Eligh Hopper, Altus Vorster, Jandré Venter, Arno Richards, Ndzhaka Twala, Willem Mostert, Ntsako Ngoveni. Agter: Kau Magoba, Humble Manzini, Ruan Bieldt, Raylen Reed, Francois Thiart, Eli du Plessis, Conrad Venter, Nkateko Moifo, Nthabeleng Makwela. Voor: Me Gerda Steenkamp (afrigter), Karabo Mametja, Ruvé Malan, Tshidi Ramodike, Me Carina Boshoff (afrigter). Agter: Kaylee Dreyer, Mari Bruwer, Chloë Snyman, Ndlovukasi Zwane en Dunay Dreyer.

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in die saal

Verlede naweek is die Limpopo kwalifiserenede rondtes van die Western Mounted Games op Erica Homan se gronde net buite Tzaneen, op Saterdag die 29ste, en Sondag die 30ste April gehou. Hierdie kwalifiserende rondtes word deur perderuiters gebruik om te kwalifiseer vir die Limpopospan.

Daar word nege van hierdie rondtes in Limpopo aangebied waarvan agt gewone rondtes is. Elke ruiter moet ten minste drie van die kwalifiserende rondtes ry en aan ten minste 11 van die 13 verskillende spele (oftewel “games”) deelneem om in aanmerking te kom vir die provinsiale-span.

Die laaste van dié kwalifiseerende rondtes is ‘n Ope Byeenkoms en nie ‘n skole toernooi nie. Dit word die Streeksbyeenkoms genoem en elke ruiter wie kwalifiseer vir die Limpopospan kom op hierdie byeenkoms bymekaar en neem teen mekaar deel waarna die Limpopo-spanne bekend gemaak gaan word. Hierdie spanne neem op provinsiale-vlak teen die top ruiters in die land deel om in aanmerking te kom vir die Suid-Afrikaanse span (SANEF-span). Tzaneen spog reeds met ‘n paar ruiters wie hierdie jaar verkies is tot die nasionale span insluitend Clayton en Cliff Wiggill, Ané Pretorius, Adriaan van Brakel, Anisa Muller en Ruvan Lourens. Hierdie ruiters moet nog aan die einde van die jaar deelneem om amptelik hul nasionale kleure te kry.

Saterdag se top ruiters was Anisa Muller van Hoedspruit (algeheel tweede), Sameul Lourens van Groblersdal (algeheel derde), en Wilisna Wiggill van Tzaneen (algeheel eerste). Sondag se top drie was Clayton Wiggill van Tzaneen (algeheel derde), Ané Pretorius van Hoërskool Hans Strijdom (algeheel tweede) en Clayton Wiggill van Tzaneen (algeheel eerste).

Hoërskool Hans Strijdom was algeheel eerste in die skole afdeling se Vlak 4 kompetisie met Merensky Landbou Akademie in die tweede plek en PHS was derde na afloop van die naweek se rondtes.

Die volgende kwalifiserende rondte sal op Pietersburg op die 16de en 17de Junie gery word.

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