{"id":48945,"date":"2016-11-30T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T08:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/gimnasts-excel-wide-20161130\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:40:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:40:50","slug":"gimnasts-excel-wide-20161130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/gimnasts-excel-wide-20161130\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimnasts excel wide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"00b36dd8\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/4754\/de4109e0cd9b455cad1689623afba348.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/21fd4bb70fc64571a76df2634d207d40.jpg\" title=\"Excel: The Bethlehem Gymnastics Club was named the best club in the Northern Free State. From the left are Marietjie Pieters (trainer), Nathan Naud\u00e9 (highest award for the Northern Free State at the SAGF competition in fourth place), Jaco Cilliers (trainer), Karli Prinsloo (highest award for the Northern Free State at the SAGF competition in 12th place) and Eugenie-May Botha (trainer).Photo\u2019s: Marguerite Vermeulen\n\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Excel: The Bethlehem Gymnastics Club was named the best club in the Northern Free State. From the left are Marietjie Pieters (trainer), Nathan Naud\u00e9 (highest award for the Northern Free State at the SAGF competition in fourth place), Jaco Cilliers (trainer), Karli Prinsloo (highest award for the Northern Free State at the SAGF competition in 12th place) and Eugenie-May Botha (trainer).Photo\u2019s: Marguerite Vermeulen\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"a8b1d491\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/4754\/3f20d348f0da49aeacb6d3c5cbeb6703.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9c8cd14c0cc1496981b6221d9b18cc0d.jpg\" title=\"The Bethlehem Gimnastics Club had its prize-giving recently. Some of the many top achievers were from the left, front: Bentley Schoeman (9.33 at the NOVS Championship for level one to three); back: Nathan Naud\u00e9 (highest average at the Free State Championships with 9.06), Marlene Bester (9.23 at the NOVS Championship for level one to three) and Karli Prinsloo (highest average at the Free State Championships with 8.95).\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The Bethlehem Gimnastics Club had its prize-giving recently. 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