Page 1 of 5 The Sports-Olympiad 2010 at Hermannsburg / KwaZulu-NatalFrom 5 March -10 March 2010 the Sports-Olympiad of the five major German Private Schools in southern Africa took place at Hermannsburg. Starting in 1986 this Olympiad is organized every two years with the private schools from Johannesburg (DSJ), Pretoria (DSP), Cape Town (DSK), Hermannsburg (DSH) and Windhoek (DHPS) participating.
The students of these schools compete in - swimming - athletics and - major games (soccer, European handball, volleyball, basketball). A total of 48 athletes, 24 boys and 24 girls, represented the DHPS at Hermannsburg.
Unfortunately, Given Gariseb and Kristof Lerch were injured and had to stay at home.
Only a few days before the Olympiad the DHPS was visited by the well-known German slam-poet Bas Böttcher. During a workshop he impressed the head of the PE-Department in such a way that the latter had to express his fears and hopes with regard to the performance of the DHPS in a slam-poem… Die Olympiade, Sie kennt keine Gnade, Sonst wär sie auch sehr fade. Uns juckts schon in der Wade, Und es wäre schade, Wenn wir dort gerade Nicht noch einmal gewinnen könnten. Trying to get these mixed feelings under control the team of the DHPS left Windhoek on Wednesday 3 March and travelled via Botswana all the way to Sterkfontein near Harrismith, RSA, which was reached on Thursday 4 March at about 10 am. Break. Nap. Lunch. Relaxed sports activities in the afternoon. The following day Hermannsburg was reached at around 3 pm. The first part of mission ‘Olympiad’ had been accomplished. |
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