Practice times: 18h00 - 19h30 (jnr) & 19h30 - 21h00 (snr) Tue & Thu

• Three participants at the World Senior championships in Denmark – Heinrich Barnes, Gerald Meyer and Etienne van Huyssteen.
• An African Junior Champion – Zumicke Geringer
• Four silver medals at the African Senior Championships – Pieter Pienaar, Gerald Meyer and Etienne van Huyssteen – in both the Freestyle and Greco-Roman categories.
• Five members of the Senior Protea Team – Heinrich, Gerald, Pieter and Zumicke.
• Five Junior Proteas – Zhuan Broodryk, Cobus Coetzee, Zumicke Geringer, Louis Minnaar, and Nhlankanipo Shongwe and one member of the SA Cadet Team (Danie Odendaal.)
• A World Masters Champion – Willem Putter achieving this for the fourth time in five years.
• 21 National Champions
• 9 Silver and 11 Bronze medals at National championships.  

TUKS WRESTLING
SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONS AND MEDAL WINNERS 2009
GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
SA SENIORS FREESTYLE
Gerald Meyer	Estiaan Louw	Louis Minnaar
Etienne van Huyssteen	Bennie Labuschagne	Roelf Odendaal
Zumicke Geringer
SA YOUTH FREESTYLE
Herkie Coetzee	Marnus Linde	Raynard de Wet
Ruan Botha	Josua Botha	Jos Boshoff
Christiaan Schultz	Henry Linde	Jes Boshoff
Ulrich Benade		Heinrich Meyer
Dylon Marais		Brand de Villiers
Paul Teitge		Immanuel Boshoff
Reynardt Louw
SA JUNIOR FREESTYLE
	Louis Minnaar	Zhuan Broodryk
SA PRESIDENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Requir van der Merwe	Brand de Villiers	Fourth places Ulrich Benade Dylon Marais Henry Linde Cobus Coetzee Hannes Ebersohn
Elandre Beukes
Zumicke Geringer
SA MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Bennie Labuschagne	Dok Theo Kruger
Willem Putter
SA GRECO ROMAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Louis Minnaar (Junior)	Zhuan Broodryk	Reynhardt Louw
Nhlankanipho Shongwe (Junior)		Elandre Beukes
Louis Minnaar (senior)
Nhlankanipho Shongwe (senior)
Dean van Zyl
Etienne van Huyssteen
SA GRADING TOURNAMENT (NATIONAL TRIALS)
Danie Odendaal	Louis Minaar
Cobus Coetzee	Renier Louw
Pieter Pienaar
Gerald Meyer
Etienne van Huyssteen
Zumicke Geringer
Grieks-Romeins
Louis Minaar	Zhuan Broodryk
	Nhlankanipho Shongwe
	Dean van Zyl

• International participation, tours etc – R2 500 per tour.
• Top-10 place World Championships – R2 500 bonus
• Medal at World Championships – additional R2 500 bonus
• Medals at African championships – Gold R1 500; Silver R1 000 and Bronze R500.
• Wrestlers included in team to Olympic Games – R5 000.
• Officials, coaches and team managers that accompany national teams – R2 500.

• Contributions will only be made to wrestlers whose club fees are settled (training and tournament fees). For wrestlers who owe Tuks Wrestling money the contribution will be used to settle outstanding debts and the remainder is paid out to the wrestler.
• Loans to a maximum of R7 500 will be made for international participation. Agreements will be drawn up for such loans including monthly debit orders.
• These decisions are applicable from 1 January 2008.
• TuksWrestling has a policy to support its wrestlers where possible to enable them to participate and excel at international level. Money raised through sponsorships or fund-raising events (e.g. golf days) are being used to support our wrestlers.

• Participation in tournaments as determined by coaches – national and provincial championships, provincial opens and AA-events, Tuks Open.
• Wearing of Tuks tracksuits, singlets and T-shirts at all events.
• Contribution towards coaching and official duties (where possible).

• Graded officials (1 X 7 wrestlers) – R120 per tournament
• Learner officials (1 X 3 wrestlers) – R80 per tournament
• All costs for officials’ courses and exams are paid for by the Club.

• Coaching duties at tournaments are included in the existing contributions for coaches.
• Advances in coaches’ gradings will result in amendments to the contributions paid.