KNYSNA NEWS - Two Oakhill College learners qualified as finalists for junior sportswoman of the year at the 2018 Eden Sports Awards, which honours the hard work and dedication to sport by athletes from the region.
Aimee Canny (Grade 8) and Sophia Trollip (Grade 10) attended the gala event at the Oudtshoorn Civic Centre on Friday 27 July, which was hosted by the provincial department of cultural affairs and sport (DCAS) and the Eden Sport Council, in partnership with the Oudtshoorn Municipality.
Aimee is currently ranked first in SA for 50m and 100m freestyle. In the July school holidays, she competed in the Mare Nostrum series in Monaco, which featured some of the world's best swimmers, including Katinka Hosszu and Missy Franklin.
Aimee finished fourth in the B final for both the 50m and 100m freestyle. She then spent four days in Italy on a training camp with Graham Hill, the head coach of SA Swimming. She ended the tour by doing an International Club Gala and achieved 1 second place and two fourth places in an open age group category.
Also in the July holidays, Sophia attended an U16 SA Water Polo squad training session after playing in the Cana Zone IV Tournament earlier this year. In addition to Sophia's national and provincial representation in water polo, she also has four years of provincial hockey under her belt.
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