South Africa were the overall winners at the All Africa Waterskiing Championships at the Von Bach Dam over the Easter weekend, winning the team event with 6 139,45 points, while Namibia came second with 4907,74 points. South Africa’s GJ Visser was the male All Africa champion in the slalom event, while compatriot Simon Fairbank was the male All Africa champion in the tricks and jumps events.

South Africa’s Leandra Le Forestier was the female All Africa champion in the slalom and tricks events.

Namibian skiers however excelled by winning some of the individual categories that were contested.

Andre Mostert was the overall champion in the Senior Men’s category, Silja Waldschmidt was the overall champion in the Girls Under 14 category and Sylvia Schmidt was the overall champion in the Girls Under 17 category.

South African skiers won the other individual awards on offer, with Simon Fairbank winning the Open Men category, Eamon van der Merwe winning the Boys Under 14 award and Tyrone Stroberg winning the Boys Under 17 category.

Two new All African records were established at the event with Leandre Le Forestier setting a new record in the Senior Women’s Slalom event, while Eamon van der Merwe set a new record in the Boys Under 14 slalom event.

For the first time, Wakeboarding was included as part of the All Africa Games and the contestants thrilled the crowds with some amazing manoeuvres like the ‘helicopter,’ ‘the scarecrow,’ and ‘the elephant.’

Dylan Mitchell of South Africa was the overall winner of the wakeboarding competition which saw a total of 10 South Africans and two Namibians participating.

The All Africa Championships were preceded by the Namibian National Championships on Friday, April 2, where the various winners were as follows:

Under 12 girls:
Sylvia Schulz of Namibia won the slalom and tricks events.

Under 12 boys:
Dieter Kebble of Namibia won the slalom and tricks events.

Under 14 girls:
Elizna Schutte of South Africa won the slalom event while Namibia’s Silja Waldschmidt won the tricks and jumps events.

Under 14 boys:
Eamon van der Merwe of South Africa won the slalom and tricks events, while Kyron Sprake of Namibia won the jump event.

Under 17 girls:
Natasha Rottcher of Namibia won the slalom; Silvia Schmidt of Namibia won the tricks and Jolynde Aucamp of Namibia won the jump event.

Under 17 boys:
Marco Kiesewetter of Namibia won the slalom; Jaryd Cohen of South Africa won the trick event and Tyrone Stroberg of South Africa won the jump event.

Under 21 girls:
Stephanie Rottcher of Namibia won the slalom while Hannelie Aucamp of Namibia won the jump.

Under 21 boys:
GJ Visser of South Africa won the slalom, while Luke Schmidt of Namibia won the tricks and jump events.

Open Men:
Simon Fairbank of South Africa won the slalom and jumps, while Loic Ricaud of France won the tricks event.

Senior Women I (35-45 years)
Heike Schulz of Namibia won the slalom and tricks event.

Senior Men I (35-45 years)
Gerald Rottcher of Namibia won the slalom event.

Senior Men II (45-55 years)
Andre Mostert of Namibia won the slalom, the tricks and the jump event.

Senior Women III (Above 55 years old)
Jan Johnson of South Africa won the slalom event.

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