The North West Public Servants teams dominated and scooped most medals at National Public Service Sports and Wellness Championships held at Thaba Tshwane over the weekend.
“The performance of our teams in various sporting codes attest to the determination of our public servants to be the best at what they do and gives us confidence that the winning spirit displayed at the championships would translate into higher productivity to meet the expectations of our communities who are yearning for an effective and efficient public service,” said Premier Thandi Modise is congratulating the team.
“The team made us proud and raised the bar, it is up to departments to sustain programmes aimed at promoting individual wellness, fitness and healthy lifestyles among their employees and for each employee to take advantage of free health and wellness screening for ailments like high blood pressure, cholesterol, Tuberculosis and HIV & Aids and strive for excellent personal health” added Premier Modise.
The provincial team scooped the netball, outdoor tennis doubles and singles,tables tennis, male chess and tug-of-war medals titles and were also second runner up in the outdoor, male chess and ladies tug-of war sporting codes.
Though the team did not do well in the male and female volleyball and ladies soccer, team, the majority of participants from the province dominated the top 10 positions in the fun run and walk code.
Enquiries:
Lesiba Moses Kgwele, spokesperson
Tel : 018 388 3705
Cell : 083 629 1987
Fax :018 388 3157
E-mail: LKgwele@gmail.com
