MOSSEL BAY NEWS - Seven children from Mossel Bay will be competing at national level in the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists competition.

In total eleven learners from the Eden and Central Karoo region were selected to compete nationally including the seven from Mossel Bay.

Medal winners: (Where two learners share a medal, it is because they did a project together.)

Gold
Hartenbos Primary (1): Adiné du Toit and Anika Holtzhauzen; Oakdale Agricultural High School (1): Human Willemse; Outeniqua High (1): Lourick

Fourie; Point High (2): Christi Snyman, Aidan Olsen.

Silver
Knysna High School (3): Geradon J Jantjies; Jacques Terblanche; Andrea Wolmarans; Percy Mdala High (1): Modliwa Kamvelihle and Irian Mwale; Langenhoven High (1): Mianca Oosthuizen; Outeniqua High (1): Dané Wiese; Point High (5): Amy Corkill and Siphesihle Johnson; Janik Janse van Rensburg; Chanté van der Spuy; Nikita Schutte; Shania Fincham and Xanelle Prinsloo.

Bronze
Knysna High School (5): Chantelle Koen; Esona Silimela; Mekyla Engelbrecht; Lisa Bruwer; Belinda Mynhardt

Môrester High School (3): Tuwan van Rooyen; Joran Davids; Edgar Mobiley

Hartenbos Primary (2): Jana Basson; Ryno Fourie

Gerrit du Plessis Secondary (1): Whalika Smith and Kaylin Taute

Point (7): Uthandile Mandleleni; Bianca Combrinck; Ilin Duangchan; Yabo Jika; Bianca de Swardt; Lehandri Marais and Melandé Haarhoff; Aphelele Tyutula and Brad Speelman.

Percy Mdala High (1): Sesona Mahashe

Outeniqua High (4): Alouise Campher and Chantélle Saayman; Marionne Nel; Pieter-Jean Lombard; Ruan Fourie.

All medal winners received cash prizes.

The following learners from the Eden and Central Karoo region will compete in the national Expo competition: Human Willemse (Oakdale Agricultural High), Edgar Mobiley (Môrester High School), Geradon Jantjies (Knysna High), Mandisiwe Nonnies (Indwe Secondary School), Aphelele Tyutula and Brad Speelman (Point), Christi Snyman (Point), Amy Corkhill and Siphesihle Johnson (Point), Lourick Fourie (Outeniqua High) and Aidan Olsen (Point).

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