{"id":154677,"date":"2025-04-09T08:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T06:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/?p=154677"},"modified":"2025-04-09T09:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:43:35","slug":"oos-wes-tuis-bes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/oos-wes-tuis-bes\/","title":{"rendered":"Oos wes, tuis bes!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/bom-squad-huldig-sir-lowrys-pass-rugbyhelde\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"154763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/oos-wes-tuis-bes\/img_8321\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8321.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 1300D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1743865684&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;90&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8321\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8321-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8321-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8321-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8321-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8321-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8321-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sir Lowry&#8217;s Pass se Blitzbok-ster Gino Cupido het n\u00e1 sy uitstekende spel teruggekeer na sy plaaslike gemeenskap en die afgelope Saterdag (5 April) &#8216;n spesiale erkenningsgeleentheid as eregas van die &#8220;Bom-squad&#8221; bygewoon. Di\u00e9 jong rugbytalent het vir die geleentheid na sy alma mater, Sir Lowry&#8217;s Pass Prim\u00eare Skool, teruggekeer waar hy saam met klein Elijah Hindley op die veld gedraf en die geesdriftige kleuter skopvaardighede gewys het. Die erkenningsgeleentheid was ter viering van die gemeenskap se rugby-legendes en oudspelers wat in die rugbyw\u00eareld &#8216;n indruk gemaak het (&#8220;&#8216;Bom-squad&#8217; huldig SLP-rugbyhelde,&#8221; DistriksPos &amp; Helderberg Gazette, 9 April). 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