Al het hy besluit om vanwe\u00eb sy sporttalent sy skoolloopbaan in die noorde voort te sit, bly Demitri Erasmus se hart in Grabouw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 graad 12-leerder aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein in Pretoria is nie net vir die SA Skolespan gekies nie, maar het ook \u2019n kontrak by die Blou Bulle-rugbyunie losgespeel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens sy trotse ma, wat steeds in Grabouw bly, gee sy alle eer aan die Here vir haar \u201cyster\u201d se prestasie. \u201cEk wil ook graag die Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein bedank en veral Gustav Theunissen en die afrigters wat nooit opgehou glo het in Demitri nie. Dankie vir die moeite wat julle in ons seun gesit het. Ons is nooit spyt dat ons hom na julle toe laat gaan het op die ouderdom van 15 nie. Dankie ook aan sy ander \u2018ma\u2019, Vernadette Lourens, dat julle so mooi na hom gekyk het,\u201d het Daina Erasmus ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Daina huil hulle steeds van blydskap nadat hulle die goeie nuus gehoor het. \u201cMy man is altyd die een wat hom moed inpraat as hy huis toe verlang. Ons is geweldig trots op hom en so dankbaar oor dit wat die Here oor sy lewe gebring het,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Demitri het sy skoolloopbaan in Glen Elgin Prim\u00ear begin en is toe na HTS Drostdy voordat talentsoekers hom raakgesien het en \u2019n beurs vir Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein aangebied het. \u201cHy het baie goed op laerskoolvlak presteer en Boland drie keer verteenwoordig,\u201d vertel Daina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 buitesenter met sy vlugvoetige voete laat jou dink aan die jong Danie Gerber. Selfs sy afrigters noem hom die speler met die voete van goud en selfs 007, want hy sien \u2019n breek en kom met elke lopie \u00f3f oor die voordeellyn \u00f3f gaan kuier agter die doellyn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Demitri leef vir rugby en kan nie wag om Saterdae, as hy nie self op die rugbyveld is, sy gunstelingspan, die All Blacks, te ondersteun nie. \u201cEk hou van die passie waarmee hulle elke wedstryd aandurf. My gunstelingspeler is die Nieu-Seelandse senter Rieko Ioane en die provinsiale span wat ek ondersteun, is die Chiefs,\u201d vertel hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy is ook iemand wat nie toelaat dat omstandighede hom onderkry nie en s\u00ea elke uitdaging is vir hom \u2019n geleentheid. \u201cMy leuse waarvolgens ek lewe is nie verniet see the possible in the impossible<\/i> nie,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy raad vir jong opkomende rugbyspelers is om te glo in dit wat jy doen en nooit moed op te gee nie. \u201cMy toekomsdrome is om eendag vir die Springbokke te speel, al is my gunstelingspan die All Blacks. Ons word van kleins af grootgemaak met drome om eendag provinsiaal en later vir die Springbokke te speel en dan eendag jou land by die W\u00eareldbeker te verteenwoordig. Dit sal \u2019n eer vir my wees om daar te wees,\u201d vertel hy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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