Of dit nou iets in Grabouw se water is, of dalk die appels, weet niemand nie, maar die jeug van Grabouw blink in rugby uit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die jong Michail Damon, \u2019n oudleerder aan die Ho\u00ebrskool De Villiers Graaff in Villiersdorp en wat nou vir Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein in Pretoria uitdraf, het nie net die Blou Bulle in die Cravenweekspan verteenwoordig nie, maar ook \u2019n kontrak by die Blou Bulle-rugbyunie onderteken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nou het nog \u2019n eer hom te beurt geval toe hy vir die SA Skolespan gekies is. \u201cOns is oorstelp van vreugde; ons kan dit nie glo nie,\u201d het Michail se ouers, Paddy en Emerentia, ges\u00ea. \u201cSy harde werk het werklik vrugte afgewerp.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michail het in \u2019n televisieonderhoud ges\u00ea dit is \u2019n doelwit wat hy vir homself gestel het om \u2019n kontrak by die Blou Bulle los te slaan. \u201cDit voel so goed,\u201d het hy tydens die onderhoud ges\u00ea. Hy wil ook graag vir die Springbokke speel en sy talent vir die res van die w\u00eareld wys. \u201cHou jou mindset<\/i> reg, werk hard en hou die geloof dat die Here jou paaie vir jou reguit sal maak. Ek het hard gewerk om te kom waar ek vandag is. Sonder die ondersteuning van di\u00e9 wat vir my lief is en omgee, sou ek nie bereik het wat ek nou bereik nie,\u201d was sy boodskap vir jong opkomende rugbyspelers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die onderburgemeester van die Theewaterskloof-munisipaliteit, John Michels, het op sy Facebookblad die volgende gedeel: \u201cGraag wil ek as onderburgemeester vir Michail Damon, seun van Paddy Damon van Grabouw, gelukwens met sy insluiting in die Suid-Afrikaanse skolespan. Dit is regtig \u2019n prestasie om op trots te wees. Michail, dankie dat jy Grabouw en Theewaterskloof se vlag hoog laat waai. Ons is trots op jou. Ons wil jou sterkte toewens op jou pad vorentoe. Grabouw lewer hierdie jaar regtig uitstekende rugbytalent op met baie van ons jongmense wat die hoogste prestasies in rugby behaal. Jongmanne en -vroue, ons is trots op julle\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carlton Banies, ook \u2019n Grabouwer, is in die junior Springbokspan opgeneem. Carlton, ook \u2019n oudleerder aan Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein, het ook \u2019n kontrak by die Blou Bulle losgeslaan. Volgens di\u00e9 losskakel is dit elke rugbyspeler se droom om raakgesien te word. \u201cVir my gaan dit nie oor potensiaal nie, maar oor die harde werk agter die skerms,\u201d het hy tydens \u2019n onderhoud ges\u00ea. Net soos Damon, was hy ook eers \u2019n leerder aan die Ho\u00ebrskool De Villiers Graaff voordat Ho\u00ebrskool Garsfontein sy talent raakgesien het. \u201cEk is so dankbaar vir die twee skole wat my gehelp het om te kom waar ek vandag is. Sonder hul ondersteuning sou ek dit nooit kon regkry nie,\u201d het hy ges\u00ea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens hom vervul sy pa, Ricardo, en sy ma, Ophelia, \u2019n groot rol in sy lewe en het hulle bygedra tot die sukses wat hy vandag bereik het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy wil ook eendag vir die Springbokke speel en sy land, sy mense en veral sy tuisdorp trots maak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die nuutste toevoeging tot die Blitsbokke, Dalvon Blood, was nou wel in Ho\u00ebrskool Rondebosch, maar hy sal nooit sy tuisdorp, Grabouw, vergeet nie. Blood het ook vir die SA Skolespan uitgedraf en was ook \u2019n junior Springbok, maar toe Marius Schoeman, die Blitsbokke se bestuurder, hom in Mei kontak, het sy lewe drasties verander en is hy in die Blitsbokke se span opgeneem. Selvyn Davids, een van die Blitsbokke, is beseer en Blood moes sy man staan en wys wat in hom steek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00e1 skool het Blood by die Blitsbokke se akademie in Stellenbosch aangesluit en saam met die res van die Blitsbokke geoefen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit was harde werk. Ek moes saam met bekendes oefen, maar dit het my gemaak wat ek vandag is,\u201d het Blood ges\u00ea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy geniet elke oomblik daarvan om \u2019n lid van die span te wees en glo hy gaan nog groter hoogtes bereik. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grabouw-inwoners was baie trots toe hulle hoor dat die jong Blood die dorp bekend maak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDis vir ons \u2019n eer om te kan s\u00ea hy is van Grabouw. Hy is baie nederig en het nooit sy herkoms vergeet nie,\u201d het \u2019n inwoner ges\u00ea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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