Vir vyftig jaar was daar byna nooit \u2019n afnaweek vir Meneer Derek nie: hy was net altyd, en is steeds, langs die krieket- of rugbyveld met sy spelers.<\/p>\n
Eers ho\u00ebrskoolseuns, en die afgelope paar jaar laerskoolkannetjies. Ses maande van die jaar langs die krieketveld, en die ander ses maande langs die rugbyveld, en ook die hokkieveld.<\/p>\n
Tydens die pas afgelope Aloe Cup op Jeffreysbaai waar laerskoolspanne van die Kaap tot die Vrystaat jaarliks saamtrek vir rugby- en netbaltoernooie, is Derek Drake vereer vir sy onbaatsugtige diens aan kinders op die sportveld.<\/p>\n
Vereer vir 50 jaar sportafrigting<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2019n Uittreksel uit die huldiging:\u00a0In honour of Mr Derek Drake, the stalwart beacon of guidance and inspiration at Jeffreys Bay Primary School, we gathered to celebrate an extraordinary milestone \u2014 his 50th year of coaching. Half a century devoted to shaping young minds, moulding characters, and instilling values that transcend the classroom. Mr Drake\u2019s dedication to the students of Jeffreys Bay Primary is nothing short of remarkable, his impact immeasurable, and his legacy enduring.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cDie huldeblyk was regtig \u2019n groot verrassing vir my! As ek \u2019n afstandmeter gehad het, sou ek al seker ses keer om die aarde gery het met \u2019n skoolbus. Ek het al duisende ongelukvrye kilometers afgel\u00ea met ander mense se kinders.\u201d<\/p>\n Derek Drake rig op die ouderdom van 78 steeds die jong klomp af \u2013 nie net in sport nie, maar ook vir die lewe.<\/p>\n \u201cSolank ek \u2019n bydrae kan maak, sal ek aanhou afrig. Die benadering vir ho\u00ebr- en laerskool is maar dieselfde \u2013 dit neem net langer met die kleintjies,\u201d s\u00ea die Meneer wat die o.11 rugby-en krieketspannetjies touwys maak.<\/p>\n Loopbaan<\/strong><\/p>\n Hy was self \u2019n veelsydige sportman op sy dae. Aan die HTS Oudtshoorn was hy onder meer die kaptein van die Suidwestelike Distrikte krieketspan van Graad 9 tot 12. Hy het ook vir verskeie ander provinsiale en streekspanne gespeel, en was ook \u2019n provinsiale atleet. Na sy opleiding as elektrisi\u00ebn by General Motors, het hy in sy agt jaar in die industrie baie mensekennis opgedoen.<\/p>\n Na sy onderwysstudies in Pretoria, het hy in 1975 begin skoolhou by die oudste tegniese skool in die land, die Ho\u00ebr Tegniese Skool Dani\u00ebl Pienaar, op Kariega.<\/p>\n Hy is na 30 jaar as Departementshoof: elektries, na die Laerskool Jeffreysbaai waar hy tot 2009 verskeie skoolvakke aangebied het.<\/p>\n Sport leer kinders dissipline<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cDis soms nodig om \u2019n outjie vir twee of drie wedstryde te skors. Mens leer kinders op die sportveld op \u2019n ander manier ken. Soms het hulle min selfvertroue of sukkel met woede uitbarstings. Met sportre\u00ebls leer hulle dat die lewe ook re\u00ebls het,\u201d verduidelik Mnr. Derek.<\/p>\n \u201cDis belangrik om vir hulle sportmangees aan te leer en hulle opponent te respekteer. Kinders moet in hulself glo. Tydbestuur en veratwoordelikheid is net so belangrik. Ek leer hulle om mense in die o\u00eb te kyk as hulle groet. Sport bied \u2019n geleentheid om die kind se menswees aan te spreek,\u201d beklemtoon hy.<\/p>\n \u201cOuers moenie hulle drome op hulle kinders projekteer nie. Nie almal gaan Springbokke word nie. Dit moet vir hulle \u2019n plesier wees en dit geniet.\u201d<\/p>\n Hy was \u2019n pa vir duisende<\/strong><\/p>\n As \u2019n ervare koshuisvader vir 19 jaar by die HTSDP, weet hy hoe nodig veral seuns \u2019n vaderfiguur het.<\/p>\n Hy vertel bewo\u00eb hoe hy op \u2019n keer by \u2019n rugbywedstryd met die klein mannetjies, ook kinderhuis outjies gehad het.<\/p>\n Een van hulle het hoopvol om Derek se bene vasgehou en gevra: \u201cIs oom dalk my pa?\u201d<\/p>\n Hy kweek groot sportmanne<\/strong><\/p>\n Derek Drake het bygedra daartoe dat talle van die leerlinge wat deur sy hande is, al groot sportmanne geword het.<\/p>\n Onder hulle tel Jacques Greeff (OP rugbykaptein en slot), JP van der Mescht (SA skole span, en vir provinsiale spanne), Jacques Potgieter (Springbok slot), Nantie Hayward (Protea krieketspeler), Jan Stander (speel krieket vir Skotland), Coenie Nel (speel om die beurt vir Engeland en Australi\u00eb), en Heino Bezuidenhout (Blitsbok).<\/p>\n Hy het ook by HTDP saam met twee oud Springbokke \u2013 Hermanus Potgieter en Buks Marais, afgerig.<\/p>\n Hoogtepunte<\/strong><\/p>\n Daar is talle hoogtepunte waarna hy met smaak verwys:<\/p>\n \u201cDie dag toe HTDP vir Paarl Gimnasium se o.14 span geklop het \u2013 \u2019n span wat in drie jaar net een wedstryd verloor het. Schalk Burger junior en Jean du Plessis was in hulle span,\u201d s\u00ea hy tevrede.<\/p>\n \u201cEn dan die dag in 2004 toe HTDP die o.14 span van Waterkloof, op hulle veld en met hulle skeidsregter, pak gegee het. Hulle span was almal Cravenweekspelers van die vorige jaar.\u201d<\/p>\n Dankbaar vir ondersteuning<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIn al my jare van afrigting, het geen ouer my spankeuses bevraagteken nie. Ek waardeer my vrou Veronica, en twee kinders, Angelique en Norman, se ondersteuning.<\/p>\n \u201cDis taai om nooit \u2019n afnaweek te h\u00ea nie. As ek nie sport gehad het nie, was ek aan diens as koshuisvader. Ek moes destyds elf selfmoorde van leerlinge en ouers hanteer.<\/p>\n Skoolvakansies is daar sporttoere. My eie kinders het langs die sportveld grootgeword. Dis maar hoe dit is,\u201d s\u00ea hy gelate.<\/p>\n Norman was sy hele ho\u00ebrskoolloopbaan lynregter, en het hom al vroeg by die skeidsregtersunie aangesluit.<\/p>\n Waar hy nou in Saudi Arabi\u00eb werk, is hy al as skeidsregter van die jaar aangewys, wat sy pa baie sommer trots maak.Hy is ook op die internasionale rugbyraad se \u2018citings\u2019 komitee om te help met beslissings.<\/p>\n Angelique, \u2019n voormalige internasionale lugwaardin, was tot onlangs betrokke by \u2019n 7\u2019s Rugby Akademie op Stellenbosch.<\/p>\n \u201cMy onderwysloopbaan was my passie. Ek het dit beskou as \u2019n geleentheid om \u2019n baksteen in leerlinge se lewensmuur te bou. Ek was gese\u00ebnd om by die Laerskool Jeffreysbaai, met entoesiastiese personeel, te kon aftree.\u201d<\/p>\n Nog nie die einde nie<\/strong><\/p>\n Derek Drake is nog lank nie klaar om die klein japsnoete af te rig nie.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2019n Sakeman van die dorp, Pieter Hancke jnr, het \u2019n krieket akademie vir o.9 tot o.11 gestig, en goedgunstig \u2019n kolfblad aangel\u00ea. Dis vir my wonderlik om nou daar te help. Ons het nou bietjie afgel\u00ea vir die rugbyseisoen, maar begin eersdaags weer. 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