Die tragiese dood van
\n\u2019n bekende in rugby- en krieketkringe het verlede week skokgolwe deur die
\nsportgemeenskap gestuur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gary Rodwell (60),
\noud-Kimberliet wat Griekwaland-Wes in rugby en krieket verteenwoordig het, is
\nDonderdag (27\/06) dood gekry in die Wes-Kaap, waar hy die afgelope paar jaar al
\nbly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rodwell, \u2019n veelsydige
\nsportman, het in die 1980\u2019s op \u2019n senior vlak rugby en krieket gespeel en was
\ndie afgelope paar jaar \u2019n passievolle sportkommentator op die sosiale media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het in 1984 ook vir
\nNatal in \u2019n Curriebeker-eindstryd teen die Westelike Provinsie op Nuweland
\nuitgedraf .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Huldeblyke het die
\nafgelope week op die sosiale media ingestroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Op die
\nGriekwaland-Wesse Rugbyunie se amptelike Facebook-blad beskryf mense vir
\nRodwell as \u2019n gentleman, terwyl talle ander hom as \u2019n \u201csportlegende\u201d sal
\nonthou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dave Prins, Rodwell se
\noud-Griekwa-spanmaat, onthou hom as iemand wat altyd opgeruimd en positief was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGary was almal se
\nvriend en was altyd daar vir ander,\u201d vertel hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Prins was
\nRodwell \u2019n veelsydige rugbyspeler wat in talle agterlynposisies gespeel het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rodwell is op 9
\nFebruarie 1959 in Durban gebore en is een van drie kinders van Hubby en Alice
\nRodwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy pa was ook \u2019n
\nkranige sportman wat onder meer waterpolo vir Griekwaland-Wes en Natal gespeel
\nen \u2019n lid van die De Beers-rugbyklub in die 1950\u2019s was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gary het in 1976 aan
\ndie Christian Brother\u2019s College in Kimberley gematrikuleer, waar hy \u2019n
\nuitsonderlike atleet en sportman was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nadat hy sy diensplig
\nvoltooi het, het Rodwell na Kimberley teruggekeer waar hy rugby en krieket op
\nprovinsiale vlak vir Griekwaland-Wes gespeel het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In die vroe\u00eb tot middel
\n1980\u2019s het hy gereeld vir Griekwas as senter uitgedraf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het later ook vir
\nNatal op daardie posisie uitgedraf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In die
\n1980-\u201981-krieketseisoen het Gary ook vir Griekwaland-Wes by vyf onderskeie
\ngeleenthede gespeel. Die hoogste telling wat hy as regshandige kolwer
\naangeteken het, was 34 lopies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As \u2019n bouler het hy
\neenkeer een paaltjie vir ses lopies laat kantel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rodwell het in \u2019n
\nstadium as advertensieverteenwoordiger vir die Diamond Fields Advertiser
\ngewerk, die laaste pos wat hy beklee het voordat hy na Durban verhuis het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Durban het hy
\nverskeie poste in die finansi\u00eble sektor beklee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het, nadat hy geskei
\nis, na Somerset-Wes in die Wes-Kaap verhuis waar hy vir homself in die
\nfinansi\u00eble sektor gewerk het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rodwell het die
\nafgelope paar jaar aktief gholf gespeel en was onder meer nasionale voorsitter
\nvan die Nomads-gholfklub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Wernher Bock,
\noud-kaptein van die Boland Nomads-gholfklub, het Rodwell \u2019n ruim hart gehad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy onthou hoe Gary op
\n\u2019n dag \u2019n kroegman by die Strand-gholfbaan na \u2019n wedstryd op Nuweland gevat het
\nwaar hy hom aan die Sharks-span voorgestel het en vir hom \u2019n trui gekoop het.
\nDit was die kroegman se eerste keer by \u2019n rugbywedstryd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rodwell word oorleef
\ndeur sy ma, Alice, sy susters Wendy en Gail, en sy kinders, Kerryn en Kelvin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Afskeidsgeselligheid
\nsal op Woensdag 10 Julie om 16:00 vir Gary Rodwell by die Strand-gholfklub
\ngehou word. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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