Die Darling-gemeenskap spog saam met die jong fietsryer Davinique Cleophas (16) oor haar deelname aan die onlangse Youth Festival in Oudtshoorn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die fietsry-fees het van 11 tot 14 Julie plaasgevind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Cleophas het haar fietsry-droom op \u2019n jong ouderdom begin en het haar ouers haar nog altyd bygestaan daarin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Youth Festival is \u2019n jaarlikse geleentheid waar jong fietsryers tussen die ouderdomme van 11 en 19 jaar hul staal kan wys en meeding teen ander jong fietsryers van regoor die land. Davinique het in die bergfietsry- afdeling vir seniors deelgeneem wat ook een van die gewildste afdelings van die kompetisie is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy vertel dat die beoordelaars haar nie in die junior afdeling wou laat deelneem nie, en sy die geleentheid gehad het om in die senior afdeling mee te ding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit het my so gemotiveerd laat voel omdat nie net word my talent raakgesien op junior vlak nie, maar ook in die senior vlak en glo my, ek het my talent behoorlik laat uitstaan,\u201d laat sy hoor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cleophas s\u00ea die Youth Festival het vier dae lank geduur, en dat sy baie geleer het by hierdie geleentheid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk kry my talent van God af, maar my pa is die rede hoekom ek so verlief geraak het op hierdie stokperdjie,\u201d vertel sy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy kyk op na internasionale fietsryers soos Peter Sagan, Julian Alaphilippe en Biniam Girmay. Hierdie fietsryers sien sy as helde in haar jongmenslewe, want in haar o\u00eb ry hulle die beste. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy wil graag hul tegnieke gebruik om in haar fietsry toe te pas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Cleophas wil sy graag sportbestuur n\u00e1 skool gaan studeer en eendag haar eie fietsryklub stig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk wil graag eendag teruggee aan my gemeenskap met my fietsryloopbaan,\u201d s\u00ea sy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk voel vandag is daar baie tieners wat verkeerde besluite neem en dade doen, en daarom wil ek eendag \u2019n klub stig wat hulle uit die kwaad kan hou,\u201d vertel sy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cleophas mik om die meeste van haar toekoms in fietsry te maak, en wil nie net borge trek wat haar in haar eie loopbaan kan ondersteun nie maar ook wat kan help om terug te gee aan elke tienermeisie in haar gemeenskap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns almal het \u2019n talent as jongmense en ons kan \u2019n positiewe verskil maak in ons gemeenskap,\u201d voeg sy by. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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