Die skielike afsterwe van Clifton \u2018\u2018Cliffie\u201d Marais (53) op Dinsdag 16 April net twee dae nadat hy die Two Oceans-halfmarathon gehardloop het, was \u2019n groot skok \u2013 nie net vir sy naastes nie, maar in ook die Sarepta-gemeenskap, waar hy sy lewe lank gewoon het, en in plaaslike sportkringe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marais het kort na die ontstaan van Kuils River Runners in 2016 by die atletiekklub aangesluit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy was vir baie jare \u2019n speler en later ook \u2019n afrigter by die Kuilsrivier-rugbyklub, waar hy onthou word vir sy rol in die eenheid in plaaslike rugby. Die rugbyklub bied vanaand (Woensdag) om 19:00 \u2019n gedenkdiens ter ere van Marais by die Jagtershof-sportterrein aan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donovan Isaacs, voormalige bestuurslid en oudspeler van die rugbyklub, s\u00ea Cliffie het slot gespeel en was vir 17 jaar kaptein van die Kuilsrivier-rugbyspan. \u201cHy het die span gelei tot in Superliga A. As \u2019n leier het sy woorde en dade ooreengestem.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isaacs s\u00ea Marais was \u2019n goeie speler en ook onderkaptein van die WP Akademie-span. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn 1992, 32 jaar gelede, was daar twee rugbyspanne in Kuilsrivier, die A- en die B-span. Cliffie het vir die B-span in die \u2018kleurlinggemeenskap\u2019 gespeel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie A-span was hier (by Jagtershof) waar ons nou speel. Cliffie was instrumenteel om die twee spanne bymekaar te kry.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isaacs vertel dat Marais die manne aangemoedig het om saam te werk met die administrateurs, onder andere Thelo Wakefield, sodat \u2019n verenigde Kuilsrivier-rugbyklub in die WP-rugbyunie gestig kon word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit het bygedra tot die samesyn en gemeenskapsbou deur sport.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isaacs s\u00ea een van sy mooiste herinneringe aan Marais was toe hulle danksy die klub se borg, Elto-Towers, \u2019n paar jaar gelede \u2019n Kersete vir die gemeenskap kon aanbied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCliffie het vir my ges\u00ea dit was een van sy grootste drome om iets van betekenis vir die gemeenskap te kon doen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wakefield het Marais in \u2019n aanlyn huldeblyk as \u2019n gerespekteerde gemeenskapsman en steunpillaar van die Kuilsrivier-rugbyklub beskryf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHy was my regterhand tydens die vereniging van rugby in Kuilsrivier.\u201d Wakefield s\u00ea Marais se aanmoediging onder die lede het dit moontlik gemaak dat die twee klubs kon verenig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHy was die eerste kaptein van kleur in die verenigde Kuilsrivier-rugbyklub en het baie vriende in klubrugby gemaak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wakefield s\u00ea Marais was \u2019n ware heer, wat gerespekteer en geliefd was juis oor die manier waarmee hy met ander omgegaan het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marais word oorleef deur sy vrou, Ursula, \u2019n dogter, Lizan Marais-Jacobs, \u2019n seun Benazzi, twee kleinseuns en sy ma, Elizabeth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lizan s\u00ea sy dood was \u2019n geweldige skok vir die familie. Sy het baie goeie herinneringe van die groot man met die sagte hart. \u201cAlmal s\u00ea hy was nederig. Hy was regtig \u2019n \u2018gentle giant\u2019, beslis \u2019n familieman. Hy het my ma op die hande gedra,\u201d s\u00ea Lizan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haar twee seuns was hul oupa se hart se punt, vertel sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lizan s\u00ea \u2019n kollega van Marais, saam met wie hy werk toe en terug gestap het, het vertel dat hy die Maandagaand voor hy oorlede is ges\u00ea het hy voel moeg, maar ook dat hy nog met sy kleinkinders sou speel voordat hy daardie aand sou gaan slaap. \u201cOns het nog almal \u2019n lieflike Maandagaand gehad \u2013 ons familie, almal saam, soos elke ander aand.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lizan s\u00ea volgens die dokter kon dit of \u2019n massiewe beroerte of \u2019n hartaanval gewees het. \u201cHy het sag in sy slaap gegaan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die begrafnisdiens is Saterdag 27 April om 10:00 vanuit die Nuwe Apostoliese-kerk in Sarepta. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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