\u2019n Man van Ravensmead wat Suid-Afrika eersdaags in netbal in Botswana gaan verteenwoordig, s\u00ea dit was nie altyd maklik nie, maar hy het deurgedruk en pluk nou die vrugte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gavin Peters gaan Suid-Afrika in Desember by die Afrika-netbal-kampioenskap in Botswana verteenwoordig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk was bitter jonk toe ek begin netbal speel het. Ek het in Ravensmead saam met my vriendinne begin speel. Reeds as jong seun het ek vir hulle ges\u00ea ek gaan eendag vir Suid-Afrika speel, maar hulle het gelag en ges\u00ea ek sal dit nooit maak nie, want mans kan nie netbal speel nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy antwoord was dat mans in ander lande netbal speel en toe ek bereik wat ek bereik het, kon hulle dit nie glo nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVan ons groep vriende is ek die eerste een wat so ver gekom het, want ander het al opgegee. My ma was ook \u2019n netbal-speler en ek het altyd saam met haar na wedstryde gegaan,\u201d s\u00ea Peters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peters, wat homself as \u2019n \u201cmense-mens\u201d beskryf, s\u00ea dit is uiters uitdagend om die sport te beoefen. \u201cEk gee nie om om hard te werk om fiks te bly nie, maar een van die uitdagings \u2013 nie net vir my nie, maar vir ander spelers ook, is geld. Daar is min borge, so spelers moet maar uit hul eie sakke betaal, maar ons druk deur. Ek probeer nooit opgee wanneer ek iets aanpak nie. Dit het my tien jaar geneem om my nasionale kleure te verwerf,\u201d s\u00ea Peters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy s\u00ea daar is so baie mense wat hom gehelp het tot waar hy nou is. \u201cSo baie mense ondersteun my op my reis. My afrigter is ook die een wat my druk om harder te werk en daarvoor is ek dankbaar. Ek gaan my beste probeer en nog harder werk om in die Suid-Afrikaanse span te bly. Dit was my droom om tot hier te kom en daarvoor sal ek bly veg. Ek gaan my beste lewer in Botswana om my land trots te maak,\u201d s\u00ea Peters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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