{"id":54809,"date":"2022-06-01T14:37:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T12:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/help-him-get-to-italy-20220531-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:03:25","slug":"help-him-get-to-italy-20220531-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/help-him-get-to-italy-20220531-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Help him get to Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When 16-year-old Samuel Booysen from Eerste River was announced as one of four lifesavers to represent South Africa at the World Lifesaving Championship in Italy, his dream of representing his country came true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He participated as a member of the Clifton Lifesaving Club in the Lifesaving South Africa National Championship in Gqeberha from 24 to 27 March and achieved accolades in four different events. He came fourth in the beach sprint for senior men age group 21 to 31 years; came first in beach sprint for junior men age 16 years old; came second in beach flags for junior men age 16 years and won the beach relay team event for junior men in the age group 16 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom Tuesday 20 September until Sunday 9 October I\u2019ll be part of the SA team at the World Championship in Riccione in Italy. To be there each lifesaver has to fork out R50 000 to cover costs and being from a disadvantaged community with no big businesses my parents will have to help raise money to make my dream come true. I am part of the club development swimming programme of the Department of Culture Affairs and Sport and my swimming coach is Christopher van Niekerk, who develops the children in the Eerste River and Blue Downs areas at the Blue Downs indoor swimming pool,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is swimming for Khayelitsha Aquatics in partnership with Strand Lifesaving club, who develops children for the surf programme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Booysen is financially responsible for his plane ticket, accommodation, visa and kit and if he is unable to get the sponsorship of about R50 000, his dream of representing his country will go up in flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy parents are raising funds by selling food, but it won\u2019t be enough to cover all my costs. If anyone can donate towards my expenses it would be appreciated, and seeing that I am the only representative from a disadvantaged community, you\u2019ll help me achieve my dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI started swimming in 2014, but my interest was jogged when I saw Chad le Clos beating Michael Phelps to the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. It was two years later that I joined the swimming club at my school, Eerste River High, and received my first swimming lessons,\u201d Booysen says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not long after joining he was promoted to the Khayelitsha Aquatics Club where he competed against other swimming clubs in the Western Cape. In 2017, 2018 and 2019 he was invited to represent the Western Cape at competitions in Oudtshoorn, Pretoria and Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha). 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