{"id":49841,"date":"2020-10-01T10:52:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T08:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/gardens-rugby-club-cleans-stadium-20200930-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T07:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T05:55:28","slug":"gardens-rugby-club-cleans-stadium-20200930-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/gardens-rugby-club-cleans-stadium-20200930-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens rugby club cleans stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_8365767b\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9293\/40d80567ed474085bb92af8637877a02.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9293\/e473a9fd751f41ff8b807413602b61be.jpg\" title=\"Kirwan Ceaser (right) a Gardens rugby player, lending Kay-leigh Klopper a helping hand in cleaning-up at the Derrick Ferreira sports stadium.                      PHOTO: SUPPLIED\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Kirwan Ceaser (right) a Gardens rugby player, lending Kay-leigh Klopper a helping hand in cleaning-up at the Derrick Ferreira sports stadium.                      PHOTO: SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>GARDENS Rugby and Football Club held a clean-up project at the Derrick Ferreira Stadium on Heritage Day as part of their projects to bring along positive change in its community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clarence Wood, Gardens RFC public relations officer said, \u201cOwing to lockdown there was a period of sports inactivity and as a result of this the facility got broken into and vandalised and it was left in a dire state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGardens in conjunction with its supporters, the surrounding community as well as the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, took the initiative to clean-up the field and restore it to its former glory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the Gardens supporters was Kay-leigh Klopper (15), who recently competed in the Junior Miss South Africa competition where she was crowned first princess for the Face of Africa competition. 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