Sy is klein en fyn, maar moenie Celdi de Bruin, \u2019n onderwyser aan die Laerskool Truida Kestell in Bethlehem, onderskat wanneer dit by rugby kom nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
De Bruin (31), \u2019n gebore Bethlehemiet, het haar laerskoolloopbaan juis aan di\u00e9 skool voltooi voordat sy aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Voortrekker gematrikuleer het. Daarna het sy haar BEd-graad in grondslagfase-onderrig aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) se Potchefstroom-kampus verwerf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy is die afrigter, asook organiseerder, van die o.7-rugbyspan. Haar span het vanjaar \u00e1l 14 sy wedstryde gewen en is weer as die ligawenner aangewys \u2013 di\u00e9 span is die afgelope twee jaar onoorwonne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy beskou haarself as bevoorreg om terug te ploeg by haar alma mater. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
De Bruin s\u00ea haar liefde vir di\u00e9 sportsoort is gekweek deur haar pa, Japie van Wyk, wat \u2019n kranige rugbyspeler was en tans as die president van die Oos-Vrystaat se senior rugby en ook as adjunkpresident in die Griffon-rugbyunie dien. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit was deel van ons gesin se roetine om op koue wintersaande saam met my pa rugbyoefeninge en -wedstryde by te woon. Dit het baie ongewoon gevoel wanneer ons nie \u2019n wedstryd of oefening bygewoon het nie,\u201d vertel sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
De Bruin het in 2015 met rugby-afrigting begin en het haar pa as mentor genader. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cN\u00e1 agt jaar se afrigting het ek besef dat dankbaarheid en diensbaarheid twee woorde is wat baie gewig dra. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk is bevoorreg om met sulke ongelooflike kinders te kan werk en die liefde vir rugby by hulle te kweek. Ek is ook opreg dankbaar vir hul ouers wat my en hul kinders 100% ondersteun en ons belange op die hart dra. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDi\u00e9 samewerking is beslis die sleutel tot ons suksesverhaal.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
De Bruin s\u00ea haar hoofdoel is om \u2019n liefde vir die spel te kweek by elke seuntjie wat sy afrig. Sy reken as sy dit kan regkry, slaag sy in haar doel as afrigter \u2013 en is sy baie tevrede ongeag of \u2019n sege of \u2019n nederlaag op die veld ervaar word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy s\u00ea dat dit baie beplanning, inspanning en geduld verg om die regte grondslag by elke speler te l\u00ea, en dat sy self baie by die kinders leer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vanjaar het De Bruin die voormalige Springbokrugbyspeler Bismarck du Plessis se tweelingseuns, Francois en Gideon, afgerig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk moes groot skoene vol staan met die gedagte dat di\u00e9 twee manne se pa \u2019n Springbokrugbyspeler is.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benewens die puik prestasie van De Bruin se span het Truida Kestell in die algemeen \u2019n buitengewone rugbyseisoen beleef. Die skool het vanjaar vyf o.7-rugbyspanne \u2013 \u2019n eerste in die skool se geskiedenis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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