Die droom van \u2019n rugbyklub in \u2019n township buite Clarens is bewaarheid toe die Shimlas hulle besoek het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lebote Miya (17), wat skrumskakel vir die Clarens Eagles speel, het in 2019 saam met \u2019n vriend \u2019n paar voornemende spelers bymekaar gekry wat ook deur die W\u00eareldbekertoernooi begeester is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lebota s\u00ea die Shimlas se besoek was \u2019n fantastiese ervaring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Shimlas het op Donderdag 27 Januarie in Clarens opgedaag en die besoek deel van hul toer gemaak voordat hulle op Saterdag 29 Januarie in Welkom teen Wits gespeel het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns het nooit gedink hulle sal so gaaf met ons wees nie,\u201d s\u00ea Lebote\u00ad, \u2019n gr. 11-leerling aan die Moriting wa Thuto Senior Secondary School, waar die meeste van sy spanmaats ook skoolgaan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marius van Rensburg, voorsitter van die Shimlas-rugbyklub, s\u00ea die ervaring het hom en die spanlede nederig gemaak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit is ongelooflik hoe baie klein goedjies vir hulle beteken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Shimlas het vir die Eagles T-hemde gegee en hulle toegespreek, maar ook oomblikke van pret op die veld gehad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns spelers het vreeslik mooi met hulle gewerk. Dit was vir die studentespan ook insiggewend om te sien hoe lyk ouens wat regtig niks het nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ds. Jan Venter van die NG gemeente Clarens dien as een van die Eagles se afrigters. Aangesien hy en Van Rensburg as studente koshuismaats was, het Van Rensburg van die span geweet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie Shimlas het in die verlede gemeenskapsprojekte gehad wat doodgeloop het. Toe dink ek aan die Clarens Eagles, wat verlede jaar weens die inperking nie met wedstryde kon voortgaan nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Venter het Lebote, \u201cklein in statuur met Faf as sy held\u201d, hom in 2020 genader met \u2019n groot droom om \u2019n rugbyspan in Clarens te begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir Lebote was dit \u2019n manier om die seuns op straat te help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die span is in Maart verlede jaar amptelik gestig, met \u2019n bestuur wat uit verskeie sakelui, \u2019n ouer en \u2019n onderwys-assistent bestaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paolo Bertuzzi, eienaar van \u2019n Italiaanse restaurant in die dorp wat meer as 12 jaar se ervaring van klubrugby het, het ook later\u00ad as afrigter bygekom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waar die klub eers niks behalwe \u2019n bal gehad het nie, het verskeie skenkers, soos die Ho\u00ebrskool Voortrekker in Bethlehem, die Shimlas en ook McDonald\u2019s in Qwaqwa en Harrismith, duiksakke, balle en ander toerusting geskenk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir Venter was die Shimlas se kuier \u201c \u2019n onwerklike droom\u201d wat verwesenlik is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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