{"id":269818,"date":"2025-09-22T13:34:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=269818"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:34:31","slug":"jong-talent-op-dreef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/jong-talent-op-dreef\/","title":{"rendered":"Jong talent op dreef"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As daar een ding is wat die Boland- rugbystruktuur jaar n\u00e1 jaar bewys, is dit dat talent nie net in groot sentrums woon nie, maar dat die Bolandse o.12-spanne vir die Riversdal-uitdaging gereed is.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die onlangse aankondiging van die Bolandse o.12- provinsiale spanne vir die komende interprovinsiale Kustoernooi in Riversdal \u2013 van Donderdag 2 tot Saterdag 4 Oktober \u2013 het weer eens gewys dat die Wes-Bolandstreek, bestaande uit Weskus, Platteland en Swartland, &#8216;n broeikas van belowende jong spelers is.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die toernooi, wat spanne van Grens, SWD, WP, OP, Sharks en Namibi\u00eb in- sluit, is meer as net &#8216;n kompetisie \u2013 dis &#8216;n platform waar die sterre van m\u00f4re hul eerste ware toets kry. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boland se voorbereiding wys dat hulle nie net gaan deelneem nie, maar gaan om bo uit te kom. Vanuit die Weskus is twee gesoute rugbybeamptes wat die span gaan lei \u2013 O&#8217;Neill de Koker van Noordhoek Prim\u00eare Skool in Velddrif as hoofafrigter en Kobus Boonzaaier van die Laerskool Vredenburg as spanbestuurder. Hierdie afrigtingsduo bring jare se ervaring en &#8216;n passie vir jeugontwikkeling, wat Boland se voorbereiding &#8216;n stewige fondament gee. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uit die Swartlandstreek is vier spelers wat reeds hul stempel afgedruk het op plaaslike vlak: Miteyo Cloete (St. Michael&#8217;s), Graghan Samuels (die Laerskool Darling), Jordan Myburgh (Liebenberg Prim\u00ear) en Coulyn Smith (die Laerskool Swartland). Hulle bring nie net vaardigheid nie, maar ook karakter \u2013 iets wat in toernooie soos di\u00e9 dikwels die verskil maak. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Bolandspanne is verder versterk\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>deur seuns soos Alonzo Davids (die Laerskool Porterville), Gabriello Daniels (Langebaanweg), Liam Laubscher (die Laerskool Vredenburg), Quelin Booysen,\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alonso Brutus en Chad Hayworth (St.\u2009Helenabaai Prim\u00eare Skool) en Cayden Snyders (Panorama Prim\u00eare Skool).\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hierdie jong spelers en spanbeamptes is nie net talentvol nie, maar ook ambassadeurs vir hul skole, dorpe en families. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die toernooi bied hulle &#8216;n kans om hul vaardighede te slyp, hul selfvertroue te bou en bande te smee met medespelers van oor die land heen.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boland se o.12&#8217;s reis nie Riversdal toe bloot vir ondervinding nie \u2013 hulle gaan om hul stempel af te druk. En as die huidige gees, deeglike voorbereiding en sterk ondersteuning iets verklap, dan is &#8216;n spesiale vonk besig om in hierdie groep jong rugbytalente vorm aan te neem. Die toekoms van Boland-rugby lyk blink, maar dalk is dit nie net &#8216;n toekoms nie \u2013 dalk is dit reeds besig om vorm aan te neem. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wie weet watter name van hierdie span ons volgende jaar in die o.13-Akademieweek en -Cravenweek sal sien? \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Een ding is seker: Riversdal gaan nie net &#8216;n toernooi wees nie \u2013 dit gaan &#8216;n begin wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MiteyoCloete-St.Mich_03656.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Miteyo Cloete van \nSt. Michaels Prim\u00ear.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CoulynSmithLaerskoo_03726.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coulyn Smith van die Laerskool 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