Sestien jaar lank help Madeleine van der Merwe jong gimnaste tuimel, tol en spring, danksy Langebaan Stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van der Merwe het sedert tweejarige ouderdom ballet en ander danssoorte beoefen. Sy het in die 1990\u2019s begin met die onderrig van gimnastiek en het \u2019n klub in Oos-Gauteng geopen. \u201cEk het die klub in Langebaan in Oktober 2006 geopen. Vandag is ons twee afrigters \u2013 ek en Bianca Pholman. Bianca is \u2019n afrigter en \u2019n beoordelaar vir akro-gimnastiek en parkour<\/i>. Sy is ook die klub se veiligheidsbeampte,\u201d s\u00ea Van der Merwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benewens haar jare se ervaring het sy \u2019n graad in opvoedkunde terwyl Pholman \u2019n diploma in sport- en afrigtingswetenskap het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gimnastiek is \u2019n sportkode met vele onderafdelings, wat beteken \u2019n gimnas kan verskillende soorte gimnastiek beoefen. Van der Merwe s\u00ea gimnastiek is dus een van die sportsoorte wat soos \u2019n basis gebruik kan word om baie ander sportkodes te beoefen. \u201cGimnastiek bestaan deesdae uit agt verskillende dissiplines \u2013 ritmies, akrobate, tuimel en trampolien ensovoorts, asook die nuutste, parkour<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLangebaan Stars bied \u2019n algemene gimnastiekklas aan wat die meeste dissiplines dek,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die plaaslike klub is veral bekend vir sy goeie uitslae in items soos akro, ritmies en tuimel \/ trampolien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gimnaste het sedert die stigting van die klub aan verskeie nasionale en Suid-Afrikaanse kampioenskappe deelgeneem en heelwat podiumposisies behaal. Talle gimnaste het oor die jare provinsiale en streekkleure verwerf, veral vir akro-gimnastiek en ritmiese items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van der Merwe noem sommige van die klub se hoogtepunte. \u201cOns het in 2013 aan \u2019n internasionale kompetisie, die \u2018Gym for Life\u2019-uitdaging, deelgeneem. Ons gimnaste was derde in ons afdeling. \u2019n Klomp ander lande het ook hieraan deelgeneem. Ons het in 2018 ook aan Dans in jou taal<\/i>, wat op DStv uitgesaai is, deelgeneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie klub het deur die jare baie ontwikkelingsgimnaste gehad wat die klub se naam hoog gehou het en waarvan talle goud by die Suid-Afrikaanse Gym-spele behaal het. Die klub het ook baie toekennings vir die provinsie vir onder meer beste klub vir ritmies en akro-gimnastiek verwerf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns doen ook gereeld die Madiba Cup-byeenkoms, wat tuimel en trampolien bevorder en waar ons ook al goud, silwer en brons verwerf het,\u201d vertel Van der Merwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van der Merwe meen dit is belangrik vir kinders en jongmense om sport te beoefen, want dit help spelers om soveel verskillende vaardighede aan te leer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSport is baie belangrik in enige mens se lewe, veral in die vormingsjare vir \u2019n kind. Dit is so wonderlik om \u2019n kind te sien wat so passievol is oor wat hy \/ sy doen \u2013 van die jongste, wat ongeveer drie jaar oud is, tot die 17-jariges, wat voor hul grootmenslewe staan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSport is nie net fisiek en aktief nie, maar het \u2019n emosionele voordeel ook. \u2019n Onafhanklike klub is belangrik sodat kinders wat deesdae by die huis skoolgaan, sport kan beoefen. Dit is belangrik vir sosialisering,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gimnastiek het ook sy eie spesifieke voordele. Kinders wat di\u00e9 sport beoefen, leer groot en klein motoriese bewegings en hoe om bewegings op die maat van musiek uit te voer \u2013 soms met apparaat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van der Merwe glo dit maak die sport dus belangrik vir lewensori\u00ebntering en buigsaamheid, en het sterk arms, bene en rug tot gevolg. \u201cDit kan ook vir ander sportsoorte en vir dissipline in \u2019n mens se lewe help. Gimnastiek is nie net \u2019n sport nie \u2013 dit is \u2019n leefwyse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sport was een van die eerste aktiwiteite wat tydens die pandemie gestaak is en talle klubs en organisasies sukkel steeds om aan die gang te kom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie Covid-pandemie het die klub baie nadelig getref. Die klub was gesluit van die dag dat die president vlak 5-inperkings aangekondig het, en ek en Bianca was sonder werk. Dit was baie sleg vir die gimnaste ook, aangesien hulle nie verder kon oefen nie,\u201d s\u00ea Van der Merwe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die inperking het gekom net toe die klub met voorbereiding vir \u2019n nuwe kompetisiejaar begin het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns is tot vandag onder streng protokol, hoewel sommige deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Gimnastiekfederasie verlaag is. Ons sportbeheerliggaam het ons ook baie in die moeilike maande ondersteun. Ek moet byvoeg \u2013 dit het almal in ons klub gesond gehou. Ons vertrou en bid dat die pandemie gou verby sal wees en dat ons met ons werk sal kan voortgaan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ten spyte van uitdagings sien Van der Merwe uit na \u2019n blink toekoms vir die plaaslike klub. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns wil vanjaar weer begin met ons Mini Stars-groep, wat op drie- tot vyfjariges gemik is, en die kinders \u2018speels\u2019 deel van die gimnastiekw\u00eareld maak. Ons begin ook weer in alle erns met ons kompetisieprogram vir sewejariges en ouer, met \u2019n baie opwindende, maar vol program. Ons wil nader aan die tweede termyn \u2019n satellietklub van Langebaan Stars in Hopefield open.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Belangstellendes kan die klub op Facebook besoek of Van Der Merwe by 082 811 8118 bel of stuur e-pos na langebaanstars@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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