Een van Worcester se veelsydigste sportmanne en allemansvriende, is verlede Vrydag 24 Mei na \u2018n kort siekbed oorlede. <\/p>\n
Lesley (Les) Richards het die afgelope amper drie maande met asma gesukkel en longkanker is \u2019n rukkie gelede by hom gediagnoseer, maar hy was tot so twee weke gelede nog redelik aktief voordat hy op 12 Mei in die plaaslike hospitaal opgeneem is. <\/p>\n
Les was deel van \u2019n familie van vier broers asook hul pa, wat almal die een of ander tyd die Villagers-rugbytrui oor die kop getrek het. Hy was veral vir sy vele bydraes en prestasies op die sportveld bekend. Hy was nie net \u2019n veelsydige agterspeler van Worcester Villagers in sy speeldae nie, maar kon maklik op heelagter, senter of losskakel diens doen en het selfs ook later in \u2019n administrateurspos diens gedoen. <\/p>\n
Les was ook \u2019n baie goeie krieketspeler vir dieselfde klub se krieketspan en veral bekend vir sy harde slaanwerk van \u2019n krieketbal voordat hy hom n\u00e1 eenwording ook by Worcester United Krieketklub aangesluit het, waar hy ook sy kennis van die spel met die jonger spelers gedeel het. <\/p>\n
Dit was natuurlik nadat hy eers as tiener sy vaardighede net soos vele ander krieketspelers by gemeenskapskrieket (Vlakkie-krieket) geslyp het. Hiermee saam was hy ook baie vaardig met \u2019n gholfstok in die hand en hy was lid van Riverside Gholfklub. Hy was ook \u2019n bedrewe baldanser terwyl hy ook ewe handig was op die snoekertafel wanneer hy \u2019n kansie gekry het om te ontspan \u2013 alles tekenend van sy uitsonderlike en Godgegewe talente.<\/p>\n
Les, wat n\u00e1 sy skoolopleiding aan die Ho\u00ebrskool Bre\u00ebrivier etlike jare by Rainbow Chickens in die instandhoudingsafdeling gewerk het, was ook vir vier termyne as verkose raadslid ten nouste betrokke by gemeenskapsaktiwiteite in Worcester en het selfs vir \u2019n deel van een van sy termyne in die raad as Speaker waargeneem terwyl sy party in beheer van die raad was.<\/p>\n
Hy het egter nie net op sportgebied uitgeblink nie, maar ook op geestelike gebied sy kant deeglik gebring. Hy het vir meer as een termyn as kerkraadslid op die kerkraad van die Calvyns Protestante kerk gedien en het nog onlangs nog \u2019n termyn as Kerkraadslid voltooi. <\/p>\n
Hy was 34 jaar getroud met Felicity, \u2019n nooi Van Rooyen van Worcester, en vier kinders \u2013 twee seuns en twee dogters \u2013 is uit die huwelik gebore. Hy was ook die trotse oupa van vyf kleinkinders asook een agterkleinkind. Naas sy gade, kinders, kleinkinders en agter-kleinkind, laat hy ook drie broers en drie susters agter.<\/p>\n
\u2019n Verassingsdiens vind Saterdag (1 Junie) om 10:00 in die Calvyns Protestante kerk in Leopoldtlaan plaas. Die diens by sy huis by Spreeustraat 5, Avianpark, is om 09:00. <\/p>\n
\u2019n Roudiens ter nagedagtenis van die ontslapene word vanaand (Donderdag) by die Calvynse kerk gehou. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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