Nagenoeg 1 300 toutrekkers het Vrydag 13 en Saterdag 14 Maart by HTS Drostdy aan die SA juniorkampioenskap deelgeneem.<\/p>\n
Die deelnemers, van graad 1 tot matriek, het in 305 spanne van reg oor die land in die kompetisie meegeding. <\/p>\n
Die kollig was veral op die 560 kg- o.19-seuns, die 480 kg- o.19-meisies en die 520 kg- o.19- gemengde span. Die wenners in hierdie kategorie\u00eb het junior Protea-kleure ontvang en gaan Suid-Afrika na verwagting in September vanjaar by die W\u00eareldkampioenskap in Spanje verteenwoordig. <\/p>\n
\u201cDit was vir ons skool \u2019n merkwaardige prestasie om so goed in die kampioenskap te vaar. Ons leerders werk baie hard om hul liggame sterk te maak vir die kompetisies en in die laaste week het party van die leerders amper nie eens ge\u00ebet nie om seker te maak hul gewig is in die kol vir die kompetisie,\u201d s\u00ea Corlia Theron, \u2019n onderwyser by Ho\u00ebrskool Swellendam. <\/p>\n
Di\u00e9 skool het in die topkategorie\u00eb uitgeblink. Hul 480 kg- o.19-meisies het as die kampioenspan van die veld gestap en sal hul land internasionaal verteenwoordig. \u201cDie passie wat ek onder die leerders vir toutrek sien, is pragtig en dit bou \u2019n fantastiese gees onder hulle. As hulle die soort sukses behaal wat hulle die naweek behaal het, maak dit die bloed, sweet en stof eet die moeite werd,\u201d s\u00ea Theron. <\/p>\n
Ho\u00ebrskool Swellendam het 32 seuns en 17 meisies na die kompetisie gestuur en het sterk vertoon. <\/p>\n
Een van die beamptes wat harde werk agter die skerms insit en verseker dat daar finansiering vir Toutrek Suid-Afrika is, is Kobus Marais, \u2019n parlementslid wat self \u2019n groot passie vir die sport het. <\/p>\n
\u201cDie SA junior kampioenskap wat vanjaar by HTS Drostdy gehou is, word as \u2019n reusesukses beskou. Hier was skole van reg oor Suid-Afrika, en om te sien hoe die jong mense hul passie uitoefen, was iets om te aanskou,\u201d s\u00ea Marais. <\/p>\n
\u201cDaar was seuns en meisies van alle kulture en agtergronde by die byeenkoms te sien en dit is \u2019n wonderlike geleentheid vir Suid-Afrikaners om trots te wees \u2013 en vir nasiebou.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marais het genoem dat finansiering effens moeilik was om van die staat te kry, maar hulle kon nie anders as om te bel\u00ea in die jong atlete wat soveel harde werk en dissipline aan die sport wy nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cVir Worcester, wat hierdie jaar 200 jaar oud is, was dit ook besonders om te sien dat die jong mense hier so \u2019n merkwaardige kompetisie kon h\u00ea. Dit was ook \u2019n positiewe inspuiting in die plaaslike ekonomie,\u201d s\u00ea Marais. <\/p>\n
Een van die afrigters wat reeds agt jaar by die sport betrokke is, MC Willemse, het aan Standard <\/span>ges\u00ea die harde werk wat in so \u2019n kompetisie ingaan, moenie onderskat word nie. <\/p>\n Ho\u00ebrskool Swellendam se spanne het weekliks sowat ses keer geoefen en elke sessie het twee tot drie uur lank geduur. <\/p>\n Toutrek Suid-Afrika het ook die spanne in die junior kategorie\u00eb gelukgewens met hul vertoning in die kaalvoet-afdelings.<\/p>\n Skole soos Suurbraak, Bontebok, Bre\u00ebrivier en Herbertsdale het bestendig vertoon in di\u00e9 kategorie\u00eb, wat trots Suid-Afrikaans is. <\/p>\n \u201cDie kampioenskap was die grootste wat nog ter w\u00eareld aangebied is en is ook beskryf as die beste een nog,\u201d s\u00ea Arthur Underhay, die hoof van HTS Drostdy.<\/p>\n \u201c \u2019n Meksikaanse golf is in \u2019n stadium reg rondom die toutrekbane deur die deelnemers en ondersteuners uitgevoer, wat \u2019n hoendervleis-oomblik was. 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