ROOIKAT / CARACAL (4:2016/2017 Feb 2017)

WESRAND/ WEST RAND JUKSKEI WRJ is trots op die prestasie van individuele spelers, beamptes en

spanne tydens die SA Junior Kampioenskappe, SA Akademieweek &

SA Laerskole week / WRJ is proud on the achievements of individual

players, officials and teams during the SA Junior Championships, SA

Academy week & SA Primary Schools week (Des 2016)

BAIE GELUK / CONGRATULATIONS:

Die SA Akademie Uitnodiging span / SA Academy Invitation

Team: Chante Fourie; Matushka de Jager (k /c) & Floyd Sitole.

Die SA Akademie Span / SA Academy Team: Rozelle Masser,

Danielle van Staden, Tumelo Molemane & Maurize Grobler

(afrigter / coach).

Die SA-A span / SA A-team: Tiaan Wilken.

Die SA-Junior spanne / SA Junior teams: Daleen Nel, Devan

van der Velde, Tiaan Fourie, Jood Scholtz & Denise Nel

(afrigter /coach).

Die seuns onder-16 met goue medaljes / The boys u/16

team with gold medals;

Die meisies onder-16 met silwer medaljes / the girls u/16

with silver medals;

WRJ wat algeheel vierde was met Juniors/ WRJ with the

overall fourth place with Juniors.

Hierdie uitgawe word opgedra aan een van die stil en

toegewyde spelers van Wesrand wat ons in Desember

2016 ontval het: Oom Piet van der Merwe. Oom Piet en

tannie San was die laaste twee jaar maar skaars want

sy gesondheid het hom nie toegelaat om meer vrylik te

beweeg nie. Ons mis die ware heer van die sport.

This edition is dedicated to one of the quiet and dedi-cated players who died in December 2016.: Piet van der Merwe. Uncle Piet and Aunt San have been not seen much in the past two years due to his illness. We will miss this gentleman of the sport.

SA JUNIOR KAMPIOENSKAPPE / CHAMPIONSHIPS

SA AKADEMIE / SA ACADEMY

SA LAERSKOLE WEEK / SA PRIMARY SCHOOLS WEEK

2016

WES RAND JUKSKEI

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BAIE GELUK / CONGRATULATIONS:

Die matrieks met hul goeie uitslae in 2016/ all the

matriculants with excellent results (Marna Bronkhorst;

Mulisa Raedani; Mandla Mpembe; Larisca Stoltz en Clerise

Marais).

Toppresteerders by skole / top achievers at schools

Charisma de Bruin met die verwerwing van haar BEd grad

(cum Laude) / with the attainment of the BEd degree (cum

Laude);

Aan die 10 spanne wat WRJ se naam hoog gehou het

tydens die SA Junior Kampioenskappe, SA Akademieweek

en SA Laerskole week / the 10 teams competing in the SA

Junior Championship; SA Academy week & SA Primary

schools week ;

Aan die spelers en beamptes met verwerwing van Gauteng

Jukskei Federasie kleure en die spelers wat opgeneem was

in die proefspanne vir die Uitnodiging en Akademiese

Spanne / All the participants with attainment of Gauteng

Jukskei Federation colours and the players that were

invited to the trails.

Tinus Barnard as hoofskeidsregter by Juniors

opgetree het /Tinus Barnard as chief referee at SA

Juniors.

Melanie & Gerrie Jacobs met die huweliksbevestiging

van hulle seun, Gerrit / with wedding of their son,

Gerrit;

Johan & Sophia de Bruin met die huweliksbevestiging

van hulle seun, Jeandre en geboorte van hul

kleindogter, Lieke / with with wedding of their son,

Jeandre and birth of birth of grand-daughter, Lieke;

Tinus & Petro Barnard wat hulle 40ste

huweliksherdenking gevier het / with their 40th

wedding anniversary.

BAIE GELUK AAN ALMAL WAT IN JAN—MAART VERJAAR / CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY CELEBRATING THEIR

BIRTHDAY IN JAN—MAR 2017 Mark Opperman (01/01)

Q’raine Nel (03/01)

MC Coetzer (04/01)

Ju-Hanie Wilken (06/01)

Jood Scholtz (17/01)

Tanya Fourie (19/01)

Jacques Ayres (24/01)

Carla Kitchin (29/01)

Marna Bronkhorst (01/02)

Tiaan Wilken (07/02)

JP Wirths (12/02)

Johan de Bruin (01/03)

Rohann Albertyn (04/03)

Teodoir van Staden (07/03)

Solly Molemane (08/03)

Angelique Ayres (10/03)

Denise Nel (13/03)

Anzel Marais (29/03)

Beterskap / Speedy recovery Clemont vd Velde se ma /mom;

Melanie Jacobs (galblaas / gall bladder);

Tina Rossouw se ma / mom;

Oud-lede / previous members:

Willem Louw (hart /heart) & Hennie Muller

ROOIKAT / CARACAL

KLEURE SEREMONIE / COLOURS CEREMONY

Dankbetuiging / Gratitude: Elke speler en ouers vir deelname en geldelike bydra / every player and

parents for participation and funds;

Elke spanbestuurder onder leiding van Jakes de Jager—julle is die beste /

every team-manager under guidance of Jakes de Jager—simply the best;

Elke afrigter wat onder Pieter Scholtz se leiding wat gesorg het dat ons

spanne optimal presteer / every coach and guidance from Pieter Scholtz,

whom led optimal performance;

Denise Nel met lede van die Juniorkomitee vir harde werk deur die hele

seisoen / and members of the Junior Committee for effort the entire season;

Johan Rossouw met die insameling van R14 000 as borge vir die Juniors /

with rasing R14 000 from sponsors for the Juniors;

Snymans Inc & Action Ford (Roodepoort) wat R6 000-00 elk geskenk het vir

Juniors / for R6000 each for Juniors.

ROOIKAT / CARACAL (4:2016/2017

Feb 2017) WESRAND/ WEST RAND JUKSKEI

JUNIORS

Seuns o/19B // Boys u/19B

Dyllan, JD & Micheal (Silwer / Silver)

Meisies o/19B // Girls u/19B

Danielle, Tanya & Chante (Silwer / Silver))

Gemeng o/19B // Mix u/19B

Teodior, Clemont & Matuschka (Silwer / Silver)

Seuns o/19A // Boys u/19A

Jood, Franna & Ruan (Brons / Bronze)

Meisies o/16 // Girls u/16

Marianca, Pieter & Ju-Hanie (Brons / Bronze)

Gemeng o/16 // Mix u/16

Devan, Charisma & Deléén (Brons / Bronze)

Baie geluk aan ons dubbelspel medalje wenners /

Congratulations with the Pairs medal winners

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Feb 2017) WESRAND/ WEST RAND JUKSKEI

JUNIORS

WES-RAND / WEST RAND JUKSKEI

74e PAARDEKRAAL TOERNOOI /

TOURNAMENT 2016 19 NOVEMBER 2016

Die 74e Paardekraal toernooi s suksesvol aangebied met 19 A-spanne;

14 B-spanne en 24 C spanne wat deelgeneem het. Dankie aan elke

klub, distrik en provinsie wat WRJ ondersteun het. Almal het die dag

geniet en Piet van Schalkwyk het weer die “hamper” gewen. / The 74th

Paardekraal tournament was again a successful event with 19 A teams;

14 B teams and 24 C teams competing. Thank you to all the clubs, dis-

tricts and provinces who supported WRJ. Everybody enjoyed the day and

Piet van Schalkwyk won the hamper again.

WES-RAND / WEST RAND JUKSKEI

74e PAARDEKRAAL TOERNOOI / TOURNAMENT 2016 19 NOVEMBER 2016

A AFD / DIVISION B AFD / DIVISION C AFD / DIVISION

IMPI MIGHTY MEN WR O/19 B SEUNS

HERTZOGVILLE OU WESRANDERS 4-STRIKE

MONUMENT DORINGROSIES KIEWIETS

An Open Letter from the

Back Seat

Dear Mom and Dad

I wanted to start this letter by saying I love you, and I know you mean well. I appreciate all the time and energy you put into taking me to my games and practices, and I know you sacrifice a lot to do it. I also appreciate when you try to help me get better by pointing out the things I do wrong because I know you know a lot about soccer. But we really need to talk about the ride home after games.

Yesterday’s soccer game was amazing I thought. We had a great first half and scored three goals, and the other team had a great second half and tied it up. When we came back and won 4-3 in overtime, it was awesome. It was one of the most exciting games ever. I have never yelled so loudly when a goal went in. Did you see my teammates and I after in the big pile on? Did you see coach throwing around hugs and high fives? Did you see me smiling and laughing with my friends?

Then I saw dad.

He was furious. When I made eye contact with him, he gestured with his head and mouthed “into the car, now.”

At that moment, all the excitement and happiness was gone. I actually wished I was driving home with a friend.

When we got in the car, dad started right away. “What were you guys doing out there today? Is this some kind of joke?”

“Dad, I don’t want to talk about it.”

“We are going to talk about it Bobby,” Dad said. “I have been driving back and forth to practices and games, and then you go out there today and do absolutely nothing. If you don’t pick it up and get serious, we can find you another team so you can mess around with your friends.”

I just stared out the window as Dad continued to tell me all I had done wrong, how my coach was putting in the wrong players and letting weaker kids play too much, and on and on. I stopped paying attention after a while. Couldn’t I enjoy the most exciting win ever for a few hours at least?

Sometimes when I get in the car after a game I want to talk about it. If I bring it up, I am asking you to give me advice or tell me how I did. Other times I just want to relax. When we lose I al-ready feel lousy. When we win I know that sometimes I didn’t have a great game, but I would still like to feel good for awhile. Can’t we talk about the bad things after dinner or the next day? Why do we have to talk about it when you guys are angry?

You guys come home from work and tell me you are too tired or you had a bad day and you don’t want to talk about stuff. Why isn’t it OK for me to feel the same way after a game? Why do you think I don’t care if I say “can we talk about this later?”

Mom and Dad, I sure love sports, but it seems like my sports make you guys angry more than they make you happy. They certainly make you mad at me more than anything else I do. Maybe it would be better if I just didn’t play anymore so we could go back to being happy all the time. What do you think?

Your son, Bobby

GAUTENG JUKSKEI FEDERASIE /FEDERATION

OPE SENIOR TOERNOOI / OPEN SENIOR TOURNAMENT

04 FEB 2017 (PRETORIA)

Mans / Men A1 Mans / Men A 2 Vroue / Women A1 Vroue /Women A 2

Mans bo 50 / Men over 50 A1

Franna Cloete Rohann Albertyn (k) Lee Mari van Wyk Irene du Preez Chris de Bruin

Dirk Badenhorst Pierre Cloete Valmari Smith

Petro Niemand(GN) / Marisa de Bruin

Johan de Bruin

Leon du Plessis Jood Scholtz Bets van Vuuren Elodi Fourie Dirk v Vuuren

Johan Badenhorst (k)

JP Wirths Melanie Jacobs (k) Denise Nel (k)

Tinus Barnard (k)

Mans bo 50 / Men over 50 A 2

GEMENG / MIXED 1 GEMENG / MIXED 2 GEMENG / MIXED 3

GEMENG/ MIXED 4

Sarel Strauss Devan v d Velde Ruan Steyn Tumelo Molemane Floyd Sitole

Johan Rossouw Gerrie Jacobs Maurice Grobler Hennie vd Berg Ferdie v Heerden

Barnie Dennis Mark Opperman (k) Taltita Steyn Matuschka de Jager Clemont vd Velde

Rick Bornman (k) Deleen Nel Chris de Jager Ruan Radyn (k) Mandla Mpembe (k)

Spanbestuurders Jakes de Jager Cillie vd Velde

GOUD MANS BO 50 A2 /

GOLD MEN OVER 50 A2

GOUD MANS A2 / GOLD

MEN A2

GOUD GEMENG 1 / GOLD

MIXED 1

GOUD GEMENG 2 / GOLD

MIXED 2

SILWER VROUE A1 / SILVER

WOMEN A1

SILWER MANS BO 50 A1 /

SILVER MEN OVER 50 A1

SILWER VROUE A2 / SILVER

WOMEN A2

BRONS GEMENG 3 / BRONZE

MIXED 3

TIENIE VAN SCHOOR

(A SPANNE / TEAMS)

GAUT N 297.5

WR 260

OGAUT 195

GRIB

(GEMENGDE SPANNE /

MIXED TEAMS)

GAUT N 245

WR 233

OGAUT 185

BRONS MANS

A1 / BRONZE

MEN A1

BRONS GEMENG 4 / BRONZE

MIXED 4

GAUTENG JUKSKEI FEDERASIE /FEDERATION

SENIOR TOERNOOI / SENIOR TOURNAMENT

04 MAR 2017 (PRETORIA)

Mans / Men A1 Mans / Men A 2 Vroue /Women A1 Vroue / Women A 2

Franna Cloete (k) Rohann Albertyn Bets van Vuuren Lee Mari van Wyk

Gerbrand de Bruin Pierre Cloete Melanie Jacobs (k) Irene du Preez

Dirkie Badenhorst Mark Opperman (k) Marisa de Bruin Valmari Smith

JP Wirths Leon du Plessis Charisma de Bruin Denise Nel (k)

Mans bo 50 / Men over 50 A1

Mans bo 50 / Men over 50 A 2

0/30 / U/30 AFRIGTER / COACH

Chris de Bruin Sarel Strauss Ruan Steyn Gerrie Jacobs

Johan de Bruin Johan Rossouw Mandla Mpembe SPANBEST / MANAGER

Dirk v Vuuren Johan Badenhorst Maurice Grobler

Tinus Barnard (k) Rick Bornman (k) Jood Scholtz (k) Clemont vd Velde

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stum-bled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great en-thusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Speech given in Paris at the Sorbonne in 1910- Theodore Roosevelt

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