Sokker by Paul Roos Gimnasium gaan van krag tot krag. Deelname aan die Junior Sokkerakademie wat op Maandag 31 Januarie en Dinsdag 1 Februarie 2022 geloods is, het binne enkele weke verdubbel.
According to a report on the school’s Facebook page, 32 under 11’s and -13’s and twenty-seven under 7’s and -9’s joined the first practice. Young soccer players from Stellenbosch, and communities as far as Paarl, Somerset West, Strand, Kuilsrivier, Durbanville and Sir Lowry’s Pass are now members of the Junior Academy at Paul Roos. The excitement and enthusiasm on and off the field were infectious.
Teen middel Maart het die getal spelers by die akademie van 55 tot 107 toegeneem. Ons het met die hoof van sokker by PRG, Edmund Pietersen, wat op Stellenbosch groot geword en vir klubs soos Ajax en FC Dallas gespeel het, oor hierdie suksesstorie gesels.
Edmund feels the initiation of the Junior Academy will improve the standard of high school soccer in the area as well as at Paul Roos. It exposes soccer players from surrounding primary schools to the PRG sport culture and philosophy and allows PRG to identify and develop these talented young players.
Na ‘n berig in die Tygerburger oor die Sokkerakademie het selfs ouers van buite die Stellenbosch-area hul kinders gebring. Dogters is ook welkom en Joanne Solomons, bekende oudspeler van die Banyana Banyana, is betrek om spesifiek aan hul afrigting aandag te gee.
Raats Family Vineyards sponsors PRG soccer and the Junior Academy. “PRG soccer is not about coaching boys to play soccer, it’s about developing young men with integrity and life skills. We believe in doing that – the results will show on the field,” says Mr Bruwer Raats.
Die jong spelers wat aansluit, kry almal maroen hemde en dra dit met trots. Edmund sê dis opmerklik dat selfs die jongste spelers van 3-5 jaar se selfvertroue toeneem hoe meer hulle oefeninge bywoon.
Doe zo voort, Edmund!
