tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10454237559097164752011-04-21T17:16:21.357-07:00A space where African writers can express themselves on their favourite sport. The emphasis is on freedom of expression, but with the basic values of respect,trust and Ubuntu in mind.Dries Velthuizenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04570305218849932314noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045423755909716475.post-91235727789311630862009-06-02T22:39:00.001-07:002009-06-02T22:39:56.933-07:00

Hi GrantI am a rugby fanatic. I played the game intensely from the age of 8 until 20when the bush war demanded my energy. In 1969 I played flanker for the firstever selected South Eastern Transvaal primary school team, one of twoplayers from the Laerskool Klipfontein in Witbank. After that I played forthree years in a row for the first team of the Hoerskool Generaal Hertzog inWitbank, captaining

Dries Velthuizenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04570305218849932314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045423755909716475.post-91603442152038091162009-04-27T03:38:00.000-07:002009-04-27T03:58:50.224-07:00

So what is you favourite sport?My favourite is rugby, one of my passions since I was given this funny egg-shaped ball at the age of three. I started playing in a formal team at the age of eight, until the age of twenty-five when work commitments forced me to do something else. Today I am still following the game intensely, supporting the Pretoria based Bulls and of course the twice

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