“Parenting in Sport” With Gary Kirsten

We were privileged to enjoy 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 at the Graaff-Reinet Club last night, where the theme “𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵” set the stage for an engaging and insightful discussion.

𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 – 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.

It was a thought-provoking evening that encouraged reflection on how we can 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻, 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱.

𝗔 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 goes to all who joined us and contributed to the warm atmosphere of the evening. We are especially grateful to Gary for generously sharing his time and wisdom, to the Old Unionite Association for hosting such a meaningful event and to the Graaff-Reinet Club and The Coldstream Restaurant for providing the perfect setting.

𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀’ 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀, starting today, led by Gary and joined by Jordan Gregory. Together, they will guide and inspire our cricket programme – 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.