Sport a builder of society
port plays a vital role in the development of a society and the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture recently announced it was on a mission to revive rugby and sport in general in Komani.
Last week, the department partnered with the Chris Hani Rugby Sub-Union in organising a high school rugby sevens tournament at the Mlungisi Sports Field.
The tournament was sponsored by Twizza.
The department says the event was held to promote and improve the standard of rugby in the Komani area.
The tournament received support from the local municipality, schools, businesses as well as members of the community.
These stakeholders should be commended for their contributions.
In fact, the department lauded Twizza for “taking the initiative of assisting in our responsibilities of promoting social cohesion, developing of our youth through sport activity, in particular rugby sevens and allowing the standard of playing sport to improve”.
The Rep participated in organising last year’s event but could not get involved this year
Sdue to changes in management. This newspaper makes the undertaking to get involved again next year and calls on other organisations and leaders in the community to follow suit.
Other stakeholders that deserve applause for their contributions were the Emergency Medical Services for providing their services free of charge.
They are the section of the Department of Health that the organisers are hoping to rope in as part of the organising team.
After the tournament last Friday, the department noted some positive developments including the playing venue and the standard of refereeing.
According to the department’s report, the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality prepared the playing field to improved standards and this was appreciated by both the participants and organisers.
The standard of refereeing also moved up a notch.
All schools that took part in the event were from around Komani, a sign of good things to come from the local community.
The organisers say the tournament was a success and all those who took part are keen to come back stronger next year.