Ngesikhathi sekhefu lika-April, i-Y ivule iminyango yayo ngendlela eyingqayizivele nengakaze ibonwe. Sibambe uMqhudelwano wethu wokuqala owake waba khona we-Middle School Basketball wamaqembu ayisithupha, ukuletha cishe 100 intsha emphakathini wakithi. Abadlali, abazali, abaphathi besikole, futhi amalungu omphakathi wethu alijabulele leli thuba futhi ancoma i-Y ngokuxhumanisa leli thuba entsheni yethu yomphakathi.
Kusukela ngo-April 10 kuya kuMbasa 12, abadlali ababambe iqhaza emqhudelwaneni osezingeni eliphezulu, ngenkathi ikhombisa ubuqhawe bezemidlalo ngesikhathi sonke isimemo. Ngosuku lwesithathu nolokugcina lomqhudelwano, u-Y wathweswa umqheleI-United Prospects njengabashampeni, I-KIPP STAR uthathe iqembu elisendaweni yesibili, kanye nezethuI-SONYC After School Programme e-Columbia Secondary School ingene endaweni yesi-3.
Ngaphezu isimemo basketball, i-Y iphinde isingathe u-a 2 umtholampilo wosuku lwe-basketball ngo-Ephreli 13 nango-Ephreli 14 kubahlanganyeli beminyaka yethu yomphakathi 11-16. Nakuba umtholampilo unikeze intsha yethu ithuba lokwakhela phezu kwamakhono ayo ayisisekelo e-basketball, iphinde yahlola ukubaluleka kokuba izakhamuzi eziyisibonelo, amanxusa oshintsho, kanye nokuhlola ikusasa labo ngaphandle kwezemidlalo.
Nge kuphela 5% yabasubathi bezikole zamabanga aphezulu ezweni lonke abakhethwa ukuthi badlale i-basketball level yasekolishi, abafundisi bethu kusukaGlobal Professional Sports uchithe isikhathi ekhuluma nabahlanganyeli ngokuthi bangazilungiselela kanjani kangcono impilo ngemuva komsebenzi we-basketball wasesikoleni esiphakeme. Basekele intsha esencane ekwenzeni ukuxhumana phakathi kwamakhono ewathuthukisile nge-basketball — njengobuholi, umsebenzi weqembu, isiyalo, ukuzijwayeza, nokuzibophezela — kanye namathuba abalindile ngaphandle kwejimu azobasekela ekuqiniseni umphakathi wethu.
Abahlanganyeli bethu balibonge ithuba lokuhlanganyela emisebenzini emihle ngesikhathi sekhefu lasentwasahlobo futhi babheke ngabomvu ukuhlanganyela ezinhlelweni ezifanayo e-Y esikhathini esizayo.!
Ibhalwe nguDonizetti Gonzalez, Umqondisi Wezinsizakalo Zentsha
