On Women’s Day, Woodstock lost one of its favourite sons in a senseless shooting. In this latest SliceOfGasant, Gasant reflects on how his friend and brother’s life epitomises all that this curious suburb, filled with contradictions, is all about:
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On the interior, it is a cold and hard place to grow up. You get searched by the police in your pre-teens for just crossing the street because drug abuse, poverty and gang violence have been a feature for those who live here. The Woodstock Wanderers Football Club, which we were part of, does this every Sunday as a way for the chaps from the suburb and beyond to bond as a brotherhood. We practice interfaith and do everything with a prayer and a du’ah. We’ve been doing this since 1996: Creating diversions through football to keep young men off the streets.In June, we merged with NPO, Salt River Celtic Football Club, to create Celtic Wanderers Football Club.
We didn’t cry in public for Junior. But I am willing to bet I was not the only one in our club who shed tears for our brother.On Sunday, we expressed our feelings on the football field where he always pushed us to the limit. If you played on his side, he brought out the best in you. If you played against him, you’d feel the strain in your muscles the next day. He loved creating goals for his teammates and celebrated that harder than when he scored himself.
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