Centurion Jukskei Club binding a community
“It is a fast growing club with a lot of families playing together for the club,” says a member of the clubs management team.
Centurion Jukskei Club hosted a meet and greet event last Saturday on their grounds next to the Centurion Rugby Club.
Young and old joined to celebrate the sport with a day of fun on June 24.
Jukskei is a competitive sport where players throw a wooden pin (skey) from a specific distance towards a pen placed in a sandpit.
The Centurion Jukskei Club has several players competing for Gauteng North, with many families playing the sport together, binding and building the community.
“It is a fast-growing club with a lot of families playing together for the club,” said a member of the club’s management team, Sarel Broodryk.
JUKSKEI IS A GREAT FAMILY SPORT
Broodryk said that the day was filled with fun and games and matches by eight teams.
The day began with some warm-up games inspired by Kleintjie Gardiner to get the blood pumping.
Matches were then played among eight teams, with three winning teams emerging by the end of the day.
The matches were organised by Frans Steenkamp with a delicious lunch from Hermanus and Lorna de Clercq.
“Jukskei is a great family sport, and Centurion Jukskei Club invites anyone to join in.”
Broodryk said that he became interested in the sport after his daughter started playing jukskei at her school.
“We were drawn into the action and started playing together,” he said.
“As much as all the friendship and family bonding is a win for all, Jukskei is the third most strategic sport in the world.
“The more you play, the more you experience the intensity of game plan and strategy that forces you to always think a few steps ahead,” explained Broodryk.
JUKSKEI IS THE THIRD MOST STRATEGIC SPORT IN THE WORLD
Jukskei dates back to 1734, according to Jukskei SA, when builders at the Castle in Cape Town threw yoke pins and wooden stumps at an object in the ground to pass the time.
On November 4, 1939, the sport saw its first official match and quickly caught on with the South African Jukskei board forming in October 1940.
Centurion Jukskei Club is a social club with everyone from primary school to senior citizens.
Senior citizens get together on a Wednesday morning, while the rest of the club meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
In the winter, practice meets usually end at about 17:00, but summer sessions can extend later.
A Jukskei SA representative, director of development and mass participation, Petrus Moopi, visits schools and communities to introduce the sport to them.
Moopi told Rekord that the sport is growing across the country.
“What I like about the game is that it teaches players maths,” he said.
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