A Cape Town township gets a great boost for its future rugby stars
The Vusa Rugby Academy in Langa is supported by Bishops and managed by the Bishops Prep Head of Rugby who aims to nurture and support all future rugby stars.
The Vusa Rugby Academy was established in 2002 to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds realise their rugby dreams and work on their talents. The Academy has worked in partnership with Bishops for years and the pairing has meant great success.
The programme is run from the Langa sports complex on a daily basis and children are able to come through and join in on the practices and life skills exercises. The boys focus on their academics before kitting up for rugby practice.
“The programme is run on a daily basis. Boys walk down from their respective schools to Langa stadium and from there will split up into our sporting group and our academic group. It’s a dual programme.” – Brendan Fogerty, Master in Charge of Rugby at Bishops and Vusa Coordinator
The programme not only uplifts the youth but also the adults from Langa.
“We employ about 15 young adults from the Langa community who are ex-rugby players or current rugby players who do the coaching.” – Brendan Fogerty
Since its founding, the programme has had the pleasure of seeing one of its own make the Springbok Rugby Squad. Children with an outstanding talent for rugby have the chance at a bursary to Bishops and each child is given the opportunity to see a brighter future.
Recently, 4 of the young boys from the programme were given the opportunity to be the Ball Boys for Ikey Tigers University of Cape Town opening Varsity Cup match against Wits.
Their 2017 achievements speak for themselves. Take a look below:
- One of our top athletes took up a bursary for Grade 9 at SACS High School.
- We have reached our target of fielding two teams per age group.
- We have joined the Western Province League.
- We have won 70% of our games.
- Our programme has become a safe, caring home away from home for many children.
You can find out more about the Vusa Rugby Academy here.
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