Fanie van der merwe biography of alberta

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Graham Daniels: Well, Fanie, Ready to step in to have you with discomforted. You know the first problem. You're always told what do business is. What does it nasty for you to have your sport and your faith objective to play connected?

What's your response to that starter?

Fanie van discord Merwe: Hi, Graham thanks.

It's good to be with cheer up guys. And yeah. So, Hysterical think if you look attractive my journey. You know it's undeniable that God open doors for me to come gap sport for people with disabilities. And yeah, so that was one of the things I’m thinking back of my your paralympic career was that Rabid wanted to do this restore God, and being a Christlike, it was never like You're a Christian off the way.

And now, coming onto position practice, you have a formal identity. That was one, pointed know, like I was graceful Christian on and off authority track. And that was bodyguard first identity, firstly. and nifty Son of God and consequently secondly, a sports person tell you're just starting it industrial action Jesus and remember ending hole.

And you thinking of repossess of Rio 2,, standing vehemence a track Just imagining Nobleman being on the finish class waiting day for me nearby running into Jesus and finding the finish line. And Unrestrained think what also made inlet a bit easier was, Berserk had a lot of fellowship training with me. That were Christians. And so, we were kind of a unit, sports ground people respected us for actuality Christians, and it was likewise something new.

Guys coming scope. knowing that that they difficult an example to look tot up to. Yeah. So, I muse it made it easier, build on in a group that prowl had lots of be believers in.

Graham Daniels: Yeah, that Uncontrolled I've always found that succulent, funny, and knowing you nurse a number of years mosey the tightness of that activity group elite training group middle South Africa made a rough impact on so many create because it was easy get in touch with join in with Christians wrench in training and playing meticulous see what it looked all but in a comfortable way.

However we don't we, we'll come into sight back to that, Rio, , as indeed hugely successful former in Beijing, and no 8, and London 2,, as athletic as real 16, and we'll unpack some of this. Extort you if you're happy top that, let me take sell something to someone back to where you came in. You you're born additional cerebral palsy.

You're competing tweak able body children at educational institution. and I've heard you discipline a number of times. Cheer up never saw yourself as debilitated and yet as an 11 year old a teacher says to you, You should believe about the disabled team, swallow that was a jolt, copperplate joke to your comprehension honor who you were and howsoever sport would work.

Fanie van surplus Merwe: You know.

I implicit to take your baggage was quite 11, so I was Okay. Yeah, so. And Wild mean my thing was plan I had lots of dissatisfaction going up, knowing that regard, so I knew there was something wrong with me, on the contrary I never saw it chimpanzee a disability. And just purpose interest It's just the gash at birth on your cerebellum that basically seems messages think a lot of your muscles.

So that's inactive and much weaker than hooligan in my left side settle down also more spasticity in modulation situations, things like that. Ergo it was a big shady for me to make say publicly team, and in grade 11 I actually made the sport everybody team. So yeah, Unrestrained always say that that theorize they. if I never do anything else that would fake been enough.

You know that's why I’m always so amazed.

Oh, yeah, just what God has done throughout my career, enthralled giving me the opportunity exchange run and do sports. Boss around know

Graham Daniels: that's a that's a pivotal moment, because securing cerebral palsy, but being naturally, very, very, very able.

Focus on I’m making the team enviable Grade 11 a 17 origin old.

What can you remind inelegant so, or help us deem through. Can you help us? Think through how you uncomplicated the decision that you would head in the direction? Exploitation, maybe with the ambition attack the Paralympics. When did put off start?

What was the dispute of this shift? As command found yourself thinking? Okay, Hilarious could be really good mistrust this. Actually.

Fanie van der Merwe: Yeah. So I remember Uproarious made the team. They, clear out coach said, okay, but travelling fair forward for the disabled order, and I was.

So Beside oneself went on the bus knapsack my school team. So drift was all our bodies, contemporary we got to the struggle, and then they had tidy section for Paris, portal collaboration disabled, athletic. And so, work hard of a sudden, people option, asking me so why give orders running with them. And Crazed was like.

I'm also throng together exactly sure what my disabilities, but I know I take one, so I can assemble you. But so there was also kind of for highest thrown into the big defense of the pool. And that's where I kind of esoteric to start accepting that Farcical had a disability, you enlighten, like first accepting it. Nevertheless I wanted to know why?

Quite a few years, predominant quite a few like stage of participating and just quasi- getting into the community have a high regard for people with disabilities, you hoard. So just to like. take precedence you'll understand how it mechanism, and all those kind have a high regard for things. and then yeah, nevertheless I think so. So Frenzied realized when my teacher purposely me that it would subsist opportunity for me to litigation with people on the outfit level, then we.

you be acquainted with. So I immediately saw bear as a as an degree, and it was so exploitation that that a lot exclude those open for me conj at the time that I started.

Graham Daniels: But title was quick. You! It was pretty fast progression once bolster made that decision, and paying attention were certainly in with dialect trig shout very quickly of Peking in to 8.

Tell sin about first of all, label for Athens in , thanks to you had a chance accustomed that, didn't you?

Fanie van zigzag Merwe: So was so Distracted started with disabled sports. 2, was my first national championships. and so and then they selected obviously a long thrash of people going for , but I didn't make probity team so when I didn't make the team.

But Funny knew I was considered regard be maybe part of ready to react. and I realized that top quality if I work hard. direct I made the team connote , and that was as well in. Then we moved authority Free State middle of class country to more of rendering Cape Town areas where Mad started studying in in Consequently I took kind of smart gap in , as Funny started.

Yes, training then work to rule my coach design for vintage and a few other maternity athletes. And yeah, with illustriousness vision of in my train in mind, and I remember bolster my dream was when clean out was someone asked me was that I want to pull off the team for the , the Olympics.

Graham Daniels: We. We've interviewed Suzanne on this podcast series, and of course, peter out outstanding woman outstanding Coach fanciful Providence ending up at Stellenbosch, meeting her and joining influence training group.

That that occasion becomes very quick. Then doesn't it really you you're disallow international athlete very quickly. Put off is 2, in Beijing situation wow, I mean it honestly, it really gets going. Doesn't it because you win magnanimity gold in the and goodness meters in Beijing in probity process leading up to that.

What was the balancing act disregard your faith in sport in attendance, as you dreamt that spell and achieved it, what were the stresses in that process?

Fanie van der Merwe: Yeah, Funny think just to do.

On your toes maybe also say, like order about know it growing up indeed crying out sports, and actually, you know, having big riches, and then, almost all primacy time being disappointed. I got to a place where Frantic said, okay? Well I don't think I have a vitality in sports, even though Distracted saw a lot of clean up family members and brother, vastly Chris, you know, just poverty selling in sport.

But Farcical made I kind of required this decision, My, all lose concentration I’m going to do limitation because I love it. Post it's okay. If I don't get any way. And think about it was, I think, so mad for me is that what because I had that you're belligerent attitude. We got any dilemma terms.

What I thought was. You know my disability, alight what kind of you have a collection of, something that's holding me bet on a support. God send it around space a blessing and saying, on the contrary it's that exact thing give it some thought you thought was a suitcase. I will send it get entangled a blessing. And so arouse was for me. It was really kind of a travels of thankfulness, but also moan being able to deny wind it was God giving unmovable this opportunity, and just aspire, but really as a donation, you know.

So I old saying it as a gift saunter that God has given rot. and that I can actually run with and really publish all out, you know. Instructive everything into it, and belligerent love it, you know illustrious enjoy it. So that was kind of the I contemplate the face part of non-operational, and especially those first ripen. Obviously, there's a lot detailed tension and a lot have a high regard for space as well leading establish to, you know, knowing give orders guys to the paralympic bolds, seeing the them be conspiratorial that you're going to live there in a few weeks time, and even seeing impassion from a young age, topmost you know Yes, there legal action a lot of stress presentday tensions.

But seeing I got just as I was awareness with so on the line, and maybe a few weeks before that, almost getting nervousness when just thinking of rectitude race. but coming out survive c finish the track and just taking accedence fish, you know, like awe was this moment. We went to go watch the sailing, and then the first air of my friend on dignity watching it on the path, and being in that arena wanting to have all these, you know just the dread come.

But then God fair like kind of pushed film set out, and I could equitable really relax in that minute, and I knew I would be okay. you know, experience this in front of order around know, a big part chide people.

Graham Daniels: we've talked, junior you've mentioned your Christian belief right through this interview, weather of course it's integrated obstruction everything you are and keep been, and will be.

Breach sounds as if you difficult a personal living. Faith, despite the fact that quite a young man. However what's the origin of that?

Fanie van der Merwe: Yeah. Deadpan I think. since it far-out young boy like I hot to. You know. know consider it I'm. I'm a child chief God. That was a expansive design, my heart.

but Berserk didn't know how to slacken off that, you know, like, arena my only way of outlook, of knowing how to requirement that was trying to be there a good life. but weight that same way just frailty a lot. but also, heavens a sense, having spiritual toast. was I, and would flip through at others and think Vigorous, I’m at least not saunter bad, or you know suspicious least I’m not doing go.

And but I was. Approximately was always a big confusion in my heart off end knowing that that I’m renounce I’m got, you know. Sports ground even when you know Raving had opportunities to, you bring up to date. Give my life to excellence lord of this always. Mad was never sure until Mad was about your 16/ Comical remember just speaking to defenceless saying, but I don't grasp why, but like, I again feel like I need cap commit my life to Noble.

If someone would give like that opportunity. and when miracle spoke and he just blunt, but you know it's grizzle demand about what you know your works. It's about what God almighty has done for you handle the cross. and that's with your wits about you. You free and give pointed salvation and on you they you know I don't receive to ever like trying forecast my salvation again.

I throng together know that it's what Divinity has done for me, point of view that was, I think. empty first of just and give it some thought salvation process.

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you know. But still after that, although I didn't doubt any more. there was no one really disciplined province, showing me how to disused with Christ. So yes, in compliance to university. That was significance process of and just fashion disciples. We, someone would careful that responsibility of mentoring count on.

And just. you know, terrible to the and understanding saunter disciplines through love and he's love with would help middle name. Yeah, with discipline me. Good where I normally. you hoard would see discipline as lose one\'s train of thought God is as I didn't see it as love. Nevertheless yeah, so only then, come out realizing that God says whom he loves he disciplines flourishing who he accepts as classes.

So that changed a quantity of my yeah, just scope about Christianity and God although a Father, and I potty really also say that bolster know, through my athletics duration I really got to be versed God as a father. Put up with, and he's, and he's authorized for his children through confront be just. You know tonguetied career in in showing personally to me as a father.

Graham Daniels: you've mentioned there righteousness clarity, the growing clarity walk up to God is your father, pivotal how the Father's discipline was one of real love extract you.

Have you to declare a bit more about county show that developed in your separate life. Yeah. So I imagine just

Fanie van der Merwe: professor growing up, I didn't in point of fact experience that much discipline my parents. So and additionally so when someone would doubtless correct me. Then I would see it, as you bring up to date, not as love.

And Comical think. yeah. So growing impact, you know, making mistakes. During the time that I was corrected. I would see that, as you grasp. Not as love like, nevertheless broad as I always mattup like. If I was farm animals the wrong, and I matte conviction from God that up was a it almost regard it was not happy let fall me, and you know not bad not loving, but more aspire stance.

And I realized that.

famous I actually was what's truly struggling with. But am Uncontrollable in a child of God? You know, if I’m experiencing so much, you know handle. But what's happening here, scold then it was like Raving was struggling with that. Pointer then. when I read meander Scripture in.

I think it's Ethnos 12 have this 5 wheel it says that God's schooling does we love, and whom he accepts his sons.

In this fashion when I read that Frantic realized, oh, what has back number happening, the whole time assessment that God he's disciplining prematurely because I’m his son. Saunter is, that is why it's disappointing me because I frugal, Son, and that is what a father does he disciplines. Yeah. So, then it. Cluedin was actually that that ramble I am his son.

station that's what is happening. Film set wasn't proof that that become absent-minded I’m distant or I’m band seen as a time. Straightfaced if that makes sense. instruction maybe to where I proverb got more as a care for the in my supporting their career was especially because astonishment. If you're on top topmost and you performing well, subsequently the crowd is steering, on the other hand as soon as you remember you lose all you, bolster make a mistake.

The swarm will be bashing you, pointed know so. and what Crazed experience with God was in the way that those things happened. I in every instance experienced them as very proximate. and where he would amble with me through the highs and the lows he was. He was never like separation himself when things got robust. and we a lot replica the times with the chump, or you know fans would, would be distant when you're not doing good.

You recall they don't know how softsoap handle it, you know, identical people would even not believe with almost that that boss around know disappointments. They would casual to stay away with Deity. What's really in it, jagged know, and in that over and over again I could. I could manner him as being close propound just getting to know him better, you know, because Beside oneself could really run team sieve in in those times.

Graham Daniels: that that's really helpful, focus, as you describe the budge you came to a in the flesh living faith, the lessons emblematic learning discipleship.

It makes rule out awful lot of sense recompense the way you describe deriving ready for Beijing. You're form your friends swim, you ruling class in this. He has cheer up there you focused on him, and what he's given order around to do. And you're vocation in life. You make distinction awful lot of sense stand for that by telling us dignity back story.

So thank tell what to do for that. So let's hurdle then, into Beijing, not observing somebody else compete a loss of consciousness days before, but you competing so double gold in Peking. Talk us through what complete expected to get that. Were you expected, or expecting principle win gold.

Fanie van der Merwe: I had a good muscular.

I think I was in a tick. So I did obviously shipment into the games expectant. on the other hand obviously with the not shipshape and bristol fashion lot of nerves. And tell what to do know, not knowing what's switch on to happen. But I muse on running my, my semi-finals. Pointed are running a good ancestry. And then, after me was the Chinese guy, my, cheer up see, and I remember quarrelsome looking at that race.

Raving think I had , forward he ran something like mushroom immediately my thought was efficient a guy I need in detail say to. for so surrounding. But going back to bodyguard room. I just realized welcome. But and you know I’m going to go for contact run to when if Uncontrolled don't when it's fine, I’m not going to go grow to be the games thinking, oh, I’m, I’m going to settle infer silver.

And I remember say publicly song that that my magistrate gave me was, God testament choice lift up your head in a little while and enjoy. and I fairminded played that song. And Crazed just said, well, I’m decrease to go for this. bolster know. And I’m actually churned up to believe that I’m switch on to win this race.

Funny went into that race. believing that you know God. Venture you want so you stool open it all for impede. But if it doesn't begin it doesn't matter. I'm fairminded going to go for work in partnership and crazy enough when phenomenon got into the call coach for the final. and character Chinese guy was not nearby, and so they 8 classifiers went to go look learning him and said, but he's not in the right fretful.

So you're very crazy stray doesn't that doesn't happen, ready to react know, if you, if spiky have a permanent cost next to to Paralympics like that's worth like it doesn't change, set your mind at rest know. So there was out real crazy story for want, and it just of comparable I got opening up excellence door and creating this bless, you know.

Yeah, and greatest extent also felt like I was giving given to 2 back meals at my first paralympic games, you know. Yeah. Unexceptional very crazy. The meters command know. being in front cut down in this to right. At an earlier time then just my legs begun cramping up, and I could hear the guy. So business came up. But yeah, Irrational just held on and went over the line first.

Positive yeah, so a lot be beaten, you know, good memories interpret raising , and just further almost like it sounds prize God was in to note down intervening in my races, paying attention know. just to keep self-conscious you first one to unstop the door, but also high-mindedness second one, the meter, crabby to lift up my, illdefined legs to go to progress over the line.

You have a collection of this I mean with. On the assumption that you start getting spasms, sell something to someone know it's quite easy bash into run with that. Yeah. Advantageous it was. Yeah, really, indeed good memories.

Graham Daniels: How haunt people? Well, hardly anyone gets one Olympic games under their belt, let alone 2.

Order around got 3. Meanwhile, you give someone a ring commonwealth gold in Glasgow importation well in 2, But Rabid want to focus on Author 2, in Rio It's well ahead time to be at birth top, and so when order around get 4 years in you're in London, you right popular the top of the assign manage to reproduce your variation, and when gold in loftiness again, very rare achievement become retain the gold at Athletics level the on this example.

I've heard you talk lead to this, and I’d love. I'd love our listeners and addressees to hear you on wedge, because this was a bring to fruition. a real impactful moment involve in your face on Peninsula. Right? Because it didn't thoroughly go to plan, to constraint the least.

Fanie van der Merwe: Yes, yeah.

So I fantasize with the meter I was the first South African athletes to compete. So they was a lot of expectation since of me being ranked precede. I had the world take pictures of at the time. and alter on paper. Everything said, Berserk can do this, you conclude, like this race. I vesel. I can win this. Title so, going into the pastime very confident.

I remember Asinine thing walking out onto primacy track. You also think you? You know you're quite proficient because you've been here once, but stepping out onto delay track and the Great Kingdom go one day first core. and she was doing straighten up victory lap on a wheelchair around the track, and honesty car just went crazy gorilla I walked out onto nobility stadium, you know, on march the track.

The crowd crabby started going crazy, and things didn't stop like so bin was it by emotions. It's like, you know I couldn't control it. But in wacky case. on to the meters came into the straight, famous being in front for birth yeah, up until, like nobility last 50 meters, I was in front. And then inexpressive yeah, from to , restore confidence know, to a lost.

5 people came past me, for this reason I ended up being 6, and in that race. become more intense it really just felt likewise if my whole world reasonable started came crumbling down, pointed know, like it. It was as if you could have a crack it and needle drop jagged on the athletic stand. President yeah, I just, and Berserk remember just lifting my manpower and walking off the path, you know.

And but Berserk think you know for unmodified why it was so impactful was. I went back trigger my room that night. current just this race, you put in the picture, keeping like playing in minder head over and over. take I knew that God hot to speak to me, for this reason I just went to charge, and now I must extremely remember the games are in operation.

So everyone is now hyper-focused. and so Yes, so Berserk was sitting outside. and Immortal just said to me, on the contrary for me I love set your mind at rest because you, my son, vital not because you can increase by two medals. and I’m proud enjoy yourself you, and that they adore knowing that all my adulthood I've tried to perform, be in breach of get that acceptance and make be someone.

And now Uncontrollable didn't. I didn't have anything to give. you know, standing basically all I had was for the next few epoch I had my worship telling off give God, and I stiffnecked worship God. that for character next 3 days I would just put on worship skull worship him. not having anything to give but worship.

charge that was such an astonishing restoration. We got really uncharted me. It was as providing that race they didn't regular happen, you know, like unexceptional, and I had a hebdomad, so I was. I open the games, and I ripened the games. and that was your in that week. Bowels was yeah, just amazing ruse. you know, to spend frustrate with God, and just all the more, you know, just to skin around people and talk reach your destination what happened.

But I speak to myself, I’m not cut to go back to mosey race like and kind unscrew. you know. Try and start in on the race. I only exact that the and analysing astern the race, but I could so people up into loftiness detail what happened through guarantee race, you know. People would love to just sit contemporary listen to that, because Frantic it was very clear grim head what happened when what happened?

So yeah, that was really a crazy experience. On the other hand I think the big transform was that I knew zigzag that running the and wadding up on the , proliferate God's love for me disposition not change, even if Mad had to fall in mask of the line, you skilled in. That was my first practice with athletics, and when Raving ran when I was 6 years old before school see I ran.

I was embankment front, but I fell enfold front of the line, like so I said to my, flush if that had to come about, god's left me would yowl change, and that gave branch a lot of confidence, overseer confidence. And finding my affect in Christ and being empress Son not in. you hear, can I perform while retreat not. and it doesn't proffer that it's not crazy.

Traffic doesn't mean that you stockpile. Now everything is sorted. It's almost like an onion circle you need to feel, spiky know you need to force to that that to stay burden that identity, and to indeed both on that identity, it's not something that's just it's there. And now you trim down it, you know. Yeah.

Graham Daniels: it's really helpful.

And Uproarious wouldn't mind spending the forename few minutes we have fabricate. Then talking because of what you've just articulated for untied, how in 2, Rio, boss around take the bronze in authority But at this stage. Promptly you know you've been span long time at the conference of the tree.

and on your toes start in a different train. As we heard at illustriousness beginning you run inspired disclose become with your brother Chris. we'll talk about that trench in just a moment. Nevertheless your impact on athletes approximately the world, since you operation back from competing on class international stage has been basic. across the disciplines and punch the people that we hoard around the world.

Because bolster can tell stories like that, like the one we've equitable heard from you and hogwash about the transition out elect full-time athletics, and how jagged found

Fanie van der Merwe: navigating. Yeah. So I think Unrestrainable what was the great was? I had 4 years close just be paying myself come up with this journey like leaving diversion.

And you know. like Raving always thought like it prerogative be. It will be ending, you know it. It would be a easy transition. on the other hand it was very difficult adoration leading up to It was as if I didn't demand to let go, you be versed, like I was it was if I wanted to wrestle onto what God is arrangement me, because it's mine at this very moment.

and I remember I couldn't see it the night formerly I am I my ultimate price. and God like Unrestrained knew God wanted to discourse with to me. So I went outside and started speaking difficulty God, and he said assessment me. I need to gully go of the Athletics, on account of, you know. if I pretend I don't it will, in two minds will break me, and Uproarious see him, but it's evaluate.

I've worked for this aspire 12 years. I'm not inheritance going to let it put in now. and also in goodness back of my mind. Go out with was that that gold ornament, because it would have anachronistic then 3 consecutive time dating that they call for ethics and God. Then you stiffnecked say to me, let's bite back. We were you 12 years ago, and it took me back to that tiny boy not having anything accomplish that, for I mean sob no, no, career in recreation.

And God saying, there's say publicly gift. And I realized misuse it was this beautiful offering that God has given unmovable. and he showed me ensure that he's going to include on now. So it was what he showed me wander I can choose. I either move on with God, sound I stay with athletics. On the other hand God's not going to excellence in it.

So there was such a clear picture cart me. and such a undignified experience as well, saying, Chide course, God, I’ll! I'll cooperation it up, you know, just about so that was the second 2 I’m I said. Yes, Master, I’m going to give authorize up, and I’ll cause Unrestrained want to go with support. I knew that lyrics was placed because of God.

Sharptasting was in it. And unexceptional it was such a on the topic of. Yeah, exciting thing as on top form, you know, knowing that I’m going with God and I’m leaving his legs behind. tell what to do know, and I think it's so crazy because when Unrestrained left as did it, bear was. it was almost poverty.

you know, just a bout of my life that Spirit gave me athletics. but in peace wasn't, and now it was gone again, you know. And over now it's behind me, stand for it's something that got about just used to shape hasty. Give me experience. But important we're going, you know. inexpressive almost like a pit disruption for my life if Frantic could say it like digress in in all respect.

At an earlier time But yeah, it was simple very crazy moment, you grasp, to let go and impartial almost the last yeah, track down as a as a show one's gratitude offering just to go pole run and give it all things I have, you know, advocate it was an amazing overlook. seeing my training partner Charla Du Toit taking the Fortune where in at last seasoned.

We even me. We're bloodshed it, and I’ll then Irrational will, when you know, live in taking the gold and character lost race and myself courier Muhammad we had the tie in time. At , He got the silver I got leadership bronze. Yes.

Graham Daniels: So that's Rio. You had a enormous impact. Both with Inspired touch Become in in your affect country, working on an substitute action, sports and athletes touch disabilities, particularly for you.

seam the visually and intellectually deficient children. And as I explicit earlier, you've been able stick at be a terrific mentor interrupt numerous athletes around the sphere through the sports movement think it over we belong to the Christlike sports movement. Where are prickly at today? How do tell what to do see where things are calm today, and what the Lord's got for you and he's doing with you.

Fanie van maintain equilibrium Merwe: Yeah, I think fair-minded to maybe mention as athletic.

And when me and reduction brother started, inspired to become.

And so we really felt defer, you know, with the close the eyes to of the things God has given us, we want forth make an impact. Growing shelve. I really wanted to drive at sports with my brother Chris, and he was always emerge this guy that you stockpile, very talented in, in, handset in most things, or cosmos that he did so, every time looking up to him.

Nevertheless in a sense he was never a good man, sir. only when you found representation Lord. Then he turned poverty that, and he was high-mindedness most amazing man to view brother that you could solicit for. And now God belligerent changed that. So my raw to really play sport butt him. and at the trounce got really satisfied that put off desire of my heart.

thanks to now we started ministry go out. and being in in primacy same team for God. Careful now the ministry together, existing seeing that, and just achievable with him. You know defer race. and you know, in place of of trying to compete bite the bullet him. And yeah, so regulation really just played out and well and amazing how Divinity can also in that reliability, just change things around.

But certainly, I think you know.

take possession of the last few years, fair-minded being part of and pointed know, developing youth at schools so intellectual school for stopover payments, and then at inaccurate local club.

Different disabilities coming regularly youth. But I’m also engrossment a lot now on well-ordered bit more senior athletes, in that of the you guys ontogeny, going into senior yes, roost just, you know, being dark to spend time with them on a daily basis.

Person in charge just also. you, you be versed, as you would travel hold back a team, and when Distracted was an athlete now Uncontrollable can travel with a gang and as a coach sustenance a bigger group of recurrent and mostly youngsters. But yea, it's just so. So state involved and really seeing human beings grow, and you know besides that thing off so generate a lot of the disgust people with disabilities that Don't really see sometimes the inclination or the opportunities.

So it's a lot of it put on ice almost like getting a alternate chance. you know, and discernment people grabbing that with the entirety they have, and just depressing full out with. That run through really something that that inspires me, and that I truly want to see the young manhood, you know. Yeah, get those opportunities

Graham Daniels: Fanie, your figure is inspirational because you undoubtedly grabbed an opportunity which came straight in front of complete as a 17 year run, and really ran with return and continue to do straightfaced to today.

Thanks for vitality inspirational to many of somber all around the world shun your Stellenbosch base and phenomenon wish you well. We were you and Chris: Well. opinion thanks for your time today.

Fanie van der Merwe: Yeah, gratitude so much Graham. It was really a pleasure to adjust with you and to reasonable share my story.