Kwilali yaseTsholomnqa,kude kufuphi neMonti eMpuma Kapa, kuzalwa amaphupha mihla le—kodwa ambalwa aqaqamba njengeka-Amila Jimana oneminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu (16) ubudala.
UMfundi weBanga leshumi (10) kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo i-Cambridge eMonti, u-Amila uchongwe ukuba ayomela uMzantsi Afrika kwi-*Xenon Festival Hockey Tour 2025* eNetherlands—enye yeendawo eziphambili kwihlabathi kuphuhliso lwe-Hockey. Kweli thuba lingaqhelekanga, usapho luka-Amila lujongene nenyaniso ebuhlungu yokungakwazi ukuluhlawulela olu hambo.
> “Sinebhongo ngendlela emangalisayo ngo-Amila. Ukukhethwa kwakhe ayiloloyiso nje kuphela, kodwa sisibane sethemba kuye wonke umntwana okhulela ezilalini,” watsho utata wakhe kwisicelo sakhe seemvakalelo ecela uncedo.
“Kodwa asinayo ipokotho elingene ukwenza eli phupha libe yinyaniso ngokwethu.”
Uhambo luka-Amila ukuza kweli nqanaba lube lukhuthazo kusapho lwakhe. Uzalelwe wakhulela kwilali yakwaGqala eTsholomnqa, ukuqala kwakhe ubamba iphini le-Hockey wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesibini (12) kwaye akazange aphinde ajonge ngasemva. Kwangaloo nyaka mnye, wonyulwa ukuba amele iqela lephondo laseBorder, isikhundla athe wasibamba ngokuzingca iminyaka emithathu ilandelelana kwiitumente zesizwe phakathi kwamaphondo.
Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesine (14) nje kuphela, u-Amila udlalela iqela le-Under-16 lesikolo, kwaye ngeshumi elinesihlanu (15), wayesele edlala kwiqela le-U19 elihloniphekileyo leQela lokuqala-ukuba ngumdlali omncinci kwiqela. Abaqeqeshi nabakhethi ngokufanayo baye bancoma isakhono sakhe sendalo, uqeqesho, kunye nobunkokeli ebaleni.
> “U-Amila ungomnye weetalente ezinqabileyo ezidibanisa ukuthobeka nokuzimisela,” watsho omnye wabaqeqeshi bakhe. “Uluhlobo lomdlali ongadlali nje, umdlalo uyawuphila.”
Ukhenketho lwase-Netherlands lungaphezulu nje kokuba iyitumente. Ukuvezwa kweli nqanaba kunokubona u-Amila esayinelwa kwisikolo sobuchwephesha okanye nakumaqela amazwe aphesheya.
Kodwa amaphupha eza neendleko. Iindleko zokuhamba, indawo yokuhlala, iyunifomu, kunye nemirhumo yokhenketho zonke ziyinxalenye yetyala usapho luka-Amila olungenako ukulihlawula.
“Sicela ngeentliziyo ezivulekileyo kuye nabani na onokunceda,” wongezelela utata wakhe. Nasiphi na isixa, nokuba sincinci kangakanani na, siyakusondeza u-Amila kwinqanaba lehlabathi. Oku kungaphezulu kwe-Hockey kuphela. Imalunga nokubonisa ihlabathi into enokwenzeka xa italente idibana nethuba.”
Kwabo bangathanda ukuxhasa uhambo luka-Amila, igalelo okanye inkxaso siyayamkela. Ngoncedo lwakho, le nkwenkwezi yethu iselula yaseTsholomnqa ingaqhubela phambili ekukhuthazeni kungekuphela nje uluntu kodwa isizwe siphela.
Masibambene ngasemva kuka-Amila Jimana kwaye sincede enze iphupha lakhe lokudlala i-Hockey kwinqanaba lamazwe ngamazwe libe yinyani.
Ukuze unikele okanye ucele ulwazi olungakumbi, nceda uqhagamshelane nosapho ngokuthe ngqo okanye ucele amaxwebhu okhenketho asemthethweni nge-imeyile.