{"id":175465,"date":"2018-03-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/175465\/dedication-and-passion-rewarded\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T12:45:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T10:45:38","slug":"dedication-and-passion-rewarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2018\/03\/26\/dedication-and-passion-rewarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Print Exclusive &#8211; Dedication and passion rewarded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the GCN last spoke to born-and-bred Primrose boy Gareth Heyns (26), who started playing hockey at the tender age of 12, he had just received his Springbok colours for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>In the two years that have followed Heyns, who plays for the University of Johannesburg, has continued to play the sport he loves, and his dedication and passion has paid off as he was recently named as part of the national squad who will travel to Australia for the Commonwealth Games in April.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>For the full story be sure to get your copy of this week\u2019s Germiston City News.<\/p>\n<h5>OTHER PRINT EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES:<\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/174557\/wife-fulfills-husbands-last-wish\/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Exclusive: Wife fulfils husband\u2019s last wish<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/174123\/fifty-years-of-being-in-love\/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Exclusive: Fifty years of being in love<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-175467\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/03\/12GCNSPORTHOCKL_88793-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/03\/12GCNSPORTHOCKL_88793-520x390.jpg 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