32 Tatler Thursday June 25 2009 SPORT

B i g t i m e b e c ko n s
‘I want to take my soccer as far as possible and
I’m prepared to work hard to reach my goal’
PICTURE: DUNCAN VAN NIEKERK
■ Old Mutual Academy’’s Keeno Shellar in action during a Mr Price fixture at Rocklands on Saturday.

Old Mutual Academy’s star under-19 defender signs for Super Sport United
JOHN ADAMS squad, Sheller stars for Beacon Hill Coaches who have had the on the field. He is magnificent aca- guidance. When youngsters leave
High, who are second on the Mr Price opportunity to coach the young demically and is well-disciplined,” Cape Town, especially to go to
he Pinelands-based Old Mutual senior schools log. star have marvelled at his abilities, Tregonning added. Johannesburg, they struggle

T Academy’s Keeno Shellar could

someday bring unprecented suc-
cess to the national team. That is
according to his high school soccer
coach, Dawood Tregonning.
Shellar has turned heads and
denied opponents access to goal since
he was a little boy. When he’s not turn-
ing out for the Academy’s under-19
In 2008, he was Old Mutual Acad-
emy’s Vodacom league player of the
year. Now he has taken another step in
the maturation process and signed a
contract with PSL outfit Super Sport.
“I want to take my soccer as far as
possible. I’m going to have to train
hard to get there and I am prepared to
work for my goal,” said Shellar.
leadership and work ethic.
“He is very quiet off the field,
but on the field is a different per-
Despite all the accolades, Shel-
lar remains well-grounded and
very close to his family. With the
because it is tough out there. But I
think he could go all the way
because on just football abilities, he
son,” said Neil Pain, who coached confidence and excitement of a has all the credentials, said Pain.
him for the past three years in the new adventure knocking at his The highest praise for Shellar
Vodocom league. “When he talks, door, Keano is still listening to the came from coach Tregonning.
the other players listen because instructions of his coaches and his “If we want to make Bafana
they know it is going to be benefi- parents’ advice. Bafana a success, then they need
cial. He is outstanding in class and “He will just need the right Keeno on the team,” he said.

■ Josh Salie
shows off his
skill during the
O'Neill Cold
Water Classic
that took place
at Misty Cliffs
over the
weekend.

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