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Well-respected Griffons coach dies─── HEIDRÈ MALGAS 17:01 Tue, 22 Aug 2023
Oersond Gorgonzola. Photo Facebook
A Griffons coach Oersond Gorgonzola, who coached this team in the Northern Free State for the past 11 years, has passed away.
Jacques Juries took over the head-coach role in 2018/19 when Gorgonzola stayed on at the union as an assistant.
CEO, Eugene van Wyk said that Gorgonzola won the first-division Currie Cup as a coach in 2014, 2016, and 2017.
Gorgonzola won the first-division Currie Cup as a coach in 2014, 2016 and 2017. Photo Facebook
“He was an amazing man, well-mannered and it was always a pleasure to deal with him. We have lost a great man,” Van Wyk said.
He saluted Gorgonzola for the great he has accomplished and done for the Griffons.
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