Wanze/Bas-Oha is in mourning this Saturday. The football club has indeed announced sad news with the disappearance of Freddy Seba, known as “Papy”. An essential figure among the Sugar Makers. The club decided to pay tribute to him in a long message posted on social networks.
“Sad news that this disappearance of a particularly endearing character who had joined the RJS Bas-Oha at the age of 10 to reach the club’s flagship team which was playing at that time in P3. He played there until he was 33 years in the company of Michel Manne, our honorary president, Fernand Williquet and Paul Gaillard, names that the youngest do not know but who participated in the growth of the small village club which later became a reference in provincial football. and national.
The younger generation will more easily remember Grandpa who served as a trainer for our Bas-Oha youth school and the School for Young Footballers of the Wanzoise Entity (EJFEW) in the small categories for more than 33 years. It has seen the debut of a host of players, many of whom will reach the club’s senior teams. A passionate and motivated trainer, he left everyone who encountered him with lasting memories of kindness and kindness. His nickname Grandpa says a lot about the relationship he had with his little players.
An exceptional servant of the club, after his training career and for another 10 years, he then monitored the locker rooms during training and matches. In those days, both trainers and players had to walk straight, he took on this thankless task with great motivation and firmness. Always with a broom in hand, he kept our facilities in impeccable condition.
We also remember him as he sipped his beer at the corner of the counter with Marie-Christine, Violette and whoever wanted to listen to him passionately recount his past as a player for the club of his native village, Bas-Oha. .”
