Sobanukirwa n’amateka ya Padiri Chanoine wabaye umuyobozi  wahinduye byinshi muri Rayon Sports.

Mu mateka ya Rayon Sports, ikipe izwi cyane mu Rwanda no mu karere, hari abantu bamwe bahaye uruhare rukomeye mu guteza imbere iyi kipe no kuyizamura mu bihe bikomeye.

Padiri Chanoine Eugène Ernaute, umwe mu bayobozi b’ingenzi muri iyi kipe, yagaragaje umuhate ukomeye mu kubaka no guhuza abakunzi ba Rayon Sports, cyane mu bihe byari bigoye nyuma y’imvururu z’imyitwarire n’inkubiri z’ubukungu mu myaka ya 1960 n’1970.

Rayon Sports yashinzwe mu mwaka wa 1968 i Nyanza, isanzwe izwi nk’itsinda ry’abakunzi b’umupira w’amaguru rishingiye ku kigo cya Christ Roi. Umuyobozi mukuru w'iki kigo, Padiri Chanoine Eugène Ernaute, yabaye umuyobozi wa mbere w'iyi kipe ndetse anagira uruhare rukomeye mu kuyihuza no kuyizamura.

Icyo gihe, Rayon Sports yari igihangayikishijwe n’imvururu za politiki n’amasomo, byatumye ihangana n’iki kibazo gikomeye, ibyari byiganje byari ku rwego rw’imikoranire y’abafana, abakinnyi, ndetse n’abayobozi.

Nubwo Rayon Sports yari ifite amateka akomeye, mu gihe cy’amateka y’ikinamico cy’ubuzima bw’igihugu, iyi kipe yasubiye inyuma cyane, kugeza ubwo ibaye ikipe itari ikunzwe mu gihugu.

Ibi byabaye ikibazo cyugarije ikipe ya Rayon Sports, ariko Padiri Chanoine Eugène Ernaute ntiyigeze azuyaza kubafasha mu bibazo byose yanyuze muri iyo myka yo hambere.

Padiri Chanoine Eugène Ernaute yabaye nk’umuyobozi ufite ubushobozi bwo guhuza abakunzi ba Rayon, akabashishikariza gukorera hamwe kugira ngo ikipe igaruke ku rwego rwiza.

Mu gikorwa cyari gifite intego yo kongera umuryango wa Rayon Sports, padiri Ernaute yahurije hamwe abantu benshi b’ingeri zitandukanye, aharanira kubaka ubumwe bw'abafana ndetse no guteza imbere ikipe mu buryo bw’imari n’ubuyobozi.

Ni muri urwo rwego yatangiye gushishikariza abakinnyi gukomera no gukorera hamwe ku buryo bufasha ikipe gutsinda. Kuva icyo gihe, Rayon Sports yakomeje kuzamuka ndetse igera ku rwego rwo guhatanira ibikombe binyuranye birimo icy’amahoro ndetse no kubona imyanya y'imbere muri shampiyona y’igihugu.

Padiri Chanoine Ernaute yabaye ikimenyetso cy’umuhate w'ukuri, ndetse ibikorwa bye byatumye Rayon Sports yinjira mu bihe byiza. By’umwihariko, mu mwaka wa 1998, Rayon Sports yegukanye igikombe cya CECAFA, igikombe cy’amahoro cyakomeje gutuma iyi kipe ibasha kubona izina rikomeye muri Afurika y'Uburasirazuba.

Nubwo padiri Ernaute yari yaramaze gukura Rayon mu bihe by'amage, umusingi we w’ibikorwa byiza byatumye iyi kipe igaruka mu buzima bwo kwishimirwa no gukunda n’abanyarwanda.

Iyo tuvuga Rayon Sports mu Rwanda, Padiri Chanoine Eugène Ernaute aba ari umwe mu bagize uruhare rukomeye mu gufasha ikipe kuba ikimenyetso cy’umurage w’ubufatanye n’urukundo mu mikino. Gukomeza kumenya amateka ya Rayon Sports biragaragaza uburyo abantu bafite umuhate n’umurava bashobora gufasha gukura ikipe, bakaba intangarugero mu rugendo rwo kubaka ubumwe bw’abafana no guharanira inyungu z’ikipe.

Nsengimana Donatien.