SUBSTANCE ABUSE WORKSHOP FOR SPORT PEOPLE
2 May 2012
SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN SPORT WORKSHOP - 22 MAY 2012, GEORGE
As part of the SWD Riaan Loots Campaign, the SWDSC will be hosting this workshop in collaboration with the SA INSTITUTE FOR DRUG-FREE SPORT on Tuesday, 22 May 2012 at 18:00 at the King George Protea Hotel in George. Clubs are also hereby invited to attend.
RSVP your attendance please to Dave van der Walt [davesus@mweb.co.za] asap.
CRICKET EASTERN CAPE BACKS HOMEGROWN TALENT
26 April 2012
Cricket Eastern Cape (Pty) Ltd today announced their contracted squad for the 2012/2013 season. 4 new players have been contracted - 3 of the 4 being players that hail from the Eastern Cape region.
Simon Harmer has had an incredible season for both the EP and Warriors last season. He took a total of 63 wickets across all formats of the game. Young Colin Ackermann made his debut for the Warriors in the 2011/2012 season and has a bright future ahead of him.
Complete Article ...Duckworth/Lewis the main player on Day 1 of Club Champs
24 April 2012
The opening day of the Cricket South Africa (CSA) National Club Championships saw all but one of the matches decided by the Duckworth/Lewis method in Pretoria on Monday.
For North West PUKKE Cricket Club, it was a bitter pill to swallow when they lost to Assupol TUKS by just three runs in their Section Two match.
TUKS posted an impressive 256/8 in their allotted 50 overs when they were put in to bat by PUKKE. Half centuries by captain Maurice Aronstam (56) and Ernest Kemm (53) saw them take their team to the competitive score. In reply, PUKKE scored 226/7 in 39 overs with Chris Morris returning unbeaten for 61 runs and looking as though he could take his team all the way if the rain had not called a halt to proceedings.
Complete Article ...WARRIORS CONTRACTS FOR SWD TOP PLAYERS
24 April 2012
Gurshwin Rabie (left) is congratulated by Mr Rudy Claassen, President of the SWD Cricket Board, with his professional contract with the Chevrolet Warriors.
Gurshwin Rabie, the SWD main strike bowler and batting hero, Christiaan Jonker, who had an impressive season in the Cricket South Africa provincial challenge competition were both rewarded with professional contracts for the Chevrolet Warriors. With 62 (eight for the Warriors and 54 for SWD) sculpts, Rabie bagged the most wickets in South African first class cricket the past season and he also topped the bowling averages with 14.87. Rabie, earlier in his career whilst a student at the University of the Western Cape, played professional cricket for the Cape Cobra's. The most impressive newcomer on the international scene, Protea fast bowler Vernon Philander, is in the second place with 57 wickets.
Complete Article ...SWD PLAYERS IMPRESSIVE
18 April 2012
Ross McMillan (Captain)
Besides the impressive performance by the SWD senior team in the Cricket South Africa provincial competition, where the men from the Southern Cape missed out by a whisker to win the CSA Provincial Three Day Challenge, three players also excelled in the national batting and bowling averages for the 2011/12 season.
Gurshwin Rabie, the SWD main strike bowler, was the most impressive. With 62 (eight for the Warriors and 54 for SWD) sculpts, he bagged the most wickets in South African first class cricket the past season and he also topped the bowling averages with 14.87. The most impressive newcomer on the international scene, Protea fast bowler Vernon Philander, is in the second place with 57 wickets.
Complete Article ...SWD TO HOST USSA WEEK
18 April 2012
Mr Hugo Loubser (right), Sports Officer at the NMMU George Campus and Albertus Kennedy (CEO of SWD Cricket)
The SWD Cricket Board will host the USSA (Tertiary) Cricket week for the first time later in this year. This tournament, for the C-and D section will be based in Oudtshoorn and will be presented in conjunction with the NMMU (George Campus). Matches will be played in both Oudtshoorn and George.
The NMMU George team, who won the D-section in 2011, will be promoted to C section in 2012 and will have the services of talented players like Kobus Scholtz (SWD), Lyndon Volkwyn (SWD), Bronwill Goeda (SWD), Bradley Carolus (SWD Academy and SWD u/19) and Gurshwin Sparks (SWD u/19) in their midst.
Complete Article ...GLENTON STUURMAN EXCELLED FOR WARRIORS COLTS
18 April 2012
Glenton Stuurman (middle row - second from the left) was impressive with the bat during the recent SA Colts franchise cricket week in Potchefstroom. Playing for the Warriors, in the first of two three day matches he scored 52 (versus the Dolphins) and followed it up with a magnificent century (115 vs the Knigths). In the match against the Knights he was instrumental in helping the Warriors to post massive score - 440 - to win by 4 wickets. Marcello Piedt (back row second from the left) was the other SWD player at the week.
UNION STARS TO NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
17 April 2012
Union Stars
The SWD premier league champions, Union Stars, will represent the province at the Cricket South Africa National Club Championships that will be presented by the Northerns Cricket Union in Pretoria next week. Union Stars will field some experienced SWD provincial players like Pieter Stuurman, Erinn Ewerts, Douglas Baartman and Justin Jordaan in their line-up. They will however also miss Gurshwin Rabie (groin injury) and Waldo Lategan (exam commitments). The tournament that stretches from 22-27 April will host the respective club champions from the twelve CSA affiliates.
Complete Article ...NEWLY ELECTED MEMBER ON SWD CRICKET BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
12 April 2012
Mr Enrique Pietersen was recently elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the SWD Cricket Board. He replaces Mr Lungelo Stuurman who received a job transfer to East London.
UNION STARS QUALIFIES FOR CSA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
11 April 2012
Erinn Ewerts
Union Stars Cricket Club, the premier league champion from the South Western Districts, successfully qualified for the Cricket South Africa National Club Championships that will takes place in Pretoria from 23-27 April.
The men from Oudtshoorn had a tough battle in the qualifying fixture that was played last week in Pietermaritzburg last weekend when they defeated Easton Cricket Club, the KwaZulu Natal Inland by 8 wickets. In a high scoring match, Union Stars, who batted first managed to score 278 runs thanks to some useful contributions from Erinn Ewerts (70), Pieter Stuurman (48) and Rhupino Plaatjies (35). The onslaught from Easton was led by James Bryant (99) but they fell short by 8 runs to allow Union Stars to advance to their second club champs tournament. Rhupino Plaatjies (3/38), Douglas Baartman (2/55) and Erinn Ewerts 2/44 was the pick of the SWD bowlers.
Complete Article ...SWD CRICKET UMPIRES ASSOCIATION AWARDS FUNCTION
11 April 2012
The SWD Cricket Umpires Association recently held its Annual Awards Function
in the Pearl of Oudtshoorn Hotel. The respective category winners are:
Back Row: Andries Potgieter (Most improved), Charles Carelse (Runner-up:
Premier league), Glen Hockley (Winner: Reserve league, Runner-up: Promotion
League), Marcel May (Runner-up: Reserve league), Trevor vd Walt (winner:
Premier league), Moses Carolus (Winner: Promotion league), Sydney Stopforth
(Keenest umpire) and Gawie Krige (Runner-up: Women's league)
Front Row: Simon Swigelaar (Honorary Life-President SWDCB), Ruth vd Merwe
(Winner: Women's league), Rudi Claassen (President SWDCB) and Faizel
Samsoodien (Chairperson SWD Cricket Umpires Association)
SWD UMPIRE TO OFFICIATE IN CSA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
11 April 2012
One of the top umpires in the SWD, Jean Neethling, was appointed by Cricket South Africa, to officiate in the CSA Club Championships that will be hosted in Pretoria between 22-27 April 2012. This will be his 5th appearance as an umpire at this tournament
Frustration and disapointment for SWD in CSA Provincial Three-Day title Chase
4 April 2012
The title chase for South Western Districts to claim their first trophy ended in frustration and disappointment when rain had the final say in Bloemfontein the past weekend. Nevertheless SWD showed the greatest improvement this year, finishing the season in third place with 144.58 points. They drew in their away match against Free State in Bloemfontein where Christiaan Jonker scored an outstanding 103 from 126 balls to give them a first innings lead of 238 runs after being put in to bat by their host. Gino Vries and Patrick Botha were the stand-out bowlers of the innings, taking 4/52 and 3/22 respectively. Free State played right through day two and declared on 168/4 on day three. There was not enough time for a second innings to be played, leaving the match drawn.
A consistently good performance over the season by Griqualand West (Griquas) saw them retain their number one log position without playing a match in this past weekend's last round of matches and clinch the Cricket South Africa (CSA) Provincial Three-Day Competition title.
Complete Article ...Free State clinch CSA Provincial One-Day title
4 April 2012
Free State beat the South Western Districts (SWD) by the huge margin of 142 runs to claim the top spot on the log (29 points) and win the Cricket South Africa (CSA) Domestic One-Day Competition in Bloemfontein on the weekend.
Pite van Biljon scored an extraordinary 100 off 87 balls when the hosts were put in to bat by the visitors. They posted a competitive 259/9 with Rudi Second contributing a half-century (53) off 77 balls. Ross McMillan was the pick of the SWD bowlers, taking 5/54. At 23 wickets for the season, he was the most successful bowler in the limited over competition.
Complete Article ...A DRAW FOR SWD AND GAUTENG
27 March 2012
Waldo Lategan who scored his maiden first class hundred
The destiny of the Cricket South Africa Provincial Three Day trophy will be delayed for another week after the match between Gauteng and SWD that was played at the Wits Bidvest Oval in Johannesburg ended in a draw. Gauteng, thanks to some remarkable lower order batting performances squeezed past SWD on the bonus point table and the last round of matches that will be played this weekend will be a real nail-biting affair.
Complete Article ...
