African Female Cricketers Empowered
Female cricketers from seven African countries attended a four day cricket training clinic at Elite Ladies Cricket Academy in South Africa. The purpose of the training clinic is to promote women’s cricket on the continent.
Ladies from as far afield as Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania attended the clinic that will undoubtedly bolster the growth of the sport in Africa. Qualified level 4 coaches led by Feizal Kimmie will train the participants and the training is organized by Africa Cricket Association. Kimmie is the Senior Development Officer for the International Cricket Council Africa regional office.
Springboks Roll Over Australia and New Zealand
An inspired X-Factor performance by Captain Jean de Villiers saw the Springboks retaining the Mandela Plate and their second place on the IRB rankings with a crushing 28-10 win over Australia.
The Wallabies had descended upon Newlands
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in search of their first Test win over the high flying Boks on Cape Town soil since 1992. With the Rugby Championship beyond their grasp, the Boks were in a buoyant mood from the onset fiercely dominating the scrums.
The Boks also beat world number one New Zealand at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.
Zimbabwean Takes Over Canadian Rugby
Former Zimbabwean Sable rugby coach, Liam Middleton was in September named the New Canadian national sevens team coach. The 37 year old took over the reigns from Welshman Geraint John, who quit his post to take charge of the Australian Sevens team. Most recently Middleton was Director of Rugby of the Zimbabwe Rugby Union and has served as Zimbabwe Sevens coach since 2004.
Namibia Qualify For Another IRB World Cup
It was an unforgettable Rugby World Cup qualifying phase as Namibia upset all the odds by coming from 3rd position to clinch the sole ticket to the 2015 IRB World Cup slated for England.
After Zimbabwe had beaten Kenya and looked set to make it to next years’ tournament, Namibia needed to beat Madagascar by more than 53 points in order to secure automatic qualification. The South West Africans did just that by dismantling the hosts 89-10 in Antananarivo.
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