Senwes Spinners celebrate 10 years at the crease
TRADE NEWS •••
SENWES IN PARTNER- SHIP WITH NORTH WEST CRICKET CELEBRATED THE SENWES SPINNERS CRICKET DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ’ S 10 TH AN- NIVERSARY THIS YEAR . THIS PROGRAMME IS REGARDED AS THE FLAG- SHIP OF FARM SCHOOL CRICKET DEVELOPMENT PRO JECTS IN SOUTH AFRICA .
10-YEAR CELEBRATION The celebration kicked off with cricket coaching at 10 farm schools ( 5 in the North West and 5 in the Free State ) and coaches training with North West Cricket . Thereafter a 4-day cricket tournament was held from 28 to 31 March 2016 in Potchefstroom , with all ten teams being hosted at Potchefstroom Boys High and the games held at the fields of Boys High and Technical High Schools .
The two top teams , Humansvlakte and Phakela Primary Schools proceeded through to the finals . The rain effectively ruled out any chance of a final on 14 May at Senwes Park , and therefore the two schools shared the winner ’ s trophy with each school pocketing R3 750 . The gala dinner afterwards was attended by Senwes ’ management , North West Cricket board members and representatives of Cricket SA , headmasters , coaches and captains of the ten farm schools who took part in the tournament as well as cricket greats .
HISTORY In March 2006 Senwes teamed up with the North West Cricket Association to launch the Senwes
Spinners Cricket Development Programme . Since then the programme has gone from strength to strength .
Francois Strydom , Group Chief Executive of Senwes said : “ I think the fact that we are celebrating a decade of involvement with cricket development in the rural areas is proof that Senwes is 100 % committed to the improvement of the lives of the communities in which we conduct business . Senwes is about far more than just agriculture .”
Senwes Group Chief Executive , Francois Strydom , with Humansvlakte Primary School , one of the 2016 finalists .
Phakela Primary School was the other 2016 Senwes Spinners finalist . Here they are with Senwes Group Chief Executive , Francois Strydom .
SENWES Scenario • AUG / SEP 2016
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