Highveld Lions cricket team (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Ikageng Cricket Club in Potchefstroom celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday with a total face-lift of their facilities when Cricket South Africa (CSA) and players from the bizhub Highveld Lions teamed up for their 67 Minutes for Nelson Mandela Day.
The club services three teams in its area and also supplies coaches to their immediate community and other areas in and around Potchefstroom in their bid to help shape tomorrow.
CSA paid for the installation of three new concrete nets, the refurbishment of the club house as well as the purchase of a new score board, boundary ropes and also paid for the servicing of their equipment. This project added up to R140 000.
Highveld Lions players Cliffie Deacon, Dwaine Pretorius, Rassie van der Dussen and Dieter Klein, along with CSA staff spent their 67 minutes repainting the club house and conducting a KFC Mini-Cricket coaching clinic.
CSA Acting CEO, Naasei Appiah said: “Taking into account the events of the past month there is an added sense of poignancy as we celebrate Madiba’s 95th birthday. Everything happens for a reason and there is a salutary lesson and reminder to all of us that our founding father remains a source of inspiration and unity to the nation.” – Cricket South Africa
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