Windhoek Draught Griquas At Home to Blue Bulls

by | May 15, 2023 | Griquas, Rugby

Windhoek Draught Griquas At Home to Blue Bulls

 

Windhoek Draught Griquas entertained the visiting Blue Bulls at Windhoek Draught Park, Saturday 13 May 2023, in cold, overcast conditions.

The visitors got the match underway, playing with the wind in the first half. The home side were doing most of the defensive work, but did have two or three fair backline movements. However Bulls scrumhalf, Embrose Papier, gathered a loose ball and burst clear without a defender in sight. dotting down for Chri Smith to convert.. Griquas came back with a brilliant line movement involving Rosco Spekman who was brought down, after a virtual 100 meter dash,just  8 meter short of the tryline. But the hosts received a penalty in front of the posts halfway between the twenty two meter and tryline, easily converted by taking Lubabalo Dobela, the score to 7-3, to the visitors. Johan Grobbelaar, scored the Bulls second try, in the 30th minute before eighth man, Elrigh Louw, scored as the first half reached its conclusion with the Bulls 19-3 in front.at the halftime break.

Griquas will get the proceedings under way in the second half playing with the wind and hopefully things would improve for them in this half. Unfortunately not, as the Bulls score their bonus point try, thanks to a second try from Grobbelaar from. a lineout five meters in from the near side touchline, very well converted by Chris Smith, taking the score to 26-3. Griquas made a runaway comeback in the 5th minute of the second half with an intercept  try, by Johan Mulder, the conversion sailing past the uprights, 26-8. Bulls were now running away with the game after their left wing, Marco Jansen van Vuuren, scored a try converted by Smith, score now 33-8. Centre Jay-Cee Nel was on hand to deliver the second try for the Griquas thanks to some fine interplay from the home team, the conversion sailed between the uprights, taking score to  33-15. Once again, Griquas are playing catchup rugby, but the Bull’s defence was holding out. However the hosts managed a pushover try, by Stephan Smit, with 4 minutes left in the game, the conversion by Ndobela going wide, score 33-20. The writing was on the wall when the visitors had the final say with a try by Simphiwe Matanzima under the posts,converted by Chris Smith, taking the final score 40-20.

 

POINT SCORERS

Windhoek Draught Griquas: Tries; Johan Mulder, Jay-Cee Nel and Stephan Smit, Conversion; Lubabalo Dobela. Penalty;: Lubabalo Dobela

Vodacom Bulls:Tries: Embrose Papier, Johan Grobbelaar (2), Elrigh Louw, Marco Jansen van Vuren and Simphiwe Matanzima. Conversions: Chris Smith (5)

KFC 40

by | Nov 2, 2022 | Cricket

KFC 40

The story is based on the reasons KFC opted to sponsor cricket at the grassroots level as opposed to the professional level that would get them loads more awareness.  The sponsorship platform is evolving due to the problems of poverty, war and other social and global challenges and all sponsorship should focus on a cause as opposed to exposure.  For KFC the sponsorship focus is on the kids of today and the future Proteas players and fans of the game.  The purpose is to give them the necessary life skills, through sport, to become upstanding citizens of South Africa.  We need to give the youth hope and motivation and get them to rise above any situation and build a better South Africa.  It is far more than the game of cricket.

From the first ball bowled, our involvement was intentional and purpose driven – knowing that we were not only partnering with Cricket South Africa to develop the pipeline of professional players, but shaping future community members, role models and leaders too. Our strategy has always been to impact lives beyond the boundary, ensuring that our graduates grew to become role models; community leaders and cricket lovers and that for each individual, self-belief was built from inside to out.

The decision to sponsor the programme was based on key criteria set by KFC. The programme ticked a number of boxes for us, the main elements being that we would first and foremost be partnering to feed the potential of the kids of South Africa whilst also being a part of a programme that is inclusive to South Africans from all walks of life. 

Teaching important life skills such as leadership, teamwork, discipline, trust, all the while developing healthy lifestyles inclusive of daily exercise are typically taught first by the coach on field then encouraged long post the final ball bowled. At KFC, we believe that our brand is so much more than just finger lickin’ good: It’s about ensuring that every child is filled with confidence, peace of mind, trust, excitement and a belief in their own potential and abilities.

In this 14-year partnership with Cricket South Africa (CSA), the KFC Mini-Cricket programme has enjoyed an annual participation growth of 89 000 kids to over 120 000 kids. Added to that the nearly 13 000 volunteer coaches and coordinators, and the KFC Mini-Cricket programme is an absolute Bucketload of Good. 

This year, 2022, CSA celebrates 40 years of Mini-Cricket, which translates into many years of unearthing some of the best talent in cricket and creating real sports fans of the game.