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Street Cricket Final Heating Up

Rob Peters — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:45 +0000

: Gibbs mentors young Nyanga children on the streets

Six weeks of entertaining street cricket has culminated into one big day at this year’s Sporting Chance Street Cricket Championship Finals taking place on Thursday 26^th November 2009, where all the winning regional teams will battle it out for the coveted trophy.

The program kicked off on 16 October and saw more than 3000 young children from disadvantaged communities participate in five weeks of round-robin fixtures followed by the regional finals.

Not only did the program introduce children under the ages of 11 to the game of cricket, but also gave them the opportunity to meet one of South Africa’s favourite cricketing heros – Herschelle Gibbs.

Summoned from the school classroom as a 16-year-old to make his first-class debut in 1990, Gibbs has loved the game of cricket where he has played in every test nation cricketing country around the world, and enjoys putting back into the game he loves so dearly.

“I have played and enjoyed all levels of the game, but there is no greater joy and satisfaction than seeing the absolute passion these children have in playing cricket” said Gibbs.

“there is no doubt that we have hidden talent on our doorsteps here in the Cape, and with good coaching and mentoring there is no reason why these children cant make it all the way to the top.”

The Street Cricket initiative which is in its sixth succesfull season, was played by children from Gugulethu, Khayelitsha, Kewzi, Nyanga, Langa, Elsies River, Langa, Atlantis, Mannenberg, Mitchells Plain, Ocean View, and Masipumelele in Cape Town.

Brad Bing, MD of Sporting Chance who started the first street cricket league in 2003 says the initiative has enjoyed unprecedented success since it humble beginnings as a pilot project in Langa.

“This year we’ve continued with our successful strategy of 15 teams, as we’ve noticed that the emerging communities are filled with sport mad children” said Bing.

Whilst many dignitaries are expected at the final on the eve of the ODI between South Africa and England, many of Cape Town’s professional players encourage all children to play outdoors.

Robin Peterson, another Proteas player who has recently joined the Cape Cobras, started his game on the streets of Port Elizabeth.

“I have many friends still today who I met whilst playing street cricket” said Peterson. “I love this format of the game and continue to play it whenever I get a chance,” he continue.

WINTER HOLIDAY COACHING CLINICS

Rob Peters — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:11:34 +0000

The first week of the popular Sporting Chance holiday coaching clinics ran from the 29^th June to the 3^rd July. The weather was perfect with the sun shining for all five days! The kids had a fantastic time, learning sport specific skills, being educated about nutrition and goal setting and also making new friends. See below what a few parents had to say:

“Just a quick ‘thank you’ to all at Sporting Chance. Nicholas loved every minute of this weeks Astro Hockey. He was so excited to go back each day and as this was his introduction to hockey, he is a firm convert. I was particularly impressed with the quality of coaching. Great long warm up/stretch sessions soon got rid of the first day’s stiffness and plenty of exercise during the day ensured he was asleep early each night.”

“Loved it – thank you. Should have done this years ago with my other boys!!”

“It was a brilliant clinic and he learnt a lot. Look forward to the next one.”

Be sure not to miss the next clinic running from the 13^th – 7^th July.

Please visit our Website to see photos from each clinic

SEVENS BOKS TO HOST CLINIC

Rob Peters — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:46:58 +0000

Sporting Chance, together with the Springboks Sevens captains Mpho Mbiyozo and Mzwandile Stick, will host a Sevens Rugby coaching clinic in the Western Cape community of Nyanga. This will take place in conjunction with the Lagunya Rugby club to promote the game of sevens in the community and give talented players the opportunity to be introduced to the game. The clinic is the start of a partnership between Sporting Chance and Mpho Mbiyozo whose aim is to give talented rugby players an opportunity that was afforded to him through the game.

The long term aim of the program is to identify athletes with potential to be successful in rugby and to provide them with the necessary skills to develop their natural talent under the guidance from Mpho and Sporting Chance.

DATES AND TIMES:

Rugby 7’s clinic with Springbok 7’s captain’s – Mpho Mbiyozo & Mzwandile Stick

Dates: Mon 6^th & Tues 7^th July

Venue: Nyanga Stadium

Time: 09h00 – 13h00

Sevens Star Mpho Mbiyozo Man of the Match against the Bristish Lions

Rob Peters — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:56:13 +0000

16 June 2009

British Lions kept their unbeaten record against the Southern Kings a new franchise from the Eastern at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. Despite the Southern Kings loss of 20-8, Sevens star Mpho Mbiyoza was awarded the Man of the Match award for his outstanding performance as openside flank.

Next Month Mpho will be passing on his expert skills to young aspiring Sevens Rugby players in the community of Nyanga. He will be partnering up with Sporting Chance to run clinics to impart his knowledge onto these children and assist in the development and growth of the game. Watch this space for more details on these clinics.

Sporting Chance Friday Afternoon Coaching Clinics 24 April-19 June

Rob Peters — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:09:03 +0000

Sporting Chance Friday Afternoon Coaching Clinics at Norman Henshilwood start Next week friday the 24 April untill 19th June. Rugby, Hockey and Soccer will be on offer for all you sports fanatics wanting to improve your skills. So anyone from the age of 4- 13 come and join us.

For more information phone and email Sarah Kemp:

Email: admin@sportingchance.co.za

Phone: 021 6837299

Hockey

Soccer

IPL team Kings XI Punjab visit Sporting Chance Nyanga Cricket Program

Rob Peters — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:32:55 +0000

On the 14^th of April 2009 Cape Town- Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) players Kumar Sangakkara, along with Brett Lee, Indian bowler Sreesanth, Ranadeb Bose and the owner of the Kings XI Punjab Bollywood actress Priety Zinta were all in Nyanga at Nyanga cricket stadium to Launch the club’s mobile fan club with mig33. Over 40 kids from St Mary’s Primary and Liwa Primary school from Nyanga got the opportunity to meet the players and get some much appreciated cricketing coaching on their batting, bowling and fielding from the players. These children are part of our Sporting Chance development foundation sports programme. The squad is an after schools cricket programme that aims to provide young cricketers with the basic cricket skills in a structured environment that promotes sustainability and talent identification. Sporting Chance has placed one of their highly skilled coaches Lucky Tywaku in both of these schools and he runs the cricket program on a weekly basis with support from Sporting Chance.

“This is a massive opportunity for our young players to meet and be inspired by world renowned cricketers. Through the Sporting Chance development foundation sports programme and events like this we hope to encourage young players from the local community to actively participate in the sport.” says Brad Bing, managing director of Sporting Chance.

To end off the day one of the young boys in the program got chosen to attend KXIP’s inaugural match against the Delhi Daredevils in Cape Town on 19 April.

Any Kings XI Punjab fans can sign up to the Cricket FanZone by sending “KXIP” to 31273 or by downloading mig33 directly from their phone’s browser (m.mig33.com/kxip). mig33 works on over 2,000 different mobile phone models.

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from left to right: Brett Lee, Kumar Sangakkara, Priety Zinta,Sreesanth and Ranadeb Bose

Brett Lee offering some bowling tips to young player from Liwa Primary