Eastern Gauteng cleans up
The Eastern Gauteng u-14 to u-18 junior teams finished off the week by enjoying a momentous clean sweep with gold medals in the u-14, u-16 and u-18 age categories.
Eastern Gauteng Action Cricket is excited and proud of their teams which cleaned up at the junior Interprovincial Tournament (IPTs) in Pietermaritzburg from Saturday, July 1 to July 9.
Forty-nine teams participated in the provincial Little League (u-10 age group through to u-13) with Easterns claiming bronze medals in the u-10 and u-11 categories.
Special achievements and individual awards were:
• Tristan Havenga – awarded Best Bowler in the u-11 age group
• Players who made the All Stars side in their age group: Zieg Roos (u-10), Marco Mendes (u-11), Wiehann Smith (u-11), Kyle Schwartz (u-13)
• Selections for the South African training squad in the u-14 junior category: JJ Havenga and Nico Steyn.
The Eastern Gauteng u-14 to u-18 junior teams finished off the week by enjoying a momentous clean sweep with gold medals in the u-14, u-16 and u-18 age categories.
The u-16s also scooped the Plate win.
Special achievements and individual awards in the junior category were:
• Byron Giraudeaux – awarded Best Batsman in the u-14 category
• Christopher Pistorius – awarded Most Valued Player in the u-14 category
• Bryce Parsons – awarded Best Batsman and Most Valued Player in the u-16 category
• Ethan Hughes – awarded Best Bowler in the u-18 category
• Ian Crawshaw – awarded Most Valued Player in the u-18 category.
• Players who made the All Stars side in their age group: Ian Crawshaw, Ethan Hughes, Logan Joubert, Brett Martindale, Deon Mouton, Matthew Wittstock and Glen Chapman.
• Selected to join the South African u-16 training squad: Dylan van Zyl, Brandon Haynes and Liam le Grange.
• Selected to join the South African u-18 training squad: William Harrison, Kian Schwartz, Joshua Taylor, Joshua Britz, Ethan Hughes, Conner Parsons, Bryce Parsons and Bryce Dhooge.
• Shawn Schwartz, Kurtis Thomson and Frank Newberry were selected as officials for the national teams to tour Dubai in 2018.
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