High school pupils, there is still time to enter the DirectAxis Currie Cup scholarship, but you need to get your entries in before the closing date, 11 November.
Financial services company, DirectAxis, launched the school scholarship programme as part of its rugby Currie Cup sponsorship. In total, it is offering R250 000 to cover school fees and other education-related expenses, including sports tours for high-school pupils. Fifty scholarships of R5 000 each will be awarded.
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Emanuel Cristaudo, CEO of DirectAxis Financial Services said, “We sponsored the Currie Cup because it’s the competition which gives players who may go on to become Super Rugby or even Springbok players a chance to show their potential. “The scholarships are intended to do the same thing, giving pupils, whether they be girls or boys, an opportunity to shine.”
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Speaking at the launch of the school scholarship programme at Tafelsig High School in Mitchells Plain, Blitzbokke star and Olympic medallist, Seabelo Senatla told pupils that “greatness is in yourself, you can be whatever you want to be if you work hard at it and if you really believe you want to be that. It is a choice”.
He added, “Sports and education go hand in hand. That’s how I got my scholarship.”
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The successful applicants will be informed from 14 November onwards.
Details: To apply, pupils or their guardians need to go to www.yoursupportplayer.co.za and fill in the online application.
