Tshuma Stingers rugby club get ready to kick off the season
MIDRAND – Midrand's home of champions, Tshuma Stingers share their plans and extend their gratitude to those who have helped them get this far.
The Tshuma Stingers rugby club, based in Midrand, is excited to take on the new season from 30 January.
Tshuma Stingers CEO and club manager Ndumiso Tshuma said all past and present members of the team will report for duty on the 30th, adding that new members are also welcome to join the winning team for their preparations of the rugby season ahead.
“Off-season training will commence from 6pm at Midrand High School every Tuesday and Wednesday. As we slowly come closer to reopening we can promise all our fans and supporters that it will be yet another year with nothing less than the intense, action-packed rugby you love.”
Tshuma urged any parents thinking about getting their kids into rugby to do so by signing up for their junior club. “Children can start enjoying the beautiful game while maintaining a positive and healthy lifestyle from the age of seven.
“Our junior players resumed training on 18 January. Training is held every Saturday morning at Midrand High School starting from 8.30am to 10.30am with more training days and times projected for the month of February.”
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The Stingers have an international tour to Zimbabwe planned as part of their season preparations. “This tour comes at the right time to help coaches and players in finding more time together to work on the game plan as well as consider position changes.”
He added that they would continue with their vision to promote rugby at grassroots and youth level, including women’s rugby, which remains one of their top priorities. “Stingers are calling on businesses and members of the Greater Midrand Community to come and join hands with us to make this journey a success story of all time. We believe that the road to success is always under construction and our dedicated team will see to it that Midrand stays on the rugby map.”
Tshuma also thanked everyone who has supported them, “I would also love to thank the dealer principal at Fury Mazda Midrand, Bernerd Blom for his generosity and kind heart, the Fury Motor Group and Mazda Midrand have sponsored the Stingers programmes since 2015.
“A big thank you to Timmy Goodwin of the Golden Lions Rugby Union, our coaches, players, parents and schools for making our first-ever local schools’ rugby league a huge success in which Midrand High School won both the U17 and U15 age groups.”
He concluded, “From here on our junior club efforts can only rise and shine. Through this programme, the club has assisted Noordwyk Secondary School in putting teams together. We will be making efforts to see the school play in Golden Lions Schools league this year.”
Details: Tshuma Stingers club management 078 266 0723
info@tshumastingers.co.za; tshumastingers@gmail.com
