What do you get when you combine cricket, camping and chops?
A very good time, that is for sure.
The Marks Park Cricket Club hosted its annual Bring-and-Braai Camp-Out from 24 to 25 March, along with a mouth-watering cricket festival at the club in Emmarentia.
Players pitched tents next to the pavilion and enjoyed some meat on the grid, in anticipation of great cricket in the morning.
“About 300 players and parents attended the braai,” said the club’s chairperson, Mahmood Takolia. He explained that the sense of community was great to be part of.
“Of those who stayed over, the children played cricket and soccer late into the night. At 11.30pm we started watching the SA and New Zealand Test match on a laptop around the braai until everybody fell asleep.”
When the sun rose, the players wiped the sleep out of their eyes and made their way to the fields.
The U9 and U11 cricketers played the finals of the Night Series, the U7s hosted a festival with Delfos Cricket Club and Lenasia Cricket Club, and the seniors played against the University of Johannesburg.
Of the Cheetahs, Lions, Pumas and Tigers teams in the Night Series, which has been played since November last year, the Pumas beat the Lions in the U9 final and the Tigers beat the Lions in the U11 final.
The U7s did not have a final, but the Cheetahs topped the log on points.
The U7 festival was a friendly with no official results. The club’s Gauteng Cricket Board Premier League A team beat UJ by 62 runs on the day.
All in all, it was a cricketing weekend no one will soon forget.
Details: Marks Park Cricket Club 082 852 4667.
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