On Wednesday, 17 April 2019, North West Cricket recognised and honoured the individuals and teams that have excelled both on and off the field during the 2018/2019 season.
The NWC Annual Awards took place at the Snowflake venue in Potchefstroom. It was a spectacular evening where NWC took time to look back on a great cricketing season and celebrate the people who keep the union moving forward.
The biggest winners of the night include Marco Jansen who walked away with North West Dragons Bowler and Player of the Year, Tazmin Brits as North West Dragons Women Batter of the Year and Kagiso ‘Jonty’ Rapulana as North West Dragons Batsman of the Year.
Photos: Wouter Pienaar
One of the major highlights of the night was celebrating the historical success of the NWC Dragon Women, as they remain the undefeated champions this season, winning both the T20 and the 50-Over formats and the CSA National Women’s Week.
Phil Simmons, the former West Indian all-rounder and gentle giant with a great sense of humour was the guest speaker of the night and NWC was honoured to have such a legend sharing some wise words and his experience. He urged all the players to continue working hard, assuring them that it is the only way to succeed. The North West Cricket CEO, HP Prinsloo, took the time to thank all NWC stakeholders and partners that have contributed to making this season a success.
Here is a list of all the winners:
NWC Annual Awards 2018/2019 Season Winners
AWARDS
YOUTH
Individual:
HUB Player of the year 2018/2019
Ikageng Hub player of the year : Bathabile Masigo
Matlosana Hub player of the year : Karabelo Matlawe
Impala Hub player of the year : Paballo Sibande
Lichtenburg Hub player of the year : Lethabo Memane
NW Provincial Age Group Awards: Awarded to players that performed at the CSA National Weeks 2018
NW u/13 Player at CSA National Week 2018:
Thuto Motjoi
NW u/15 Player at CSA National Week 2018:
Charl Naude
NW u/17 Rural Player at CSA National Week 2018:
Lohard Janse van Rensburg
NW u/17 Player at CSA National Week 2018:
Johan Schonfeldt
NW u/19 Girls Player at CSA National Week 2018:
Anne Van Wyk
NW u/19 Boys Player at CSA National Week 2018:
Marco Jansen (SA U/19 Touring Team to India & SA COLTS)
-Franchise Cubs representatives:
Marco Jansen
Karabelo Matlane
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-SA u/19 Girls and Boys
Kgothatso Molefe – SA U19 Girls Fillies Team
Megan Heyns – SA U19 Girls Fillies Team
Marco Jansen – SA U19 Touring side to India & SA Colts
Youth Team Awards:
– u/11 Junior Club Winners : MATLOSANA HUB
– u/13 Junior Club Winners : RUSTENBURG ACADEMY U13
– Junior Intellectually Impaired League Winners : TEMOGO SPECIAL SCHOOL
– Senior Intellectually Impaired League Winners : REOLEBOGE SPECIAL SCHOOL
-NW u/13 Girls School league winners 2018/19 Season:
IKAGENG HUB 1ST TEAM
-NW u/15 Super A School league winners 2018/19 Season:
HOERSKOOL POTCHEFSTROOM VOLKSKOOL
-NW u/19 Girls School league winners 2018/19 Season:
HOERSKOOL LICHTENBURG
-NW u/19 Super A School league winners 2018/19 Season:
HOERSKOOL POTCHEFSTROOM VOLKSKOOL
-NW Region: Coca-Cola Schools T20 winners 2018/19 Season:
HOERSKOOL POTCHEFSTROOM VOLKSKOOL
COACHES
NW Youth Coach-Not Employed by North West Cricket 2018/19 Season:
ANDREW BALOYI & HENRY MATTHEWS (NW U17 RURAL TEAM WON 5 OF 7 MATCHES)
NW Youth Coach-Employed by North West Cricket 2018/19 Season:
ABRAM MOILWA (NW U17 RURAL TEAM; WON 5 OF 7 MATCHES)
NW Senior Coach-Not Employed by North West Cricket 2018/19 Season:
Neil Bredenkamp (NWU Pukke Head coach)
NW Senior Coach Employed by North West Cricket 2018/19 Season:
Francois van der Merwe (NWC Dragon Women Head Coach)
SCORERS
-Rookie : Mpumelelo Ndhlovu
-Most Improved : Tumelo Dikhudu
-Scorer of the year : Basetsana Xaba
UMPIRES
-Rookie : Danial Louw
-Most Improved : Tshireletso Given Mabe
-Umpire of the year : Roderick Ellis
SENIOR AWARDS
Club
-Sunday League Team Winners : MERAFONG SUN 1
-2nd League Team Winners : MAFIKENG BOYS CC
-1st League Team Winners : 9T20 ELEVEN 1
-Promotion League Team Winners : LAFARGE CC
Women’s Premier League:
Bowler of the year: Anje Cloete
Batter of the year: Tasmin Brits
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Player of the year: Colleen Oosthuizen
– Women Premier League : KLERKSDORP TRAVELERS CC
– Best Club Admin : IMPALA PRECRETE
– John Stocken Club Fair play : POTCH DORP 1
1. Premier League Individual
Bowler of the year: Divan Bester
Batter of the year: Nico Davin
Player of the year: Michael Fielding
– Premier League Community Cup representative: POTCH DORP 1
– Premier League Team Winner & Club championship representative: IMPALA CC
– Premier League Coach of the season: Niel Bredenkamp
Franchise Academy Players
1. Louis van Schalkwyk
2. Hlompho Modimokoane
2. Rural
Bowler of the year: Zithembile Nyembe
Batter of the year: Ruben Visagie
Player of the year: Micheal Enslin
3. NW Women
Bowler of the year: Evodia Yekile
Batter of the year: Tazmin Brits
Player of the year: Anneke Bosch
4. Dragons
Bowler of the year: Marco Jansen
Batter of the year: Kagiso Rapulana
Player of the year: Marco Jansen
CSA Future Cup Week Representatives:
– SA Rural
Micheal Enslin
Divan Bester
Ziets Nyembe
Ruben Visagie
-SA Universities
Ruan Haasbroek (USSA Cricket Team for Future Cup 2019 (Captain)
Katlego Leokaoke (USSA Cricket Team for Future Cup 2019 and USSA Team for Tri-angular vs CSA Academy and Sri Lanka Academy Aug 2019)
– National Academy (winter)
Anneke Bosch
Alyssa Erxleben
Tumi Sekhukhune
National Competition Winners
– NWC Rural Dragons – RCSA Rural Week
– NWC Women Dragons – CSA Women’s Provincial One-Day, Provincial T20 and National Week Winners
Lions Representatives
1. Dwaine Pretorius
2. Craig Alexander
3. Rassie Van Der Dussen
4. Bjorn Fortuin
5. Nicky Van Der Bergh
6. Kagiso Rapulana
7. Wihan Lubbe
8. Migael Pretorius
Proteas Representatives
Women
1. Lizelle Lee
2. Masabata Klaas
3. Tumi Sekhukhune
4. Tazmin Brits
