Richards Bay cricket on trophy roll

RICHARDS Bay Cricket Club (RBCC) dominated the King Cetshwayo Cricket Union prize giving and AGM held on Thursday evening at the Empangeni Cricket Club at Addison Park.

This success was spearheaded by captain Ruan Janse van Rensburg who bagged the Player of the Year award after his standout season at club and district level.

RBCC picked up the Weber Cup and T20 First Division trophy.

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Other winners were eShowe Cricket Club, which picked up the Saturday League First Division trophy, and Empangeni Rugby Club which bagged both the Saturday League and T20 Second Division trophies in their debut season.

The rugby club that rejoined the local leagues after a decade’s break, played from Mick Kelly Park and had a sensational opening season.

Unfortunately they went down to Empangeni Cricket Club in the promotion/relegation match, and therefore will stay in the second division for the 2017/2018 season.

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The T20 league will be played first starting this Saturday, followed by the Saturday 24 Over League.

At the AGM it was noted that field availability is a major issue owing to the lack of equipment at municipal facilities.

Teams competing in the first division this season are Brackenham, Felixton, eShowe, RBCC 1, uMfolozi, Empangeni Cricket Club and eSikhaweni.

The second division will be contested by RBCC 2, Empangeni Rugby Club’s cricket side, Thandanani, Unizulu, uMhlathuze and Kings XI.

Office bearers for the 2017/2018 season are: President – B van Aswegen, Vice President – P Gouge; Treasurer – A Muthray; Secretary – G Richardson; Members – A van Noordwyk, C Lendrum and S Bosman; Club Reps – R Janse van Rensburg (Richards Bay), B Carpenter (eShowe) and B Nkwanyana (EMP); High Schools Rep – A Geringer; Junior Schools Rep – T Wickham; Umpires Rep – T Chilcott; Development – B Malamba and H Ndlovu.

The union’s Honorary Life Vice President is M Harrison.

Honorary Vice Presidents are P Young, M King, G Fowler, P Wise, U Groom, R Addison, P Addison, B Stanton, B van Aswegen and K Tedder.