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Senwes Spinners,
twelve years in action
The winner of the 12th annual Senwes Spinners Farm School cricket tournament is
Dr Sello Primary School. The Free State boys beat crowd favourite Phakela Combined
School by a mere 15 runs in a tense finish on Saturday, 12 May 2018.
B
oth teams played remarkably
well with notable performances
from Phakela’s star batsman,
Joseph Sebolai and Dr Sello’s
bowler, Katleho Maleka, who displayed
impressive skills during the final. After
their victory, the winning team played a
friendly T10 match against the NW Kings
where they lost by 6 wickets.
For over a decade, Senwes has pas-
sionately spearheaded the farm school
cricket development initiative, Senwes
Spinners. This year’s tournament got
off to an inspirational start on 3 April at
Senwes Park where Senwes Group Chief
Executive, Francois Strydom addressed
the young players. He encouraged them
to play passionately and dream big and
reminded them of their significance and
explained that learning in a farm school
environment gives them an experience
like no other. He encouraged them to
cherish the quality of education that they
receive and make use of every opportu-
nity that comes their way. The 12 years of
the tournament’s success affirms Senwes’
support and commitment to bringing
about positive change and breaking new
ground in the communities where they do
business.
In an interview, Strydom stressed
the importance of sustainability as one
of the key factors in Corporate Social
Responsibility and to Senwes. “When the
Senwes Spinners Farm School Cricket
Development started out in 2006, the
sustainability potential was questionable.
Twelve years later, the tournament has not
only proven to be sustainable, but also
inspirational in the way it has given hope
to the 1 400 learners who have passed
through the programme to date.” Strydom
stated his belief that for any company to
have longevity, it needed to make a real
difference in the community and become
part of the solution in making life better for
the people it intended to service.
Since its inception, this exceptional
development programme has afforded
Senwes and NW cricket the opportunity to
give back and make a lasting difference in
the lives of many young boys whose spor
ting dreams have come to fruition through
the support of Senwes Spinners. To date,
through the tournament, five young boys
have received full scholarships for high
school and tertiary education.
The twelfth Senwes Spinners tour-
nament will air on Supersport Extra in
September 2018.
Excitement and celebration after Dr
Sello are announced winners of the 2018
Spinners tournament.
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