Don’t let the name of the game fool you. Mini Cricket is serious business – just ask any one of the more than 500 youngsters (representing 18 schools in Gauteng) who will be taking part in the annual Mini Cricket Festival to be hosted by the North-West University’s (NWU’s) campus in Vanderbijlpark.

The 2018 rendition of the event will take place on 15 September at the campus’s cricket fields and is made possible by KFC and the Gauteng Cricket Board.

According to Dr Anita Lennox, one of the organisers of the event and a senior lecturer within the School of Management Sciences, the aim of the event is to offer young cricketers between the age of six and nine years the opportunity to enjoy physical exercise while learning more about the discipline of cricket.

“On the day children will not only have fun practicing their batting and bowling skills, but will also develop self-confidence and get the physical workout they need, all while having fun with their new-found friends on the pitch,” explains Anita.

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Through this initiative kids are getting active around South Africa with over 110 000 children taking part in the programme. The initiative began in 1983 as an intervention to introduce boys and girls to the game of cricket and by doing so igniting a passion for one of South Africa’s most loved games.

* This is the 5^th time that the campus will play host to this popular event.

 

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