Stanford Lake
College, Haenertsburg, Limpopo, was one of the schools that competed in the Coca-Cola®
30 Minute Heroes Challenge, a competition introduced to schools participating in the Coca-Cola® T20 schools Cricket
challenge and aimed at getting learners to participate in physical
activity.
The concept encourages as many learners as possible to
complete a five drill circuit within a 30 minute period. The scores will only
be made public once all schools have completed their challenge. The
school that completes the most circuits in the allotted time frame stands a
chance to win a prize of an outdoor gym to the value of two hundred thousand
rand, which will be installed at the winning school.
Pupils from Grade 8 to 11 participated in the event. “We
encouraged the Grade 8 and 9 students to join in as a bonding exercise as they
are new at the school and are shy,” said Shane Friedrichs, Director of Sport
and 1st team cricket Coach. “The Coca-Cola® 30 minute Heroes
challenge was the perfect opportunity to get the junior kids involved and
active in a fun activity that generated great school spirit.”
Stanford Lake College has been knocked out of the
Coca-Cola® T20 Schools Challenge. Friedrichs explains, “We are a small
school of only 120 boys and out of those boys there are only a handful that
play cricket. I am therefore very proud of our boys as they thoroughly enjoyed
playing against top cricketing schools like Merensky. They have gained
invaluable experience and have really grown as a team thanks to the
Coca-Cola®.”
The Coca-Cola® T20 Schools Challenge is about making heroes,
explains Fetsi Mbele, Coca-Cola South Africa Marketing Assets Manager. “This
grass roots tournament is where heroes are unearthed and then progress through
to the Coca-Cola® Khaya Majola Cricket Week, an annual tournament, sponsored by
Coca-Cola South Africa for over 30 years. It has to date produced over 200
Proteas players.”
The
five drills in the Coca-Cola® 30 Minute Heroes Challenge include:
1. Shuttle runs
between 6 beacons, moving a cricket ball from one beacon to the
next.
2. Target
Throwing at a set of wickets.
3. Skipping
with a skipping rope.
4. Catching
balls off a rebound board.
5. Weaving
in and out of 10 slalom poles.
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