Nomandi Junior Secondary School’s KFC
Mini-Cricket Kids to Challenge the Proteas
KFC Mini-Cricket Kids vs. Proteas
Tour begins
20 October 2015.
The biggest tour of the summer is upon us and KFC is proud to announce Nomandi
Junior Secondary School from Mthatha as the Proteas’ first opponents in the
action packed 2015/16 KFC Mini-Cricket Kids vs. Proteas Tour.
Nomandi will be hosting and taking on the Proteas after
being drawn as the first winners of the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids vs. Proteas Tour
competition.
Mike Middleton, Chief Marketing Officer
for KFC South Africa comments, “At KFC we take pride in the fact that we are
able to get kids active and bring them closer to their cricketing heroes
through KFC Mini-Cricket. We extend our
congratulations to Nomandi Junior Secondary School,
it will be a once in a lifetime experience for the kids and I am confident they
will do KFC proud in their match against the Proteas.”
Eastern Cape cricketing legend and KFC Mini-Cricket coach,
Mfuneko Ngam, who will be helping Nomandi Junior Secondary School prepare for
their match-up against the Proteas, payed the school a surprise visit to
announce the fixture and to treat them to an impromptu training session.
Ngam commented, “I am honoured to take on the role of KFC
Mini-Cricket coach to Nomandi Junior Secondary School. Having had a first look at my team at today’s
training session it is clear that they have some immense talent in their ranks
and I am sure that we will be giving the Proteas a good run come the 29th
October.”
The match-up at Nomandi Junior Secondary School will be the
first of four games making up the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids vs. Proteas Tour with
further matches taking place in Durban; Johannesburg and Cape Town. In addition to Ngam, KFC have also signed-up
legendary cricketers Graeme Smith and Neil Mckenzie who will also serve as KFC
Mini-Cricket coaches during the Tour.
The fixture between Nomandi Junior Secondary School and the
Proteas will take place on the 29th October 2015 and Proteas star
batsman JP Duminy believes both teams will be eager to gain an early lead in
the series.
“It’s going to be a long tour but the Proteas are up for the
challenge. We won’t be underestimating
the KFC Mini-Cricket kids from Nomandi Junior Secondary School but we are
confident of taking an early series lead come game 1 in the Eastern Cape.”
The Proteas play Nomandi Junior Secondary School at Khaya
Majola Oval, Mthatha on 29th October 2015 at 12:00. The event is
open to the public. Come down and
support the Eastern Cape’s KFC Mini-Cricket kids and get closer to your heroes,
the Proteas.
Three spaces are still up for
grabs for your primary school’s or cricket club’s KFC Mini-Cricket team to host
and take on the Proteas. Dial
*120*7535# or visit www.kfcminicricket.co.za now to enter.
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Media Contact
Shawn Belluigi
Tel: 083 675 4338
About the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids v
Proteas Tour
For the third
year KFC will run a national competition where KFC Mini-Cricket kids will stand
the chance to play against the Proteas in the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids vs Proteas
Tour
Kids can enter online (www.kfcminicricket.co.za)
or via USSD (*120*7535#)
The winners will
be rewarded with a prize handover, a training session and a game against the
Proteas, all assisted by one of the three KFC Mini_Cricket coaches, Graeme
Smith, Neil McKenzie and Mfuneko Ngam.
The runners-up
will be given the opportunity to participate as ball boys and girls at a
televised Ram Slam T20 Challenge match in their area
Three third
place winners will be drawn, each of whom will be awarded with 25 KFC
Mini-Cricket sets for their school.
About KFC Mini-Cricket
KFC
Mini-Cricket provides a platform for kids in South Africa to have fun and get
active
KFC
Mini-Cricket is the largest grassroots development sports programme in South
Africa and is also an essential building block for learning cricketing basics
and entrenching a love for the game.
There are currently over 110
000 kids from over 4 900 schools active in the KFC Mini-Cricket programme
who are coached by over 8000 volunteers
KFC
has sponsored KFC Mini-Cricket since 2010 and in the 2012/13 cricket season KFC
became the title sponsor of the KFC T20 Internationals and an associate sponsor
of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge.
KFC
has recently renewed its Mini-Cricket sponsorship for a further 10 years,
taking the partnership through to 2025
Log on to www.kfcminicricket.co.za or contact CSA
at (011) 880 2810 for more info on KFC Mini-Cricket
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