THE Chris Hani District Cricket Association, in partnership with Border Cricket Union and the Eastern Cape Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, hosted three days of umpires and scorers’ courses at Cullinan Pavilion in Queen’s College.
The courses were conducted by the Border Cricket Union to help umpires and scorers in Komani and surrounding areas develop the skills needed to become top officials.
Speaking on behalf of the Border Cricket Union, Nokubonga Dickmolo said there were a number of skills required to become a scorer or an umpire. She admitted the courses would help not only Komani and the surrounding areas, but also the Border region as a whole.
“I think coming here is going to help up-and-coming scorers and umpires improve their skills to become better officials and will also help develop cricket in the region,” said Dickmolo.
“We always struggle to attract an adequate number of scorers and umpires (in the Chris Hani district), as it’s far from our offices, so we are grateful to the Department of Sport for sponsoring the course.”
The chairperson of the Chris Hani District Cricket Association, Mfundo Siyo, was very excited and thankful that everything had gone smoothly during the three days of the courses.
“When we arrived here on Friday, we were welcomed by Queen’s headmaster, Janse van der Ryst, and we thank him for opening the school for us. Thank you also to Border Cricket and the Department of Sport for making this initiative possible,” said Siyo.
“This is education and to us education means service delivery to the people. The future of cricket in the region is now going in the right direction,” said Siyo.
