Jean du Plessis, Jané Winster tops

GARDEN ROUTE DISTRICT CRICKET NEWS - SWD batting hero Jean du Plessis won the prestigious SWD Player of the Season Award at the annual awards ceremony held via YouTube on Friday, 30 April.

Jané Winster - who excelled for the SWD Women's team and was selected for the SA Emerging team that toured Bangladesh - won the SWD Women's Player of the Season Award.

Du Plessis was SWD's top batsman in the CSA Provincial programme in both the three-day and one-day formats hosted in Stellenbosch and Paarl. In the three-day series he was the wicket keeper with the most dismissals overall and also represented the Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras in the Momentum One-Day competition.

Miceala Andrews and Winster were awarded the Simon Swigelaar Floating Trophy for being elected for the SA Emerging Women's team that toured Bangladesh during March and October 2021.

The SWD Women's team won the award of provincial representative team of the season for winning Pool B of the CSA Inter-provincial women's tournament hosted in Oudtshoorn during March 2021.

Special Merit Awards were awarded to Kamvalethu Feni and Ayabonga Ngondo for their selection for the Cobras Cubs who participated in the CSA Franchise Cubs' week in Stellenbosch; André Olivier and Lusuko Mralasi (both umpires) who officiated in CSA national tournaments; and Glenda Oliphant, who was elected to serve on the Executive Committee of SA Schools' Cricket.

Several members who were involved in various capacities within the SWD Cricket structures who passed away during the past year were honoured with a Roll of Honour Award.

They were Errol Eugene Hector (10/10/1969 – 15/07/2020), Meche Jacobs (12/02/2004-06/07/2020), John Johannes Jacobus Conradie (24/02/1950 – 01/08/2020), Hendrick John Clarence Hoogbaard (12/03/1977 - 03/08/2000), Stevin John Seconds (16/03/1966 – 08/08/2020), September Ekstraal (08/11/1956 – 25/09/2020), Reginald Oswald da Silva (10/10/1957 – 06/11/2020), Raymond Clyde Lionell Avontuur (19/01/1948 – 13/12/2020), Desmond Walter Malgas (17/09/1943 – 20/12/2020), Leon Louwrens Jacobs (04/06/1964 – 13/01/2021), Sam Henry John Bruiners (22/09/1970 – 18/01/2021), Oliver Brian Adams (30/08/1966 – 22/01/2021) and André Simon Bosch (11/05/1952 – 07/04/2021)

Three employees, Albertus Kennedy (the CEO), Pieter Stuurman (the clubs and facilities coordinator) and Zenobia Nel (human resources administrator), who have given 15 years' continuous service, received a Continuous Service Silver Certificate.

Various former players and administrators who served SWD Cricket with distinction received a Lifetime Achievement Award.

They were Greg Morkel, Pieter Botha, Griffith Makok, Tommy Meintjies, Ronnie Isaacs, Les Jacobs, Willie Bezuidenhout, Ezzard Hufkie, Clive de Waal, Mervin Davids, Morgan van Wyk, Colin van Wyk, Mario Prins, Colin Myburgh, Ronald Fortuin, Mario Prins, Danny Cronje, Pieter Oelf, Stan Coleman, Iodien January, Robert Swigelaar, Franco Coerecius, Clive Brandt, Roy Smith, Chris Andries, Godfrey Malgas, Kearney Malgas, Winston Coerecius, Phillip Wagenaar, Anthony Coerecius, Emil le Roux, Patrick Witbooi, Jimmy Ellman, Eric Walbrugh, Neil Jeffery, Basil Deal, Werner Jeffery, Hilton Abrahams, Alfred du Plessis, Joey Daniels and Manie Olivier.

Jané Winster