GARDEN ROUTE DISTRICT CRICKET NEWS - SWD Cricket (SWDC) recently concluded its 2019/20 season with a successful virtual annual general meeting (AGM).
In the absence of the chairman of the board, Rudy Claassen, the report was tabled by the vice president, Shael Laminie.
Laminie highlighted the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequences thereof on South African cricket.
"The reality is that it will have a massive impact on the game, for which Cricket South Africa (CSA), together with its members, has designed a Covid-19 and Future Cricket strategy," he said.
CSA members have also formulated a consolidated Covid-19 risk analysis, covering financial sustainability, the inability to complete the core mandate within the member regions, people risk, player wellbeing and conditioning, insufficient facility maintenance and revenue projects.
Fourth overall
For the Operational Incentive Scorecard results, important barometers whereby the union measures the performances, SWD Cricket again excelled when they finished fourth overall, with an average 80.03% (behind KwaZulu Natal *83.49%), Boland 82.49% and Northerns 81.88%).
In finishing fourth SWD will receive an incentive of R400 000. SWDC again achieved 100% for the Governance anchor on the Incentive Score Card - only one of two unions to achieve this and they will receive a further R138 916.
Profit
Despite tough financial challenges the SWDC reported a profit of R249 132 compared to a loss of R1 202 383 in 2018/19.
A major contributing factor was that the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) approved a grant of R600 000 to SWDC but the Board, Financial Committee and Office Management exercised strict controls in terms of expenditure.
SWD Cricket will continue with the processes to establish its headquarters in George.
Transformation benchmark
SWD's commitment and dedication towards the transformation imperatives of CSA are evident in that SWD is one of only four affiliate members to meet the EPG transformation benchmark of 60%.
SWD achieved 67.40% on the EPG score card that focuses on data quality, member barometer, quality of opportunity, squad high performance assessments, governance assessment, finances assessment and win ratio.
Players successful
SWDC's core business is to produce quality cricket players for the system and the elevation of Glenton Stuurman, a former SWD player who is making a statement at national level, and Tyrece Karelse, who was selected for the SA U19 team, are evidence of successful programmes.
Stefan Tait, who spent two seasons with SWD, was rewarded with a contract with the Warriors and the senior provincial team coach for the past three seasons, Baakier Abrahams, will further his career as the assistant coach at the Warriors.
Laminie was re-elected for his last term as vice-president and Aubrey Mokoka as independent director (chairman of audit and risk committee), while Levesto le Roux and Donovan Claassen were elected for the vacant non-independent directors' positions.
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