Whitehead, Brits scoop top awards

SPORT NEWS - Badgers spin bowling hero Sean Whitehead won the prestigious Garden Route Badgers Player of the Season Award Saturday evening.

Momentum Proteas Women batting hero, Tazmin Brits won the SWD Woman Player of the Season Award.

Brits excelled for the Proteas' women's team at the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup in South Africa during February and was a star player for the successful Six Grill Garden Route Badgers team in the CSA Top 6 Women's competition

Whitehead, who won the award for the second consecutive season, was the Badgers' most successful and versatile performer in the Cricket South Africa division 2 in both the four-day and one-day formats.

Due to playing commitments in the UK he could not attend the event.

The women's team of Union Stars, who won the Cricket SA National T20 Club championship, won the Award for Provincial Representative Team of the Season. The team also received the Simon Swigelaar Floating Trophy for outstanding achievements.

Special Merit Awards were awarded to:

n Mariana Breedt (Outeniqua High School), selected for the SA Schools Fillies Girls' U19 team and umpire Kerrin Klaaste, who was appointed to officiate in the ICC Women's U19 World Cup appointed on the ICC Development panel and who officiated in the Varsity Cup final and officiated in the Legends League Masters in Doha, Qatar.

Klaaste also received the Cricket SA National Umpire Certificate.

André Olivier, who officiated as a CSA Panel umpire (reserve list).
Gary Moos who was appointed as venue manager for the ICC T20 U19 World Cup in South Africa.
Annerie Dercksen and Tazmin Brits, selected for the Momentum Proteas Women's team that participated in ICC T20 World Cup in February.

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 Matthews Louis Willem Carstens: Contractor who built the pitch at the REC Ground in 2003, Faizel Samsoodien: Former CSA panel umpire, Henry Murphy: Former chairman of Calitzdorp Young Stars CC, Jan Abraham Meyer: Former newspaper reporter of the George Herald and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from SWD Cricket and Charles Phillip Carelse: Former SWDC umpire.

Clive Pretorius, who was the founder member from Heidelberg United Cricket Club and served the club for more than 20 years and dutifully reported for the Suid-Kaap Forum on cricket activities in the Hessequa region, received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Franco Geldenhuys (Pacaltsdorp United CC), for his versatile performances, was the Premier League Player of the Season.

Dean Lewis (Telesto Ramblers CC) won the award for the Promotion League Division 1 and JD Bester (Hartenbos CC) for Promotion League Division 2.

Roual de Reuck, who excelled with both bat and ball for Pacaltsdorp B, won the award as Reserve League Player of the Season, Sean Whitehead (Knysna Cavaliers) the T20 Player of the Season and Miceala Andrews (Union Stars) – who scored the most runs in the Women's League and took the third most wickets – received the Award for Woman Player of the Season.

Zoë Meyers (from Pacaltsdorp United CC) was the Women'sDivision 2 T20 League Player of the Season.

Thurstin Murphy (High School Player of the Season), Mariana Breedt (Girl Player of the Season), Javier Philander (SWD Scorer of the Season), Hennie Pietersen (SWD Umpire of the Season) and Angelo Buch (from Melkhoutfontein CC – the Club Groundsman of the Season) were the winners of the Fair Play Award and Pacaltsdorp United won the SWDC Operational Excellence Award.

The photographs for the event can be accessed at the following link: 2023 SWD Annual Awards Function.

Clive Pretorius, who was the founder member of Heidelberg United Cricket Club and served the club for more than 20 years and dutifully reported for the Suid-Kaap Forum on cricket activities in the Hessequa region, received the Lifetime Achievement Award.