Development Tournaments

The Under 13 Auto Club Week
• The first National U/13 week was held in the then Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) in 1969.
• Standard Bank has been sponsoring this week since 1997.
• Many famous players first cut their teeth at this tournament including Herschelle Gibbs, Allan Donald, Nicky Boje and Jonty Rhodes.
• This year’s tournament takes place in East London from 8th - 12th December.
• The Honorary Organizing Secretary is Mr. Stuart Don of Western Province.

  The Under 15 Week

• The first National U15 week was held in Cape Town in 1993 with PG Bison sponsoring from the beginning.
• Well known for players that attended these weeks were Justin Ontong, Morne van Wyk and David Terbrugge.
• This year the week will be held in Port Elizabeth from 11th - 15th December.
• The Honorary Organizing Secretary is Mr. Dawie de Lange of Boland.

  The Under 19 and Country Districts Week

• The U19 and U15 Country Weeks started in 1973 in Outdshoorn and in 1977 in Vereeniging respectively.
• These festivals were brought into life to give kids from rural areas a chance to play representative cricket.
• This year the U19 week is held in Graaf Reinett from 4th - 7th December.
• The U15 week will be held in Oudshoorn from 9th - 12th December.
• The Honorary Organizing Secretary for both weeks is Mr. Louis Baartman of Pretoria.
• An added incentive is that at both weeks SA Country teams will be selected that play at the PG Bison and Coca-Cola week.
• Players that attended include Tertius Bosch, Allan Donald, Gerhardus Liebenberg.

  The USSASA Under 17 Week

• The first tournament was held in 1996 as part of the USSASA Summer Ceredes Festival in Paarl.
• This year the tournament will be held in Worcester from 9th - 12th December.
• The Honorary Organizing Secretary of this week is Mr. Temba LuPuwana from Border.
• A USSASA U17 team is selected at the end of the week that will compete at the Coca-Cola Week in Bloemfontein.

  The Under 19 Week

• Many great cricketers attended these weeks through the years - Herschell Gibbs, Paul Adams, Makhaya Ntini, Shaun Pollock, Ali Bacher and many more.
• This year’s tournament will be held in Bloemfontein from 16th - 10th December.
• At the end of the week a SA Schools team will be announced that plays against the host province (Free State) while the SA U19 squad that is touring New Zealand in January will be announced
• The Honorary Organizing Secretary is Mr. Morgan Pillay of Kwa Zulu Natal.
• For the first time this year four Coca-Cola B team games will be held in Johannesburg at the same time as the week in Bloemfontein.
• The Honorary Organizing Secretary at this week is Mr. Shaid Kahn of Western Province.