Seventh annual Street Cricket League

Sporting Chance, in association with Disney Enterprises, the City of Cape Town, various private donors and media partners, Good hope fm and Lets Play, is proud to once again host Cape Town's premier Street Cricket League.

Over 3 000 scholars from impoverished areas around the Western Cape will participate in 12 regional championships, commencing at the beginning of October 2010.

The first five-weeks will be round-robin fixtures with the sixth week hosting the regional finals. This will be followed by the Western Cape Street Cricket festival finale at the end of November which will be played at the 'home' of Street Cricket – 'Langa'.

Every participant of the 2010 Sporting Chance Street Cricket League will be rewarded with a certificate of participation. The regional winners will receive a trophy with winner's medals, and the Western Cape Street Cricket champions will receive the coveted trophy.

The Street Cricket league was launched in 2004 after Sporting Chance MD, Brad Bing had an understanding of what the respective communities required to get the sport mad children playing cricket.

South African children are naturally competitive and the streets of the communities are the perfect place in which to display one's skills without having to travel too far. The skills are natural and the flair is in abundance.

Whilst many of our sporting hero's started their careers on the street, Paul 'Gogga' Adams is no exception in proving the success that Street Cricket has the potential to take anyone all the way to the top. "I think Street Cricket brings joy back into the game and helps nurture young and upcoming talent in a fun environment," says Gogga.

The Sporting Chance Street Cricket League is aimed at children under 11-years old, who are organised into teams of 10, two of whom must be girls, and all must have attended school throughout the year. The participants are encouraged to belong to a sports club within their community prior to the start of the league. This is all part of Sporting Chance's philosophy of getting as many children irrespective of race, gender or social class, off the streets, educated and into a sporting environment.

The 2010 Street Cricket League will once again receive the whole-hearted support of the South African Police Service whereby local community SAPS stations will be actively involved with officers facilitating the matches as part of their community crime prevention program.

Overall the Sporting Chance Street Cricket league aims to promote a physical and healthy lifestyle by empowering the communities in a fun-filled environment whereby raw and natural talent can be identified and nurtured.