CRICKET SHORE IS FUN

21 years ago when 200 pupils were bused in from Langa to show off their cricket skills on Muizenberg’s Sunrise Beach. Today, the Sporting Chance Calypso Cricket Festival hosts thousands of children every year Three of the 200 pupils who played that day in 1990 went on to play SA Schools cricket. Today, the Calypso Festival runs like a well-oiled machine, with more than 3 000 pupils brought in daily from schools to various beaches for the first week of the summer holidays. The event aims to identify talent, foster a passion for cricket and sport and provide holiday activities for children. The game is played on the seashore between teams of 10 players each. Sporting Chance’s founder, Brad Bing, said they had managed to “expose an entire generation of youngsters to the sport of cricket and the benefits of teamwork, as well as give them a reward at the end of the academic year”. The event kicked off at Strand on Monday and will head to Long Beach in Kommetjie tomorrow.