THE INNER RING

JULY 2020 | THIRD INNINGS

Dear family

Hope you had a great week.

Powerplay For this powerplay I want to share a piece written by Paulo Coelho, an incredible writer. I have recently read his book “The Alchemist”

“What is a personal calling? It is God’s blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However, we don’t all have the the courage to confront our own dream.

Why? There are four obstacles.

First: we are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible. We grow up with this idea, and as the years accumulate, so too do the layers of prejudice, fear and guilt. There comes a time when our personal calling is so deeply buried in our soul as to be invisible. But it’s still there.

If we have the courage to disinter dream, we are then faced by the second obstacle: love. We know what we want to do, but are afraid of hurting those around us by abandoning everything in order to pursue our dream. We do not realize that love is just a further impetus, not something that will prevent us going forward. We do not realize that those who genuinely wish us well want us to be happy and are prepared to accompany us on that journey.

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Once we have accepted that love is a stimulus, we come up against a third obstacle: fear of the defeats we will meet on the path. We who fight for our dream, suffer far more when it doesn’t work out, because we cannot fall back on the old excuse: “Oh, well, I didn’t really want it anyway.” We do want it and know that we have staked everything on it and that the path of the personal calling is no easier than any other path, except that our whole heart is in this journey. Then, we of light must be prepared to have patience in difficult times and to know that the Universe is conspiring in our favor, even though we may not understand how.

I ask myself: are defeats necessary?

Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for our dream, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

So, why is it important to live our personal calling if we are only going to suffer more than other people?

Because, once we have overcome the defeats – and we always do – we are filled by a greater sense of euphoria and confidence. In the silence of our hearts, we know that we are proving ourselves worthy of the miracle of life. Each day, each hour, is part of the good fight. We start to live with enthusiasm and pleasure. Intense, unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable; the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our soul, until, one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves from the bitterness and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.

Having disinterred our dream, having used the power of love to nurture it and spent many years living with the scars, we suddenly notice that what we always wanted is there, waiting for us, perhaps the very next day. Then comes the fourth obstacle: the fear of realizing the dream for which we fought all our lives.

Oscar Wilde said: “Each man kills the thing he loves.” And it’s true. The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far. I have known a lot of people who, when their personal calling was within their grasp, went on to commit a series of stupid mistakes and never reached their goal – when it was only a step away.

This is the most dangerous of the obstacles because it has a kind of saintly aura about it: renouncing joy and conquest. But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so

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hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.”

Inside the boundary rope

“Bowl out Hunger”

The KZN Union has recently embarked on an initiative to “Bowl out Hunger”.

The plan is to launch the initiative this weekend on Mandela Day and ultimately get to every Hub player in the province with a food parcel that will include essential foods and masks. Each food parcel will serve four people. We will help over 1650 cricketers and their families along with the 68 coaches that work in the various formal Hubs around KZN.

Hopefully we will be able to raise so much money in a sustainable way that we will be able to do more than one drop-off at each hub, as well as being able to assist in those areas that are feeder systems to our formal hubs. That is another 3877 players.

The KZN Cricket Union has partnered with Boxer Superstores who will handle all products, packaging and distribution. The project has been boosted by the buy-in from a number of the Hollywoodbets Dolphins sponsors as well as other brands who are trying to help the vulnerable communities through these tough times. Players and employees of the KZN Cricket Union have also committed to debit orders and other forms of donations to ensure that it is a combined effort from the cricket fraternity.

Small actions + Lots of people = Big impact.

Account Name: KZN Cricket Dolphins Relief Fund Registration number: 026/796/NPO Bank: Standard Bank Branch Code: 051001 Account: 051064367 Reference: Hunger – followed by your name

This week the player introductions will cover another three members of our exciting squad:

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FULL NAME MAIN ROLE ALL-ROUNDER BOWLING STYLE SLOW LEFT-ARM ORTHODOX BOWLING STYLE LEFT-HAND BAT DATE OF BIRTH 22 FEBRUARY 1994 PLACE OF BIRTH , KWAZULU-NATAL

HIGH SCHOOL CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL

PRIMARY SCHOOL CLIFTON PREPATORY

DATE OF DOLPHINS DEBUT November 2016 Sunfoil Series vs Dolphins, Cape Town

SHIRT NUMBER 67 It is the year that my mum was born. This number

is significant to me as it is my way of honouring

and thanking my mum for the positive impact she has had on my life. It reminds me of who I play for and inspires me to do my best to make her proud.

DOLPHINS ALL TIME HERO I use to love the dramatic wins Klusener would secure for the Dolphins and South Africa. Growing up I enjoyed the way he batted and bowled. I fondly remember watching his exciting death batting. Watching these dramatic wins drew me

to cricket.

FAVOURITE KINGSMEAD MEMORY My favourite Kingsmead memory is attending Dolphins matches as a kid. I fondly remember a particular match where I got to meet some of the players like Doug Watson and other players who were huge players at the time. Watching these heroes and being able to meet them at the end of the match, made me dream of playing at Kingsmead as well. I am really grateful to be able to live this dream.

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FULL NAME KHAYALIHLE ZONDO MAIN ROLE BATSMAN BATTING STYLE RIGHT-HAND BAT DATE OF BIRTH 7 MARCH 1990 PLACE OF BIRTH DURBAN, KWAZULU- NATAL HIGH SCHOOL WESTVILLE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL BEREA WEST SENIOR PRIMARY

DATE OF DOLPHINS DEBUT January 2008 Sunfoil Series vs Dolphins, Willowmore Park

SHIRT NUMBER 73 th rd I am born on the 7 day of the 3 month so combined those numbers to get 73.

DOLPHINS ALL TIME HERO My heroes are Lance Klusener, Ahmed Amla, Loots Bosman and my amateur coach Sakhele Simon.

Each one has played a big role in my career at different times. At critical moments they

all chose to believe in my abilities where

other coaches and administrators chose not to. I am thankful to each one of them for believing in me.

FAVOURITE KINGSMEAD MEMORY

My favourite Kingsmead memory was

scoring my first first-class century. It literally

brought me to tears because I was under immense pressure to perform. It is really special that I got to play this special innings at our home ground.

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FULL NAME ROBERT FRYLINCK MAIN ROLE ALLROUNDER BATTING STYLE RIGHT-HAND BAT BOWLING STYLE RIGHT-ARM MEDIUM

DATE OF BIRTH 27 SEPTEMBER 1984

PLACE OF BIRTH DURBAN, KWAZULU NATAL HIGH SCHOOL SARNIA PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL WESTVILLE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

DATE OF DOLPHINS DEBUT 2005

Dolphins vs Cobras, Durban

SHIRT NUMBER 84 It is the year I was born.

DOLPHINS ALL TIME HERO There are a few players that I look up to. Lance Klusener, , Doug Watson and are some of the players who have inspired me over my career. It was great to player alongside these players. Sharing a changeroom with them allowed me draw from their professionalism, hard work and the way they went about their business.

FAVOURITE KINGSMEAD MEMORY Everytime I step out to bat or bowl at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium in front of the lotal fans is special.

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Marketing & Communications This week’s guests on the “Leading Edge” were Ruan de Swardt and Mduduzi Mbatha (Hollywoodbets Dolphins Coach). It has been loaded onto the YouTube channel where it can be watched on demand.

Close of play Pearler of the week We will be celebrating Mandela day tomorrow to honour the legacy of Nelson Mandela, our former President, and his values. He was an incredible example to all of us and I would to share one of his famous quotes as a reminder during these difficult times…

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Nelson Mandela

Thank you,