VOL 01 ISSUE 01 | AUGUST 2018 NORTH WEST
CRICKET “Cricket is battle and service Home of the North West Dragons and sport and art.” at Senwes Park DOUGLAS JARDINE I N S I D E O U T
IN THIS ISSUE
NORTH WEST CRICKET ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY FOR THE 2017/2018 SEASON - P2
OVERVIEW ON CONCUSSION OR MTBI (MINIMAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJUTY - P6
LIONS FRANCHISE U/17 CAMP - P8
CLUB THINK TANK 2018 - P8
THE BRAIN AND FATIGUE: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR NUTRITIONAL New Beginnings INTERVENTIONS? -P9
BY VINCENT PRIOR - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER RASSIE VAN DER DUSSEN - VICE CAPTAIN BIZHUB HIGHVELD LIONS "Beginning" is defined as "the time or place at which anything begins", and - P10 thus it is simulated, that every moment is a start. CSA AWARDS BREAKFAST The thing with "new beginnings" is that they are starting and ending all the P10 time. We do not necessarily see that they always bring about meaningful and clear-cut changes to our lives or a particular situation and because the NORTH WEST CRICKET SENWES PARK - PROUD HOST OF THE ICC changes are sometimes small or unobtrusive we don't always notice them. But UNDER 19 AFRICA QUALIFIER changes happen all the time and because of these little changes, we are able DIVISION 2, 2018. - P11 to make bigger and significant changes. #WHATCHTHISSPACE - P12 I learned that "new beginnings" do not happen overnight, whether we make the change at the exact moment or not, we will not necessarily see the result FOLLOW US: the next time we wake up. It is just not realistic. But if we are determined, and we keep pushing for the change we want to see, it will happen and ultimately change our lives, as well as any particular circumstance. So, North West Cricket - whether you start something new, this month or this cricket season or choose Senwes Park to continue with the familiar, remember, every moment can be new and every moment can define your future.
@NWCricket0 In closing, choose to use the best of the past as building blocks for new beginnings.
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North West Cricket Annual Prize-giving The North West Cricket Annual Prize Giving 2017/2018
Ceremony for the 2017/2018 season took place at The Roots Lifestyle Centre, based in Potchefstroom on Friday 20 April 2018.
The evening was an opportunity to acknowledge and praise members’ achievements, and to thank the team of North West Cricket for their involvement NW Provincial Age Group Franchise Cubs and hard work this past year. Awards: representatives:
Awarded to players that A wide range of prizes were performed at the CSA National Reabetswe Mokgoro awarded including Youth Weeks 2016 Louis van Schalkwyk Awards, Coaches Awards, Scorer Awards, Umpires NW U/13 Player at CSA National SA U/19 Girls: Awards, Senior Awards, Week 2017: Tshegofatso Rampai Special Awards and Corne Prinsloo Presidential Awards. Youth Team Awards: NW U/15 Player at CSA National Week 2017: Christopher De U/11 Junior Club Winners: Freitas Matlosana Hub
AWARD WINNERS NW U/17 Rural Player at CSA U/13 Junior Club Winners: National Week 2017: Potch Dorp 1 YOUTH AWARDS Andrew Keen NW U/13 Girls School League Individual NW U/17 Player at CSA National Winners 2017/18 Season: Week 2017: George Madoda Primary School HUB Player of the year: Junior Mathe NW U/15 Super A School League Ikageng Hub player of the year: NW U/19 Girls Player at CSA Winners 2017/18 Season: Tshegofatso Rampai National Week 2017: Potchefstroom Volkskool Tshegofatso Rampai Matlosana Hub player of the NW U/19 Girls School League year: NW U/19 Boys Player at CSA Winners 2017/18 Season: Karabelo Matlawe National Week 2017: Wolmaransstad Hoërskool Louis van Schalkwyk Impala Hub player of the year: NW U/19 Super A School League Paballo Sibande Winners 2017/18 Season: Potchefstroom Volkskool Lichtenburg Hub player of the year: NW Region: Coca-Cola Schools Bilal Alli T20 Winners 2017/18 Season: Rustenburg High School
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COACHES UMPIRES NW Best Club Administrator 2017/18 Season: NW Youth Coach-Not Employed NW Rookie Umpire 2017/18 Impala Precrete CC by North West Cricket 2017/18 Season: Season: NW John Stocken Club Fair Play Cedric Tselane (NW /15 Boys Madri Van Staden &Tebogo 2017/18 Season: Team) & Wynand Schmitt (NW Mokate Potch Dorp CC U/19 Girls Team) NW Most Improved Umpire Premier League Individual: NW Youth Coach Employed by 2017/18 Season: North West Cricket 2017/18 NW Premier League Bowler of Season: Andries Vellema the Year 2017/18 Season: Claude April (NW /15 & U/17 Boys NW Umpire of The Year 2017/18 JP De Villiers Team) & Jimmy Kgamadi (NW U/19 Season: Boys & Academy Team) Anton Stapelberg NW Premier League Batter of the Year 2017/18 Season: NW Senior Coach-Not Employed Shane Dadswell by North West Cricket 2017/18 SENIOR AWARDS Season: NW Premier League Player of Niel Bredenkamp Club: the Year 2017/18 Season: Shane Dadswell NW Senior Coach Employed by NW Sunday League Winners North West Cricket 2017/18 2017/18 Season: NW Premier League Community Season: Lichtenburg CC Sun I Cup Representative 2017/18 Monty Jacobs Season: NW 2nd League Winners Impala Precrete CC 2017/18 Season: SCORERS 9T20 ELEVEN CC NW Premier League Winners & Club Championship NW Rookie Scorer 2017/18 NW 1ST League Winners 2017/18 Representative 2017/18 Season: Season: Season: NWU PUKKE Karabo Lemphane Potch Dorp III NW Premier League Coach of NW Most Improved Scorer NW Promotion League Winners the 2017/18 Season: 2017/18 Season: 2017/18 Season: Piet Van Niekerk- Impala Precrete Danial Louw NWU Fivers CC
NW Scorer of The Year 2017/18 Women’s Premier League: Franchise Academy Players Season: 2017/18 Season: Basetsana Qaba NW Women’s Premier League Bowler of the Year 2017/18 Lesego Senokwane Season: Louis Van Schalkwyk Anneke Bosch Robben Mpholo Louren Steenkamp NW Women’s Premier League Jimmy Kgamadi (Coach) Batter of the Year 2017/18 Season: Adeline Hodgman
NW Women’s Premier League Player of the Year 2017/18 Season: Adeline Hodgman
NW Women’s Premier League Winners 2017/18 Season: Klerksdorp Travelers CC 3
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Rural: CSA FUTURE CUP WEEK REPRESENTATIVES NW Rural Bowler of the Year 2017/18 Season: SA Rural Representatives Ziets Nyembe 2017/18 Season:
NW Rural Batter of the Year Tsholofelo Phukuile 2017/18 Season: Jerome Xaba Tsholofelo Phukuile Ziets Nyembe Marcus Fourie NW Rural Player of the Year 2017/18 Season: SA Academy Representatives Dwaine Fielding 2017/18 Season:
Lesego Senokwane NW Women: Louren Steenkamp
NW Women’s Bowler of the Year SA Women National Academy 2017/18 Season: Representatives 2017/18 Tshegofatso Rampai Season:
NW Women’s Batter of the Year Anneke Bosch 2017/18 Season: Tazmin Brits SA Men National Academy Representatives 2017/18 NW Women’s Player of the Year Season: 2017/18 Season: Tazmin Brits Kagiso Rapulana
NATIONAL TEAM WINNERS Dragons: 2017/2018 SEASON
NW Dragons Bowler of the Year NW Women Dragons – CSA 2017/18 Season: Women’s Provincial One-Day Brady Barends NW Rural Dragons – RCSA Rural Week and CSA Rural Provincial NW Dragons Batter of the Year One-Day 2017/18 Season: NW Dragons – CSA Provincial Janneman Malan One-day Competition
NW Dragons Player of the Year 2017/18 Season: Janneman Malan
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Lions Representatives 2017/18 PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS Season:
Dwaine Pretorius Janneman Malan
Craig Alexander Rassie Van Der Dussen Bjorn Fortuin Nicky Van Der Bergh Kagiso Rapulana Aya Myoli Wihan Lubbe Dyllan Matthews
Proteas Women
Representatives 2017/18 Season:
Lizelle Lee Masabata Klaas
SPECIAL AWARDS 4
1000 first-Class runs 2017/18 Season: Janneman Malan
200 first-Class Career wickets: Brady Barends
Leading Wicket Taker in the CSA Provincial One-Day Competition 2017/18 Season: Dyllan Matthews
3-Day Franchise Academy Batsman of the Week 2017/18 Season: Lesego Senokwane
One-Day Franchise Academy Batsman of the Week 2017/18 Season: Louren Steenkamp
Momentum Community Cup Batsman of the Week 2017/18 Season: Louren Steenkamp
NWC Ground and Service Staff
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Overview on concussion or MTBI (Minimal Traumatic Brain Injury)
This appears to be initiated by Clinical Presentation Concussion has been relevant the release of a neurotransmitter glutamate resulting in Previous definitions of concussion in most contact sports over the indiscriminate flow of potassium relied on the presence of one or years but it has only in the last ions out of nerve cells and sodium both of two specific symptoms to few years become more and calcium in. be present for the definition of concussion to be made namely, prevalent in cricket. I will give This affects energy production on loss of consciousness or amnesia. a brief summery of concussion the cells’ powerhouses, the Loss of consciousness for any and the management thereof. mitochondria, resulting in little period of time and amnesia energy (glucose) to fuel normal remain significant events. The information processing. amnesia may be retrograde (forgetting events that occurred Hence clinical signs and before the impact) or What is concussion? symptoms of MTB such as poor anterograde (memory loss for attention, memory, speed of events occurring after the High velocity ball sports such as cricket, processing, and motor function impact). baseball and field hockey result in head are manifestations of this injuries where the athlete’s skull is struck underlying neurometabolic However, it is now acknowledged by a fast moving, hard object. cascade. that concussion presents in a number of guises, and any Unlike more severe traumatic brain Rest, both from exercise and combination of a number of injuries, the disturbance of brain mental exertion (studying, symptoms and signs should be function in MTBI is related more to computers etc.) is required for looked for. disturbances of brain metabolism rather this imbalance to redress itself. than to obvious structural damage. (For a scientific explanation see Giza’s paper under A complex cascade of ionic, metabolic Research/Pathophysiology.) and physiologic events appears to be triggered by the impact.
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These symptoms may persist from hours to weeks. A player that is suspected to be suffering from ANY of these symptoms or signs must be examined by a doctor.
Moreover, some of these symptoms may present immediately after the injury, while others may develop over hours to days following injury.
Graded return to play protocol after concussion. The protocol start after 24 hours symptom free.
If the athlete experience any symptoms you have to start at the previous step.
Significance of Concussion Other symptoms such as mood This happens because the brain is By definition, the symptoms of changes and depression impact still affected from the first injury concussion seem to resolve on the athlete’s interaction with and the second injury results in spontaneously over the course of family and peers. rapid swelling and pressure within time and there appears to be the skull. limited structural damage to the Poor coordination, delayed brain. Why then should traumatic reaction times, exercise-induced This intracranial pressure, if brain injury which is ‘mild ‘be headaches and dizziness, and uncontrolled, can lead to death. taken seriously? compromised vision will affect There have been several episodes performance on the sports field, of suspected second impact Firstly, should the condition not thereby greatly increasing the risk syndrome in South Africa be correctly diagnosed and of recurrent head or other injury. recently. appropriately managed symptoms are likely to persist for longer and Secondly, although far less In the last decade, a larger body hamper the recovery. common, the risk of Second of research has focussed on the Impact Syndrome, a very serious potential long term consequences As many of the symptoms listed and even fatal brain injury that of recurrent and undiagnosed represent changes to brain may occur even with a relatively concussion. function, the developing brain of mild impact, appears to be a young athlete may be particularly significant in young A condition known as chronic significantly compromised not athletes. traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) only in a sporting, but importantly has been described. The exact also in a learning and social A rare disorder, Second Impact progress of the condition from environment. Syndrome, occurs when an concussion to potential CTE is athlete suffers a concussion and unknown and not all cases of A Post Concussion Syndrome then, within a short time later concussion will result in chronic comprising of persistent (usually within one week although deficits. headaches, sensitive eyes, poor it may be longer), receives a concentration, fatigue and second blow to the head before CTE has most recently been the drowsiness, and disturbed sleep the brain has recovered from the subject of the movie “Concussion” patterns may wreak havoc with first concussion. starring Will Smith the learner’s performance in the classroom. It is possible for rapid brain deterioration and even death to Sources: www.sportsconcussion.co.za occur. www.ecb.co.uk/concussion-in-cricket
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Lions Franchise u/17 camp CLUB THINK TANK 2018 On the 21st and 22nd of June 2018, The Lions Franchise had their u/17 Camp in The annual Club Think Tank took place on the 23rd of June 2018 at the NWU Potchefstroom at the home Business School. of the North West Dragons, Senwes Park. The meeting consisted of various feedbacks, annual reports and suggestions for the coming season. This camp served as an opportunity for talent identification and the The day was a great success and as always, it was an honor to have everyone interactions between the together to discuss the future of North West Cricket and each team that forms coaches and players were part of it. invaluable. In an interview with Kevin Gower, Director of Club Cricket at North West The 2-day camp included the Cricket when asked what a Think Tank session means to the clubs he said: following sessions, fitness "...if your clubs are positive and everyone puts his or her weight in it can only evaluations; lectures by John strengthen your province". Bailey (CSA Statistician/Performax) and We are at the start of the 2018/2019 season and North West Cricket wait with Jono Leaf Wright (Lions great anticipation because it will be a big year, full of new beginnings and Scout); Net sessions and new and exciting moments. sessions that focussed on different game scenarios.
Coaches involved with the camp:
CSA u/19 Head Coach Lawrence Mahatlane - GCB Framework Coach Bongani Ndaba GCB Framework Coach Brian Patel NW Framework Coach Jimmy Kgamadi NW High-Performance Coach Hendrik de Vos NW Framework Coach Claude April
The newly appointed Head coach of the Lions Franchise Coach Enoch Nkwe and his Batting coach, Justin Sammons also attended the camp.
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The brain and fatigue: new opportunities for nutritional interventions?
Serotonin synthesis reliant on peripheral availability of the Research by Meeusen, Watson BCAA ‘tryptophan’. Tryptophan & Dvorak (2006) looked into binds to FFA transporting across the the brain and fatigue and the blood-brain barrier. A study opportunities for nutritional in rodents found that exercise intervention. capacity increases the serotonin antagonist (selective serotonin reuptake inhibtators). Dopamine and noradrenaline are linked to It was found that Seratonin and the CNS, synthesised through Catecholamines have an impact metabolic pathways. in the development of fatigue by manipulating neurotransmitters, The use of amphetamines in this may delay the onset of rodents and humans decreased fatigue. It was stated that serotonin, which in turn causes a ingesting branched chain amino later release of dopamine in acids (BCAA) and tyrosine was exercise. found to influence an athletes perceived exertion and measures In terms of nutritional of mental performance in team intervention the intake of sports. CHO+BCAA found an increase in performance. Acetylcholine and Increased carbohydrate intake glutamine are associated with a was found to have an impact on decrease in fatigue from a high intensity exercise, although performance perspective. from the research it is hard to depict between the direct effects of CHO on peripheral of CNS.
These findings are based around the Central Fatigue Hypothesis which influences serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline, in addition it was stated that prolonged exercise increases serotonergic activity in the brain.
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CONGRATULATIONS RASSIE VAN DER DUSSEN CSA Awards Breakfast
Lions CEO Greg Fredericks said highly rated batsman Rassie van der Dussen would serve as vice-captain of the Buzhub Highveld Lions for the 2018/2019 season.
Themba Bavuma has been appointed as captain.
"Both Temba and Rassie have immense leadership skills that we strongly believe are the right combination when it comes to the execution of the team’s preparation‚ and also in guiding the team culture. -Greg Fredericks Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. Brian Tracy
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North West Cricket Senwes Park - Proud host of the ICC Under 19 Africa Qualifier Division 2, 2018.
North West Cricket is proud to be The event takes place at Senwes the host of the ICC Under 19 Park in Potchefstroom between We all look Africa Qualifier Division 2,2018 17th and 27th August 2018. and we are delighted to be given forward to you the opportunity to create an Eleven teams from Sierra Leone, innovative and high-quality event The Gambia, Nigeria, Ghana, joining us for which will showcase both the Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, dynamism of play and the ethos Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, what will be a behind the sport. and Swaziland will compete and the teams are certainly at the spectacular heart of everything we do. event in August Vincent Prior Chief Executive An event such as this not only Officer of North West Cricket brings together some of the most 2018. commented: “We are particularly dynamic athletes in the world, excited to be hosting an event of competing to be the greatest this magnitude. It is a great team in their sport in Africa, it is opportunity for us to share our an event that celebrates the world-class facilities with other sport as a whole and all those countries from Africa and we are involved. certain that Senwes Park will be the home of this event for many years to come. Our incredible team has put in a tremendous amount of energy to ensure that this tournament delivers beyond any expectations.”
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#WhatchThisSpace NWC Sudoku Puzzle 1
CRICKET TRIVIA
The first official international cricket match was held in 1844. Which were the participating countries?
A) Afghanistan and India B) Australia and England C) Canada and the United States D) Ireland and Scotland
Testing time The pinnacle of international cricket competition is the “test match”. How long does a test match last?
A) Six hours B) Two days C) Five days D) Until the game is over, no matter how long it takes
What is meant by the cricketing term “sticky wicket”?
A) A cricket pitch on which the Follow the link ball bounces unpredictably B) A field where long grass makes run-scoring difficult https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvU9_MVAiE0 C) A game in which conditions favor the batsmen over the bowlers D) A severe breach of normal cricket etiquette If the sun comes out after the pitch has been made wet by rain, a period of highly unpredictable bounce can occur as the ground gradually dries. This condition, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF RUNS nightmarish for batsmen, is the SCORED IN AN OVER IS NOT 36. IT’S 77. infamous “sticky wicket”. THIS IS HOW THE OVER WENT - 0 4 4 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 1 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 4 0 1
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