da cassino： It is encouraging to see South Africa’s youth showing a keen interest in thegame of cricket
Niels Momberg31-May-2001It is encouraging to see South Africa’s youth showing a keen interest in thegame of cricket. PPC Cement and Barloworld, are proud to be associated withcricket development as sport lies in the heart of a winning nation.The PPC Cement Pitches Programme was launched in 1997. It is a jointinitiative between PPC Cement, its holding company – Barloworld – and theUnited Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA). The objective of thisProgramme is to develop winning, local, regional and national teams of thefuture.The PPC Cement Pitches Programme is well on track to reach the goal ofcompleting 1000 concrete pitches and 23 ovals by the 2003 Cricket World Cup,which should ultimately boost cricket development throughout the country.To date, the PPC Cement Pitches Programme has been responsible for theconstruction of 722 concrete pitches and practice nets, eleven ovals and twoclubhouses throughout South Africa’s provincial cricket regions.As part of PPC’s commitment to uplift the communities in which it operates,all these facilities were built by contractors drawn from the localcommminities. In addition, these contractors were trained in basic concretetechnology and provided with technical assistance, in an effort to enhancetheir future prospects through the skills that they have acquired.