Big opportunity for SWD women

GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - The Six Gun Grill SWD Women's team will face their last hurdle in the Cricket SA Women's competition this weekend when they take on Free State in a qualifier fixture to determine promotion to the Women's Super league next season.

The team, that were unbeaten and topped Pool A in the inter-provincial competition, will log horns with the winners of Pool B, Free State, at the Imperial Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday.

The SWD women will be motivated to improve on their efforts of last season when they lost against Easterns in the same fixture.

Promotion to the Super League will be a huge boost for women's cricket in the region.

The team for this weekend are, back, from left: Vuyowethu Bonya, San-Mari Strydom, Bianca Figeland, Mariana Breedt, Zoë Meyer, Desoné Albertyn and Jenevivwe Jantjies. Front: Mochelle May, Marnazelle Rabie, Martelize van der Merwe (head coach), Haroline Rhodes (captain), Katrisha Strydom (chairperson of SWD Women's Cricket Association), Jané Winster, Anneli Minny (assistant coach), Miceala Andrews and Julandi Saayman.