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Kids vs Proteas Tour 2014 Launch

The second season of the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids vs Proteas Tour has a first prize of winners getting to play with their school team against the Proteas at a live curtain raiser to the KFC T20 International Series against West Indies in January 2015.

The season launched on Saturday at Wanderers stadium with great enthusiasm and energy from all the young cricket fans and Zac the Proteas and SA Cricket mascot very much a part of the KFC launch event which the Proteas managed to clinch!

KFC bringing the public three great prizes through this competition, and the main prize includes three winners and their Mini-Cricket teams meeting their cricketing heroes on the pitch to play for the title.

The chosen teams from Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town along with their team coach will be mentored by one of three former Proteas players.

Former protea players now kfc Assistant Coaches

Durban = Mfuneko Ngam; Cape Town = Graeme Smith; Gauteng = Neil McKenzie

The former Proteas will be acting as Assistant Coaches to the winning school teams and will play an active role in the team’s preparation and build up to the tour games with exclusive training sessions and warm up games at the Ram Slam T20 Challenge taking place in the three regions.

Not only will the teams have three assistant coaches, they will play a number of Protea Players including the female team during the Tour.

Future Cricket Heroes

The aim is for the KFC Mini-Cricketers, is to develop and grow the passion for the game and the player’s skill possibly one day becoming cricket sporting greats and South Africa’s future cricket heroes!

KFC Mini Cricket Prize Winners

The first prize winners play with their school team against the Proteas at a live curtain raiser to the KFC T20 International Series against West Indies in January 2015.  The second prize winners will get active as ball boys and girls at the Ram Slam T20 Challenge games with the rest of their school team and third place winners will receive KFC Mini-Cricket sets including bats, stumps and balls.

“Growing the KFC Mini-Cricket programme by providing kids with exciting opportunities to get active and meet their sporting heroes is at the heart of everything this season” said Lizanne Bartlett, Marketing Director for KFC South Africa.

To stand the chance to play the Proteas dial *120*7535#

A One Month Window of Opportunity 

Between Saturday, September 13, and Tuesday, October 14, 2014
 

For more details, visit www.kfcminicricket.co.za and follow the tour action on Twitter

#kfcminicricket and updates via @OfficialCSA and @KFCSA

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