This Indoor Centre, along with the recently built Artificial Cricket Oval at Chris Hani Secondary School, in Khayelitsha, will form the:

Gary Kirsten Foundation ‘Centre of Cricket Excellence’

The ‘Centre of Cricket Excellence’ is the first its kind in a township in South Africa and will become the high-performance hub of all Gary Kirsten Foundation activities and township cricket in the region.

What will the GKF Indoor Centre be used for?

The Centre will comprise a 3-lane practice net facility and provide a world-class, all-weather facility for players of all ages and their coaches to hone their skills without leaving their own community. 

Along with the artificial field, the Indoor Centre will:

·      Provide all year round access to cricket coaching all schools in the region, especially those without their own sporting facilities.

·      Become a centre of learning and training for coaches, educators and players.

·      Provide access to tablets and free WIFI connectivity for all learners, coaches and educators.

Skills for our coaches and players of tomorrow...

The GKF Indoor Centre will also serve as a ‘Coaches Training Centre’, where township coaches serving the Foundation and beyond will go through the ‘CoachED’ programme as well skills development training programmes.

These programmes provide life-long technical cricket coaching skills as well as life-long professional skills, ensuring they continue to design and lead the GKF sporting programmes in the township, while building skills that will empower them to build income sustaining cricket coaching careers.

But...

to finish this incredible project, we need your help!

So why not become part of this exciting initiative?

You can help by donating either funds or equipment to kit out the centre and turn it into the sporting and educational centre of excellence that we envisage.

If you are in a position to donate equipment of any kind, please email info@garykirstenfoundation.org.za.

Or if you are in a position to make a donation, please see the bank details below, and send proof of payment to info@garykirstenfoundation.org.za.

Name: THE GARY KIRSTEN FOUNDATION
Bank: FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Account Type: PLATINUM BUSINESS ACCOUNT
Account Number: 62493402350
Branch Code: 204209
Branch Name: VINEYARD ROAD
Swift Code: FIRNZAJJ

Reference: GKFCentre

For International and/or Credit Card payments, please go to this link:  https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/gkfcce

Huge thanks must already go to...

·      The Millenium Trust’s donation, from which the concrete foundations and steel structure of the centre have been funded.

·      The Cohen family, for a significant contribution in memory of their father.

·      Vodacom for 30 Tablets and a digital Smart Board.

·      RSAWeb having committed to connecting the centre with high-speed WIFI connectivity.

Thank you for your support! 

“We don’t have to accept the world as it is. We can do our part to seek the world as it should be.”

 Nelson Mandela