GARDEN ROUTE NEWS: Three South Western Districts Cricket (SWDC) coaches recently completed the Cricket South Africa (CSA) Level IV coaching qualification.

They are Gurshwin Rabie (head coach of the Garden Route Badgers professional men's team), Jason Maswanganyi (assistant coach of the Badgers professional men's team) and Martelize van der Merwe (head coach of the Garden Route Badgers professional women's team).

This is the highest cricket coaching qualification currently obtainable in South Africa and is mainly for professional, career coaches working within the national and domestic professional structures. 

Martelize van der Merwe

Attendance is by CSA invitation only. The emphasis and focus are on team and individual game plans, analysing the opposition and different conditions, strategic planning and management, stakeholder relations, sport law and the use of technology. Successful candidates will be qualified to undertake cricket coaching at the highest level.

Jason Maswanganyi

Albertus Kennedy (SWDC CEO) emphasised the importance of career pathing that ensures that each staff member's potential is developed optimally and that there is a career mapped out for employees in the company. This qualification is a significant accomplishment and major milestone in their careers. 

"We have a succession framework in place with the aim to develop career paths for individuals with the aim to assist them in their careers, making them more enthusiastic about their jobs and therefore making them more productive. In this way, the individual skills may be utilised to achieve the goals of both the individual and the organisation," said Kennedy.

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