{"id":187898,"date":"2018-10-02T10:30:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T08:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=187898"},"modified":"2018-10-02T14:47:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T12:47:19","slug":"support-local-cricket-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2018\/10\/02\/support-local-cricket-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Support your local cricket teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The days are getting longer and the nights are getting warmer and summer is well on its way to Germiston.<\/p>\n<p>With it comes the start of the local cricket season, which will kick-off in the city on Saturday, October 6.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Germiston is lucky to boast not one but two fantastic cricket clubs, namely,\u00a0Elsburg Eagles\u00a0Cricket Club and the Germiston City Cricket Club.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles\u00a0will play their home matches at either their main oval, in Dinwiddie, situated at 1 Malherbe Street, or their second oval at the Elsburg Sports Complex, situated at the corner of Heidelberg Road and Egret Street in Elspark.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/183464\/join-the-eagles-for-fun-filled-cricket-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">Join the Eagles for fun-filled cricket season<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Germiston will play their home matches at the Germiston City Sports Grounds in Vimy Ridge Road, in Delville.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we all know cricket is dying in our area from school level up to club level.<\/p>\n<div id=\"twenty_seventeen_advert_slider\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\u00a0\u201cWe at the Elsburg Eagles\u00a0Cricket Club are determined to keep the sport alive not only for us but for the whole community and our children who will follow in the years to come,\u201d said Martiens Grobler.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"clearfix\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/186193\/cricket-season-creeps-closer-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cricket season creeps closer<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>With this in mind the community are encouraged to join their local cricket club.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Germiston City Cricket Club call club chairperson David Ungerer on 082 885 6351\u00a0or club captain Rudolph Swart on 072 217 5588 or club secretary Johan Botha on 076 510 8814.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Elsburg Eagles\u00a0Cricket Club call Grobler on 079 520 3642 or email to\u00a0martiens@copalcor.co.za, alternatively call Des Thorpe on 083 268 8382.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCNnews\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/kemptonexpress.co.za\/\">Kempton Express<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='c4a72929e1e327415262aac197aebb94'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is summer time and that means it\u2019s time for the local cricket season to start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":95371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Germiston City News 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