The Western Province Cricket Association has appointed former WP, Cape Cobras and Proteas seamer Roger Telemachus as head coach of the WP Provincial Academy.
“I’ve been away from Cape Town for around seven to eight years, so I’m excited to be back and excited to work with the younger group here,” said Telemachus. “I’m looking to produce skilful and brave cricketers for the professional team. History tells me that WP youth cricketers have dominated the last couple of seasons – if we look at Coke Week, they are always in a semi-final or final and also dominating at CUBS week, and they’ve produced first-class and Proteas cricketers.”
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In the WP Women’s coaching set-up, Claire Terblanche continues in her role as the head coach of the Six Gun Grill WP Senior Women’s team and the Girls’ Cricket pipeline, whilst Shiree Steyn has been appointed as the under-16 Girls head coach, having previously worked within the Helderberg Hub. Gabi-Lee van der Westhuizen has been appointed as the strength and conditioning coach for the Six Gun Grill WP Women’s team.
In other appointments within the WP youth department, Kholekile Matikinca has been promoted from his role with the WP under-16 Boys to become the WP under-19 Boys head coach and Lusindiso Malilwana has moved up from the WP under-13 Boys to coach of WP under-16 Boys.