Benny’s boys steal the show at SA Sport Awards
Despite not winning anything at the provincial sports awards, Benny's Care scooped a prestigious award at the Sasas
LIMPOPO – Good things just keep on coming for the enthusiastic young boys of Benny’s Care Sports Academy, situated in Makhado.
Fresh off a tour to Paris where the Academy’s senior team participated in the Danone World Cup and they have already hit another milestone. They won the Developing School Team of the Year Award at the annual SA Sport Awards (Sasa) that took place in Bloemfontein on Sunday. The title comes with a healthy R145 000 injection.
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The Academy managed this feat despite not winning any awards at the provincial sports awards.
Athletics South Africa President, Aleck Skhosana, said the Developing School Team of the Year award goes to a school that comes from rural or historically-disadvantaged areas; produced extraordinary consistency as a team; managed to conquer against all odds with limited resources; and demonstrated essential values of teamwork, resilience, courage and excellency.
The school’s Managing Director, David Benny Mufamadi said learners and staff are over the moon. He said Limpopo is the province of stars and they expect to achieve even more next year.
Another Limpopo athlete, Caster Semenya, was recognised as Sportswoman of the Year, and she too earned an International Achievement trophy.
Premier Chupu Mathabatha congratulated all the winners including Caster Semenya, Benny’s Care, Hlompho Kekana and Tirhani Mabunda of Sundowns, Mulomowandau Mathoho of Kaiser Chiefs and many others who hail from towns and villages in Limpopo.
