Everton United Football Club Secures Sports Equipment

(fltr) Ms Saayman, Ms Basson, Mr Maswana, Ms Ngube and Ms Holmes

Everton United Football Club, part of the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture in the Cacadu Region’s ‘Club Development Program’, recently secured netball kits for the Everton Club and for the schools in the Aberdeen area.
Everton Club adopts these schools in Aberdeen, Lotusville and Thembalisizwe as part of their ‘living legacy program’ to sport in the area.
Each school’s convener received 2 sets of kit, bibs, balls, pumps, whistles, stopwatches and trophies, as did the Everton Club.
Mr Msondezi Maswana of the DSRAC presented all this equipment to each convener, and now these schools in Aberdeen will run a town netball development league.
The C.E.O. of Everton Football Club, Mr Daniel Pieterse now appeals to all potential netball players to join the teams and to take netball to new heights in Aberdeen.
On behalf of the schools, Ms Nomthetho Holmes of Luxolo, Ms Malinda Saayman of Kamdebo Primary, Ms Nomawonga Ngube of Aberdeen Secondary School and Ms Lemador Basson of Laerskool Aberdeen and Ms Naeeda Lottering of Everton United Football Club would like to express their sincere gratitude to the DSRAC for the sports equipment given to them.

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There were about 40 of us, holding a candlelight vigil. Three people from Aberdeen Town, and the rest, residents of Lotusville. Oh yes, there were also 4 dogs!
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