LSEN Craven Week Starts
On Monday, 29 June, the LSEN Craven Week starts in Worcester. (LSEN -Learners with Special Educational Needs). If you have a chance it's an excellent week to go to.
It is a top-class event run by admirable schoolmasters.
Of the national weeks the LSEN Craven Week is the second oldest, founded in 1980 through the enthusiasm of a Potchefstroom estate agent, Herman Lemmer. It was first called the Lemmer Week, then, in 1989, the Craven Week for Special Schools and now the LSEN Craven Week.
The special educational needs include impaired eyesight, impaired hearing, academic problems and epilepsy
At the beginning there were eight teams. This year there will be 14 teams – Blue Bulls, Blue Bulls Extraordinary Education, Boland, Eastern Cape, Free State, Golden Lions, Golden Lions Extraordinary Education, Griffons, KwaZulu-Natal Natal, Leopards, Mpumalanga, South Western Districts, Valke and Western Province.
The venue this year is HTS Drostdy in Worcester.
At the end of the week a national team is chosen. This was first done in 1985. In 1998 the chosen team played at Craven Week. That was too big a demand and since 1999 the chosen team has played at the Academy Week, as it will do this year.
The fixtures for the first day are decided on in advance but after that they are worked out on previous results to try to get fair match-ups.
Fixtures for Day 1 with match officials
Monday 29 June 2015
A Field
08.30: Blue Bulls vs Pumas
Referee: Zane Watson
Assistant referees: Viv Adams, Local
Assessor: Neville Heilbron
09.50: Eastern Province vs South Western Districts
Referee: Patrick Bulwana
Assistant referees: Zane Watson, Local
Assessor: Neville Heilbron
11.10: Golden Lions vs Leopards
Referee: Charl Jacobs
Assistant referees: Patrick Bulwana, Local
Assessor: Thuso Mngqibisa
12.30: KwaZulu-Natal vs Western Province
Referee: Viv Adams
Assistant referees: Charl Jacobs, Local
Assessor: Thuso Mngqibisa
14.15: Opening Ceremony
15.00: Boland vs Valke
Referee: Pietr Taute
Assistant referees: Dylian Francke, Local
Assessor: Thuso Mngqibisa, Keith Hendricks, Neville Heilbron
B Field
08.30: Free State vs Griffons
Referee: Zander Kubannek
Assistant referees: Pietr Taute, Local
Assessor: Keith Hendricks
09.50: vs Lions EE vs Blue Bulls EE
Referee: Dylian Francke
Assistant referees: Zander Kubannek, Local
Assessor: Keith Hendricks
NB EE = Extraordinary Education
