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THE CENTRAL GAUTENG LIONS STANDS AGAINST ALL FORMS OF PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE

31st Aug 2020

Monday, 31 August 2020 The Central Gauteng Lions (‘CGL’) stands against all forms of prejudice, discrimination, and violence. The Union is committed to a democratic society that value human rights, dignity, equality, peace, and justice for all as enshrined in South Africa’s Constitution. Against this background, CGL reiterates its strong stance against all forms of…

HAWKEN WINS PLAYER OF THE SEASON AT THE 2019/2020 LIONS AWARDS

30th Aug 2020

Eldred Hawken’s season which involved the seamer playing club cricket in Johannesburg in search of game time ends in award recognition at the 2019/2020 Imperial Lions’ Awards. The 31-year-old Tzaneen born bowler walked away with the much converted Player of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year awards at the Imperial Lions Awards joining…

ELDRED HAWKEN AND OTHER YOUNG LIONS SCOOP COVETED PRIZES DURING THE 2019/2020 ANNUAL LIONS AWARDS

27th Aug 2020

Eldred Hawken, Ryan Rickelton and Joshua Richards were some of the young Lions who walked away with coveted prizes during the recent 2019/2020 Annual Lions Virtual Awards held on Thursday night. Eldred Hawken scooped the Player of the Season and Player’s Player of the Season awards. Joshua Richards Newcomer of the Year award. Delano Potgieter…

LIONS CRICKET ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE ANNUAL LIONS AWARDS

21st Aug 2020

Friday, 21 August 2020 Lions Cricket is set to host its Annual Lions Awards ceremony on Thursday the 27th of August 2020. The awards will be hosted virtually on the LionsCricketSA YouTube channel from 19h30 under the theme #CelebratingTheBest. “Despite the challenging times, the Imperial Lions achieved so much this past season, and we believe…

CENTRAL GAUTENG LIONS AND LIONS CRICKET JOIN FORCES WITH POWA, IMPERIAL AND OTHER UNION PARTNERS TO ASSIST IN CURBING HIGH LEVELS OF FEMICIDE

6th Aug 2020

The Central Gauteng Lions (CGL) and Lions Cricket franchise are pleased to join forces with the NPO POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse), Imperial, Unjani Clinics NPC, ENZA Construction, 947, Relative Media Outdoor, The Star Newspaper, BAS and Motus Honda to assist in curbing the high levels of femicide in South Africa. “South Africa has the…

CENTRAL GAUTENG LIONS AND LIONS CRICKET JOIN THE CHARGE AGAINST #FEMICIDE

1st Aug 2020

The Central Gauteng Lions (CGL), Lions Cricket franchise, its players, coaches, staff, and families are ready to voice their fight against gender-based violence (GBV) like never before. It absolutely must stop: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Femicide statistics in South Africa are horrific. SA has a 5 times higher gender-based violence rate than the world’s average. The…

LIONS CRICKET SET TO CELEBRATE THEIR VIRTUAL ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY

28th Jul 2020

The much-anticipated Annual Lions Cricket Awards are set to take place on 27th of August 2020. 19h00 is the time, and YouTube the place you’ll need to be as the Imperial Lions celebrate their theme “#CelebratingTheBest”, says Lions Cricket CEO Jono Leaf-Wright; “We’ve achieved so much this last year, and despite the challenging times, we believe…

To us, Black lives really do matter…

17th Jul 2020

When I grew up, my teachers and coaches always told me we must always be a team because “Together Everyone Achieves More.” Never before have I been more convinced as I am now that irrespective of your demographics, if we work as a team, we can achieve far greater than the sum of our parts….

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CENTRAL GAUTENG LIONS AND LIONS CRICKET EXCEPTIONALLY PROUD OF AWARD WINNERS

9th Jul 2020

Johannesburg, 7 July 2020 This last weekend saw Cricket South Africa’s annual awards ceremony take place, all of which was done virtually due to the Covid19 pandemic. Having walked away with several key awards, Central Gauteng Lions (CGL) and Lions Cricket could not be more proud of their exceptional list of winners so says CGL…

CGL AND IMPERIAL LIONS JOIN FORCES WITH FEEDSA FOR COVID19 FOOD RELIEF PROGRAMME

30th Jun 2020

Johannesburg, 27 June 2020 Central Gauteng Lions (CGL), Imperial Lions and Imperial Logistics are proud to announce their partnership with the NPO, FEED SA. The partnership aims to assist in providing some relief and assistance to those communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which will be in the form of food parcels, sanitizers, and the…