Minister of Sport urges SARU, Springboks to share expertise
The Minister of Sport and Recreation of South Africa, Mr Fikile Mbalula, opened the eleventh annual general council meeting of the South African Rugby Union in Newlands on Friday morning.
In his brief address to the general council members of SARU, the minster appealed to rugby administrations and the Rugby World Cup winning Springbok rugby team to share their expertise with other local sports federations.
The Springboks have won two World Cups in four attempts and will be defending their crown later this year in New Zealand while the Springbok Sevens won the HSBC Sevens World Series title in 2009.
According to the Minister, his department plans to convene a Workshop or a User Group Meeting where he wants the SARU leadership, management and players of “the Mighty Springboks” to share their recipe for success with the broader South African sports fraternity.
“To this end we challenge you to come forward to support this initiative which we believe can only go one way and that is to put all federations on a growth and development path underpinned by excellence, quality and commitment,” said Mr. Mbalula.
SARU President, Regan Hoskins, and SARU CEO Jurie Roux presented the Minister with a specially decorated chocolate cake and a gift to celebrate his birthday.
“We were really honoured to have the Minister of Sport present at our AGM and his speech was well received by all council members. SARU appreciate his time, his effort and his interest despite his very busy schedule,” said Mr Roux.
The meeting elected Patrick Kuhn of Western Province as the additional union representative on the SARU executive council until the Annual General meeting in 2012 as per clause 15.5 and 16.4 of the SARU Constitution. Mr Kuhn, who is the current Chairman of WP Rugby, was elected in place of Dr Jan Marais.
The meeting also adopted an amendment to the SARU constitution which now makes provision for the SARU President to also serve as the Chairman of the SARU Executive Council.
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