PAARL, South Africa: Royals Sports Group-owned Paarl Royals, one of SA20’s founding franchises, have revealed that the Boland Park-based team will be extending their support towards a local competition – the Boland Premier League (BPL) – which is in its inaugural season.
Having earlier organized similar competitions for young Indian players through their presence in Rajasthan, the franchise group is keen on making an impact on-ground across South Africa as well – starting with the local community in the Boland region.
As part of the association with the tournament, the Boland Premier League Finals Day will be hosted by Paarl Royals, with a total of six finals taking place over two weekends (26th/27th November and 3rd/4th December) at the franchise’s home ground – Boland Park. The 3rd and 4th place playoffs of all the six categories will also be conducted over these weekends.
The franchise will be providing finalists and winners with opportunities and exposure to the SA20. Players of the six winning teams will be rewarded with SA20 tickets and all participating finalists will be given official Paarl Royals merchandise.
The Boland Premier League was launched in August with four founding franchises having a team each in six categories – Under 11, Under 12, Under 13, Under 15, Under 17 and Under 19. A total of 60 matches are being played, which kick-started in mid-October, with the culmination resulting in the Finals Day being hosted by Paarl Royals on 26th – 27th November and 3rd – 4th December.
Boland Premier League Management also reacted, “The main vision of the Boland Premier League is to nurture and develop junior cricket in the Boland. The BPL is honoured and excited to partner with the Paarl Royals for our finals weekends. Our players will certainly benefit from this experience and them being our main customers creates a lot of pride and excitement.”
Matches held on the Boland Premier League Finals Day hosted by Paarl Royals will be livestreamed on Boland Premier League’s and the Paarl Royals’ official handles.
