Cameron Smook takes gold at Maccabi Games
Jeppeās Cameron Smook (pictured with Jeppe old boy Marc Templeton, who was the South African team physio) was at the 20th Maccabi Games in Israel in July.
Cameron was a member of the South African junior cricket team that won the gold medal at the tournament.
The team consisted of 15 under-18 boys who have been practicing together for the last 16 months.
South Africa finished on top of their pool and played a Great Britain side that had a few County players in its ranks in the semifinal, winning by 149 runs.
They met Australia in the final and, having lost to them by 2 runs in their pool match, tensions were high.
Conditions were very difficult, with temperatures reaching 38 degrees plus, with a high humidity level. The SA team was psyched up and the Australians over-confident. We won the game quite easily in the end, by five wickets, with 16 overs to spare.