OUR STRATEGIC AMBITIONS

The Central Gauteng Lions has identified key strategic priorities to ensure it meets its vision of creating a passion for cricket in Gauteng that is unrivalled.

Our strategic priorities are to:

1. Develop quality winning teams by attracting, developing and retaining the best talent, ensuring we meet our transformation goals.

We will achieve this by:

  • Ensuring that the DP World  Lions occupies the top positions on the logs
  • Producing players for the national team.
  • Setting up targets for our amateur cricket focus areas.
  • Creating a clear programme to source players in clubs and schools, and progress their careers after school.

2. Ensure that club and school cricket thrives (especially in disadvantaged areas)

We will achieve this by:

  • Developing self-sustaining, well maintained cricket clubs in previously disadvantaged areas.
  • Fostering a great cricket culture with a strong cohort of black players by increasing the number of black cricket playing schools.
  • Ensuring excellent quality coaching at club and school level.
  • Having black clubs in the Premier A and B leagues.

3. Maintain the DP World Wanderers’ reputation as an iconic stadium

We will achieve this by:

  • Ensuring an unparalleled stadium experience
  • Continuing to upgrade and modernise the stadium

4. Grow our fan base

We will achieve this by:

  • Building strong brands.
  • Promoting our already successful events such as the Momentum Pink Day
  • Creating an electric atmosphere at our events through offering excellent. environment.

5. Build a commercially successful and financially sustainable company

We will achieve this by:

  • Maximising the corporate opportunity in Gauteng.
  • Growing the base of funding for amateur cricket initiatives.
  • Creating multiple revenue streams, thereby ensuring profitability.

6. Ensure Board, governance and operational excellence, resulting in a performance-driven culture

We will achieve this by:

  • Developing a clear strategy, and appropriate organisational structure to execute this strategy.
  • Electing appropriate Board representatives.
  • Having clear B-BBEE targets.
  • Developing a performance drive culture of excellence.