Cricket South Africa (CSA) has expressed its unhappiness on the passing of former Olympian, desk tennis star and fierce girls’s sports activities activist, Cheryl Roberts who died on Friday after a battle with most cancers.
She was 60.
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Born on 10 March 1962, Roberts first made a reputation for herself when she represented South Africa within the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona as a part of the desk tennis group.
She was most just lately recognized for her dedication to advocating for ladies in sport by storytelling as a author, and her distinguished social media posts.
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Paying tribute to Cheryl Roberts’ contribution to cricket and girls’s sport, CSA Chief Executive Officer, Pholetsi Moseki mentioned: “The sporting fraternity has misplaced a colossus of ladies’s sports activities within the media, a voice that demanded to be heard and one who staunchly fought for feminine illustration throughout a number of sporting codes, together with the sport of cricket.
“Her storytelling abilities helped the everyday South African understand the challenges faced by athletes on their journey to on-field success. It is through her unrelenting advocacy that women’s sport is now gaining the traction it deserves. She will be sorely missed.”
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Springboks additionally paid tribute to Cheryl Roberts
CSA Board chairperson, Lawson Naidoo mentioned: “Cheryl’s loss comes at a time when the ladies’s recreation has grown exponentially, largely down to the sacrifices and valiant assist from champions like her and the technology that laid the platform for the celebrities of right now.
“On behalf of the board, I wish to express my sincere condolences to the Roberts family, along with everyone she impacted over her lifetime. May her soul rest in peace.”
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Meanwhile, SA Rugby president Mark Alexander mentioned in a tweet from the Springbok group’s Twitter account that the passing of Cheryl Roberts saddened them.
“We are saddened to hear of the passing of Cheryl Roberts, a staunch supporter of women’s sport, a champion of equal opportunities, and an activist for women on the SA sporting landscape,” Alexander mentioned.
“May she rest in peace and our thoughts are with her family.”
