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- Craven_Week abstract "The Craven Week is an annual rugby union tournament organised for schoolboys in the Republic of South Africa. The tournament started in July 1964, and is named after the legendary Springbok rugby union player and coach Dr Danie Craven.The tournament has its humble beginnings in an idea by Piet Malan, then Springbok flanker, in 1949, around the time of the South African Rugby Board's 75th anniversary. He wanted schools to feature in the celebrations and approached Danie Craven in Potgietersrus on how this could be done.Dr Craven took the idea to his board who decided on getting the 15 schools unions together for a week. The man who kept the idea alive however was one Jan Preuyt, a former student at the University of Stellenbosch and teacher at Port Rex Technical School in East London. Preuyt had played rugby for Griqualand West and was also the chairman of Border Schools.At the time there was no such thing as a South African Schools organisation, and the South African Rugby Board were not involved, so Preuyt and Border Schools arranged the first Craven Week tournament on their own.The competition began with 15 teams in 1964, growing to 28 in 1987 and 32 in 2000. The format was changed in 2001, and now allows for just 20 teams.Each year since 1974 a South African schools team has been selected, and the competition has been open to players of all races since 1980 when Craven himself requested that it be done. The competition has since become a hunting ground for talent scouts trying to find the best new players for their provinces and many young upcoming stars see the tournament as an opportunity to further their careers.Currently the tournament is known as the \"Coca-Cola Craven Week\" with The Coca-Cola Company as the main sponsor of the event.".
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- Craven_Week wikiPageExternalLink www.sasra.org.za.
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- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Bloemfontein.
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- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Category:South_African_rugby_union_competitions.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Danie_Craven.
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- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink East_London,_Eastern_Cape.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink George,_Western_Cape.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Graaff-Reinet.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Griqualand_West.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Jan_Preuyt.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Johannesburg.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Kimberley,_Northern_Cape.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Middelburg,_Mpumalanga.
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- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Nelspruit.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Newcastle,_KwaZulu-Natal.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Oudtshoorn.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Paarl.
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- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Pietermaritzburg.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Polokwane.
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- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Port_Rex_High_School.
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- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Pretoria.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Rugby_union.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Rugby_union_positions.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Rustenburg.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Secunda,_Mpumalanga.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink South_Africa.
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- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink South_Africa_national_under-18_rugby_union_team.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink South_African_Rugby_Board.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Stellenbosch.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Stellenbosch_University.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink The_Coca-Cola_Company.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Tournament.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Upington.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Vanderbijlpark.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Welkom.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Wellington,_Western_Cape.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Windhoek.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Witbank.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Wolmaransstad.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLink Worcester,_Western_Cape.
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLinkText "Coca Cola Craven Week".
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLinkText "Craven Week".
- Craven_Week wikiPageWikiLinkText "U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week".
- Craven_Week caption "The current Coca-Cola Craven Week logo".
- Craven_Week logo "Coca-Cola Craven Week logo.gif".
- Craven_Week pixels "300".
- Craven_Week sport Rugby_union.
- Craven_Week teams "20".
- Craven_Week title "Craven Week".
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- Craven_Week wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Start_date_and_age.
- Craven_Week subject Category:South_African_rugby_union_competitions.
- Craven_Week hypernym Tournament.
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- Craven_Week comment "The Craven Week is an annual rugby union tournament organised for schoolboys in the Republic of South Africa. The tournament started in July 1964, and is named after the legendary Springbok rugby union player and coach Dr Danie Craven.The tournament has its humble beginnings in an idea by Piet Malan, then Springbok flanker, in 1949, around the time of the South African Rugby Board's 75th anniversary.".
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- Craven_Week wasDerivedFrom Craven_Week?oldid=674514239.
- Craven_Week isPrimaryTopicOf Craven_Week.