DMA Wins Jack Cheetham Award for 2014

Diepsloot Mountain Bike Academy (DMA) has achieved further success after winning the Beyond Sport Johannesburg Impact Award at the Beyond Sport Summit & Awards 2014. DMA was awarded the prestigious Jack Cheetham Award for 2014 at a ceremony hosted by Murray and Roberts. The award bestowed by Murray & Roberts in partnership with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) targets sports development projects for able-bodied individuals or teams that have the potential to be champions. The award recognizes the character and ideals of Jack Cheetham, a former director of Murray & Roberts and captain of the South African cricket team in the 1950s.

This year DMA was nominated by Cycling South Africa and emerged the winner out of 30 nominees from various national sport federations in South Africa. In addition, the award comes with financial support of R500k over five years from Murray and Roberts. This welcome income will be earmarked towards improving the employability and entrepreneurship prospects of select members of DMA who have shown leadership potential but lack the means to pursue tertiary education.

We would like to congratulate DMA for their success and hope the fantastic organisation continues to grow from strength to strength.