SA’s best Under-13 players and players with special educational needs are gearing up to prove themselves against their provincial counterparts next week as the 2015 Coca-Cola Youth Weeks kick-off on Monday with the U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week and the LSEN Week.

The Under-13 Coca-Cola Craven week will be hosted at Hoërskool Rob Ferreira in White River from Monday to Friday, while the LSEN Week will be held at HTS Drostdy in Worcester from Monday to Thursday.

In the opening matches at the U13 Coca-Cola Craven Week Free State take on SWD and the Griffons meet Border CD at 08h30, while hosts, the Pumas will go up against KwaZulu-Natal in the final match of the day.

DHL Western Province, who finished the 2014 competition as the top team, will battle it out with the Valke in their first match.

In Worcester, meanwhile, the Blue Bulls meet the Pumas and Free State take on the Griffons in the opening matches of the LSEN Week at 08h30, while hosts Boland, who were the unofficial champions last year, go up against the Valke in the closing match of the day.

These tournaments will be followed by the U16 Coca-Cola Grant Khomo Week and Coca-Cola Academy Week from July 6 to 10 and the flagship tournament, the U18 Coca-Cola Craven Week, at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch from July 13 to 18.

As part of Coca-Cola’s sponsorship of the annual Youth Weeks, they are running a Hero of the Day competition. For more information click here.

U13 COCA-COLA CRAVEN WEEK FIXTURES – DAY ONE, JUNE 29:

A Field:
08h30 – Free State v SWD
09h30 – Eastern Province v Golden Lions
10h30 – Boland v Leopards
11h30 – DHL Western Province v Valke
12h30 – Limpopo Blue Bulls v Border
14h30 – Pumas v KwaZulu-Natal

B Field:
08h30 – Griffons v Border CD
09h30 – Griquas v Namibia
10h30 – Blue Bulls v Zimbabwe

LSEN WEEK FIXTURES – DAY ONE, JUNE 29:

A Field:
08h30 – Blue Bulls v Pumas
09h50 – Eastern Province v SWD
11h10 – Lions v Leopards
12h30 – KwaZulu-Natal v DHL Western Province
15h00 – Boland v Valke

B Field:
08h30 – Free State v Griffons
09h50 – Lions EE v Blue Bulls EE