Former gsport Intern Valencia Seshoene continues to rise up the ranks, as she recently featured as part of South Africa’s media team at the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup.
Seshoene is rapidly on her way to becoming a household name, as she has worked on various tournaments including the 2022 All Africa Games in Kenya.
The rising media star sat down to briefly chat to gsport Writer Rudene Hare about her latest achievement at this global event.
Valencia, thank you for chatting to us! You have just come off from working at the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup. Please tell us about this experience.
Being part of the SA U19 team and the World Cup on its own has been such an honour for my career, I mean who would have thought my name would be amongst people who made history representing the country. Every day has been a privilege to wear the South African badge.
When you reflect on this journey, what are some of the lessons you have taken away from the tournament, which you believe will impact your career going forward?
To have been part of history in a female-led team has been the most wonderful moment for me. I think this will build up on the skills I already possess and the networking I have created in the tournament. It has also given me a different perspective on how much there is a need for women’s sport to be given media coverage. The players were so excited every time they did interviews, you could see how much it meant for them, so yeah, continuing to raise the profile of women in sport is one aspect I’d like to do in my career.
What are your views on the tournament and how it is going to impact the future of women’s cricket?
The tournament was really a big impact for the countries that participated, you could see from each game played how they were hungry for victories, hungry to make history for themselves. It has given the young girls the taste of playing international cricket and I think that will be the blueprint for them to work harder.
When you look at your career to date, what are some of the challenges you have faced and how did you overcome them?
Honestly, I don’t think I have encountered challenges in this role but it has helped me grow and see my potential. From working with the players, management, journalists and everyone from the ICC, I can say all of them made my work so easy. I tackled every situation as a learning curve, not being hard on myself and asking for help when I needed it.
Who has inspired you to do the work that you do?
I draw my inspiration from many social media managers, but when I was at UJ Cricket coach Dumi Makalima gave me a chance to handle the team’s socials and I fell in love with the media from there.
Lastly, what is your greatest career ambition?
My greatest career ambition is to work at the Olympics, and to contribute my skills into growing athletes’ coverage in the media, especially from a development and the university side.
Photo 1 Caption: Valencia Seshoene chats about her latest achievement at the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup where she was the Social Media Manager for South Africa U19. Photo: Valencia Seshoene (Supplied)
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