Executive
Academy of Idutywa won the Eastern Cape provincial title in the Sanlam Kay
Motsepe Schools Cup, at the Dumpsey Adams Stadium in Queenstown on 24th August
after beating Ndamase Senior Secondary School 1 – 0. Both schools will
compete in the National Finals taking place at the King Zwelethini Stadium,
KwaZulu-Natal from 24 – 27 September.
As
provincial champions, the school receives R100 000 to go towards supporting an
educational or sport legacy project. According to the coach, Nkosinathi
Madiyibhi, the school's governing body is still going to discuss how the money
will be spent, but would like to see the funds used to upgrade the science lab
- their Life Science laboratory is not well equipped - and they also need a
computer lab. "Some soccer kit would also be welcome," he said.
Madiyibhi
explains that the Executive Academy is a private school that focuses on
education. “We offer top academic students in the district the
opportunity to get the best education possible to be able to become future role
models and leaders in boardrooms.”
This
is their second time in the Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup, having been knocked
out in the district stages last year.
Madiyibhi's
background is as a referee. He became an official SAFA referee last year, but
has been officiating since 2006. When he is not coaching at the school he is a
referee for local games in Idutywa.
Ahead
of the national finals, Madiyibhi believes their strikers need to sharpen up
"They didn’t take enough advantage of the midfielders passing them the
ball to set up the goals. The coach identifies Grade 11 striker Yandisa Zaba as
a key player for the team."He is good at distributing the ball to his
fellow players and always initiates short passes on the field," he said.
Yandisa
began playing soccer at 7 years old for United FC in Port Elizabeth. His
parents sent him to the Academy as they offer the best grounding in accounts as
the player wants to study Accountancy at Wits University when he leaves school.
“While I would love to get scouted by a club like Mamelodi Sundowns, my parents
are both academics and want me to get a degree after school and are encouraging
me in that direction.” His mother works for the Department of Agriculture
in Umtata and his father teaches at an Adult Based Education and Training
centre in Butterworth so education is their focus. Zaba lives with his
coach who persuaded him to join the school soccer team.
His
message to his team is that they shouldn’t lose their team spirit or be
intimidated by other teams at the national finals.
Results:
GROUP
A
GROUP B
Malcomess
SSS
Ncedo SSS
Executive
Academy
Ndamase SSS
Khanya Naledi SSS
Kuyasa Combined School
Phakamani SSS
Malcomess
(1)
VS Executive
Academy (0)
Khanya Naledi (1)
VS
Phakamani (0)
Malcomess (0)
VS Khanya
Naledi (1)
Exec Academy (6)
VS Phakamani
(0)
Malcomess
(3)
VS Phakamani (0)
Khanya Naledi (0)
VS Exec Academy (2)
Ncedo (1)
VS Ndamase
(3)
Ncedo (2)
VS Kuyasa (1)
Ndamase
(1)
VS Kuyasa (1)
Ncedo (2)
VS Malcomess (0)
FINAL
Ndamase
(0)
VS Executive
Academy (1)
About
the Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup:
· The
tournament is run under the auspices of the South Africa Football Association
(SASFA)
Named after prominent businessman
Patrice Motsepe’s late mother, the Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup offers the
biggest prize money at school level in Africa (R3.4 million in total).
· The
sponsors are: Sanlam, the Motsepe Foundation and the Sanlam Ubuntu-Botho
Community Development Trust.
· The
primary objective of the tournament is to revive the culture of school football
amongst students between the age of 16 and 19 years old.
· The
tournament also gives players the opportunity to showcase their skills to
soccer scouts with the talented players being
recruited into development structures to be nurtured and shaped into
professional players.
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