The best of Mpumalanga school football can be seen at the Lynville Stadium in Witbank on Saturday, 26 May, as the top four schools compete in the 2012 Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup Provincial Finals.
The school that emerges triumphant on
Saturday will not only win the R100 000 provincial prize money but will also go
on to represent Mpumalanga at the National Finals happening from 2 – 6
October.
Participating Schools:
There will be four teams participating; Soshangana Secondary School (Bushbuckridge),
Lindile High School (Ermelo), East High College of Excellence (Nelspruit) and Zacheus
Malaza Secondary School (Kwaguqa).
Second time
participants, East High College of Excellence, are hoping to do well following
their early elimination in last year’s Provincial Finals. The school was
established in 1994 and is well
known for producing outstanding results in the classroom. When the new principal joined he introduced
extra mural activities and sport became compulsory. Within a short time the school started a
Sports Academy and is now a recognised boarding school that accommodates the
talented Mpumalanga youth with football being one of the key sports on offer.
The school
has produced some well known players such as Free State
Stars central midfielder Bongani Nyathi and Speedy Mabaso who is currently with
National First Division’s Sivutsa FC. Winning the
Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup will not only put this academy on the map, but
will also serve as a stepping stone for some of the players in their quest to
become professionals.
Team
manager Mr Tiny Nkunu is confident his team will do well. “The team is well
prepared mentality and physically to do better than last year and we are
looking at the R1 million prize as the school is in need of more sports equipment
and upgrades to our facilities which will go a long way to continue to attract
the province’s best talent,” said Nkunu.
About the Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup:
The
Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup is an initiative co-funded by Sanlam, the
Ubuntu-Botho Community Development Trust and the Motsepe Family Foundation.The tournament
is open to public high schools as well as private and independent schools with
R1 million prize for the overall National winner and R600 000, R500 000 and
R400 000, respectively for the second, third and fourth placed schools.
Competing teams:
REGIONS
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FIXTURES
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VENUES
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Bohlabela Region
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Soshangana Secondary School
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Lynville Stadium, Witbank.
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Gert Sibande Region
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Lindile Secondary School
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Ehlanzeni Region
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East High Academy
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Nkangala Region
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Zacheus Malaza Secondary School
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