Tuesday, August 21, 2012

SANLAM KAY MOTSEPE SCHOOLS CUP GAUTENG PROVINCIAL FINALS IN SOWETO ON SATURDAY



Gauteng will host the eighth Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup provincial finals on Saturday August 25 at the Nike Football Training Centre in Soweto 
The winning school will get R100 000 in prize money which will be used to fund legacy projects identified by the school.

The participating schools are: Seanamarena Secondary School ( Mapetla-Soweto),Tiisetsong Secondary School ( Thokoza), Jabulile Secondary School (Orange Farm), Highlands North Boys' High School (Bramley), Jet Nteo Secondary School ( Boipatong- Vanderbijlpark), Khanya Lesedi High (Ratanda-Heidelberg), Rosina Sedibane-Modiba Sports School (Laudium) and the Transnet Sports School of Excellence( Elandsfontein).
Thabo Mokwena from Tiisetsong Secondary School is looking forward to the event. The grade 12 pupil will captain his school team on Saturday in their debut appearance in the provincial finals, with the hope of claiming the title. 

“This is an opportunity of a lifetime!" Mokwena says. "The Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup is by far the biggest competition at school level and I am really glad my school qualified for the provincial finals.  I will never forget taking part in this tournament; this is such an honour for me. I am currently in matric and winning this tournament means everything to me as I would like to be remembered at the school after I have left."
Tiisetsong are relative newcomers to the competition. They took part for the first time in 2011, but were eliminated at the regional finals of the competition by the eventual 2011 champions, Johannesburg Secondary School.

Buti Mofokeng, coach of Tiisetsong Secondary, believes they can go further in the competition. “We set goals as a team at the beginning of this year and one of the objectives was to get the Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup silverware into our cabinet.”
Tiisetsong’s strongest competition is more than likely going to come from Transnet School of Excellence, Rosina Sediban-Modiba Sports School and 2010 provincial champions Jet Nteo Secondary School.

The school that finishes in first place on Saturday, as well as the runner-up will go on to represent the Gauteng province at the National Finals of the competition to be held in Bloemfontein from 2 to 6 October.


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. It the biggest high school soccer tournament in South Africa and is open to all high schools including rural, public, private and independent schools. The national winning school will walk away with R1 million with R600 000, R500 000 and R400 000, for the second, third and fourth placed schools respectively. Each provincial winners gets an additional R100 000. Prize money is used to fund legacy projects identified by the school to benefit all pupils at the school, as well as the surrounding community members.

GAUTENG
REGIONS
FIXTURES
VENUES
Mapetla, Soweto
Seanamarena Secondary School
Nike Football Training Centre, Klipspruit, Soweto
Thokoza
Tiisetsong Secondary School
Orange Farm
Jabulile Secondary School
Elandsfontein
Transnet  School of Excellence
Vanderbijlpark
Jet Nteo Secondary School
Heidelberg
Khanya Lesedi High School
Bramley
Highlands North boys High School
Laudium
Rosina Sedibane-Modiba Sports School







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