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