Monamodi Primary School from Majwemasweu Township in
Brandfort is the 2013 Free State champions in the Danone Nations Cup. They beat
Luckhoff Combined School 3-0 in the final, played at the Clive Solomon Stadium
in Bloemfontein last weekend, to become the third team to qualify for the
national finals of the competition which take place in Johannesburg in July.
The winners of the Danone Nations Cup National Finals will fulfil
their dreams by representing South Africa at the Danone Nations Cup World
Finals in London later this year where they will perform in front of Danone
Nations Cup ambassador and former France captain, Zinedane Zidane.
Monamodi coach, Vuyo Nomatye, was delighted at the result.
“This was totally unexpected as this is only our second year in the tournament
and our first time at the provincial finals,” he said. “The boys are
excited and everyone at the school is proud of us, because they know how difficult
things were at the regional level. Winning the Danone Nations Cup Free State
Provincial Finals now means we have to work extra hard as we are only one step
closer to the bigger and better title.”
Nomatye puts their success down to determination and hard
work. “It took a while for the boys to understand the style of play I was
introducing and to work together as a team,” he explains. “Our first four
cluster games were difficult, and although we won those games, we were not at
our best. I then added an extra 30 minutes to the training sessions and that
was when things got better and we managed to win the regional title. We didn’t
know what to expect at the provincial finals, so I said to my boys; let’s go
there and use the platform as a learning curve, I didn’t think we were going to
do so well, let alone win the provincial championship.” Nomatye said that none
of his players had every ventured outside the village and the trip to
Johannesburg to play in the National Finals will be a learning experience.
Monamodi Primary School now join Rietrivier Primary School
from Northern Cape and Siphumele Primary from KwaZulu-Natal in the National
Finals. They are waiting for the other six provincial champions to be
identified and the first of those will be known on Saturday April 20 when the
Limpopo Provincial Finals take place.
RESULTS
Tlong-Kganeng Public School 1 - 0
Selogilwe Primary School
Luckhoff Combined School
0 – 0
Matswathaka Primary School (Matswathaka won 3-2
on penalties)
Monamodi Primary School
1 – 0
Emang Primary School
Tlong-Kganyeng Public School 0 – 1
Luckhoff Combined School
Selogilwe Primary School
0 – 0
Matswathaka Primary School (Matswathaka won 7-6
on penalties)
Monamodi Primary School
1 – 0
Tlong-Kganyeng Public School
Emang Primary School
0 – 1 Luckhoff Combined School
Selogilwe Primary School
0 – 0
Monamodi Primary School (Monamodi won 4-1 on
penalties)
Matswathaka Primary School 2 – 2
Tlong-Kganyeng Public School (Matswathaka won
3-1 on penalties)
Emang Primary School
1 – 0 Selogilwe Primary School
Luckhoff Combined School
1 – 0
Monamodi Primary School
Emang Primary School
0 – 0 Matswathaka Primary School (Emang won 5-4
on penalties)
Selogilwe Primary School
1 – 0
Luckhoff Combined School
Tlongkganyeng Public School 0 – 1
Emang Primary School
Matswathaka Primary School 1 - 2
Monamodi Primary School
LOG POSITIONS
- Luckhoff Primary School
- Monamodi Primary School
- Emang Primary School
- Selogilwe Primary School
- Matswathaka Primary School
- Tlong-Kganyeng Public School
FINAL
Monamodi Primary School 3 Luckhoff Combined School 0.
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