Thursday, March 13, 2014

Free State Clusters kick-off in the 2014 Danone Nations Cup


Matswathaka Primary School from Bethlehem in the Free State is the Danone Nations Cup’s Dihlabeng cluster champion. They beat their six counterparts in a round robin tournament and according to the team manager, the team this year is exceptional and could well go all the way to the national finals – even be the team to represent South Africa as the World Final in Brazil later in the year.

“Apart from 2 players, the entire team is new and I can already see they are different,” said team manager, Charles Mokoena.  “The youngsters are competitive and determined and our striker, Lehlohonolo Mokoena, is our key player. He is respectful and eager to learn so listens.”

The school coach will again be Swai Vilakazi, who is a parent of a school learner.

Mokoena admits there are two schools Matswathaka might well encounter in the regional final that could cause his team problems, and those are Loch Lomond and Motshepuwa Primary Schools.   “We have played them both in the past and they are strong in defence making it difficult for us to score.

Matswathaka won every game at cluster level this year. “I am excited and feel proud of my team. We have already scored 9 goals, as opposed to 5 in the entire season last year.  However, we might be a step closer to our goal of playing in the national finals, but the next phase is to compete against other cluster winners in the regional finals which will not be easy.” so the competition is getting tougher.”

The Free State provincial finals will take place at the Clive Solomon Stadium, Bloemfontein, on the 12th April.

Results
MATSWATHAKA   PRIMARY SCHOOL                                                               
BHM INTERMEDIATE  PRIMARY SCHOOL                                                      
MOTSHEPUWA  PRIMARY SCHOOL                                                                
IMPUCUKO  PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOHLOKONG  PRIMARY SCHOOL
 LOCH LOMOND PRIMARY SCHOOL
 NTHUTE  PRIMARY SCHOOL                                                            
                                                                          STREAM A
NO
FORMAT
SCHOOL
SCHOOL
VENUE
TIME
1.
ROUND ROBIN
MOTSHEPUWA {4}
IMPUCUKO {5}
MATSWATHAKA

3.
ROUND ROBIN
LOCH LOMOND{1}
MATSWATHAKA{2}
5MATSWATHAKA

5.
ROUND ROBIN
MOTSHEPUWA{3}
LOCH LOMOND{3}
MATSATHAKA

7.
ROUND ROBIN
IMPUCUKO {0}
MATSWATHAKA{4}
MATSWATHAKA

8.
ROUND ROBIN
MOTSHEPUWA{0}
MATSWATHAKA{1}
MATSWATHAKA

9.
ROUND ROBIN
IMPUCUKO{2}
LOCH LOMOND{0}
MATSWATHAKA


                                                                                  STREAM B

NO
FORMAT
SCHOOL
SCHOOL
VENUE
TIME
2.
ROUND ROBIN
BOHLOKONG{1}
BHM INTER{2}
MATSWATHAKA

4.
ROUND ROBIN
BOHLOKONG{1]
NTHUTE{4}
MATSWATHAKA

6.
ROUND ROBIN
BHM INTER{3}
NTHUTE{2}
MATSWATHAKA


                                           FINAL OF STREAM A WINNER and STREAM B WINNER  
NO
FORMAT
SCHOOL
SCHOOL
VENUE
TIME
10.
FINAL
MATSWATHAKA{2}
BHM INTER{1}
MATSWTHAKA



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