Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Roodepan Primary School wins Danone Nations Cup Northern Cape Provincial Final



Roodepan Primary School from Francis Baard District, Upington, Kimberley have retained the Northern Cape Danone Nations Cup provincial trophy, after beating Keidebees Primary School 3-2 on penalties at the Xolisile Dicky Jacobs Stadium, Upington, over the weekend.

“It’s exciting and humbling to get the opportunity to represent the Northern Cape at the national finals again this year,” said team manager, Enricho Chapman. “The next step is to redeem ourselves at the nationals and we want to be the first team from the Northern Cape to win the trip to represent South Africa at the world finals in Morocco this year.”

Chapman credited the players for the win resulting from the hard work they put in from the cluster level of the tournament.  “The boys put in the time and effort.  They have been disciplined, focused and always listened to the coach (Christopher Jafta) and we are proud of them.”

There were two players from 2014 back in the team again; Given Beyers and Jemone Kaffer.  “Jemone, who we call ‘Messi’ is of particular value to the team,” said Chapman.  “He is not just a skilled player but is also a great motivator.”

Roodepan is boosted this year by youngsters from the Technical High Soccer Academy.  “This year we have become affiliated to the Academy and we educate all their youngsters.  Of the current team we have only two that are not affiliated to the academy,” said Chapman.  “This is very helpful as the boys have professional coaches looking after them and they know what to expect.  I think that we have an excellent chance of winning this year.”

Keidebees Primary was Roodepan’s toughest competition says Chapman, who went to college with the team manager, Mr Matthy.  “We both wanted to prove a point to each other.  It was a tough game and ended in a 0-0 draw but we managed to win on penalties.”

Chapman says that their finishing was their down fall last year. “We missed a lot of chances last year and we didn’t execute properly and this is what we will be focusing on over the next couple of months.  We know that the 2015 Free State school Nelson Mandela were also at the national last year.  We beat them so feel confident that we can do that this time around as well.”

One player that Chapman rates very highly is striker, Laumad Williams. “He scored 5 goals for us on Saturday and received the Danone Nations Cup top goalscorer.  This youngster is with the Academy and has a bright future ahead of him if he remains focused and believes in his dreams.”

Results

Roodepan Primary 0 (2) vs. Dr Izak van Niekerk 0 (1)
Rapelang Primary 0 (1) vs.  Keidebees Primary 0 (2)
Van Rensburg Primary 0 vs Roodepan Primary 1
Dr Izak van Niekerk 1 vs.  Rapelang Primary 0
Keidebees Primary 1 vs. Van Rensburg Primary 2
Roodepan Primary 4 vs. Rapelang Primary 0
Dr Izak van Niekerk 0 vs.  Keidebees Primary 1
Rapelang Primary 1 vs. Van Rensburg Primary 0
Keidebees Primary 1 vs. Roodepan Primary 0
Van Rensburg Primary 1 vs. Dr Izak van Niekerk 0
Final
Keidebees Primary 0 (2) vs. Roodepan Primary 0 (3) 








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