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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