Sanlam
Kay Motsepe Schools Cup Gauteng regional finals are finally over and roads now
lead to the provincial finals.
Soweto
will be hosting the Gauteng under-19 Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup provincial
final on Saturday August 25 at the Nike Football Training Centre in Klipspruit
(kick-off at 9am). Eight regional winners will battle it out for the R100 000
prize awarded to the provincial champion.
The
winners and runners-up will both be travelling to Bloemfontein from October 2
to 6 where they will meet the top two sides of the other eight provinces to
compete for the Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup national title and the R1
million that goes with it.
Among
those competing, is Jet Nteo Secondary School who are the Sanlam Kay Motsepe
Schools Cup 2010 Gauteng champions and national winners. That year, the school won R1.1 million and
most of the funds were invested in sports development. This includes a sports
combination centre, ultramodern soccer field sprinkler system and other sports
apparatus. The rest of the funds were
used to install a PA system, security cameras and intercom.
The
school from Boipatong in the Vaal Triangle is in the provincial finals for the
third consecutive year and will face stiff competition this time round as they
will be up against a number schools that have had considerable success in this
competition in the past.
Highlands
North High School is another key contender to look out for. The school is known for producing some of the
country's football stars including the
likes of Oupa Manyisa currently with Orlando Pirates, Thuso Phala (Platinum
Stars), Patrick Phungwayo (Orlando Pirates) and the great OJ Mabizela( former
Bafana Bafana player). Highlands North is close to the Alexandra township, from
which many of its players are drawn. The school won the provincial crown in
2006 and 2007 and this will be their seventh round in the tournament.
Highlands
North team manager, Joseph Madia, believes the team did well to qualify for the
provincial finals: “We haven’t been
lucky in the Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup in recent years and the last time
we made it to the provincial finals was in 2009," he said.
"However,
I believe we stand a good chance of getting to the National Finals this year as
we have a better prepared team. We have
been participating in the tournament for few years now and it is time for us to
be triumphant.”
Madia
believes central midfielders Tumi Makola and Muso Kgadima will make an impact
in the provincial finals “They are good dribblers and control the ball well.
They also know how to provide good balls for the strikers."
The
other teams that will be in action are:
Rosina Sedibane –Modiba Sports School (Laudium) Seanamarena Secondary
School (Mapetla, Soweto), Jabulile Secondary School (Orange Farm), Transnet
School of Excellence (Elandsfontein) and Tiisetsong Secondary School (Thokoza)
and Khanya Lesedi Secondary School (Heidelberg)
GAUTENG INTER –
DISTRICTS FINALS RESULTS
Pool A - 7 August
2012
Straus
Secondary School 1 vs Seanamarena
Secondary School 2
Randfontein
High School 1 (4) vs Jabulile Secondary
School 1 (5)
Tiisetsong
Secondary School 0 (4) vs Senthibele Secondary School 0 (2)
George
Khoza Secondary School 2 vs Rosina Sedibane – Motshwani Sports School 3
Pool B - 8 August
2012
Thandi
Sibeko Secondary School 0 (3) vs Khanya Lesedi High School 0 (2)
I.R
Lesolang High School 0 vs Jet Nteo
Secondary School 3
Transnet
School of Excellence 2 vs Highlands
North High School 3
