It
was a repeat of the 2010 Western Cape Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup provincial
final – but this time Steenberg High School triumphed over Cloetesville
Secondary School and won the R100 000 western cape provincial
prize money.
Now
both teams are through to the National Finals which take place in Bloemfontein
in the Free State from 2 – 6 October.
Western
Cape was the last province to host their finals, which took place at the
Rustdene Stadium in Beaufort West over the weekend. Steenberg beat
Cloetesville 3 - 1 on penalties - the score was 0 all after regulation time.
“If
we had converted our chances it would have been better,” said Clive Biegnwaar,
Steenberg High’s coach. “Winning a game on penalties is never ideal,
especially in a final.”
But
Biegnwaar is happy with the way his charges played. “Everything we spoke about
in the changing room was executed on the field. The boys were determined
and hungry to win. I told them not to try and do anything fancy but apply
everything that we have done at training and remain calm and not let any
pressure get to them.”
Biegnwaar,
who is also an accountancy teacher and who has been at the school for 26 years
said that the loss to Cloetesville in the 2010 Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup
taught him a valuable lesson. Hence, he went back to the drawing board,
corrected previous mistakes and came back this year with a positive attitude
combined with experience.
Although
the schools board will decide where the winning funds will be spent, he hopes
it will be on floodlights for the school’s sports fields. “Soccer keeps
the kids off the streets and on the right track so I would like to see the
school upgrading the soccer field and also introducing more sports.”
Steenberg
is 50 years old with over 1 200 pupils. Classes have up to 56
pupils, but despite this the matric pass rate for 2011 was 91 percent.
Biegnwaar thanked Sanlam, the Motsepe Foundation and Sundowns for the football
initiative as he believes that tournaments such as the Sanlam Kay Motsepe
Schools Cup does wonders in building players confidence. “It gives
them something to strive for and they can learn from other schools to help them
become better players.”
Cloetesville
coach, Rowen Bergstedt, accepted defeat and admitted Steenberg had done their
homework as they managed to successfully close them down and frustrate his
players. “I knew Steenberg would go into the match seeking revenge and I
warned my players about being complacent as what happened two years ago does
not guarantee us another win.”
Nevertheless,
Cloetesville still stands the chance of winning the R1 million big prize as
both teams are through to the National Finals. “There is no reason why we
cannot win the National Finals. It will be tough out there but my boys are
mentally and physically strong and I will work on synergy as this is key to our
success. Individuals do not win games, teams do!”
Results
Participating
Schools:
Robinvale
Secondary School
Steenberg
Secondary School
Qhayiya
Secondary School
Themabalethu
Secondary School
Cloetesville
Secondary School
Bastiaanse
Secondary School
Group A
Robinvale
Secondary School
Steenberg
Secondary School
Qhayiya
Secondary School
Robinvale
Secondary School 0 vs Steenberg Secondary School 2
Goals: Leeroy
Sopio and Marlin Sheldon
Steenberg
Secondary School 1 vs Qhayiya Secondary School 0
Goals: Imeraal
Ling
Robinvale
Secondary School 1 vs Qhayiya Secondary School 1
Goals: Qhayiya
– Tevern Syce; Robinvale – Granold Scott
Group B
Themabalethu
Secondary School
Cloetesville
Secondary School
Bastiaanse
Secondary School
Themabalethu
0 vs Bastiaanse Secondary School 0
Cloetesville
Secondary School 2 vs Thembalethu Secondary School 1
Goals: Cloetesville-
Andile Yapi and Ruwayne Springbok; Thembalethu- Siyabulela Matshani
Bastiaanse
Secondary School 1 vs Cloetesville Secondary School 1
Goals: Cloetesville-
Antonio Lewis; Bastiaanse - Curtley Blom
3rd and 4th Play offs
Qhayiya
0 vs Bastiaanse 0
(Qhayiya won 4 – 3 on
penalties)
Final
Steenberg
0 vs Cloetesville 0
(Steenberg won 3 – 1
on penalties)
