Gauteng
will host the eighth Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup provincial finals on
Saturday August 25 at the Nike Football Training Centre in Soweto.
The
winning school will get R100 000 in prize money which will be used to fund
legacy projects identified by the school.
The
participating schools are: Seanamarena Secondary School (
Mapetla-Soweto),Tiisetsong Secondary School ( Thokoza), Jabulile Secondary
School (Orange Farm), Highlands North Boys' High School (Bramley), Jet Nteo
Secondary School ( Boipatong- Vanderbijlpark), Khanya Lesedi High
(Ratanda-Heidelberg), Rosina Sedibane-Modiba Sports School (Laudium) and the
Transnet Sports School of Excellence( Elandsfontein).
Thabo
Mokwena from Tiisetsong Secondary School is looking forward to the event. The
grade 12 pupil will captain his school team on Saturday in their debut
appearance in the provincial finals, with the hope of claiming the title.
“This
is an opportunity of a lifetime!" Mokwena says. "The Sanlam Kay
Motsepe Schools Cup is by far the biggest competition at school level and I am
really glad my school qualified for the provincial finals. I will never forget taking part in this tournament;
this is such an honour for me. I am currently in matric and winning this
tournament means everything to me as I would like to be remembered at the
school after I have left."
Tiisetsong
are relative newcomers to the competition. They took part for the first time in
2011, but were eliminated at the regional finals of the competition by the
eventual 2011 champions, Johannesburg Secondary School.
Buti
Mofokeng, coach of Tiisetsong Secondary, believes they can go further in the
competition. “We set goals as a team at the beginning of this year and one of
the objectives was to get the Sanlam Kay Motsepe Schools Cup silverware into
our cabinet.”
Tiisetsong’s
strongest competition is more than likely going to come from Transnet School of
Excellence, Rosina Sediban-Modiba Sports School and 2010 provincial champions
Jet Nteo Secondary School.
The
school that finishes in first place on Saturday, as well as the runner-up will
go on to represent the Gauteng province at the National Finals of the
competition to be held in Bloemfontein from 2 to 6 October.
