Mmantuntube
High School won Limpopo province’s Waterberg regional final in the Sanlam Kay
Motsepe Schools Cup competition and will be playing in the provincial finals
next month.
Team
coach Mashaba Phineas Mokoena says making the provincial finals is a dream come
true for the boys and they are already talking about winning the provincials
and going to the nationals later in the year. “We would like to win some of the
R3.4 million on offer as prize money and be able to say we were responsible for
helping to upgrade our school, which it badly needs.”
Mmantuntube
have been playing in the competition for a number of years now, but this is the
first time that they have gone beyond the cluster level. “We are hoping to
continue our winning streak until we are declared the winners of the Sanlam Kay
Motsepe Schools Cup,” Mokoena said.
Mokoena
says they will be increasing the number of practise sessions now. “I always
tell the boys that practise makes perfect and that we need to practise more and
more to ensure that we are 10 times better than our opponents,” he said.” I
also try to instil in them that without discipline they can never achieve
anything in life.”
Mokoena
singles out defender Thabang Monethi as a player that really puts his heart
into the team. Thabang grew up watching soccer and he started playing the game
in primary school at the age of 7 years. “I have grown to love the sport and it
has groomed me into the young adult that I am,” he said. “Without it I don’t
know where I would be.”
He
is a fan of both the UEFA Champions League and the PSL league and would love to
play for Orlando Pirates. “I’m hoping to get into their development programme
then make my way to the top,” he said.
