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Compiled by the Government Communication and Information System Date: 13 Oct 2008 Title: School soccer teams take part in 2010 adventure campaign -------------------- Johannesburg - Five provincial schools took part in soccer tournaments at the weekend under the auspices of the "My 2010 School Adventure" campaign, which is an initiative of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC). The schools soccer finals took place in Gauteng, Limpopo, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal and Northern Cape. As part of the "Adopt a Nation" element of the schools campaign, all South Africa's provincial schools two weeks ago symbolically "adopted" the competing FIFA Confederations Cup teams Brazil, Egypt, Spain, the United States, Iraq, New Zealand, Italy and South Africa. Each province will now learn more about the culture, football, geography and music of the countries they adopted. Another element of the 2010 schools campaign is thousands of schools participating in provincial Confederations Cup football tournaments, with winners qualifying for next year's national Confederations Cup schools tournament, will be held in March. To date, 7 957 schools from 81 districts across South Africa's nine provinces have already registered for the schools Confederations Cup football competition. With a chance to participate on a national scale and with the added incentive of winning match tickets to next year's Confederations Cup in June on offer, the schools action was even more exciting than usual this weekend as the provinces did battle on the pitch in the Boys and Girls Under 14 and Under 18 categories. The scorching Gauteng sun did little to stop the province's youngsters from showing their skills on the pitch at the Marks Park Grounds in Emmarentia on Saturday, with the Under 14 Boys champions Tlhakanang topping their group with 12 points and the favourites SAFA Transnet School of Excellence qualifying as winners in the Under 18 Boys group. In the Under 14 Girls competition Lekgora came out tops with 12 points and Rosina Sedibane scored 10 points to win in the Under 18 Girls group. The KwaZulu-Natal finals took to the mountains at the Cator Manor Stadium in Durban where Amakhwatha Primary School from Vryheid District qualified in the Under 14 Girls group. Isibukosezwe High School from Pinetown District qualified in the Under 18 Girls, while Inkonkoni Primary School from Umlazi District in the Under 14 Boys and Ndlamvuzo High School from Empangeni District in the Under 18 Boys age group came out on top. In Kimberley, the Northern Cape provincial finals got off to a flying start with Rietrivier from Frances Baard District qualifying in the Under 14 Boys age group and Kimberley Boys' High beating Groblershoop High School 3 - 1 in the finals to win the Under 18 Boys group. In the Under 14 Girls category Topline qualified by winning both their matches and in the Under 18 Girls section, AJ Ferreria High School won the final with a dramatic 4 - 3 victory over Rietvale High School in the final. In the Limpopo Provincial finals at the Nirvana Stadium in Polokwane, Motshitshi Primary School from Waterburg District qualified by beating Leweng Primary School 2 - 0 in the Under 14 Girls age group. Pondo Primary School's 3 - 2 victory against Ndlavheya Primary School took them to the winners podium in the Under 14 Boys group who represented Mopani District. The Under 18 Boys and Girls finals will take place at the Seshego Stadium in Polokwane on 18 October 2008. At the East London Showgrounds, the Eastern Cape qualifiers are Mzimvubu Senior Secondary in the Under 14 Boys category, Lower Ngqungqu Junior in the Under 14 Girls category, Ndamase Senior Secondary from Alfred Nzo District in the Under 18 Boys category, and Colana from OR Tambo in the Under 18 Girls age group. All the weekend's winning teams from each province will now make their way to participate in the Schools Confederations Cup finals in March 2009, where national honours and tickets to the Confederations Cup is up for grabs. - BuaNews |
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