School squads gear up for provincial soccer championships

Gugulethu's Lwazi Primary School's girls under-13 soccer side was crowned Kay Motsepe regional champions in their division, beating Grassy Park's Fairview Primary 13-1 in a one-sided affair at the Bishop Lavis sports ground last Wednesday.  

In the boys under-13 division, Delft South Primary School beat Solomon Qatyana Primary, from the Strand, 1-0 in a tightly contested game.

The tournament, sponsored by the Motsepe Foundation and Sanlam, features more than 5000 high and primary schools competing in regional tournaments in the various provinces. Locally, the top schools in the  Western Cape Education Department (WCED) school districts in the Cape Metropole, including Metro Central, East, North, and South, qualified for a spot in the last round of 32 of the competition, which kicked off at the beginning of the month at various venues across the city.

Each district was represented by eight under-13 boys’ and girls' primary schools and eight under-19 boys' high school squads, with the cream of the crop making it to last week’s regional finals.

In the boys under-19 division, Plumstead High beat Modderdam 1-0 to lift the trophy. The winners wil represent the Metropole at next week’s provincial championships in Beaufort West.