Who will be the MMK overall champions?

The team that will represent the Safa Vhembe Regional Association in the provincial promotional play-offs will be known this coming Sunday.

The teams that finished on top of their respective groups during the regional play-offs, which were staged at the Rabali and Makhuvha Stadiums over the past weekend, will meet in the final at the Thohoyandou Stadium to determine the overall champions.

Mikhado FC finished on top of Group A, while the league was still to confirm the Group B winner at the time of our going to press. The league’s disciplinary committee sat on Wednesday evening to decide the case between Mpheni Home Defenders and Makovha All Stars. The deciding game between Makovha All Stars and Mpheni Home Defenders was abandoned at the Makhuvha Stadium on Sunday. Home Defenders were leading 6-0 at the time of the abandonment.

The runners-up from each group will meet in the losers’ final at 13:00 to determine the team that will finish in the third spot. These teams were also decided during the disciplinary meeting, viz. Berea FC/Tshakhuma RO United and Rockers FC/Mpheni Home Defenders.

Apart from the fact that the overall champions will represent the region in the provincial play-offs, they will again take home R50 000, gold medals and a floating trophy. The runners-up will become R30 000 richer.

The third-placed team will receive R25 000, while cash amounting R20 000 is awaiting the team that will finish in the fourth position. Teams that will finish in the fifth to the ninth position will each receive R12 000.

Madridtas FC represented the Vhembe Regional Association in the provincial play-offs at the Turfloop Stadium last year.

The entrance fee to the Thohoyandou Stadium on Sunday will be R10 per person.  

Date:14 June 2017

By: Frank Mavhungu

Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990.  He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.

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