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The brain behind the success of Highlands Park, Mr Owen da Gama.

Highlands Park close in on Premiership division

 

With five matches remaining before the activities for the current National First Division League come to an end, Highlands Park are almost through to the Absa Premiership Division.

The Thembisa-based side, coached by Mr Owen da Gama, are leading the pack with 56 points collected from their 25 matches. The Lions of the North, as they affectionately called, need only one point in their remaining five matches to secure a place in the elite division.

Highlands Park scored 11 goals and conceded only one in their last two league matches. They beat Mbombela United 7-1 at the Makhulong Stadium in Thembisa three weeks ago before crushing Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila 4-0 at the Thohoyandou Stadium last Saturday. Should they play to a draw against Pretoria University at the Makhulong Stadium tomorrow, Highlands Park will be crowned the league champions and qualify for automatic promotion to the Absa Premiership.

Witbank Spurs pushed Mthatha Bucks deep into the relegation quagmire when they narrowly beat them 1-0 at the Puma Rugby Stadium in eMalahleni. Mthatha Bucks are now rooted at the bottom of the log with 20 points, four behind the other relegations candidates, Ubuntu Cape Town.

Mbombela United failed to collect the full points, even though they were paying in front of their home crowd. They shared the spoils with Cape Town All Stars 1-1 at the Kabokweni Stadium.

Royal Eagles’ future in the NFD continues to hang in the balance, following their failure to collect the maximum points at home last Saturday. They played to a goalless draw with Pretoria University at the Harry Gwala Stadium in Pietermaritzburg.

Jomo Cosmos enhanced their chances of participating in the promotional playoffs by beating Richards Bay FC 4-2. Uthongathi FC shared the spoils with Super Eagles (1-1) and Black Leopards crushed Stellenbosch FC 3-1 at the Thohoyandou Stadium. Mwape Musonda scored a brace for Lidoda Duvha, while Isaac Masia scored the third one.

Leopards’ two-goal hero, Mwape Musonda.

 

Date:05 April 2018

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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