Teams invited for Top 32 soccer challenge

Sinthumule/Kutama Community Sport Development invites teams around the Vhembe area to register for the sixth annual Soccer Challenge Top 32, which will take place during the festive season.

More than R150 000 is budgeted for soccer, netball and an U/15 soccer tournament. The tournament will take place on 23, 25, and 30 December at different grounds and the final will be played on 1 January 2019 at the Ravele grounds.

According to the spokesperson for the organisers, Mr Elvis “Parks” Phathela, they will cater for teams around Vhembe.

The joining fee for soccer is R1 000 per team and the first prize is R15 000, a floating trophy, gold medals and a new soccer kit. The second prize is R10 000, silver medals and a new soccer kit, while the third prize is R5 000, bronze medals and a new soccer kit. The team finishing in fourth place will receive R4 000 and a new soccer kit.

The teams ending from fifth to eighth position will get R1 000 each and soccer kit. The eight teams defeated in the first round will receive R400 each.

The joining fee for the netball top eight is R500. The prizes in the netball are  R1 500, a trophy, a netball kit and gold medals (first), R1 000, silver medals and a netball kit (second), R600, bronze medals and a netball kit (third), R300 and a netball kit (fourth) and the last four teams will each receive R200.

For more information, interested teams can phone Mr Phathela on 072 51 66191 or Scara Tshigomana, the chairperson, on 082 050 6969.

Date:23 November 2018

By: Kaizer Nengovhela

Kaizer Nengovhela started writing stories for Limpopo Mirror in 2000. Prior to that he had a five year stint at Phala-Phala FM as sports presenter. In 2005 Kaizer received an award from the province's premier as Best Sports Presenter. The same year he was also nominated as Best Sports Reporter by the Makhado Municipality. Kaizer was awarded the Mathatha Tsedu award in 2014.

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