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School soccer tourney gets exciting

Busisiwe HohoBy Busisiwe HohoSeptember 20, 2010No Comments2 Mins Read
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The Grahamstown High Schools’ Rhodes Football Tournament is nearing its climax after the first electrifying two rounds on Prospect Fields at Rhodes. On Friday Mary Waters, still recovering from their earlier loss to Nombulelo, managed to regroup and displayed a professional performance when they humbled TEM Mrwetynana 2–1.

The Grahamstown High Schools’ Rhodes Football Tournament is nearing its climax after the first electrifying two rounds on Prospect Fields at Rhodes. On Friday Mary Waters, still recovering from their earlier loss to Nombulelo, managed to regroup and displayed a professional performance when they humbled TEM Mrwetynana 2–1.


Mrwetyana went into this match as the favourites having beaten Mary Waters in the Grahamstown High Schools league.

However, their bubble burst within 15 minutes when a Mary Waters’ striker was fouled inside the box and the referee, Bongani Spopo, did not think twice in giving Mawas  a deserved penalty.

Mrwetyana managed to shrug off their opponents’ lead and grabbed a goal within five minutes. Mawas showed character and took the game to Mrwetyana and slotted in the winning goal in the dying minutes of the game.

The final score was 2–1 to Mawas. The league champions Khutliso Daniels, hosted the visitors from Bathurst, Velile High and it was clear from the first whistle that the visitors were no match for Khutliso as they camped in Velile’s half for much of the game.

Velile’s defence was breached in the 25th minute of the game when their keeper fumbled a harmless ball and a striker from Khutliso had no problem tapping into an empty net.

From there on it was one way traffic and Khutliso scored two more goals early in the second half. However, to everybody’s surprise, Velile launched a fight back.

They grabbed two quick goals and left the match open for most part of the second half. Khutliso hung on for a 3–2 win.

Yesterday, Nombulelo were scheduled to play their last round robin match against Mrwetyana while Ntsika hosted Velile.

If the current form is anything to go by, Nombulelo could win Group A and Khutliso Group B. This would mean Nombulelo could face Velile and Khutliso against Mary Waters in tomorrow’s semi-finals at Prospect Field starting at 3pm.

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