Sunday 27 October 2024

Proposed Calendar of Events for 2025.

The 2024 Champions of Africa - MSSA's Protea Female Counter Strike 2 Esports Team, from left to right:  Kayhla Rose Calder, Christin Brazier, Avonique Van Rooyen, Jessica Eleez Greeff (captain), and Megan van der Westhuizen.

The members of Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA), the largest membership based organisation for gaming in South Africa shall. at its Annual General Meeting (AGM), decide upon its Calendar of Events for 2025.

With MSSA being a member based organisation, it is the member clubs that ultimately make the decisions on all the affairs of MSSA.

The Calendar is no less busy than in previous years.

It is important for all gamers to note that in order to be selected for an official South African team, such aspirant athlete must be a member of a club that is in good standing.

With the proposed Calendar of Events being published at this time, every athlete is afforded the opportunity of being able to affiliate to a member club in time to participate in MSSA events in order to participate in the selection process. 

Because MSSA will always put the well-being of all its members first, MSSA requests every member club to comment on the proposed Calendar of Events so that all members can be accommodated.

The proposed Calendar of Events, as usual, will be presented to the membership at MSSA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) for ratification.

The proposed calendar, being as follows:

PROPOSED 2025 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
DateEventDisciplineVenue
1 JanuaryNew Year's Day
14 JanuaryEnd of school holidays
18 JanuaryUmpires’ Course - OnlineLevel 1Online
25 JanuaryNORTHERN CAPE Online ChampionshipsEsportsOnline
8 FebruaryUmpires’ Course - GautengLevel 1Old Edwardian Society,
22 February5th WESTERN CAPE Online ChampionshipsEsportsOnline
8 March13th Online Inter-school Provincial ChampionshipsAll esports titles as approved at the AGM in DecemberOnline
15 March5th GAUTENG Online ChampionshipsEsportsOnline
21 MarchHuman Rights Day
22 MarchNational Team TrialsEsportsOnline
31 March - 7AprilGovernment school holidays
5 April14th Provincial Online ChampionshipsAll esports titles as approved at the AGM in DecemberOnline
12 & 13 AprilProvincial School Championships for all provincesBoard and Figure gamesVarious venues.
13 AprilProvincial School Championships for all provincesEsportsOnline
!8 AprilGood Friday
27 AprilFreedom Day
28 AprilPublic Holiday
29 April to 2 MaySpecial School Holiday
1 MayWorkers' Day
3 May5th Provincial Online Student ChampionshipsAll esports titles as approved at the AGM in DecemberOnline
17 & 18 May38th GAUTENG ChampionshipsBoard games, Card games, Esports, wargamesTBA
31 MayFINANCIAL AGMMeetingTBA
31 May & 1 June24th WESTERN CAPE ChampionshipsBoard games, Card games, Esports, wargamesTBA
7 JuneUmpires’ CourseLevel 1Online
14 & 15JuneSA School ChampionshipsBoard games, Card games, Esports, wargamesTBA
16 JuneYouth Day
28 June5th SA School Online ChampionshipsEsportsOnline
30 June - 21 JulyGovernment school holidays
19 & 20 July26th KWAZULU NATAL ChampionshipsBoard games, Card games, Esports, wargamesTBD
Starting on 21 July1st round of NWU 14th Annual School LeagueAll esports titles as approved at the AGM in DecemberOnline
26 July5th KWAZULU NATAL Online ChampionshipsEsportsOnline
9 AugustNational Women's Day
9 AugustNational Team TrialsFot titles that qualifyTBD
16 & 17 August17th FREE STATE Championships /5th FREE STATE Online ChampionshipsTBDTBD
30 & 31 August25th NORTH WEST ChampionshipsBoard games, Card games, Esports, wargamesTBD
13 & 14 September17th EASTERN CAPE Championships / 3rd EASTERN CAPE Online ChampionshipsBoard games, Card games, Esports, wargamesTBD
24 SeptemberHeritage Day
27 & 28 September8th LIMPOPO Championships / 4th LIMPOPO Online ChampionshipsTBDTBD
6 to 10 OctoberGovernment school holidays
11 October4th NORTH WEST Online ChampionshipsEsportsOnline
1 NovemberSubmit nominations of office-bearersAdmin
6 & 7 December34th S A NATIONAL Championships/ 3rd Online SA NATIONAL ChampionshipsBoard games, Card games, Esports, wargamesTBD
6 December40th NATIONAL CONVENTIONAnnual General MeetingTBD
16 DecemberDay of Reconciliation
11 DecemberGovernment school holidays starts
TBASRSA's S A Schools ChampionshipsMorabarabaTo be determined by SRSA
25 DecemberChristmas Day
26 DecemberDay of Goodwill*

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Thursday 24 October 2024

Have your say... Choose your esports titles!

 

Make sure that your club proposes the titles you play.

On 7 December 2024, Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) shall hold its 41st National Convention which is its Annual General Meeting (AGM).

It is at this AGM where the member clubs decide on:

  • The leadership,
  • The titles played in the next year,
  • The Calendar of events for 2025, and
  • Any other motion that a fully-paid-up member club has submitted to the Board.
All nominations for positions, recommendations of titles, motions and other matters to be tabled on the agenda must reach the Board (at mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com) on 1 November 2024.

When the AGM selects titles to be played it does so according to the following laid out procedure:

  1. Preference is given to those titles played at International Events as falling under the jurisdiction of the relevant international body, albeit International Esports Federation (IESF) or Global Esports Federation (GEF).
  2. Next preference is given to those esports titles as hosted by member clubs at an official Derby, or at official Regional Championships.
  3. After selecting the titles as per point 1 and 2 above, then the General Meeting will consider all other titles based on their popularity within the member clubs. It is important that when member clubs propose a title, a strong case is submitted so that all delegates can properly form their opinions.
Each title is voted on, and should the majority of the General Meeting agree to the inclusion of such title, the title will be included in all championships for which it has been proposed.

The different championships are:

  • Premier: Including SA Nationals and Provincial Championships, and
  • Student: Championships which only students registered at a tertiary institution may enter, and
  • Schools: Championships which only learners  may enter - even if home schooled.
For any further information, please contact MSSA on mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com

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