Friday, 20 June 2025

Female Protea Team for the Counter Strike 2 esports title to do battle against Namibia - AEC25

A jubilant Jessica Greeff celebrates on winning IESF's AEC24

Mind Sports South Africa’s Protea Female CS2 team, led by captain Jess Greeff and featuring Avonique van Rooyen,  dominated IESF's AEC24, and emerged undefeated, and punched their ticket to the world stage. The female Protea Team for the Counter Strike 2 Esports Title are trailblazers in female esports and are already making their mark internationally.

To qualify for IESF's World Esports Championships 2025 (WEC25), South Africa's Female Protea Team for the Counter Strike 2 Esports Title will be taking on Namibia at15H00 on 21 June 2025.

South Africa's Female Protea Team for the Counter Strike 2 Esports Title has never lost to Namibia, and both MSSA and the team are confident that the result will be the same as all previous encounters.

The team has shown a few changes from 2024. Jessica Greeff remains the captain, and Avonique van Rooyen and Megan van der Westhuizen too stay on the team with their vast international experience. The two new additions are Kiera McCullum and Kaylee Ludick who further add to the team.

MSSA is of the belief that the 2025 Female Protea Team for the Counter Strike 2 Esports Title is the strongest female Counter Strike 2 team to ever represent South Africa.

The full team to represent South Africa at15H00 on 21 June 2025 is: 

NameClubNickProvince
Jessica Eleez Greeff (Capt.)ZAG AcademyheartjessKwaZulu Natal
Avonique van RooyenZAG AcademyavoGauteng
Kiera McCallumZAG AcademyqueenKwaZulu Natal
Megan van der WesthuizenZAG Academym3gzGauteng
Kaylee LudickZAG AcademycreativeGauteng

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Thursday, 19 June 2025

MSSA's blog page is ranked 9th in South Africa!

Colin Webster, President of MSSA, initiated the creation of the blog page as a tool to highlight the achievements of MSSA's athletes.

MSSA started the blog page in August 2013, and since then the numbers have climbed from a few readers a day to a staggering record of 33,000 readers on a single day with readership climbing to over 80,000 per month.

Mind Sports South Africa's (MSSA) blog carries articles pertinent to competitive gaming in all its disciplines in South Africa being historical figure games (also known as wargames), Board games (such as Backgammon, Diplomacy, Checkers, Draughts, Morabaraba, Sport Stacking, etc), Card Gaming, Robotics, Phygital Gaming, and eSports (whether they are played on ‘cell phones, Sony® PSP’s, personal computers or similar). 

Of course it has taken dedication, consistency and accurate reporting of events to attract such numbers.

According to FeedSpot, Mind Sports South Africa's blog, Esports and other Games, is ranked ninth out of 100 listed blogs. There is no surprise to those at the top, but it is surprising that many of mainstream media are listed below MSSA's blog. Even a sport like Cricket, cant seem to compete with esports...

1. SuperSport Blog https://supersport.com/

2. Soccer Laduma Blog https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/

3. SPORT24 Blog https://www.news24.com/sport

4. SA Rugby Magazine Blog https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/

5. Keo Blog https://www.keo.co.za/

6. gsport4girls Blog https://gsport.co.za/

7. SportsClub Blog https://www.sportsclub.co.za/

9. Esports South Africa, and other games Blog https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/

10. SA Cricket Magazine

11. IOL Sport » Sport

12. The South African » Sports News

13. Times LIVE » Sport

14. Mail & Guardian » Sport

15. The Citizen » Sport

16. Briefly » Sports News

17. News.co.za » Sport

18. World Sports Betting News

When looking at blog pages for esports on a worldwide basis, MSSA's blog page ranks 21st  out of 66.

Because the blog is run by MSSA, any and all member clubs are able to have articles published on the blog.

Thus all member clubs are invited to send in articles for the blog page, and are welcome to highlight their achievements, sponsorships, strategies, events, and/or top players.

Of course, none of this would be possible without the efforts of the Board Members who run the blog page on a voluntary basis.

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Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Victoria cum audacia! - South Africa wins!

 

Marchahn 'march' Smith who captained the 2025 MSSA's Protea Esports Team for the Counter Strike 2 esports title to stunning victories over both Mauritius and Namibia.

On 18 June 2025 MSSA's Protea Esports Team for the Counter Strike 2 esports title took to the battlefield to defend South Africa's honour in AEC25. The AEC25 is the qualifying stage for IESF's WEC25 (World Esports Championships).

IESF had planned two matches for South Africa for the 18th of June 2025. The first match was against Mauritius at 17H00 and the second against Namibia at 19H00.

The bravado of the team was not misplaced. The team confidently settled in behind their computers and began their final preparations. 

In the first game against Mauritius, the Proteas dominated from start to finish. The Proteas won by:

  • 13 to 3, and 
  • 13 to 1.
It was a rout! The Mauritians were totally dominated and the Proteas romped home to a solid victory.

The Namibians fared no better!

Again the Proteas demolished their opponents to leave them in no doubt that the Proteas are the superior team. The Proteas won by:

  • 13 to 5, and
  • 13 to 1.
Of course it was a team effort, and the team operated like a well trained and disciplined unit. The 2025 men's Protea Esports Team for the Counter Strike 2 esports title consists of the following athletes:

NameClubNick
Marchahn Smith (Capt.)ZAG Academymarch
Wiljahne SmithZAG Academywilj
Kian GibsonZAG AcademyTriton
Johnathan FoxZAG AcademyDoru
Michael van der WaltZAG AcademyFROZ3N

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