Getting ready for the 2016 World Championships

Gabriella Isaacs, Lyrene Kühn,Nathan Anderson, Morizane Boyes, Yolandi Williams, Maryke Kennard

The IeSF has successfully run World Championships from 2009. From humble beginnings the founder members pursued the vision of  having a national federation for eSports that would both guide the sport to become fully accredited as well as protect the rights of the eSports  athletes themselves.

Details of the  past World Championships is as follows:

Year	Location	Winner	Runner Up
2009	Taebaek, South Korea	South Korea	China
2010	Daegu, South Korea	South Korea	The Netherlands
2011	Andong, South Korea	Sweden	South Korea
2012	Cheonan, South Korea	South Korea	Austria
2013	Bucharest, Romania	South Korea	Sweden
2014	Baku, Azerbaijan	South Korea	China
2015	Seoul, South Korea	Serbia	South Korea

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has ensured that South Africa has had a presence at each every one.

South Africa's participation is as follows:

Year	South African players	# of players
2009	Ruben de Freittas, Xola Magwana	2
2010	Matthew Putter, Rolando de Alveira, Abu Bakar Ebrahiem, Magiel de Lange	4
2011	Robert Botha, Ian Pillay	2
2012	Lyrene Kühn, Gabriella Isaacs, Robert Botha, Vittorio Puissa	4
2013	Lyrene Kühn, Yolandi Williams, Conradie van Heerden, Myburg Brink, Willem Strȍfeldt, Kyle Rhoodie, Marco Botha	7
2014	Morizane Boyes, Yolandi Williams, Ion Todd, Jason Bredberg, Dylan Henderson, Saleem Manjoo, Timothy van Reenen Mostert, Barry West, Nathan Anderson, Ryan Boyes (Manager)	10
2015	Maryke Kennard, Johan Uys, Wynand Meiring, Nathan Anderson, Matthew Smith, Vasudev Stringer, Cameron Tilley, Ryan Boyes (Manager)	8

The results of the SA eSports Team, when considered against South Africa's poor infrastructure is thus almost miraculous, being: 

Year	Venue	Position
2015	Seoul -  South Korea	12th
2014	Baku -  Azerbaijan	13th
2013	Bucharest -  Romania	10th
2012	Cheonan -  South Korea	18th
2011	Andong -  South Korea	13th

Thus the MSSA is  in full gear getting ready for the 2016 IeSF World Championships.

Players who miss North West, do so at their own peril as North West presents an unique opportunity to qualify for the coveted National Team Trials.