For the first time...

Kaira Gabriella Pinard (Valhalla)

The amount of work behind the scenes  at  MSSA's SA National Championships (SAN) is truly phenomenal, for not only must the administration ensure  the swift running of the most  prestigious  championship in the country, but it must also keep an eye on the other awards  that have to be  made such as the award of colours and the determination of the National Ladder Champions.

It is most pleasing therefore, that with the final  determination of the results, that for the first  time ever, females have taken titles. Not content with taking one title, two titles were wrested away from  male domination.

On 23 October 2017 it was  reported that 'Revival' (of IntenSity E-Sports) took the top place in the CounterStrike: GO Ladder. The team has hung on to the position to end up as the 2017 SA National Ladder Champions. There is no doubt that the team consisting of Blair "Blunts&Blair" Hamberger, Jessi-Rae "Jessi-Rae" Warren, Heike "psyxgypsy" Romatzki, Sasha-Leigh "Emo" Morrison, and Kira "Starlight" Leigh Allen intend to make a difference.

Then there is Kaira Gabriella Pinard (Valhalla) who managed to win two titles at the SA National Championships. However, it was only in HearthStone that Kaira managed to take the title of SA National Ladder Champion.

The full list of the SA National Ladder Champions are:

National Ladder Champions
Titles	Category	Name of player or team	Club
Ancients	Senior	Colin Webster	Old Edwardian Wargames Club
Checkers	Senior	Pheello Maphumane	Fakkel School
CounterStrike: GO	Senior	Revival	IntenSity E-Sports
	Schools	Team espera	DF Malan
DotA 2	Senior	TMSC|DropZone	Tuks Mind Sports Club
	Schools	WBHS	Westville Boys' High School
FIFA ‘17	Senior	Khahliso Malape	Fakkel
HearthStone	Senior	Kaira Gabrielle Pinard	Valhalla
League of Legends	Senior	Goon Squad	VexxedPhoenix
	Schools	Fuga Dracones	Hoërskool Wonderboom
Morabaraba	Senior	Cobus van der Wath	Fakkel
Mortal Kombat X	Senior	Pieter Oelofse	HTS Sasolburg
PES 2017	Senior	Khahliso Malape	Fakkel
StarCraft II	Senior	Edwin Williams	3DE
	Schools	Dylan van Heerden	Parklands College
Street Fighter V	Senior	Mxolisi Lukhele	Amplified Rebellion
Tekken 7	Senior	Alasdair donaldson	VexxedPhoenix