The process has begun to select the national squad for Russian Draughts.

Such is the standard of play by Samson Thinane (NWU - Vaal) that he has qualified for the selection process for both Checkers and Russian Draughts variants.

"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings" (The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll).

Yes, once again it is time for Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) to select its national squads.

The squads too provide a pool of players from which the National Protea Teams that will represent South Africa in its various disciplines shall be drawn.

The system of selecting squads is a useful method for enforcing training as well as a player wish continually monitoring performance of those individuals who are so selected.

It is therefore vitally important that all athletes who have qualified, check the lists to ensure that there are no misstatements or omissions.

Should an athlete wish to make him/herself eligible for selection, then such athlete must write to mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com for all the necessary forms.

The athletes who have all qualified for the selection process for Russian Draughts are as follows

#	Full name	Club	Where qualified	Period
1	Chanel de Wet	JCS Academy	Sedibeng 2018	Russian Draughts
2	Paula Loftus	Masters of Mind Sports	S A Nationals 2018	Russian Draughts
3	Samson Thinane	NWU Vaal	S A Nationals 2018, Gauteng 2019	Russian Draughts
4	Nelson van Wyk	Masters of Mind Sports	S A Nationals 2018	Russian Draughts
5	Reinder van Wyk	JCS Academy	S A Nationals 2018	Russian Draughts
6	Mosimane Karabo	NWU - Vaal	Gauteng 2019	Russian Draughts
7	Thabo Kgopone	NWU - Vaal	Gauteng 2019	Russian Draughts
8	Boipelo Nthacidi	NWU - Vaal	Gauteng 2019	Russian Draughts

Also read:

• Why schools and universities should invest in esports.
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• 2019 Calendar of Events
• The process has begun to select the national squad for Checkers.
• The process has begun to select the national squad for Morabaraba.