2025 Calendar of Events

South Africa's 2024 Female Protea Counter Strike 2 Esports Team - the most successful esports team to ever have competed in international competition.

With the 2024 competitive year firmly behind us, Mind Sports South Africa's (MSSA) officials look back in awe at the achievements of its teams.

Every team competed to the best of its abilities, whether they were Mobile Legends (open and female), Counter Strike 2 (open and female), PUBGM, and DotA 2.

However, it was the achievements of the Counter Strike 2 (open and female) esports teams that set the bar. With the female Protea Counter Strike 2 Esports team finishing in first place at IESF's African Esports Championships (AEC24) and the open Protea Counter Strike 2 Esports team  finishing in second place at IESF's AEC24, teams that travel overseas in 2025 have their work cut out for them.

With MSSA being sending more-and-more teams to International Esports Federation (IESF), Global Esports Federation (GEF), Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames (FMJD), World Checkers Draughts Federation (WCDF), International Draughts Federation (IDF), International Esports Federation (IWF), Confederation of African Esports (CAES), and African Confederation of Digital Sports (ACDS) events, MSSA has produced a Calendar of Events in order to afford all registered athletes the opportunity of qualifying for MSSA's annual National Team Trials.

The only way to qualify to be selected for a National Team is through participating in official MSSA events.

The 2025 Calendar of Events is as follows:

PROPOSED 2025 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Date	Event	Discipline	Venue
1 January	New Year's Day
14 January	End of school holidays
15 January	IESF Last day of entry
18 January	Umpires’ Course - Online	Level 1	Online
25 January	NORTHERN CAPE Online Championships	Esports	Online
8 February	Umpires’ Course - Gauteng	Level 1	Old Edwardian Society,
22 February	5th WESTERN CAPE Online Championships	Esports	Online
8 March	13th Online Inter-school Provincial Championships	All esports titles as approved at the AGM in December	Online
15 March	5th GAUTENG Online Championships	Esports	Online
21 March	Human Rights Day
22 March	National Team Trials for 17th IESF World Championships	Esports - IESF titles	Online
31 March - 7April	Government school holidays
5 April	14th Provincial Online Championships	All esports titles as approved at the AGM in December	Online
12 & 13 April	Provincial School Championships for all provinces	Board and Figure games	Various venues.
13 April	Provincial School Championships for all provinces	Esports	Online
!8 April	Good Friday
27 April	Freedom Day
28 April	Public Holiday
29 April to 2 May	Special School Holiday
1 May	Workers' Day
3 May	5th Provincial Online Student Championships	All esports titles as approved at the AGM in December	Online
15 May to 30 September	IESF Regional Championships	IESF titles	TBA
17 & 18 May	38th GAUTENG Championships	Board games, Card games, Esports, wargames	TBA
31 May	FINANCIAL AGM	Meeting	TBA
31 May & 1 June	24th WESTERN CAPE Championships	Board games, Card games, Esports, wargames	TBA
7 June	Umpires’ Course	Level 1	Online
14 & 15June	SA School Championships	Board games, Card games, Esports, wargames	TBA
16 June	Youth Day
28 June	5th SA School Online Championships	Esports	Online
30 June - 21 July	Government school holidays
19 & 20 July	26th KWAZULU NATAL Championships	Board games, Card games, Esports, wargames	TBD
Starting on 21 July	1st round of NWU 14th Annual School League	All esports titles as approved at the AGM in December	Online
26 July	5th KWAZULU NATAL Online Championships	Esports	Online
9 August	National Women's Day
9 August	National Team Trials	Fot titles that qualify	TBD
16 & 17 August	17th FREE STATE Championships /5th FREE STATE Online Championships	TBD	TBD
30 & 31 August	25th NORTH WEST Championships	Board games, Card games, Esports, wargames	TBD
13 & 14 September	17th EASTERN CAPE Championships / 3rd EASTERN CAPE Online Championships	Board games, Card games, Esports, wargames	TBD
24 September	Heritage Day
27 & 28 September	8th LIMPOPO Championships / 4th LIMPOPO Online Championships	TBD	TBD
6 to 10 October	Government school holidays
11 October	4th NORTH WEST Online Championships	Esports	Online
1 November	Submit nominations of office-bearers	Admin
6 & 7 December	34th S A NATIONAL Championships/ 3rd Online SA NATIONAL Championships	Board games, Card games, Esports, wargames	TBD
6 December	40th NATIONAL CONVENTION	Annual General Meeting	TBD
16 December	Day of Reconciliation
11 December	Government school holidays starts
TBA	SRSA's S A Schools Championships	Morabaraba	To be determined by SRSA
25 December	Christmas Day
26 December	Day of Goodwill		*

Additional reading:

• 2025 Calendar of Events
• AEC24 - Champions of all of Africa - Protea Female Counter Strike 2 Esports Team wins AEC24
• AEC24 - Forged in battle - a Counter Strike story...
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - Procedure to be followed by school clubs affiliating for the 2025 season.
• Awards - 2024 Management Board Awards
• Colours 2024 - Almost  half the awards are awarded to female gamers.
• Colours 2024 - Athletes who have earned Senior Provincial Colours in 2024
• Fees: MSSA advises of its affiliation and registration fees for the 2024/2025 season.
• Hosting official Regional Championships.
• National Team Trials: Ensuring every athlete achieves their dreams.
• Team Trials: To qualify for National Team Trials to represent South Africa.
• Transfers: Transfer season - 1 November 2024 to 28 February 2025