DF MALAN from Western Cape heads the table

2016  MSSA SA School Championships - DF Malan

The DF Malan High School CounterStrike: GO team currently dominates MSSA's rankings. The team under the astute leadership of Abraham Groenewald has lead the team from success to success.

The 2016 season saw the team get awarded Provincial and National Federation Colours with even a team member, Dillon Justus, being picked for Protea Team duty. The CounterStrike: GO Protea Team saw service at IeSF's 8th World Championships - Jakarta.

The only real threat to DF Malan again dominating both MSSA's Online School Championships, to be held on 11 February 2017, and the official rankings are two other schools from the Western Cape being, Rondebosch Boys and Parklands College.

There is much to be gained from participating in the Online Schools Championships as the top three teams will automatically earn a berth at the most  prestigious esports event of the year - the National Team Trials.

It is at such National Team Trials that the players for Protea duty shall be selected.

The full rankings are:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	Team espera	16	DF Malan	910.3
2	RBHS CSGO A	16	Rondebosch Boys	619.7
3	PG 18	16	Parklands College	355.8
4	PR0NHS	16	Northcliff High School	313.2
5	Rondebosch	15	Rondebosch Boys High	311.9
7	2nd Team	15	Fairmont High School	237.5
8	SJC SPEARR	15	St John's College	190.1
9	PRIDE	16	Parktown Boys	188.9
10	Spartans	16	SAHETI	188.1
11	SJC Carry+4Flashes	16	St John's	178
13	Pr0NHS	15	Northcliff High School	170.5
15	HTS	15	HTS Witbank	131.3
16	PG18	15	Parklands College	130.4
17	PG 16	16	Parklands College	120
18	LHG1	15	King David High School	117.5
19	RBHS CSGO B	16	Rondebosch Boys	112.5
21	Mr.Poject	16	Oakhill	100
22	J4WZ	15	Crawford College Sandton	100
23	Pandamonium	15	Crawford College Sandton	100
24	Nemises	15	Helpmekaar College	100
25	Spartans	15	SAHETI	100
26	OU812_WEH	15	St Alban's College	100
27	Hyde Park High School	15	Hyde Park High School	100
28	SJC Underdogs	15	St John's College	100
33	Linkside High	16	Linkside High	91
34	SJC Secrecy	15	St John's College	85
35	EyEZ	15	Helpmekaar College	75
38	1st Team	15	Fairmont High School	63.8
39	MC CS 1	16	Maritzburg College	56.8

Other rankings published by MSSA are:

• Senior Ancients Wargames
• Senior CounterStrike: GO
• Schools DotA 2

MSSA announces its team for IeSF's 8th World Championships - Jakarta

IeSF's 8th World Championships - Jakarta to be held from 6 to 9 October 2016

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is proud to announce that the team to attend IeSF's 8th World Championships - Jakarta to be held from 6 to 9 October 2016.

Mind Sports South Africa has earned a reputation of being a federation totally committed to its members and athletes alike.

Through MSSA's efforts eSports in South Africa has grown from being a mere activity to being a fully-fledged-accredited-sport for which players may earn Regional, Provincial, and/or Protea Colours.

Thus, MSSA has gone through the process of selecting a national team for the 8th World Championships.

The process includes holding Regional, Provincial, and National Championships which feed  into the annual National Team Trials. It is from those that participate at the National Team Trials that the Protea Team is selected.

This year IeSF's World Championships is being hosted in Indonesia, and it is off to Jakarta that our brave, but merry band will journey to once again do battle against the rest of the world.

The game titles in which the South African Protea eSports Team will compete are League of Legends®, CounterStrike: GO®, and HearthStone®.

MSSA is glad to have Francois Mouton represent South Africa for HearthStone®. Francois has proved himself at the 2015 S A National Championships, Gauteng Provincial Championships, and National Team Trials to be a very tough competitor . MSSA is confident that Francois will deliver solid results in Jakarta.

Maryke giving  the Athlete's Oath 

MSSA is particularly proud of its League of Legends (LoL) Team. The team is well known in South African competitive circles, and the members of the team have all been in the various winning teams that have won at the various Provincial and National Championships as held by MSSA. The team boasts of four members that were part of the team that went to Seoul in 2015.

The 2015 team did not  only do well on the field  of battle, but also won the hearts, minds and souls of all those present at the 2015 World championships.

While Taylor Rose was given the honour of being the South African 'flag-bearer', Maryke Kennard too found  herself thrust into the lime-light.
Maryke was hand-picked to give the Athlete's Oath at the 7th World Championships, and after the team did manage to win through to the group stages, went on to assist Reid 'RAPiD' Melton shoutcast.

Matthew instructing the 2015 team

The League of Legends team, this year, is captained by the Matthew Smith who gave a star performance in Seoul.

The CounterStrike: GO team consists of players who have all excelled in MSSA championships. MSSA is confident that  the team will rise to the challenge and deliver solid results.

This is the first time that CounterStrike: GO has been included in the World Championships, and the young South African team will have its work cut out for it. 

The CounterStrike: GO team, is captained by Jessie Joubert.

The full team is as follows:

Title	Name	Club
CounterStrike: GO	Jessie Joubert	Rondebosch Boys
	Lyle Jeacocks	Anteria
	Leandré Sparks	Anteria
	Dillon Justus	DF Malan
	Simon Zandstra	Rondebosch Boys
HearthStone	Francois Mouton	Tuks University
League of Legends	Matthew Smith	Knights Mind Sports
	Maryke Kennard	Tuks University
	Johan van Breda	Tuks University
	Johan Uys	Tuks University
	Taylor Rose	Knights Mind Sports
Manager	Jason Batzofin	St John’s College

Jessie Joubert

Manager, Ryan Boyes lead the team to a very credible finish into 13^th place overall in 2015, and to 12^th  place overall in 2016. However, Ryan is not able to attend the 8th World Championships due to prior  commitments.

Thus MSSA has passed the mantle of manager  on to Jason Batzofin who shall 'wet his spears' at the 8th World Championships.

The Protea eSports Team shall officially be awarded their colours at the official award ceremony that shall be done just prior to departure.

Revised MSSA CounterStrike: GO rankings published.

White Rabbit committee members watching their team at the 2015 S A National Championships

MSSA has just released the latest rankings for the CounterStrike: GO  title.

What is very encouraging about such rankings are the number of schools that are participating in the senior events.

Out of the 26 ranked teams, there are no less than 18 teams are school teams which include teams from  such prestigious schools as St John's College, Parklands College, Jeppe Boys, DF Malan, Parktown Boys, Rondebosch, Fairmont High, St Conrad's College, Pretoria Boys, Hoerskool Generaal Hertzog, Maritzburg  College and Northcliff High.

It may interest readers to note that DF Malan, Northcliff High, and St John's College has all regularly provided athletes to the Protea eSports Team.

The number of school teams further emphasises the strong foundations upon which MSSA is building.

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	WRG	15	White Rabbit Gaming	410.6
2	TERA| Qube	16	Anteria	389.1
3	VOID	16	St Johns	349.4
4	PORAXYSM	16	ALL STAR	285
5	VIGILANTES	15	TV	270
6	flikadawist	16	DF Malan	260
7	VOID	15	St John's	204.5
8	DELTA	15	All Stars	200.7
9	Rondebosch Boys High	15	RBHS	200
10	Phantom Troupe l Branden	16	Fairmont	197.6
11	PG – 18	15	Parklands	181.2
12	Pride	16	Parktown Boys	159.8
13	QUANTM	16	St Conrads	150
14	PFU	16	Fairmont	140.1
15	Fairmont High School	15	Fairmont	125
16	SPEARR	15	St Johns	120
17	Tesseract	16	Jeppe Boys	113.1
18	PBHS red	15	Pretoria Boys	112.5
19	HGH	16	Hoerskool Generaal Hertzog	100
20	All Stars	16	ALL STAR	100
21	PRONHS	15	Northcliff High	97
22	LAGSTEPS	15	BNKR	85
23	PG16	16	Parklands	84.4
24	VGR146	16	Lofdal	75
25	PBHS white	15	Pretoria Boys	56.3
26	Maritzburg College	16	Maritzburg College	56.3