ENERGHACK SPONSORS SOUTH AFRICA'S NATIONAL PROTEA ESPORTS TEAM

Amanda Pakade (President of Mind Sports South Africa) and Jan Theron of EnerGHack.

Without doubt there are few brands as strong as that of the Protea as used by all South Africa's official national sports teams.

Mind Sports South africa (MSSA) was first allowed to award Protea Colours to an esports team in 2005.

Since 2005, esports has seen Protea Colours awarded to an official esports team every year except for one year.

However, the cost of awarding Protea Colours is substantial, and without dedicated sponsors, Mind sports South Africa (MSSA) would not be able to make such award or deliver a team to international competition.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is thus delighted to welcome EnerGHack into the fold as a part sponsor of the Protea Esports Team to attend IESF's 11th World Championships in Seoul.

EnerGhack is a pioneering energy drink in South Africa, and is the first to focus on the requirements for the esports/ gaming  market. The scientific formula which provides progressive energy,  without the negative side effects many times associated with the energy  and cool drinks  market,  is recommended for people 12 years and older.

EnerGhack is South Africa’s original energy drink for gaming and esports, and is a comprehensive  commitment to Health and Nutrition Science.

EnerGhack meets the needs  of the esports athlete in terms of:

• Reaction
• Focus
• Endurance
• Energy
• Alertness
• Hydration
• Great taste

The scientifically formulated drinks have none of the negative side effects associated with the energy drinks market containing no excessive caffeine and no sugar to ensure zero jitters and sugar slumps.

As such the product is a  perfect sponsor for the Protea Esports Team as it meets all WADA requirements.

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EnerGhack is a pioneering energy drink in South Africa, first to focus on the requirements for the  Esports/ gaming  market. The scientific formula which provides progressive energy,  without the negative side effects many times associated with the energy  and cool drinks  market,  is recommended for people 12 years and older.

If esports is your game, you are in good company. Energhack is South Africa’s original energy drink for gaming and esports.

A comprehensive  commitment to Health and Nutrition Science.

The need  of the esports athlete in terms of drinks are around:

• Reaction
• Focus
• Endurance
• Energy
• Alertness
• Hydration
• Great taste

The scientifically formulated EnerGhack drink has none of the negative side effects associated with the energy drinks market containing no excessive caffeine and no sugar to ensure zero jitters and sugar slumps.

Brand/Product Benefits for Gamers, Students and individuals in need of better: 

• Reaction 
• Focus 
• Endurance 
• Energy 
• Hydration 

All of the above in a GREAT TASTING drink, WITHOUT THE JITTERS thanks to the very low Caffeine content (40mg per 500ml serving, which equates to less than half the caffeine contained in a 250 ml cup of coffee or less than 10mg per 100ml serving) and NO SUGAR SLUMP, thanks to the Natural Sweetener, Stevia Savis. 

Other Benefits: 

• Recommended age of 12 Years and older. 
• Parents and Health conscious individuals love it due to the Low caffeine content (40mg per 500ml), no Sugar and contains no unknown or exotic ingredients at excessive quantities e.g. Herbs that for example has a stimulant effect and various side effects. 
• Carefully formulated with high quality ingredients and manufactured in a GMP approved facility for a Premium Energy Drink as the end product. The manufacturing site that we use, is a site that is approved by SAHPRA (South African Health Products Regulatory Authority) to manufacture Medicine in. 
• The Manufacturing facility does not allow any ingredients on premise as is on the WADA (World Anti Doping Agency) list of banned substances. 
• Vegan. 
• Tub contains 30 servings of 500ml each. Cost effective. 
• Four delicious flavours to choose from. 

Nutritional information:

May professional esports teams 'try-out' for the Protea Team?

Team Esports Russia with the BOO! Protea Esports Team at IESF's World Championships - Busan.

The Protea Esports Team officially represents South Africa in accredited esports events, and is the only team that may legally represent South Africa in such.

Since 2005, MSSA, has entered the Protea Team into no less than 40 events and awarded Protea colours to over 122 esports athletes since 2005.

Currently MSSA is also ranked 12^th in the world.

But are all the members of the Protea Team drawn from amateurs?

Over the years MSSA has selected Protea Team Members from a number of professional teams, such as, VexxedPhoenix, Bravado, Energy, xTc, Veneration, PolarFluke, etc.

A total of 38 of the athletes that have represented South Africa in its Protea Esports Teams have thus been produced by professional clubs.

For a professional esports athlete to be considered for selection, such athlete must go through the same process as any other. In other words, the athlete must qualify for National Team Trials at a MSSA Regional, Provincial, and/or National Championship.

It is a simple process, and the benefits are huge.

For more information on how to participate in Mind Sports South Africa's events, please e-mail mindsportssa@iafrica.com.

Playing in international competition

The BOO! Protea Esports Team that attended IESF's 9th World Championships - Busan.

There seems to be a great deal of confusion in certain quarters about who may, and who is eligible, to play in overseas competition.

The short  answer is that any person may play in any private competition.

Thus any South African gamer may enter ESL, WESG, Dreamhack, ESWC, etc., as those competitions are privately owned and do not form part of the officially recognised circuit.

In fact it has always been part of MSSA's policy to encourage teams to enter such.

It should be noted that MSSA even helped Energy eSports attend the ESWC in 2014 by helping to obtain deferred exams for two members of the team so that they could attend such the event.

MSSA believes that until more teams experience international competition, the standard of gaming in South Africa will not improve.

Thus all clubs should take advantage of National Lottery Funding, as such funding allows for travel to such events.

However, it should be noted that a club team playing in an event in a foreign country does not mean that such team is representing South Africa.

Only a team officially selected by MSSA may claim to represent South Africa.

Only the team so selected may be awarded Protea Colours.

Any queries apropos the above may be directed to mindsportssa@iafrica.com

Full list of Esports Protea Colours.

Maryke Kennard receiving her Protea Colours (2015) from National Team Manager, Ryan Boyes.

With Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) currently determining its Protea Esports Teams to participate in IeSF's 9th World Championships - Busan, and various online test matches, I feel it is important to publish the full list of Registered Players who have earned Protea Colours for esports since MSSA started awarding such in 2005.

The list is quite exhaustive and   reflects the names of the players who have represented South Africa with pride and distinction.

However, it should be noted that this is only a list of those who received Protea Colours. There are other teams that received National Federation Colours, but due to the full process not being complied with, Protea Colours could not be awarded to such teams.

A full list of all those who have received National Federation Colours shall be produced in the near future.

Thus the full list of Registered Players (both past and present) who have received Protea Colours for esports for officially representing South Africa is as follows:

Date	Name of player	Period	Club/Team
2016	Jason Batzofin	Manager	St John’s College
	Joline Bico	FIFA ‘16	HTS Witbank
	Lyle Jeacocks	CounterStrike: GO	Anteria
	Jessie Joubert (Team Captain)	CounterStrike: GO	Rondebosch Boys
	Dillon Justus	CounterStrike: GO	DF Malan
	Maryke Kennard	League of Legends	Tuks University
	Francois Mouton	HearthStone	Tuks University
	Taylor Rose	League of Legends	Knights Mind Sports
	Matthew Smith (Team captain)	League of Legends	Knights Mind Sports
	Leandré Sparks	CounterStrike: GO	Anteria
	Kyle Turnbull (Team Captain)	FIFA ‘16	HTS Witbank
	Johan Uys	League of Legends	Tuks University
	Johan van Breda	League of Legends	Tuks University
	Simon Zandstra	CounterStrike: GO	Rondebosch Boys
	Bonge Zwane	FIFA ‘16	HTS Witbank
2015	Anderson, Nathan	StarCraft II	Knights Mind Sports
	Batzofin, Jason	CounterStrike: GO	St John's College
	Boucher, Michael	CounterStrike: GO	BerZerK
	Boyes, Ryan	Manager	BNKR Gaming
	Brown, Thomas	CounterStrike: GO	All Stars
	Heymans, Johan (Team Captain)	CounterStrike: GO	BerZerK
	Kennard, Maryke (Team Captain)	League of Legends	Tuks Mindsports
	Krugel, Wilmar	CounterStrike: GO	BerZerK
	Meiring, Wynand	HearthStone Player	BerZerK Gaming
	Nortjé, Thylé	CounterStrike: GO	All Stars
	Smale, Duncan	CounterStrike: GO	St John's College
	Rose, Taylor	League of Legends	Knights Mind Sports
	Smith, Matthew	League of Legends	Knights Mind Sports
	Stringer, Vasudev	League of Legends	Tuks Mindsports
	Tilley, Cameron	League of Legends	Tuks Mindsports
	Uys, Johan	Coach	Tuks Mindsports
	van Wamelen, Bastion	CounterStrike: GO	St John's College
	Venter, Cornel	CounterStrike: GO	BerZerK
2014	Nathan Anderson	StarCraft II	Veneration
	Jason Bredberg	DotA 2	Knights Mind Sports
	Morizane Boyes	Tekken Tag Tournament II	BNKR Gaming
	Ryan Boyes	Manager	BNKR Gaming
	Dylan Henderson	DotA 2	Knights Mind Sports
	Saleem Manjoo	DotA 2	Knights Mind Sports
	Ion Todd (Team Captain)	DotA 2	Knights Mind Sports
	Timothy van Reenan Mostert	DotA 2	Knights Mind Sports
	Barry West	HearthStone	Tuks Mindsports
	Yolandi Williams	StarCraft II	Snaz Gaming
2013	Nathan Anderson	StarCraft II	Veneration
	Robert Botha	StarCraft II	PolarFluke
	Marco Botha	League of Legends	Knights Mind Sports
	Myburg Brink	League of Legends	Knights Mind Sports
	Anthony Hodgson (Team Captain)	DotA 2	Knights Mind Sports
	Lyrene Kühn (Team Captain)	Tekken Tag Tournament II	Knights Mind Sports
	Mohamed Wasim Lorgat	DotA 2	Energy eSports
	Dylan Probyn	DotA 2	Knights Mind Sports
	Justin Probyn	DotA 2	Knights Mind Sports
	Kyle Rhoodie	League of Legends	Knights Mind Sports
	Willem Strȍfeldt	League of Legends	Knights Mind Sports
	Conradie van Heerden	League of Legends	Knights Mind Sports
	Yolandi Williams	StarCraft II	Veneration
	Wesley Rose	DotA 2	Knights Mind Sports
2012	Robert Botha	StarCraft II	PolarFluke
	Gabriella Isaacs	StarCraft II	SAHETI
	Lyrene Kühn	Tekken Tag Tournament II	Knights Mind Sports
	Vittorio Puissa	Tekken Tag Tournament II	HS Dojo
2011	Robert Botha	StarCraft II	PolarFluke
	Olivia Burton	Texting	Knights Mind Sports Club
	Ginny Daly	Manager	Knights Mind Sports
	Jaco Engelbrecht	Cart Rider	Knights Mind Sports
	Wilbur Hough	Texting	Knights Mind Sports Club
	Ian Pillay	FIFA	University of Witwatersrand
	Jason van Belkum	StarCraft II	Knights Mind Sports
2010	Rolando de Alveiro	FIFA	Knights Mind Sports Club
	Magiel de Lange	WarCraft III	Knights Mind Sports Club
	Kevin Doran	Guitar Hero	Knights Mind Sports Club
	Abubakar Ebrahiem	FIFA	Knights Mind Sports Club
	Daniel Grundlingh	Call of Duty 4	KZN Gaming
	Michelle Marder	Manager - Guitar Hero	Knights Mind Sports Club
	Nialle Momsen	Call of Duty 4	KZN Gaming
	Peter Myburgh	Call of Duty 4	KZN Gaming
	Matthew Putter	WarCraft III	Fraglan
	Jo-Ash Rajcoomer	Call of Duty 4	KZN Gaming
	Steven Szucs	Call of Duty 4	KZN Gaming
2009	Marc Bowes	DotA	Bravado
	Ruben de Freitas	FIFA	Knights Mind Sports Club
	Matthew Hirst	DotA	Bravado
	Xola Magwaza	FIFA	Knights Mind Sports Club
	Kgothatso Moerane	Texting	Tuks Mindsports
	Goddy Roodt	DotA	ClubXploit
	Richard Sjoberg	DotA	Bravado
	Heinz Staschen	DotA	Bravado
	Christopher Van Riel	DotA	Bravado
	Natalie Witoslawski	Texting	Tuks Mindsports
2005	Logan Brooke-Smith	Mobile	Exactmobile
	Werner de Lange	Mobile	Exactmobile
	Wayne Kruger	Manager	Exactmobile
	Ethan Reuben	Mobile	Exactmobile
	Christo Janse van Vuuren	Mobile	Exactmobile