Results of MSSA's 2018 Fezile Dabi Regional Championships.

Making it happen (from left to right) Armand Oosthuizen, Johan van Breda, and Cobus van der Wath. 

MSSA's 2018 Fezile Dabi Regional Championships for MortalKombat XL, Street Fighter V and Tekken 7 which was hosted by JCS Academy on 27 January 2018 proved to be both and exciting and entertaining event.

The school proved to be a great host for the ever popular Fezile Dabi Championships, and the school was packed to capacity.

Even though only three titles were played (as opposed to six in 2017) there was an eleven (11) percent increase in the number of participants, which is testimony to the growth being experienced in esports in Sasolburg and its surrounds.

An additional Fezile Dabi Championships, for many of the games not played on 27 January 2018, will be held on 7 July 2018.

The winners of MSSA's 2018 Fezile Dabi Regional Championship are:

Title	Name of player/team	Club	Colours awarded
Mortal Kombat XL	Joost Loftus	Masters of Mind Sports	Fezile Dabi Regional
Mortal Kombat XL (female)	Leone Loftus	Fakkel School	Fezile Dabi Regional
Street Fighter V	Joost Loftus	Masters of Mind Sports	Fezile Dabi Regional
Street Fighter V (female)	Suzaan van Jaarsveld	Masters of Mind Sports	Fezile Dabi Schools
Tekken 7	Jeremy Seremak	HTS Sasolburg	Fezile Dabi Regional
Tekken 7 (female)	Yu-Hsien Lin	NWU – Vaal	Fezile Dabi Regional

Mortal Kombat X rankings: Rion Nelson hangs onto his #1 spot.

Number 1 ranked Mortal Kombat X player in South Africa - Rion Nelson of Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog, Witbank.

MSSA's 14th Free State Championships saw some interesting developments in terms of the esport title of Mortal Kombat X  rankings. 
Joost Loftus (Masters of Mind Sports) continued with his upward climb with Leoné Loftus, and Phoenix Janse van Vuuren in tow.

However, Joost was unable to gain the necessary points to dethrone Rion Nelson (Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog) from pole position.

With MSSA's 2nd Fezile Dabi Regional Championships about to be held on 1 July 2017, Joost may just find enough victories to snatch the number one spot from Rion.
We'll  all just have to wait and see...
The full rankings, which shall be used in MSSA's 2nd Fezile Dabi Regional Championship are:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	Rion Nelson	17	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	200.4
2	Joost Loftus	17	Masters of Mind Sports	199.5
3	Kyle Chan Some	17	Northcliff High School	176.3
4	Jan-Hendrik van Aswegen	17	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	171.4
5	Gawie Fick	17	Fakkel School	169.7
6	Leoné Loftus	17	Fakkel School	169
7	Michael van Meyeren	17	HTS Witbank	165.9
8	Phoenix Janse van Vuuren	17	Fakkel School	160.9
9	Connor Chaplin	17	Northcliff High School	158.4
10	Mark Morobane	17	Curro Klerksdorp	157.4
11	Sune van de Merwe	17	HTS Witbank	152.8
12	Kelvin Yang	16	Northcliff High School	148
13	Doreen Els	17	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club	147.3
14	Aidan Chaplin	17	Northcliff High School	143.7
15	Theunis van der Merwe	17	Curro Klerksdorp	140.4
16	Pieter Lourens	17	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	137.8
17	Jean Kruger	17	HTS Witbank	137.3
18	Leonard Loftus	17	Masters of Mind Sports	134.9
19	Leigthon Howells	17	Cambridge High School	134.4
20	Jared van Biljon	17	Curro Klerksdorp	133.4
21	Alastair Williams	17	JCS Academy	131.3
22	Beon Bronkhorst	17	JCS Academy	131.3
23	Hugo Venter	17	Fakkel School	128.5
24	Armand Botha	17	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	128
25	Mxolisi Lukhele	17	Amplified Rebellion	127.9
26	Tumelo Sesinyi	17	Curro Klerksdorp	122.1
27	Pheello Maphumane	17	Fakkel School	121.7
28	Wernich ‘Panda’ Botha	17	JCS Academy	120.9
29	Luhan Stoltz	17	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	120.1
30	Kit Rawlings	16	Northcliff High School	120
31	Kabelo Mametele	17	Fakkel School	119.9
32	Tebogo Hlasa	17	Fakkel School	118.5
33	Bonga Zwane	16	HTS Witbank	114.3
34	Kyle Turnbull	16	HTS Witbank	114.3
35	Logan Ortner	16	Northcliff High School	114.3
36	Mellie Nienaber	16	Fakkel School	114.3
37	Pheelo Maphumane	16	Fakkel School	114.3
38	Ruan Visagie	16	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	114.3
39	Rynardt Engelbrecht	16	Fakkel School	114.3
40	Tumi Mohosho	16	Fakkel School	114.3
41	Wesley David	16	Maritzburg College	114.3
42	William Rawlings	16	Northcliff High School	114.3
43	William Kruger	16	Fakkel School	114
44	Gareth van Straten	16	HTS Witbank	112.6
45	Mpho Ntsala	16	Fakkel School	111.2
46	Riaan Kruger	16	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	109.1
47	Sibusiso Nabileyo	16	Fakkel School	109
48	Chris Marie	16	Fakkel School	108.8
49	Korben Roos	16	HTS Witbank	107
50	Bongwe Mpugwa	17	Curro Klerksdorp	106.3
51	Robyn Gertzen	17	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club	106.2
52	Logan Ortner	17	Northcliff High School	105.7
53	Alwyn van Wyk	16	Maritzburg College	105.1
54	Armandt Welgemoed	17	Curro Klerksdorp	104.9
55	Gomo Hdlozi	16	HTS Witbank	104
56	Kaitlyn Creighton	17	Masters of Mind Sports	104
57	Brandon Watts	17	Northcliff High School	102.5
58	Michael Masikeng	16	Fakkel School	101.3
59	Michael Retief	16	Old Edwardian Wargames Club	100
60	Reginald Mofokeng	16	Fakkel School	100
61	Tania Brown	16	All Stars	100
62	George Griffiths	16	HTS Witbank	99.8
63	Jacobus Direko	16	Fakkel School	99.8
64	Kahliso Malepe	16	Fakkel School	99.3
65	Tshepo Matitwane	17	Fakkel School	99.3
66	Wihan van Wyk	16	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	99.3
67	Lesedi Motale	16	Curro Klerksdorp	98.8
68	Joshua Jansen van Vuuren	16	Northcliff High School	97.5
69	Joel Van Wyk	16	Maritzburg College	95
70	Learvene Winkler	16	Maritzburg College	95
71	Riana du Plessis	16	All Stars	95
72	Rynard Cockeran	17	Masters of Mind Sports	95
73	Tumi Jourdan	16	Northcliff High School	95
74	Damien Avis	16	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	90.3
75	Kristen Cockeran	17	Fakkel School	90.3
76	Angelique Taljaard	17	Fakkel School	85.8

Other rankings are:

• Senior Ancients Wargames
• Senior CounterStrike: GO
• Senior DotA 2
• Senior FIFA '17
• Senior League of Legends
• Senior Mortal Kombat X
• Senior Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
• Senior StarCraft II
• Senior Street Fighter V
• Senior Tekken 7
• Schools CounterStrike: GO
• Schools DotA 2
• Schools League of Legends