HTS Witbank snatches the lead from Northcliff High School.

HTS takes the lead.

The club points were determined from the MSSA’s 16th Mpumulanga Championships held at HTS Witbank on 27 & 28 May 2017 which showed Fakkel School taking the championships. 

However, with the points earned by HTS Witbank at MSSA’s 16th Mpumulanga Championships, HTS has jumped  into first place.

HTS Witbank had entries in board games and in esports.

Northcliff high School is now in third place with Fakkel School right on its heels.

The points earned in the championships are fed through to the Club Trophy. The Club Trophy itself is used to determine any development funding.

Fifteen time (15) Club Trophy winner, Old Edwardian Wargames Club, is languishing in 26th place.

The points  earned at all championships are:

Pos	Name of school	Online Schools	Online Champs	Gauteng	North West	Mpumulanga	Total
		Points	Points	Points	Points	Points	Points
1	HTS Witbank	85				143	228
2	Northcliff High School	102		76	2		180
3	Fakkel School			18		153	171
4	Curro Klerksdorp	17	15		110		142
5	Hoërskool Wonderboom	60	39	21			120
6	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog					117	117
7	Teutonic Mind Sports Club			26	22	49	97
8	VexxedPhoenix		49	27		6	82
9	Knights Mind Sports Club			67	3		70
10	Midstream College	19	19	10	4	7	59
11	Blue Dragon – 3DE			40	12	7	59
12	SAHETI	38		19			57
13	Parklands College	56					56
14	Amplified Rebellion					49	49
15	Hoërskool Lichtenburg	20	18		2		40
16	Westville Boys High School	10	30				40
17	Generation X		21	8		11	40
18	Maritzburg College	19	19				38
19	All Stars		14	7	6	6	33
20	Cedar House School	22	10				32
21	Protea Heights Academy	21	11				32
22	Masters of Mind Sports			14		17	31
23	Jeppe High School for Boys	17	5	7			29
24	Cambridge High School					29	29
25	DF MALAN		21				21
26	Old Edwardian Wargames Club			3	13	5	21
27	Oakhill	20					20
28	Valhalla		19			1	20
29	BNKR					20	20
30	Empangeni High School		16				16
31	Grey High	10	4				14
32	Parktown Boys High School		9	5			14
33	Glenwood House		12				12
34	People Really Organised (PRO)			12			12
35	We are Legion		11				11
36	Sinister5		9		2		11
37	St Stithians	1		9			10
38	Intensity Esports					10	10
39	Northwood High School		9				9
40	St John’s College	8					8
41	Tuks Mind Sports		8				8
42	IntenSity E-Sports		7				7
43	Uplands College		2	4			6
44	Camps Bay High School	5					5
45	Sacred Heart College	5					5
46	PotM Bottom			5			5
47	JCS Academy					5	5
48	Fragcon		3				3
49	King Edward VII High School					3	3
50	North West University				2		2
51	Cape Town Mind Sports		1				1
52	Rondebosch Boys	0					0

Results: 16th Mpumulanga Championships

Waiting in anticipation.

Mind Sports South Africa's 16th Mpumulanga Championships held on 27 and 28 May 2017 was once again hosted by HTS Witbank and was again a success. This is the fourth consecutive year that HTS Witbank  has hosted such championship. The school is thus fast gaining a reputation for becoming the center for gaming in Mpumulanga.

Special thanks must be extended to all the administrators, umpires, participants and spectators for making a truly memorable event.

The championship attracted players from Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng,  Mpumulanga, North  West,  and Western Cape, as players battled it out to earn the title of Mpumulanga Champion in the various games on offer, as well as the right to fight for a place in the 2017 National Team Trials that will ultimately deliver a team to the IeSF's 2017 9^th World Championships in Busan from 8 to 12 November 2017, as well as the other events in which South Africa shall compete.

Now that MSSA has a channel on Tuluntulu, much of the footage filmed at such 16th Mpumulanga Championships will be screened on such channel.

History again was made at MSSA's 16th Mpumulanga Championships when Amoné Bekker (of Team Valkyrie) became the first female to earn Eastern Cape Provincial Colours for esports. 

Well done Amoné, we are all proud of you.

The full list of winners is:

Title	Name of player/team	Club	Colours awarded
Ancients	Colin Webster	Old Edwardian Wargames Club	Provincial (honours)
Checkers	Jan Hendrik Aswegen	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	Provincial
Checkers – High School	Michael Van Meyeren	HTS Witbank
CounterStrike: GO – female	Revival	Intensity Esports	Provincial
CounterStrike: GO	Soviet U2	Midstream College	Provincial
CounterStrike: GO – Under 24	Outcast	Intensity Esports
CounterStrike: GO – High School	Raptors	BNKR
FIFA ‘17	Kyle Turnbull	Vexxed Phoenix
FIFA ‘17 – High School	Allen Magagula	HTS Witbank
HearthStone – female	Adele Janse van Rensburg	GenerationX	Provincial
HearthStone	Beon Bronkhorst	JCS Academy	Provincial
HearthStone – High School	James Griffiths	HTS Witbank
League of Legends – female	Valkyrie	Valhalla	Provincial
League of Legends	Dark Phoenix	GenerationX	Provincial
Morabaraba	Tshepo Matitcerane	Fakkel School	Provincial
Mortal Kombat X – female	Doreen Els	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club	Provincial
Mortal Kombat X	Michael van Meyeren	HTS Witbank	Provincial
Mortal Kombat X – High School – female	Robyn Gertzen	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club
Mortal Kombat X – High School	Gawie Fick	Fakkel School
PES 2017 – female	Leoné Loftus	Fakkel School	Provincial
PES 2017	Khahliso Malape	Fakkel School	Provincial
PES 2017 – High School	Jean Struger	HTS Witbank
StarCraft II	Pieter Piek	3DE	Provincial
StarCraft II – Under 24	Chad Schulman	3DE
Street Fighter V – female	Robyn Gertzer	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club
Street Fighter V	Mxolisi Lukhele	Amplified Rebellion	Provincial
Street Fighter V – High School – female	Sune van der Merle	HTS Witbank	Provincial
Street Fighter V – High School	Gawie Fick	Fakkel School
Tekken Tag Tournament II - female	Nadine Swart	HTS Witbank	Provincial
Tekken Tag Tournament II	Gawie Fick	Fakkel School
Tekken Tag Tournament II - High School – female	Leoné Loftus	Fakkel School
Tekken Tag Tournament II - High School	Armand Botha	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog

Photographs of the event may be viewed on https://www.facebook.com/146018324007/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10156139542839008