15th MSSA Mpumulanga Board Gaming Championships - 29 May 2016

Lucille Brown of All Stars, currently ranked 6th in the world in the female division for checkers

The 15^th MSSA Mpumulanga Board Gaming Championships shall be held at HTS Witbank, Beyers Street, Witbank, 29 May 2016.

The championships shall start on both days at 9H00. Players need to register at least 30 minutes before the start of play.

The following periods have qualified to be played, and shall be, should sufficient entries be received:

Board gaming
Period	CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE PLAYED
	Saturday
	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	ROUND 3	ROUND 4	ROUND 5
Backgammon	10H00-10H45	11H00 - 11H45	14H00 -14H45	15H00 - 15H45	16H00 - 16H45
Checkers	10H00-10H45	11H00 - 11H45	14H00 -14H45	15H00 - 15H45	16H00 - 16H45
Draughts (Brazilian)	10H00-10H45	11H00 - 11H45	14H00 -14H45	15H00 - 15H45	16H00 - 16H45
Draughts (International)	10H00-10H45	11H00 - 11H45	14H00 -14H45	15H00 - 15H45	16H00 - 16H45
Morabaraba	10H00-10H45	11H00 - 11H45	14H00 -14H45	15H00 - 15H45	16H00 - 16H45
SesothoMorabaraba	10H00-10H45	11H00 - 11H45	14H00 -14H45	15H00 - 15H45	16H00 - 16H45

In keeping with Mind Sport South Africa's policies re development programmes, entries are free and gratis to registered players who are unable to afford to enter such championships should the member club formally request assistance. Such applications must be directed to the MSSA at: e-mail: mindsportssa@iafrica.com

Entry fees are:              R30.00 for board gamers.

Only players who are registered with fully-paid-up members may participate.

Players are reminded that the majority choice of rules as at the closing date for entries shall be used.

Entry fees can be deposited directly into Mind Sports South Africa's account, held at ABSA Bank, account number, 90 4766 7676.

All entries must be entered onto the club's Google  Drive before or on 20 May 2016.

South Africans well ranked in Checkers!

Standings as received from the WCDF

The World Checkers Draughts Federation (WCDF) has just released the standings for the World Cup.

Of course all the usual faces are there, and the men's section is dominated by the Italian players.

Well done to Sergio Scarpetta for winning the title!
However, South Africa did do well,

In the men's section, South Africa has no less than three players in the top twenty.

The highest placed South African, is none other than SA National Champion, Francois Mouton from Tuks Mindsports Club.
Lubabalo Kondlo, is just behind Francois, and it will be interesting to see if Lubabalo takes on Francois directly.

In the women's section, Sharné Nortjé fought her way into third place with Lucille Brown and Sonja Brown finishing in 6th and 10th places respectively.


Sharné Nortjé also represents the Tuks university Mindsports Club.

Needless to say MSSA is very proud of all its checkers players.

Results: MSSA's MWEB 2014 Gauteng LAN Championships - 29 & 30 March 2014

Sent out by the MSSA:

The MSSA was faced with doing a venue change just three weeks before the event due to certain connectivity problems being experienced by the host club. Anyone who has ever organised a LAN will know the problems that having to change a venue at short notice pose to the organisers and more importantly the participants. However, the membership rallied, and a new venue was found in the form of HTS Tuine in Pretoria. Special thanks must be extended to the school for accommodating the event, and to all those individuals that made it happen. The school proved itself by having all the requirements to host a successful championships, and thus, the championships were held without a hitch on 29 & 30 March 2014.

The support given by MWEB again proved to be invaluable to the MSSA, and as a result of such support members were able to enjoy the benefits of participating in an official LAN championship. It is through the official championships that gamers are able to qualify for colours and for national team trials. In other words, the official championships form part of a year year  long qualification process for gamers to  prove their worth in order to be selected to finally, and officially, represent South Africa in international competition.

Nine member clubs from three provinces contested the championships. However, there was not the turnout in female gamers as experienced in North West, but it was pleasing to see the number of mixed female and male teams in the team events. Certainly, compared to 2013, there was a greater number of female participation at the Gauteng championships. Obviously the emphasis that the MSSA is putting on the development of females in gaming is starting to bear fruit. It is hoped that the 2015 championships will see even more female gamers especially now that the MSSA makes provision (in accordance with IeSF rules) to hold competitions in all titles for both female and male teams and/or players.

The championships saw the newly formed Tuks Mind sports Club take the lion's share of the medals, but also saw the Mpumalanga based All Stars Gaming Club assert its dominance in the CounterStrike GO and OSU titles.

The winners of the different titles are:

BOARD GAMES

Checkers

Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club
1	Lubabalo Kondlo	Dr Niederhoffer Memorial Club

Morabaraba

Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club
1	Morne Snyman	Tuks Mind sports Club

eSPORTS

Call of Duty: Ghosts

Male – Premier (PC)
Pos	Team	Club
1	Team Pink	Tuks Mind Sports Club

Male – Premier (PS3)
Pos	Team	Club
1	PR0NHS	Northcliff High School

Male – High Schools
Pos	Team	Club
1	Woeries	Verwoerd High School

CounterStrike GO

Male – Premier
Pos	Name	Club
1	Delta 5 Gaming	All Stars

FIFA '14

Male – Premier
Pos	Name	Club
1	Corbin Duvenhage	Northcliff High School

League of legends

Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club
1	Senior Team	Tuks Mind Sports Club

OSU

Female – Premier				Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club		Pos	Team	Club
1	Lucille Brown	HGH		1	Thomas Brown	All Stars

StarCraft 2

Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club
1	Pieter Piek	VnR

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Male – Premier
Pos	Name	Club
Tie 1	Ruan van Staden	Tuks Mind Sports Club
Tie 1	Brandon van Rensburg	Northcliff High School
Tie 1	William Rawlings	Northcliff High School

Male – High Schools
Pos	Team	Club
1	Bevan Stukise	Northcliff High School

FIGURE GAMES

Ancients

Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club
1	Garth Schoeman	Knights Mind Sports Club

In total, 23 gamers earned the right to wear Provincial Colours. A further 11 students were awarded Student provincial Colours and 10 learners were awarded High School Provincial Colours. All those that were awarded the various Provincial Colours were immediately given both their certificates and a high quality 195gsm golf shirt to indicate that they had received such colours.

It should also be noted that Lucille Brown was awarded Provincial Colours for OSU. Lucille is the first female to earn provincial colours for the title, and it seems as though she will be most competitive in the game.

The MWEB championships too saw a total of 73 gamers qualify for National Team Trials. With so many gamers qualifying for trials, there is no doubt that the MSSA will have sufficient teams in order to select teams to represent South Africa.

Photographs can be found on https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152714719854008.1073741875.146018324007&type=3

Upcoming events:

12 & 13 April 2014 - Gauteng Schools Championships for Board gaming and Figure gaming
19 April 2014 - MWEB Online Dota 2 Championships
24 & 25 May 2014 - MWEB Mpumulanga Championships