MSSA's 2019 Mpumalanga Provincial Championships - 25 & 26 May 2019.

Mind Sports South Africa

You want to be selected for the 2019 Protea Team, then read this.

MSSA's 2019 Mpumalanga Provincial Championships is part of the process of selecting the 2018 Protea teams that will attend the various World Championships and participate in various test matches.

All gamers are reminded that MSSA's 2019 Gauteng Provincial Championships are an open championship. In other words any registered player is entitled to enter the championship – no matter where they live, or their category of membership. 

You may contact MSSA at mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com

Details are as follows:

• Board gaming: https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2019/04/board-gaming-mssas-18th-mpumalanga.html
• Esports: https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2019/04/esports-mssas-18th-mpumalanga.html
• Wargaming: https://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2019/04/wargames-mssas-18th-mpumalanga.html

Championship Details:

• Hosting Club: Curro Secunda
• Venue: Curro Secunda, Cnr of Nelson Mandela and Coen Brits St., Secunda, 2302
• Entry date:  17 May 2019.
• Date: 25 & 26 May 2019.

Member clubs must enter their teams/players on the entry form sent to member clubs.

Also read:

• Ensuring gender equity in esports.
• MSSA celebrates its women who have earned Protea Colours.
• Why schools and universities should invest in esports.
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• 2019 Calendar of Events

Taking on Austria

It has finally been agreed upon.

On 11 July 2015 the MWEB High School Team eSports SA will take on the Austrian High School Team for FIFA '15 in an online international test match.

The South African team shall play the international test match from the BNKR Gaming Lounge, cnr of Duncan and Mandela Streets, Witbank. The test match shall start at 18H00. 

This test match represents a number of firsts for South Africa, and South African gaming, being:

• This is the first full accredited School's test match accredited by the IeSF, 
• This is the first time that South Africa will com,pete in an online test match against Austria,
• This is the first eSports test match in which the MSSA will be involving a school team, and
• This is the first time that a female player will officially represent South Africa in FIFA '15.

The MSSA has a great deal of confidence in the abilities of the team. Coincidentally the entire team hails from Witbank and is drawn from the strongest High School players that South Africa has to offer.

The players are:

Kyle  Turnbull

Kyle is the undisputed South African National Champion having won the national Championships in two consecutive years. Kyle too also earned his senior Protea Colours when he was selected to represent South Africa in a test match against Zimbabwe. Needless to say, Kyle cruised through the test match and demolished his opposition giving South Africa a well deserved 2 - 0 victory.

Joline Bico

Joline was awarded her Mpumulanga Colours at the 2015 MWEB Mpumulanga Championships in May 2015. Without doubt, Joline is the best female FIFA '15 gamer in South Africa. Joline too is currently the only player that has finished a game against Kyle Turnbull in an official competition game with only a one goal difference (3 - 2) in the past two years.

  Bonga Zwane

Bonga has an impressive record in the MWEB online S A Schools Championships as well as at a couple of Provincial LAN Championships. Bonga has consistently finished in the medals, always on the heels of the likes of Kyle Turnbull. It is the likes of Bonga that continually push the standard of play forward through Bonga's dedication and perseverance.

Results: MSSA's MWEB 2015 Mpumalanga LAN Championships - 23 & 24 May 2015

Once again HTS Witbank hosted the MSSA's MWEB Mpumalanga Championships. Even though there was a problem with the venue, the club still did a sterling job by hosting the event at the BNKR Gaming Lounge, cnr of Duncan and Mandela Streets, Witbank. 

Again, the Mpumulanga championships showed a net increase in the number of gamers. However the growth in the number of gamers at the championships would not have been possible without the herculean efforts of Morizane Boyes, and Louis Brown.

The support being given by the schools is proving to be the back-bone of the MSSA  and is the most important part of the MSSA's development programmes.

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.

Whereas in 2014 there were six member clubs from two provinces which contested the championships, in 2015, it was most pleasing to see eleven clubs from two different provinces contesting the championships.

At the championships, the Tuks Mindsport Club again dominated the League of Legends and Dota 2 events. An old favourite Baber Abbass dominated the console fighting game titles of Tekken and USF4.

Special mention must be made of Kyle Turnbull. Kyle went on to further cement his dominance in the game of FIFA '15© by trouncing all opponents at the Mpumalanga Championships by once again winning all of his games at the Provincial Championships to again automatically earn himself Provincial Colours.

The winners of the different titles are:

BOARD GAMES 

Morabaraba

Female – Premier				Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club		Pos	Team	Club
1	Moshego Molemane	HTS Witbank		1	Johannes Makoua	All Stars

eSPORTS 

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Male - PS4
Pos	Team	Club
1	Pr0NHS	NCLF

Male – XBOX
Pos	Team	Club
1	Apex Gaming SA	BNKR

COUNTERSTRIKE GO

Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club
1	Team Delta Gaming	All Stars

Dota 2

Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club
1	5 Randoms	Tuks Mindsport Club

Male – Schools
Pos	Team	Club
1	PR0NHS	Northcliff High School

FIFA '15

Male – PS3				Female – PS3
Pos	Player	Club		Pos	Player	Club
1	Kyle Turnbull	HTS		1	Joline Pico	HTS

Hearthstone

Male
Pos	Player	Club
1	Francois Mouton	TUKS

League of legends

Male				Female
Pos	Team	Club		Pos	Team	Club
1	TMSC 1st team	TUKS		1	TMSC 2nd Team	TUKS

OSU

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

StarCraft 2

Female – Premier				Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club		Pos	Team	Club
1	Dana Coleman	HTS Witbank		1	Rowan Hammond	TUKS

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Female – Premier				Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club		Pos	Team	Club
1	Morizane Boyes	HTS Witbank		1	Baber Abbas	Tekken Arena

Male – Premier

Pos	Team	Club
1	Herman Pretorius	HTS Witbank

Ultimate Street Fighter 4

Male
Pos	Player	Club
1	Baber Abbas	Tekken Arena

Male - High School
Pos	Player	Club
1	Filipe Baptista	HTS Witbank

FIGURE GAMES 

Ancients

Female – Premier				Male – Premier
Pos	Team	Club		Pos	Team	Club
1	Elisha Retief	Old Edwardian WC		1	Erasmus Burger	TUKS

In total, 41 gamers earned the right to wear Provincial Colours. A further 17 students were awarded Student provincial Colours and 10 learners were awarded High School Provincial Colours.

The MWEB championships too saw a total of 95 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.10153829913459008.1073741907.146018324007&type=3