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Sunday, 4 October 2020

South African Esports Team to represent South Africa in IESF's 12th Esports World Championships - Eilat.


With International Esports Federation (IESF) having announced the dates for its upcoming Regional Tournaments of 12th Esports World Championships - Eilat, Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is now in a position to announce the players who will officially represent South Africa as members of the Protea Esports Team in such event.

It is the winners of the PES, TEKKEN and DOTA 2 esports titles at MSSA's National Team Trials who have been selected to officially represent South Africa in IESF's 12th World Championships and Regional Qualifiers to be held in 2020.

The Regional Tournaments of the World Championship will be held online from 20 October 2020 to 20 November 2020. Finalists from each region and title will participate in the offline Finals in Eilat, Israel.

IESF’s World Championships is the IESF’s flagship competition, where all the players from all over the world participate in a unique and vibrant tournament while representing their nations. The event is the only major Esports tournament featuring true national teams, and this year’s competition is expected to be the largest one to date, with approximately 60 nations set to participate.

The official South African Protea Team is made up of the following athletes:

Nameclubpositiontitle
James Gregory ArmstrongOakhill SchoolPlayerDotA 2
Riezwaan HakimPES SOCIETYPlayerPRO EVOLUTION SOCCER (PES)
Jessie Dos Santos JoubertZAG AcademyCaptainDotA 2
Lourens KokZAG AcademyVice-CaptainDotA 2
Shaun Claudio LopesNWU - VAALPlayerTEKKEN 7
Ryan ShearerOakhill SchoolPlayerDotA 2
Simon ShearerOakhill SchoolPlayerDotA 2

This year’s event hosts are the Israeli Esports Association and Maccabi World Union, which partnered with IESF and the City of Eilat to host what is becoming the largest IESF event.

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Thursday, 3 September 2020

Oakhill School's 'Team Theory' still dominates SA DotA 2 rankings.


Oakhill School's 'Team Theory' has had an impressive run in 2020. The team has cemented itself as the top DotA 2 team in the country. The team also represented South Africa in official test matches, and performed admirably against all opponents, being, Namibia, Azerbaijan, and Peru.

It almost seems as though Oakhill School's 'Team Theory' has an insurmountable lead, and, with only one championship left (Free State Online Championships) prior to Mind Sports South Africa's 2020 National Team Trials, to be held on 19 September 2020, it is thought that at such Trials, Oakhill will further entrench its position.

MSSA's open 2020 Free State Online Esports Championships on 5 September 2020.

The conditions for entry are as follows:

  • Entry is R35.00 per Registered Player.
  • Only fully-paid-up Registered Players may participate in this event.
  • Entries for Free State Online Championships must be submitted by 3 September 2020.
  • To enter, the club must complete the Google Drive document. 
  • The entry form may be found on Google Drive. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_ERR6815uVjSMu4t5KkRxYqGJ_AA88kkz31qRgksASc/edit#gid=287696184
  • Clubs are to download the entry form, completed the downloaded form, and e-mail it to Mind Sports South Africa. 

The current rankings for the DotA 2 esports title are:

PosName of PlayeryearClubPoints
1Team Theory20Oakhill School344
2ZAG DOTA20ZAG Academy207.5
3PR0NHS20Northcliff High School203.2
4Sp4rt4ns19SAHETI130.2
5PRG DOTA A19Paul Roos Gymnasium130.2
6Magna18Hoërskool Zwartkop130.2
7Clan Bacon18eThekwini Regionals130.2
8Schoeman18Paul Roos Gimnasium130.2
9Quantum18Curro Klerksdorp130.2
10Iron Branch18eThekwini Regionals130.2
11Conquest18Paul Roos Gimnasium128.5
12Northwood DOTA18Northwood High School127.1
13Cheeky Nandos with the Lads18eThekwini Regionals122.9
14King Edward's Guards18Old Edwardian Mind Sports100
15HSP Legends18Hoërskool Parys86.4
16Groot Rooi Baarde20ZAG Academy85
17Team Cider18eThekwini Regionals80
18SJC Eagles18ST John's College75


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Thursday, 27 August 2020

Top ten schools in NWU MSSA Online School Esports League.


The 2020 NWU MSSA Online School Esports League was fiercely contested the participating schools.

Full credit must be given to Oakhill School, in particular Ms. Diana Barnard, who has diversified the club so that it now contests four of the 10 ten titles on offer.

There is no doubt that any school club that intends to have a sustainable program should ensure that it has both:

  • Activity in a number of esports titles, and
  • Depth of membership.
Participation in more than one esports title attracts greater numbers of athletes to the club. It is out of the greater number of athletes that the club will be able to find those who will excel and represent the school with pride and honour.

Having depth of membership ensures that there are always athletes who are able to take the spots of those that leave school and leave the positions open. It is those schools that have depth that continue from year-to-year, and are, in most cases successful. Those school clubs that do not pay attention to building up depth, and have a solid development program, will often see their esports club fail as soon as a key athlete leaves.

The principles of running an esports club at school level is no different to running any other sport. It takes hours of work and a great deal of dedication by the Educators in charge.

Of course, without the support  of parents, nothing would happen.

The top ten South African Esports Schools are:

#SchoolProvince
1Oakhill SchoolWestern Cape
2Hoërskool KlerksdorpNorth West
3Hoêrskool ZwarkopsGauteng
4Curro GrantleighKwaZulu Natal
5Northcliff High SchoolGauteng
6Redhill High SchoolGauteng
7Curro RoodeplaatGauteng
8Sasolburg High SchoolFree State
9Monument PrimaryGauteng
10Krugersdorp High SchoolGauteng


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