National rankings for Clash Royale have been released.

Willem Broodryk (Parys High School) currently heads the national ranking for the Clash Royale esports title.

2019 has seen the first year of the esports title Clash Royale being played at MSSA's official Provincial and National Championships.Now that the esports title has been played at MSSA's Gauteng Provincial Championships, Mind Sports South Africa is able to generate rankings for its premier championships.

It was thus at MSSA's Gauteng Provincial Championships that Willem Broodryk won the championships, and in doing so, has taken the lead in South Africa's national rankings.

What with a very full schedule of events that are lined up for 2019, it will be interesting to see if Willem can keep his pre-eminent position.

The current rankings for the Clash Royale esports title is as follows:

Pos	Name of Player	year	Club	Points
1	Willem Broodryk	19	Parys High School	179.6
2	Dale Spolander	19	Northcliff High School	152.4
3	Carlos Kori	19	Northcliff High School	143.5
4	Tyreke Michael	19	Northcliff High School	139.1
5	Jeandre Viljoen	19	Parys High School	130.9
6	Liam Moodley	19	Northcliff High School	113.9
7	Thammy Ndlovu	19	Northcliff High School	109.6
8	Terrance Broomberg	19	Curro Aurora	102.4
9	Wickus Lubbe	19	Parys High School	120
10	Micheal Naidoo	19	Northcliff High School	76

Rankings produced by MSSA are as follows:

• Senior Ancients Wargames
• Senior Checkers
• Senior Clash Royale
• Senior CounterStrike: GO
• Senior DotA 2
• Senior FIFA '18
• Senior HearthStone
• Senior Injustice 2
• Senior League of Legends (female)
• Senior League of Legends
• Senior Morabaraba
• Senior Mortal Kombat X
• Senior Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
• Senior StarCraft II
• Senior Street Fighter V
• Senior Tekken 7 (female)
• Senior Tekken 7
• High Schools Clash Royale
• High Schools CounterStrike: GO
• High Schools DotA 2
• High Schools FIFA
• High Schools HearthStone
• High Schools League of Legends
• High Schools Paladins
• High Schools Street Fighter V

Also read:

• The new national team selection criteria.
• Why schools and universities should invest in esports.

• 2019 Calendar of Events
• Esports: MSSA's 23rd Western Cape Championships - 23 & 24 March 2019

Parys High School affiliates.

The growth of esports at school  level continues unabated with the affiliation of  Parys High School (Hoërskool Parys) to Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA).

This now pushes the total number of properly constituted clubs affiliated to MSSA to 79 clubs country-wide.

However, it  is particularly exciting to see Parys High School affiliate.

The 134 year-old school, which is known for having 'heart' truly caters for its learners,  and  can move with the times - as seen by the school  accepting  esports into the fold.

The school has affiliated in time to participate in MSSA's 31st SA National Championships.

MSSA's 31st SA National Championships shall be held at Fakkel School, 20 Jan Smuts Ave., Sasolburg on 2 & 3 December 2017.