Why MSSA runs its Regional Championships the way it does.

'The Pretenders' (from left: Joshua Saunders, Damond Osborn, Adeem Mansoor, Thulani Sishi (Captain) and Ethan Mills) with their prizes  at the 2018 eThekwini Regional Championships.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) initiated its Regional Championships in order to not only extend its footprint into every corner of South Africa, but to elso ensure the financial viability of its member clubs.

All a member club has to do to host a regional championship is to apply to MSSA (mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com) do so according to the rules.

It is the member club that chooses the date and chooses the game titles to be played at such regional championships.

Of course, the abovementioned benefits are not the only ones.

The winners of MSSA Regional Championships also qualify to participate in MSSA's National Team Trials. Already there gamers from four regions (City of Johannesburg, eThekwini, Fezile Dabi, and Sedibeng) who have qualified for MSSA's 2019 NTT.
Thus a member club, through the Regional Championships, is more than able to cater for all members of its community by providing ongoing championships throughout the year.

The rules for hosting a Regional Championship are as follows:

10.12.3 HOSTING OF REGIONAL EVENTS

1. Members within a region may offer to host, through a bid, any such championship at least 90 days prior to the event.
2. The decision to which club the hosting of such event is awarded shall be made by the Management Board.
3. The host club shall sign an SLA.
4. The Management Board may decide to host such championship itself. Should such decision be made and bids have been received, the Management Board shall advise all members of the reasons therefore.
5. Every effort shall be made by the host to hold such championship in a venue that is easily accessible to both Players and members of the public.
6. A Regional Championship may be played to any periods currently offered at a Provincial Championship or approved of by the Management Board.
7. The different periods may be held at separate times and venues from other periods.
8. Only Regional Championship for each period shall be held in any one season.
9. Any person may enter, however only fully-paid-up Registered Players may qualify for National Team Trials in such event. Non registered Players shall be charged a surcharge, which shall be decided upon by the Management Board from time-to- time, and shall be remitted to MSSA by the host club within 5 days of such championship.
10. The host club acknowledges that the event/s is/are wholly owned by the MSSA and all rules are complied with.
11. The host club shall set the entrance fee. Such fee shall be included in the bid.
12. The host club shall supply suitable and qualified umpires.
13. The host club shall purchase the medals from MSSA. MSSA shall price the medals at cost + 20% and postage.
14. The host club shall be responsible for the venue and all other costs relating thereto.
15. The club shall keep the net profit for the event.
16. The club must submit all results to MSSA within 48 hours.
17. The club must send a statement of account to MSSA within 30 days to the VP in charge of events.
18. No results may be posted on any site until MSSA has announced the results.
19. The MANCOM shall invite the player who finished in first place, if a Registered Player, to attend the National Team Trials if the event has met with all the criteria.
20. The results may be vitiated by the VP in charge of umpiring if any of the above are not complied with.

Mxolisi Lukhele becomes number one ranked player for Street Fighter in SA.

A happy Mxolisi Lukhele (Amplified Rebellion in Sedibeng) with his spoils of war.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) held its 31st SA National Championships (SAN) at Fakkel School, on 2 & 3 December 2017.

Veteran, and main contender, Mxolisi Lukhele was there in order to make his bid for the championship.

Nothing, and nobody, stood  in his way as he sliced through all the opposition to earn a perfect score and to take the title of South African Champion in the Street Fighter V esports title, as well as to earn himself National Federation Colours and to become South Africa's top ranked player.

With a commanding lead, Mxolisi has set himself up as the man to beat.

The full rankings are as follows:

Pos	Name of Player	Year	Club	Points
1	Mxolisi Lukhele	17	Amplified Rebellion	167.7
2	Alasdair Donaldson	17	Knights Mind Sports Club	157.6
3	Armand Botha	17	Hoërskool Generaal Hertzog	131.1
4	Leone Loftus	17	Masters of Mind Sports	128.1
5	Leonard Loftus	17	Masters of Mind Sports	114.2
6	Carl McNeill	17	Cape Town Mind Sports	114.2
7	Conor Kisbey-Green	17	Maritzburg College	114.2
8	Joost Loftus	17	Masters of Mind Sports	114.2
9	Edward Cronjé	17	Fragcon	114.2
10	Chantél Cronjé	17	Fragcon	114.2
11	Alex Esterhuizen	17	Vexxed Phoenix	114.2
12	Doreen Els	17	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club	114.2
13	Theunis van der Merwe	17	Curro Klerksdorp	114.2
14	Bronwyn Williams	17	JCS Academy	114.2
15	Gawie Fick	17	Fakkel School	114.2
16	Rianco Brits	17	Fragcon	114.2
17	Phoenix Janse Van Vuuren	17	Fakkel School	114.2
18	Nadine Swart	17	HTS Witbank	114.2
19	Stephan Moetetsi	17	North West University - Vaal	114
20	Aaron Mulligan	17	Maritzburg College	110
21	Sune vd Merwe	17	HTS Witbank	109.7
22	Robyn Gertzen	17	Teutonic Knights Mind Sports Club	108.2
23	Kaitlyn Creighton	17	Masters of Mind Sports	107.8
24	Nkwe Makaleng	17	Non member	104.5
25	Gordon McCormack	17	JCS	104.5
26	Clareus Phillips	17	Non member	100.3
27	Yu-Hsien Lin	17	North West University - Vaal	100.3
28	Gearè Botes	17	Cape Town Mind Sports	100
29	Brian Lin	17	Non member	99.3
30	Maryka Grobler	17	PHS	95
31	Wynand J v Rensburg	17	JCS	95
32	Armandt Welgemoed	17	Curro Klerksdorp	90.3
33	Tshedza Mosheleni	16	Fakkel School	90.3
34	Angelique Taljaard	17	Fakkel	90.3

Other official rankings produced by MSSA are as follows:

• Senior Ancients Wargames
• Senior CounterStrike: GO
• Senior DotA 2
• Senior FIFA '17
• Senior Injustice 2
• Senior League of Legends
• Senior Mortal Kombat X
• Senior Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
• Senior StarCraft II
• Senior Street Fighter V
• Senior Tekken 7
• Schools CounterStrike: GO
• Schools DotA 2
• Schools League of Legends

Results: MSSA's 2017 Sedibeng Regional Championships.

Joseph Matlhong and Stephen Moeketsi of NWU - Vaal.

MSSA's 2017 Sedibeng Regional Championships hosted by North West University -Vaal on 2 September 2017 proved to be both and exciting and entertaining event.

The university proved to be a great host for the first ever Sedibeng Championships, and the venue was packed to capacity. There is no doubt that this event will grow from strength to strength and will become even more popular  in years to come.

Readers should be aware that MSSA awards Regional and Provincial Colours based on residency. Thus if a player lives in Sasolburg but plays in the Sedibengn Regional Championships and qualifies for Regional Colours, such player would still be awarded Fezile Dabi Regional Colours.
Excitement also ran high as Mxolisi Lukhele (Amplified Rebellion) continued with his winning ways in the esports game title of Tekken 7. There is no doubt that Mxolisi is busy preparing himself for the 2018 National Team Trials. 
It was also most pleasing to see so many esports athletes from the newly affiliated NWU - Vaal doing well. Two titles were won by the university club with the club earning no less than 7 medals out of 29 issued

However,such was the level of sportsmanship displayed at the championship that the award for sportsmanship was given to Christopher Fenton (JCS Academy).

The winners of MSSA's 2017 Sedibeng Regional Championship are:

Title	Name of player/team	Club	Colours awarded
Checkers	Stephen Moeketsi	NWU – Vaal	Sedibeng Regional
Checkers (female)	Cassandra van Tonder	JCS Academy	Fezile Dabi Regional
FIFA '17	Khahliso Malape	JCS Academy	Fezile Dabi Regional
Morabaraba	Cobus van der Wath	JCS Academy	Fezile Dabi Regional
Morabaraba (female)	Anne- Lee Steyn	JCS Academy	Fezile Dabi Regional
Mortal Kombat X	Joost Loftus	Masters of Mind Sports	Fezile Dabi Regional
Mortal Kombat X (female)	Leoné Loftus	Fakkel School	Fezile Dabi Schools
Street Fighter V	Mxolisi Lukhele	Amplified Rebellion	Sedibeng Regional
Street Fighter V (female)	Bronwyn Williams	JCS Academy	Fezile Dabi Regional
Tekken 7	Mxolisi Lukhele	Amplified Rebellion	Sedibeng Regional
Tekken 7 (female)	Yu-Hsien Lin	NWU – Vaal	Sedibeng Regional
Sportsmanship award	Christopher Fenton	JCS Academy

Photographs of the event may be found on: https://www.facebook.com/pg/mindsportssa/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10156517236759008

SEDIBENG REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - 2 September 2017

There is a reason why Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is the largest membership based organisation for gaming in South Africa is due to its continued commitment to promoting gaming at every level, and in every region of our beautiful South Africa.

Please note that MSSA has decided that for the remainder of 2017 any player (whether affiliated or not to a member club) be allowed to enter any MSSA Regional Championship. Read more on this here.

Thus MSSA is proud to announce that on 2 September 2017, for the first time in the history of South Africa an official esports event will be held in Sedibeng.

The venue is the NWU - Vaal Campus - Building 9, Vanderbijlpark.

Details of the event are as follows:

Date:                 2 September 2017
Time:                08:30 - 17:30
Venue: NWU - Vaal Campus - Building 9, Vanderbijlpark
Entrance fee:   R20.00 per registered player - payable at the event
                          R40.00 per player who is not registered - payable at the event
Contact person: Joseph Matlhong - 083 509 7538
Cafeteria:        Open till 13:00

The schedule of events is:

	Board Games		eSports - Console Gaming
Time	Checkers	Morabaraba	StarCraft II	FIFA'17	TEKKEN 7
9H00	Round1	Round1	Round1	Round1	Round1
9H45	Round 2	Round 2	Round 2	Round 2	Round 2
10H30	Round 3	Round 3	Round 3	Round 3	Round 3
11H15	Round 4	Round 4	Round 4	Round 4	Round 4
12H00	Round 5	Round 5	Round 5	Round 5	Round 5
13H00 – 14H00	LUNCH
			Mortal Kombat X	Street Fighter V
14H00			Round1	Round1
14H45			Round 2	Round 2
15H30			Round 3	Round 3
16H15			Round 4	Round 4
17H00			Round 5	Round 5
	A W A R D S C E R E M O N Y
18H00	DOORS CLOSE

For more information, please contact Joseph Matlhong on: josephmatlhong@nwu.ac.za