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

MSSA's Board Gaming Representative: Life is sport!

Joseph Matlhong: Board gaming representative.

At MSSA's elections held on 4 December 2016 Joseph Matlhong was elected in as MSSA's Board Gaming Representative. Thus Joseph takes the helm of games such as Morabaraba, SeSothoMorabaraba, Checkers, Draughts, and Backgammon.

Joseph is an 'old-hand' when it comes to sport even though this is the first time that he shall serve on MSSA's  Management Board.

Joseph is currently employed by North West University - Vaal (NWU Vaal) in the sport department as Sport Officer.

In such department Joseph manages Dance Sport, Mind Sport, Jogging club, residence sport, and is an acting football manager. His qualifications are no less impressive with Joseph having earned a diploma in sport science, B-tech sport and exercise, and is currently studying towards completing a B-Com in sport management. Joseph too understands the demands placed on sportspersons. As a person who represented NWU VAAL in various sports at USSASA level, Joseph is fully conversant with the time, dedication, and commitment demanded by high-performance sport. Joseph's love of sport is undeniable, and he is absolutely passionate about the positive role that sport can play in peoples' lives. Such is his passion, that even if he does not have the time tto commit to participating, Joseph is known to travel in excess of 200 kilometers just to 'pop -in' to ensure that the event is going well and is up to standard.
Joseph expects a lot from MSSA during his three-year term, and he has already expressed that he will deliver as best he can. MSSA welcomes Joseph onto the Management Board.