Western Cape Provincial Team for FIFA '15 announced

It is generally accepted that the standard of play in EA's title FIFA '15 is of a high standard.

South Africa, through Mind Sports South Africa, has lead many forays into the international competitive scene since 2009. however, none more notable than in this year when in earlier this year, the South African National Team bravely took on Austria.

The South African Team all hails from Mpumulanga, and is also the team that carries the flag for such province.

However, the Western Cape has a team that they hope will defeat the team from Mpumalanga.

The team is headed by Fairmont learner Andrew Reeve, who is the Western Cape Champion. However, the team also draws on the experience of veteran players.

Godfrey Eybers of Ocean View is a dab hand a the game and has many years of experience in such title. His inclusion into the team is thus without question.

Then there is also Logan Brooke-Smith. Logan is the only South African to have won a World Championship title in eSports at the World Cyber Games. Logan brings international experience to the team to make the trio a formidable force.

The match between the Western Cape and Mpumulanga in the MWEB Online Inter-Provincial Test Match series will be most interesting indeed!

The members of the Western Cape Provincial FIFA '15 Team are:

NAME		CLUB	GAME
Reeve	Andrew	Fairmont High	FIFA '15
Eybers	Godfrey	Knights Mind Sports	FIFA '15
Brooke-Smith	Logan	Knights Mind Sports	FIFA '15

Western Cape Provincial Team for DotA 2 announced

During the MWEB Online Inter-Schools Championships, the 'DotA 2' teams from Fish Hoek High School and Parklands College tussled for first place. However, the final result ended with both Fish Hoek and Parklands tied for first place.

Tying for first place did not satisfy the competitive nature of the Fish Hoek High DotA 2 team, and thus, in the Western Cape Championships, the high school team demonstrated just how good they are.

At such championships the team romped home to first place while utterly defeating all the teams that stood in their way.

The solid teamwork and leadership allowed the Fish Hoek DotA 2 team end on a perfect score.

Thus the MSSA, after due consideration has selected the Fish Hoek team to represent the Western Cape in the MWEB online inter-provincial test series.

The team is young, but it is believed by the MSSA hierarchy that such school teams are the way forward in developing South Africa's future players.

The main threat to the Western Cape team is that of Gauteng. The team from Gauteng is made up of the Tuks Mindsports Club, and such team from Tuks is considered by many to be South Africa's Protea team-in-waiting.

It is hoped that Fish Hoek will rise to the challenge, and with the whole of the Western Cape cheering them on, continue with their undefeated streak.

The members of the Western Cape Provincial DotA 2 Team are:

NAME		CLUB	GAME
Batt	Leo	Fish Hoek High School	DotA
Boethger	Dylan	Fish Hoek High School	DotA
Jansen	Reuben	Fish Hoek High School	DotA
Spring	Julian	Fish Hoek High School	DotA
Waters	Travis	Fish Hoek High School	DotA

Western Cape Provincial Team for CounterStrike: GO announced

Already the Gauteng and Mpumulanga Provinces have played against each other in the MWEB online inter-provincial test matches in DotA and CounterStrike:GO.

At such test matches, Gauteng beat Mpumulanga in both titles.

However, with the completion of the Western Cape Championships on 23 August 2015, the MSSA has finally selected the team to represent the Western Cape in such online test series.

The team is none other than the team that represented Rondebosch Boys High at the Western Cape Championships.

Although the team is young, the standard of play, and the cohesion of the team has convinced the Selectors that this team will be more than a match for those as fielded by the other provinces.

It is believed that the only real threat to the Western Cape Team winning the series is the team fielded by Gauteng. The Gauteng team also doubles as the current Protea Team.

The members of the Western Cape Provincial Team are:

NAME		CLUB	GAME
Gild	Sam	Rondebosch Boys	CS: GO
Joubert	Jesse	Rondebosch Boys	CS: GO
Olivier	Alex	Rondebosch Boys	CS: GO
van der Merwe	Robert	Rondebosch Boys	CS: GO
Zandstra	Simon	Rondebosch Boys	CS: GO

High School Provincial Colours awarded at the 2015 MSSA MWEB Western Cape Championships

High School Provincial Colours were also awarded at the 2015 MSSA MWEB Western Cape Championships.

These are players players who have all finished in the top half of the Western Cape Championships as well as in another MSSA National and/or Provincial event.

The number of colours awarded at the Western Cape Championships is a clear statement of the high standard of play in the Western Cape.

Such standard bodes well for South African gaming in the years to come.

Year	Name		Club	Province	Discipline
					Board	eSports	Wargaming
2015	Adams	Jeremy	Oakhill	WC		DotA
	Ashley	Mitchell	Parklands	WC		Hearthstone
	Batt	Leo	Fish Hoek	WC		DotA
	Boethger	Dylan	Fish Hoek	WC		DotA
	Botha	Liam	Oakhill	WC		DotA
	Burger	Ehber	Fairmont	WC		DotA
	Ceillier	Raphael	Oakhill	WC		DotA
	de Lange	Nicholas	Fairmont	WC		DotA
	Fritz	Zander	Fairmont	WC		Trackmania
	Gild	Sam	Rondebosch	WC		CS: GO
	Harrison	Phillip	Fairmont	WC		DotA
	Jansen	Reuben	Fish Hoek	WC		DotA
	Joubert	Jesse	Rondebosch	WC		CS: GO
	Knoesen	Adam	Parklands	WC		DotA
	Middleton	Michael	Fairmont	WC		DotA
	Oertel	Tristan	Parklands	WC		DotA
	Olivier	Alex	Rondebosch	WC		CS: GO
	Pillay	Jackie	Parklands	WC		DotA
	Smith	Findlay	Parklands	WC		DotA
	Smith	Rory	Parklands	WC		DotA
	Sparg	Ryan	Parklands	WC		DotA
	Spring	Julian	Fish Hoek	WC		DotA
	Strydom	Keagan	Parklands	WC		DotA
	Swart	Connar	Parklands	WC		Hearthstone
	Tredoux	Emile	Parklands	WC		DotA
	van der Bijl	Jody	Oakhill	WC		DotA
	van der Merwe	Robert	Rondebosch	WC		CS: GO
	van Heerden	Dylan	Parklands	WC		DotA
	Vermeulen	James	Fairmont	WC		DotA
	Walker	Todd	Oakhill	WC		DotA
	Waters	Travis	Fish Hoek	WC		DotA
	Zandstra	Simon	Rondebosch	WC		CS: GO

Senior Provincial Colours awarded at the 2015 MWEB Western Cape Championships

A number of players earned their Senior Provincial Colours at the 2015 MSSA MWEB Western Cape Championships.

In order to do so, the players all performed to the highest levels of play in that they won all the games that they played.

it is interesting to note that the majority of those so awarded are learners. This indeed bodes well for the future development of gaming at school level and shows that it is indeed the schools that are the breeding ground for South Africa's future national teams.

Truly a remarkable achievement!

The players who earned the colours are:

Year	Name		Club	Province	Discipline
					Board	eSports	Wargaming
2015	Anderson	Nathan	KMSC	WC		StarCraft
	Batt	Leo	Fish Hoek	WC		DotA
	Boethger	Dylan	Fish Hoek	WC		DotA
	Bosch	Andrea	Fairmont	WC	Draughts	Tekken
	Crouse	Elize	Fairmont	WC	Morabaraba
	Fritz	Zander	Fairmont	WC		Trackmania
	Gild	Sam	Rondebosch	WC		CS: GO
	Jansen	Reuben	Fish Hoek	WC		DotA
	Joubert	Jesse	Rondebosch	WC		CS: GO
	Nicolls	Andrew	KMSC	WC		LoL
	Olivier	Alex	Rondebosch	WC		CS: GO
	Rose	Taylor	KMSC	WC		LoL
	Smith	Liam	KMSC	WC		LoL
	Smith	Matthew	KMSC	WC		LoL
	Spring	Julian	Fish Hoek	WC		DotA
	van der Merwe	Jean-Pierre	KMSC	WC		LoL
	van der Merwe	Robert	Rondebosch	WC		CS: GO
	Waters	Travis	Fish Hoek	WC		DotA
	Zandstra	Simon	Rondebosch	WC		CS: GO

Andrea is off to invade Russia!

Andrea Bosch receiving Western Cape Provincial Colours

In a previous article, I posted that the MSSA stated that they would be sending a player to participate in the

2015 edition of the Russian and Brazilian World Championships for the Brazilian and Russian variations of Draughts to be held in St Petersburg, Russia from 2 to 11 October 2015.

I too noted that the championship carries prize money of 3,600,000.00 roubles (approximately US$64,000.00).

Such article can be found here: http://esportscommentator.blogspot.com/2015/08/brazilian-and-russian-draughts.html

Well, the MSSA Management Board (ManCom) has sat and has decided on its candidate for such World Championships.

The candidate is, wait for it, wait for it (drum-roll)

The candidate is none other than the vivacious Fairmont High Educator, Ms Andrea Bosch.

Andrea already has Senior Western Cape Provincial Colours having won both the eSports game of Tekken Tag Tournament II, as well as for Brazilian Draughts without losing a game at the 20th edition of the MWEB Western Cape Championships.

Andrea is too the first women that will officially represent South Africa in Draughts, and will be the first draughts player to represent South Africa in Russia.

Andrea is too the first person from the Western Cape to officially represent South Africa in draughts.

Mind Sports South Africa knows that she will do South Africa proud.

Results of the MWEB 20th Western Cape Championships

The MWEB 20th Western Cape Championships that was played on 22 & 23 August 2015 and which was hosted by Fairmont High School, Durbanville proved to be a great success. Elize Crouse proved to be a most efficient administrator, and the problems with which the MSSA had to deal with were unexpected late entries as well as some of the teams not being aware of the rules of the competition.

What proved to be most pleasing was the number of learners that had attended the event. In fact only four events out of the 11 for which there were sufficient entries were not won by learners, and then three out of the four were won by educators.

Of course, much of the growth in the championship is due to the announcement by the MSSA that it will be sending a full team to the 7^th IeSF World Championships in Seoul in December 2015.

The strength of gaming at school level bodes well for the growth of gaming both nationally and internationally.

With so many learners more than ably competing with their older counterparts, the MSSA is confident that it will find a great deal of talent in the schools. This talent, will be nurtured in order to provide a more aggressive competitive base in South Africa, which will hopefully be able to be translated into results on the international stage.

Thus it was not surprising to see the MSSA hand out Senior and High School Provincial Colours to no less than 36 gamers.

The winners of the various events are:

Fish Hoek High School

CounterStrike: GO - Premier

1

Rondebosch Boys High

RBHS

4

DotA 2 - Premier

1

Fish Hoek High School

FHHS

10

DotA 2 - High Schools

tie	1	POPOS (Parklands College)	PC	5
	1	MX (Parklands College)	PC	5

Andrew Reeve

FIFA '15 - Premier

1

Andrew Reeve

FHS

3

Hearthstone - Premier

1	Connar Swart	Parklands	4
1	Ashley Mitchell	Parklands	4
1	Jonathan Hu	Parklands	4

Hearthstone - High Schools

1

Dylan Rees

Parklands

0

Ashley Mitchell, Jonathan Hu, Connar Swart

League of Legends - Premier

1

Knights Mind Sports Club

KMSC

10

Tekken Tag Tournament II - Premier

1

Andrea Bosch

FHS

10

Trackmania - Premier

1

Zander Fritz

FHS

10

StarCraft II - Premier

1

Nathan Anderson

KMSC

10

Andrea Bosch

Brazilian Draughts - Premier

1

Andrea Bosch

FHS

10

Morabaraba - Premier

1

Elize Crouse

FHS

6

Photographs of the event may be found on https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154110889264008.1073741922.146018324007&type=3