Saturday, 15 November 2025

Nominations required by midnight,19 November 2025 for MSSA's Management Board Awards.

Jessica Greef (ZAG Gaming) was named as the 2025 Mind Sports Person of the Year as well as Esports Player of the Year.

Mind Sports South Africa's Management Board Awards are the longest running awards for gaming in South Africa. The awards take into account all the various disciplines being, board gaming, card gaming, esports, and wargaming.

It could even be argued that such awards are the longest running awards for rewarding such athletes in the world having started in 2009. Whereas the long running awards (like BAFTA) acknowledge the games themselves, MSSA's Management Board Awards acknowledge the contribution made by the very gamers/athletes themselves. 

MSSA's Management Board Awards were initiated in 2009 to reward excellence not specifically provided for in MSSA's Constitution.

When reading through the names of those previously honored, the reader is quickly reminded of MSSA's rich history. The names are not just names, these are the men and women who have made an incredible contribution to the various mind sports in South Africa and even beyond South Africa's borders.

The awards are now more representative of MSSA's membership, of the work being done, and of society as a whole.

It should be noted by the reader that the categories for Writer of the Year, Social Media Person of the Year, and Sponsor of the Year are open categories and apply to anyone that has given their 'all' to the development of boardgames, card games, esports, and wargames as a sport.

The awards now take into account the following categories:
  • Mind Sports Person of the Year
  • Board Gamer of the Year
  • Esports Player of the Year
  • Wargamer of the Year
  • Team of the Year
  • Volunteer of the Year
  • Umpire of the Year
  • Coach of the Year
  • Educator of the Year
  • Writer of the Year
  • Social Media Person of the Year
  • Sponsor of the Year
MSSA's Management Board requests all members to make submissions by midnight 17 November 2025.

The names of previous winners may be seen on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_Sports_South_Africa#Management_Board_Awards

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Friday, 14 November 2025

2025 MSSA PHYGITAL EBASS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - 19 - 22 NOVEMBER 2025

Advert for the 2025 Phygital Championships

With over 90 confirmed entries, Mind Sports South Africa's Phygital eBass National Championships at Loskop Dam on 19 to 22 November 2025 promises to be a spectacular event.

Sponsors (Garmin, Renogy, The Cube, Arbeid Adel Trusses, Parkton Meats, Doors R Us, Yellow Lemon Media, Bass Warehouse, Cast for Cash - Free State, Alpha Bass, Cast for Cash - Gauteng, Cast for Cash - NorthWest, Lowveld Large Mouth Series), Officials and athletes are all upbeat about the championship.

President of MSSA, Colin Webster, said, "This is the first National Championships that MSSA is doing in Phygital Gaming which combines both the physical and the digital attributes of a sport. The event is the first of many which will show just how interconnected modern li0fe has become with the digital world".

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Friday, 17 October 2025

Member clubs are invited to post articles on MSSA's blog.

Up, up, and away... Readership of MSSA's blog is over 415,404 just for the month of October 2025 alone.

The number of readers of MSSA's blog page has consistently increased since Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) began operating such blog.

MSSA started the blog page in August 2013, and since then the numbers have climbed from a few readers a day to a staggering 415,404 readers for the month of October 2025 - and the month is not even finished.

Thus it is no surprise that MSSA's blog page has now had over 2,700,956 readers.

Mind Sports South Africa's (MSSA) blog carries articles pertinent to competitive gaming in South Africa from proto-computer gaming all the way through to the most modern. 

Of course it has taken dedication, consistency and accurate reporting of events to attract such numbers.

Because the blog is run by MSSA, any and all members are able to have articles published on the blog. 

Thus all member club's are invited to send in articles for the blog page, and are welcome to highlight their achievements, sponsorships, strategies, events, and/or top players.

There is no better, or easier way, of advertising your club.

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