Teams from 16 villages from the Sinthumule and Kutama areas will participate in the Hollywoodbets Easter Soccer Challenge that will take place this coming weekend.
This year marks the 14th anniversary of the popular tournament, said Mamu Community Development's general secretary, Mr Jafter Mamugudubi. He was speaking during the official launch of the tournament on Saturday.
The tournament boasts some attractive prize money for the winning teams. According to Mamugudubi, the overall winners will go home with R20 000, a trophy, a soccer kit and gold medals. The runners-up will get R10 000 and silver medals. Even the teams losing in the semi-finals will each receive R5 000.
During last week's launching ceremony, the main sponsor, Hollywoodbets, praised the organisers for the hard work done in organising the annual Easter tournament. Mr Nigel Naicker, the Football Sponsorship Co-ordinator of Hollywoodbets, complimented Mamu Community Development and said seeing how such a sports event could uplift a whole community was heart-warming.
The tournament will kick off on Friday (7th) with matches at different venues. The winners of Friday's matches will proceed to the Top Eight stage of the competition. The eight remaining teams will compete at the Tshikwarani Rainbow Grounds on Saturday.
The final matches will be played on Sunday, when the last four remaining teams will clash in the semi-finals. This will be followed by the final, which is scheduled to start at 15:00.
The fixtures for Friday's matches are:
Tshikwarani Rainbow Grounds: 09:00 – Manavhela vs Maebani, 11:00 Muduluni vs Tshikota, 13:00 Madodonga vs Midoroni, 15:00 Tshikwarani vs Zamenkomste.
Ramantsha Grounds: 08:30 Tshiozwi vs Madabani, 10:30 Gogobole vs Ravele, 12:30 Ramantsha vs Madombidzha, 15:00 Muraleni on standby.
Mamugudubi thanked the sponsors of the Easter Tournament: Premjee and Son Cash & Carry, Hollywoodbets, KFC, Collins Sebola Group, Nkoli Enterprise, Hyundai Louis Trichardt, Talisman Hire, Mikasa, Phadziri & Sons Bus Service, Coaches R Phadziri & Bros, Postnet Makhado, Muswobi Building Construction & Property Developers, Soutpansberg Koelkamers, Coca Cola, FNB, Trade Post 2076 cc, Limpopo Mirror.