Bruce Maphiri Soccer Festival starts

The opening matches of the Bruce Maphiri Soccer Festival were played at the Maholoni grounds in the Makuya area over the past weekend. Sixteen teams from Makuya and the surrounding areas are affiliated to the tournament.

The results of the first-round matches are: are: Musunda FC 2, Tshidzini FC 0; Makuya Try Again 5, Lukau FC 4; Ficus FC 3, Gondeni Big Cat 2; Sambandou United Professionals 2, Lamvi FC 1; Maholoni Stone Breakers 8, Mazhakandila FC 7; Berea FC 3, Guyuni FC 1; Phaphama FC 6, Tshaulu Soccer Academy 5 and Rambuda Young Fighters 2, Tshambuka FC 0.

The quarter-final matches will be played at the same venue tomorrow, while the semi-final and final will be played on Sunday.

The quarterfinal fixtures are: Sambandou United Professionals vs Lukau FC (09:00), Musunda FC vs Rambuda Young Fighters (11:00), Phaphama FC vs Berea FC (13:00) and Maholoni Stone Breakers vs Ficus FC (15:00). The champions will take home R6 000, soccer kit, a floating trophy and gold medals.

The runners-up will receive R4 000, while the third- and fourth-placed teams will receive R2 500 and R1 500 respectively. The teams booted out of the tournament in the quarter-final stage will each receive R1 000, while the remaining teams will receive a consolation prize of R300 each.

Date:28 September 2018

By: Frank Mavhungu

Frank is a Human Resources Manager at the Department of Public Works in Limpopo. He is the longest serving correspondent of the Mirror, having joined us at the end of 1990.  He mainly writes sports reports and resides at Tsianda Village. In 2004, Frank won the National Castle League Award, an award for the best reporter in the SAB league in South Africa.

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