Fire Brothers and Young Vultures to clash in Lumveleni last-16 round

The last batch of the round-of-16 matches for the Lumveleni Pre-Season Soccer Tournament will be played at the Ngudza Grounds on Saturday. The opening matches were held at the same venue on Tuesday.

Sixteen teams from across Vhembe are battling it out for the championship. Saturday’s programme will kick off with the match between Khakhanwa Barcelona and Dzingahe FC at 09:00, followed by the clash between Mighty Super Power and Buluni Happy Boys. Tshivhulani Fire Brothers will meet Ngudza Young Vultures in the next fixture, while Makonde FC and Musasenda Big Five will go head to head later in the afternoon.

The winners of Saturday’s games will advance to the quarter-finals, which will be played at the same venue on Sunday. The draw for the quarter-final matches will be conducted after the last game on Saturday.

The champions will take home R12,000, a floating trophy, a soccer kit, and gold medals. The runners-up will receive R7,000, silver medals, and a soccer kit. Teams eliminated in the semi-finals will each receive R1,500. The semi-final and final matches are scheduled to take place at the same venue on Sunday, 6 October.

Date:27 September 2024

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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