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NEWS
2 SEPTEMBER 2016
Lehlabile Secondary School MSSL champions Moripe School Soccer League (MSSL) is a soccer project that was initiated in Kgautšwane village that began on 18 April 2016 and ended on 31 August 2016. It became a reality when the Kgwebong Foundation partnered with the Department of Education to make this sport project a success. Six secondary schools from the Kgautšwane area participated in MSSL. They were: Ntabane, Maokeng, Matshaile, Mathafeng, Sedibeng and Lehlabile Secondary school. Each school played a total of ten matches. Schools played against each other twice and games were home or away each Wednesday (sports day with the schools). Kgwebong Foundation pioneered the MSSL initiative and to ensure a success placed it under the leadership of Isaac Mashaba assisted by Tshepo “Ditsebe” Kgwete and Lerato Maahlo. The Kgwebong Foundation offered brand new soccer kits and balls to each of the six schools before the project started. Moripe Holdings (MH) is the proud sponsor of the Kgwebong Foundation to deliver its objectives. The aim of MSSL was to bring about development in school sport in particular soccer so that the attention of learners can be shifted to positive activities as opposed to alcohol and drug abuse. Learners displayed discipline, from the side of organisers that was encouraging and deserve to be appreciated. Teachers played a key role to ensure that everything goes in order without any interruption whatsoever. Lehlabile Secondary school from Averton had from the inception of this league maintained its first place on the MSSL log until they became champions of the MSSL 2016 with 20 points. The champions took home a big trophy and gold metals. The second prize went to Maokeng Secondary School based in Kgautšwane Village that took home silver metals with 19 points. While third prize went Sedibeng Secondary school that is based in Maahlashi. They took home bronze metals. Player of the league prize went to Gutnah Pholwane from Lehlabile Secondary School. “We are excited to have delivered such a great project successfully. It is not an individual’s achievement but it is a collective achievement for that reason to all role players we say thank you. Many thanks to Moripe Holdings to have sponsored this initiative” said MSSL Coordinator, Ike Mashaba.
(Information: MSSL Coordinators).