Bloemfontein’s Louis Botha Technical High School beat Harmony Academy 4–2 on penalties to win the Sanlam Kay Motsepe Cup schools provincial final.
With it comes R100 000 in educational and sporting projects for the school, as well as a chance to play for the big prize of R1 million at the national finals in Durban later this month.
The school has been playing in the tournament since 2008 and the win over Harmony was sweet revenge for them after they were eliminated from the competition at the provincial finals by the Virginia school last year.
Louis Botha is a Sports Academy and has produced many sportsmen that have gone on to become professionals such as Alan Donald (cricket). Football was only introduced to the school more recently and already local clubs have benefited from the fine talent including Mohau Molefe and Sedilaka Mokone who are with Bloemfontein Celtic, Wandile Tjemolane has joined Roses United and Samkelo Dladla is with United Football Club. Mamelodi Sundowns has also taken a couple of players into their Academy.
“We have only been playing football for a few years now and we plan to make a huge impact in the Free State by providing top clubs with skilled and well trained players,” said coach, Prince Sani. “Winning the provincial final will take our dream a step closer to reality.”
Defence has been the team’s strong point and in the 21 matches they’ve played in this competition they have only conceded 13 goals.
Academic performance is a priority at the school, so preparations for the finals will only begin once the exams have been completed next week. “We are being careful with the amount of training the boys do as we don’t want the players to burn out," Sani said.
HTS Louis Botha se uitslae: beat Lere laThuto 8-0; beat Dr.Reginald Cingo 4-0; beat Harmony High 4-2 (on penalties). – Intune
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