Title: eSports Press Release: Results Of The 33rd Gauteng Provincial Championships
Author: BiPolarBear
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Published Date: 2016-03-29
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Tags: eSports, Gauteng Provincial Championship, MSSA, news

- BiPolarBear

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The past weekend saw the 33rd Gauteng Provincial Championship hosted by the Tuks Mind Sports Club. It would be nice to see some replays come out of these events, but in any case, GGWP to all those who participated.

As the year continues with its relentless march forward, players frantically scramble for a place in MSSA’s National Team Trials.

Thus MSSA’s 33rd Gauteng Championships (sponsored by MWEB) is the third last championship in which players may qualify for such Trials.

For those teams that have qualified, the work has begun in earnest in order to hone their skills for Trials, while some players are still desperately trying to qualify.

MSSA’s 33rd Gauteng Provincia Championships were hosted by Tuks Mind Sports Club .

Thanks must be extended to MWEB, Tuks Mind Sports, Johan Uys, Ryan Boyes and Ewan Retief.

The championship attracted players from the Free State, Gauteng, North West, and Mpumulanga.

Players battled it out to earn the various titles of Gauteng Champion Champion, and the right to fight for a place in the 2016 National Team Trials that will ultimately deliver a team to the IeSF’s 2016 8 th World Championships in Jakarta from 6 to 9 October 2016.

The championship delivered a number of surprises. Most notable of the surprise results were to be found in the League of Legends, DotA 2, FIFA, and Street Fighter V titles.

In League of Legends, White Rabbit Gaming team maintained its winning ways that it started at the North West Championships. The team smashed their opposition to win all their games and by thus, truly enforce their position as the team to beat in South Africa.

However, special mention must be made of the St Stithians College team that finished in second place, and, which even gave White Rabbit a few (very) scary moments.

DotA 2 was dominated by Tuks Mind Sports Club. The North West Champions (Northcliff High School) battled long and hard to contain the juggernaut that which is Tuks, but were unable to, even with Herculean effort, do so.

In FIFA, MSSA saw the return of Xola Magwaza. Xola had represented South Africa twice in South Africa in 2009 in international championships in IeSF accredited championships. Even though Xola had been away since 2010, Xola still is the stuff of which champions are made. Xola immediately stamped his authority of the game and, by winning all his games, earned himself both the title of being Gauteng’s finest and Gauteng Provincial Colours.

Xola, after winning, stated, “Watch out Kyle, the champ is back!”.

In Street Fighter V, Leonard Loftus travelled up fron Sasolburg to compete, and, compete he did. Loftus waded into the competition and emerged the victor.

This is the first championship where Street Fighter V was officially played.

The winners are:

Title
Name of player/team
Club
Colours awarded

Ancients (DBM)
Jason Batzofin
St John’s College

Ancients (DBM) (female)
Elishia Retief
Old Edwardian Wargames Club
Gauteng Provincial

Checkers (female)
Lucille Brown
All Stars
Mpumulanga Provincial

CounterStrike: GO
PORAXYSM
All Stars
Mpumulanga Provincial

DotA 2
APTWE
Tuks University
Gauteng Provincial

FIFA ’16
Xola Magwaza
Knights Mind Sports
Gauteng Provincial

HearthStone (female)
Adele Janse van Rensburg
BISH
Gauteng Provincial

HearthStone
Wynand Meiring
BNKR
Gauteng Provincial

League of Legends
WRG
White Rabbit Gaming
Gauteng Provincial

Mortal Kombat X (female)
Riana du Plessis
All Stars
Mpumulanga Provincial

Mortal Kombat X
Connor Chaplin
Northcliff High School
Gauteng Provincial

StarCraft II (female)
Angie Magon
Blue Dragon Online Gaming

StarCraft II
Edwin Williams
Blue Dragon Online Gaming
Gauteng Provincial

Street Fighter V
Leonard Loftus
Masters Gaming Club

In total 22 players earned the right to wear provincial colours.

Photographs of the event may be found on: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154663901109008.1073741938.146018324007&type=3

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