Players who haqve qualified for FIFA and WARCRAFT III National Team Trials
With time marching on, the list of players who have qualified for the National Team Trials to select the team the Protea Team that shall attend the 2010 IeSF Grand Finals in September this year.

The team shall consist of two players who shall compete in the game of FIFA, and two players who shall compete in the game of WarCraft III.

In terms of the MSSA’s regulations, the defending team members of the national team are invited to participate in the Trials by virtue of their experience and standard of play.

Thus with the ASUS sponsored Gauteng and Free State Provincial LAN Championships, and the MSSA Online Championships, the following gamers have qualified for the Trials:

FIFA™

  • Nseula Chilikhuma (Johannesburg) Northcliff High School
  • Suliman Chotia (Johannesburg) University of Johannesburg
  • Marius Lamprecht (Bloemfontein) ESWAT Club
  • Thembinbosi Lobe (Bloemfontein) Greys College
  • Ruben de Freitas (Johannesburg) Knights Mind Sports Club – defending national team member
  • Xola Magwaza (Johannesburg) Knights Mind Sports Club – defending national team member
  • Manesh Nankoo (Bloemfontein) ESWAT Club
  • Naeem Williams (Johannesburg) Northcliff High School

WARCRAFT III™
 
  • Stephen Bester (Johannesburg) Northcliff High School
  • Nicolas Havenga (Johannesburg) Knights Mind Sports Club
  • Hendri Lombard (Bloemfontein) Fichardpark Hoer Skool
  • Andries Myburgh (Bloemfontein) ESWAT Club
  • Mornĕ Naude (Bloemfontein) ESWAT Club
  • Flipi Poggenpoel (Cape Town) Knights Mind Sports Club
  • Caleb Ridley (Cape Town) Knights Mind Sports Club
  • Samuel Scott (Cape Town) Knights Mind Sports Club
  • Richard Aldum Smart (Pretoria) Pretoria Boys High School

With time running out, gamers still have the following events in which they can qualify for team trials:
  • 3 July 2010 – ASUS 2010 MSSA KwaZulu Natal Championships – Durban
  • 3 July 2010 – ASUS 2010 MSSA Eastern Cape Championships – Port Elizabeth
  • 17 July 2010 – ASUS 2010 MSSA Western Cape Championships – Cape Town
  • 4 September 2010 - ASUS 2010 MSSA S.A. National Championships – Johannesburg

Issued by:

Colin Webster
President
Mind Sports South Africa
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Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is an affiliate of the South African Confederation of Sport and Olympic Committee.

The MSSA is responsible for the good governance and promotion of Board games (such as Backgammon, Diplomacy, Checkers, Draughts, Morabaraba, etc), eSports (whether they are played on ‘cell phones, Sony® PSP’s, personal computers or similar), and Historical figure games (also known as wargames).

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