Duduza’s Eyethu currently competing at SA U17 Championships

Duduza – Eyethu Badminton Academy is currently representing Ekurhuleni at the South African U17 inter-provincial and opens, held in Cape Town.

For the teams’ tournament, the Eastern Gauteng team finished third on Wednesday after a narrow loss to Namibia in the semi-finals.

They managed to secure bronze after beating Northern Cape for third place. The championships started on October 1 and will run until October 11.

Twelve teams entered the competition.

Lindokuhle Twala, Nosipho Mira, Junior Mateya and Happy Mabuza represented the team in the doubles games.

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After Junior and Lindokuhle suffered a loss during the mixed doubles challenge on Wednesday, Happy and

Nosipho lost in the quarter-finals as well. The team is coached by Bongani Simelane and Kylin Miller. Simelane said they remained hopeful that they would do well in the last remaining rounds.

“We are competing among people who have been playing this sport longer than us. But, we managed to give a good game with the little experience that we have.

“I am proud of our players they represented us well and showed bravery and courage throughout the tournament.

“This gives me hope that we can still win the double and individual stages,” explained Simelane.

He added that the team’s performance started slow but has shown improvement with each stage.

The following players will also take part in the individual challenges:
• Lindokuhle
• Nosipho
• Happy
• Junior

“We would also like to thank the Jobe Foundation and Vhuna Okuhle for assisting us with the trip,” he said.