All packed up and ready for Holland
JOBURG - As the inaugural champions of the MultiChoice Diski Challenge, the University of Pretoria booked themselves a seven-day trip to the Netherlands as they depart for the trip of a lifetime on 21 March.
The University of Pretoria, the inaugural champions of the MultiChoice Diski Challenge, booked themselves a seven-day trip to the Netherlands and depart for the trip of a lifetime on 21 March.
“The Netherlands boast a rich history of football development and, through the Beloften Eredivisie (Dutch Eredivisie Reserve League), continues to churn out brilliant young footballers. This includes our own Kamohelo Mokotjo, who starred for Excelsior in the Beloften,” said MultiChoice’s head of corporate responsibility affairs, Teressa Malevu, who will accompany the team on the trip.
“The diski challenge is such a vital step for South Africa’s future stars and hopefully the visit and experience of playing against Beloften Eredivisie sides will spur the Tuks’ players to greater success and possibly land themselves trials with one of the teams.”
During their visit, the team will get to test their strengths against PEC Zwolle, SC Heerenveen and Vitesse Arnhem’s Beloften Eredivisie sides. The team will be based in Zwolle and will train at the IJsseldelta Stadium, PEC Zwolle’s first team stadium.
They’ll also spend some time at the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) headquarters in Utrecht training under the eye of Holland’s U19 coach, former Ajax Amsterdam, Lazio and Inter Milan defensive midfielder, Aron Winter.
Alexandra lad, Itumeleng Nkwana, will also get an opportunity to observe a training session of the Netherlands’ senior national team as they prepare for their Euro 2016 qualifier against Turkey.
Former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Hans Vonk, now director of football at Heerenveen, will visit the team for a motivational talk prior to the match against Heerenveen. Foppe de Haan, a regular visitor to South Africa during the group stages of the diski challenge, will also visit the team.
Rounding off their stay in the Netherlands, the team will attend the Netherland’s national team’s Euro qualifier match against Turkey in Amsterdam before boarding the plane for home on 29 March.
Details: Sandile Luthuli 082 661 9959 or Sandile.Luthuli@supersport.com
