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MODJADJISKLOOF: Fun filled Mayoral Cup finals

Flying Birds, Mamaila Best Ladies and Mighty Queens, won various categories during the the fun filled Greater Letaba Municipality Mayor's Cup finals at Lebaka Sports Complex last weekend.

Itieleng, Sekgosese based Flying Birds claimed the soccer category title after defeating Sekgopo based New Castle 4-5 on penalties following a one-all stalemate in regulation time.

New Castle scored first through Mohale Ramanyoga whilst Flying Birds leveled the score through a penalty taken by Gift Ratlhapane.

Flying Birds booked a place in the finals by winning 4-3 on penalties against the home side, Mohlabaneng United following a 2-2 in regulation time of the semi-finals.

The Mayor of Greater Letaba Municipality, Peter Matlou handing over a winners trophy to the captain of Flying Birds, Gift Modiba.

New Castle thrashed Khekhuting Happy Boys 2-0 in the semifinals. In the losers finals, Happy Boys managed a 2-3 penalty shoot-out win against Mohlabaneng United to claim the third spot on the log table.

In ladies soccer, Mamaila Best Ladies won 1-0 against Mmamokona following an 8-0 crushing of Polaseng in the semifinals. Mmamokona beat home ladies, Leba Roses 1-0 in the semi-finals.
In netball, Mighty Queens overcame Itieleng 49-7 to claim the top sports

First positions in all the three sporting codes will walk away with R6000 each, trophies and gold medals.

Second positions R5000 each and silver medals. Third position R3500 with bronze medals.

Fourth positions got R3500 consolation. Individual players who excelled during the tournament received miniature trophies. All teams received kits for the final matches.

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Emelda Tintswalo Shipalana

Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.

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