Academy reatains provincial title

Benny Sports Academy retained the COPA Coca-Cola® Under-15 schools tournament provincial title after beating Hudson Ntsanwisi High School 1-0 at Makhuvha Stadium on Saturday.

Academy beat Batjadi Secondary School 2-0 and 4-3 on penalties respectively to reach the final whilst Hudson Ntsanwisi thrashed Manoke High School 1-0 and 3-1 respectively to book a space in the finals.

Benny Sports Academy join Robinvale Secondary School (Western Cape), SA Van Wyk High School (Northern Cape), Slindokuhle Secondary School (KwaZulu Natal), Sikhulile Secondary School (Eastern Cape), Clapham High School (Gauteng) and Thlavekisa Secondary School (Mpumalanga) at the National Finals to be held at the King Zwelithini Stadium in KwaZulu-Natal from October 17 to 19.

The ultimate winning school of the 2014 COPA Coca-Cola® football tournament will walk away with the honour of being named the 2014 champion as well as R60 000 to be used towards the development of their school’s educational or sporting facilities.

The second and third place winners will also receive R30 000 and R25 000 respectively.

The 2014 COPA Coca-Cola® schools tournament started in March this year with schools in each of the nine provinces competing at regional level.

The winning schools from the various regions then competed to represent their areas at the respective provincial finals, where they ultimately aim to become the provincial champion and represent their provinces at the National Finals of the tournament in next month.