Dangerous Darkies the winners of inaugural Shibishane tourney
"This is not a once-off thing. We will run this tournament annually and will invite more local teams in future. We are doing this to give back to our community and those around us."
Dangerous Darkies were the winners of the inaugural Shibishane Festive Soccer Tournament organised by Greenhouse Liquor at Ga Matodi Village. The tourney saw 16 teams from all corners of Tubatse participating. Nine of the participating teams were from the host village, Ga Motodi, while seven came from the neighboring villages.
The final saw a resurgent Dangerous Darkies FC from Alverton locking horns against Mohlophe’s Mighty Swallows. The Alverton side won the thrilling final 3-2 to be crowned the Shibishane Festive Soccer Tournament champions.
Tournament organisers, Gerrie Selepe and Mdeva Sedibe said they witnessed lots of talent during the soccer spectacle.
“The standard of football was top notch. The games were entertaining. We are thankful to the owners of Greenhouse for staging this successful tournament. We are hoping for a bigger tourney at the end of this year.” Representing the main sponsor, Japhta Morena of Greenhouse Liquor said the winning team took home a trophy, gold medals, a brand new soccer kit and a cash prize of R4 000.
“We invested more than R10 000 in the tournament. Both the finalists played in a brand new soccer kit donated by Greenhouse. The referees and the tournament’s best player were also awarded an avalanche of goodies.
“This is not a once-off thing. We will run this tournament annually and will invite more local teams in future. We are doing this to give back to our community and those around us.”
The organisers pleaded for more support from the communities to improve the tournament this year.
