Discovering champions
GREENSIDE – Joburg's best primary school soccer teams play at the Discovery Knockout Cup finals.
Ultimate glory was on offer in the finals of the annual Discovery Knockout Cup on 9 August.
Pirates Sports Club, Greenside, saw eight soccer matches played between the best primary school sides in Joburg.
The field was busy from the afternoon until the evening but no fans, friends or family became bored while cheering their teams on from the stands.
Local schools, Saxonwold Primary School and King Edward VII Preparatory School (KEPS) drew 1–1 in the U14 boys final.
According to tournament rules, the teams had to share the trophy.
But KEPS’s U13 boys won their own trophy when they beat Bedfordview Primary School 2–1.
The girls’ matches were arguably more exciting than the boys’ matches.
Wendywood Primary School found itself in both the U12 and U14 girls finals despite having little success in the competition in recent years.
They drew against Cliffview Primary School 1–1 in a close U12 final to share the trophy, and they were easily the better team in the U14 final against De La Salle Holy Cross College.
Wendywood won that final 2–0.
All the results
U12 Girls: Wendywood Primary School 1 – 1 Cliffview Primary School
U14 Girls: De La Salle Holy Cross College 0 – 2 Wendywood Primary School
U14 Boys: Saxonwold Primary School 1 – 1 King Edward Preparatory School
U9 Boys: King Edwards Preparatory School 1 – 2 King David Linksfield
U10 Boys: Yeshiva College 1 – 0 King David Linksfield
U11 Boys: Crawford Sandton 0 – 0 King David Linksfield
U12 Boys- St David’s Marist Inanda 1 – 1 Bryneven Primary School
U13 Boys- King Edwards Preparatory School 2 – 1 Bedfordview Primary School
Were you at the Discovery Knockout Cup? What did you think of the tournament?
